Editing Klaipėda (section)

==Notable residents==
[[File:ŽemaitėNádražíKlp.JPG|thumb|upright|Sculpture next to Klaipėda Railway Station]]
[[File:ClapecVKlajpedskémPřístavu.JPG|thumb|upright|Statue of a boy in Klaipėda harbor]]
[[File:Modern buildings in Klaipėda in 2010.jpg|thumb|Modern buildings in Klaipėda]]
*[[Simon Dach]] (1605–1659), poet and writer of the ''Ännchen von Tharau'' song
*[[Matthäus Prätorius]] (1635–1704), Protestant pastor, historian, ethnographer
*[[David Wilkins (orientalist)|David Wilkins]] (1685–1745), a Prussian orientalist, settled in England
*[[Michael Wohlfahrt]] (1687–1741), religious leader in Pennsylvania
*[[Andreas Murray]] (1695–1771), Swedish priest
*[[Johan Daniel Berlin]] (1714–1787), Norwegian rococo composer and organist
*[[Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander]] (1799–1875), astronomer
*[[Yisrael Salanter]] (1810–1883), founder of Musar movement within Judaism
*[[Julius H. Kroehl|Julius Kröhl]] (1820–1867), German-American [[submarine]] pioneer
*[[James Hobrecht]] (1825–1902), German director for urban planning of Berlin
*[[Isaac Rülf]] (1831–1902), editor-in-chief of ''Memeler Dampfboot'', philosopher, activist
*Heinrich Drews (1841–1916), orchestrated the National Anthem of [[El Salvador]]
*[[David Wolffsohn]] (1856–1914), second president of [[World Zionist Organization]]
*[[Clara Schlaffhorst]] (1863–1945), voice educator
*[[George Adomeit]] (1879–1967), painter
*[[Charlotte Susa]] (1898–1976), actress
*[[Werner Wolff (SS officer)]] (1922–1945)
*[[Arno Esch]] (1928–1951) liberal politician in (SBZ) ([[Soviet Occupied Zone]])
*[[Gerhard Spiegler]] (1929–2015), former President of [[Elizabethtown College]] Pennsylvania
*[[Tomas Venclova]] (born 1937), poet and author
*[[Werner Ulrich (canoeist)|Werner Ulrich]] (born 1940), East German sprint canoer
*[[Lena Valaitis]] (born 1943), pop singer
*[[Hans Henning Atrott]] (born 1944), philosopher and pro-euthanasia activist
*[[Eugenijus Jovaiša]] (born 1950), historian, archaeologist, and professor
*[[Leonidas Donskis]] (1962–2016), philosopher and critic
*[[Gitanas Nausėda]], (born 1964), [[President (government title)|President]] of [[Lithuania]]
*[[Mindaugas Piecaitis]] (born 1969), conductor/composer of Catcerto for Nora the Piano Cat
*[[Eurelijus Žukauskas]] (born 1973), basketball player
*[[Rolandas Muraška]] (born 1973), tennis player
*[[Saulius Štombergas]] (born 1973), basketball player
*[[Sati (Lithuanian singer)|Violeta "Sati" Jurkonienė]] (born 1976), Lithuanian singer
*[[Tomas Danilevičius]] (born 1978), Lithuanian football (soccer) player
*[[Živilė Rezgytė]], (born 1978), rhythmic gymnast and business executive
*[[Arvydas Macijauskas]] (born 1980), basketball player
*[[Tomas Delininkaitis]] (born 1982), basketball player
*[[Tomas Vaitkus]] (born 1982), cycling champion
*[[Kristina Tučkutė]] (born 1983), fashion model
*[[Valdas Vasylius]] (born 1983), basketball player
*[[Gintaras Januševičius]], (born 1985), pianist
*[[Monika Liu]], (born 1988), singer-songwriter
*[[Tauras Tunyla]] (born 1993), racing driver