Budrys is a Lithuanian surname. It evolved from the ancient Lithuanian personal name Budrys.Juozas Kudirka, The Lithuanians:An Ethnic Portrait, section Lithuanian surnames (translation of the book: Juozas Kudirka, Lietuviai: etniniai bruožai, 1991) The patronymic surname Budraitis is derived from this given name.
Notable people with the surname include:
Algirdas Budrys (born 1939), Lithuanian musician Algis Budrys (1931–2008), Lithuanian-American writer (born 1976), Lithuanian economist, politician, MP (born 1966), Lithuanian radio, TV show and event host and presenter, and politician Eugenijus Mindaugas Budrys (1925–2007), Lithuanian painter Ignas Budrys (1933–1999), Lithuanian painter Jonas Budrys (1889–1964), counterintelligence officer and later a Lithuanian diplomat Povilas Budrys (born 1962), Lithuanian actor and artist Viktorija Budrytė-Winnersjo (born 1989), Lithuanian footballer
Fictional characters Budrys, from Adam Mickiewicz's poem The Three Budrys, who lent his name to a jocular Polish term for "Lithuanian person"
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