title: Pranas (given name)
text: # Pranas (given name)
  
  Pranas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English language name Frank. People with the name Pranas include:
  
  * Pranas Čepėnas (1899–1980), Lithuanian historian, encyclopedist, journalist and lexicographer
  * Pranas Domšaitis (1880–1965), Lithuanian painter
  * Pranas Dovydaitis (1886-1942), Lithuanian politician, former Prime Minister of Lithuania
  * Pranas Giedrimas, Lithuanian sport shooter
  * Pranas Končius (1911–1965), Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisan
  * Pranas Kūris (born 1938), Lithuanian lawyer, judge and ambassador
  * Pranas Lesauskis (1900–1942), Lithuanian soldier, management specialist and mathematician
  * Pranas Lubinas also known as Frank Lubin (1910–1999), Lithuanian-born American basketball player and Olympic medalist
  * Pranas Mažeika (1917–2010), Lithuanian basketball player
  * Pranas Morkūnas (1900–1941), Lithuanian translator and Dadaist poet
  * Pranas Skardžius (1899–1975), Lithuanian linguist
  * Pranas Talzūnas also known as Frank Talzunas (1913–1984), American-born Lithuanian basketball player
  * Pranas Vaičaitis (1876–1901), Lithuanian poet
  * Pranas Vilkas (born 1936), Lithuanian politician
  