Daukantas is a Lithuanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Simonas Daukantas (1793–1864), Lithuanian writer ethnographer and historian Feliksas Daukantas (1915–1995), Lithuanian painter Rytis Daukantas, Lithuanian architect and contemporary artist Teodoras Daukantas (1884–1960), Lithuanian Minister of Defense See also Daukantas Square, Old Town, Vilnius Lithuanian-language surnames