Budrys
# Budrys

Budrys is a Lithuanian surname. It evolved from the ancient Lithuanian personal name Budrys. 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
* Dainius Budrys [lt] (born 1976), Lithuanian economist, politician, MP
* Daiva Tamošiūnaitė-Budrė [lt] (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"
