Daumantas (Ruthenian: Dowmont or Domont; Belarusian: Daǔmont; Russian: Довмонт) is a given name and a surname.
It is the name of two early dukes of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Because they were contemporaries, they are often confused with each other.
Given name
- Daumantas of Lithuania, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1282–1285)
- Daumantas of Pskov, Prince of Pskov (1266–1299)
- Daumantas, nom de guerre of Juozas Lukša, post-World War II anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisan leader
Surname
- Juozas Lukša-Daumantas (1921-1951), Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance fighter
- Tomas Daumantas (born 1975), Lithuanian footballer
- Vladas Daumantas (1885-1977), Lithuanian politician, diplomat, bibliophile and collector
See also
- Domantas, given name
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