Petras Baublys

Petras Baublys (23 May 1914 – 16 December 1973) was a Lithuanian pediatrician and university professor.

Baublys graduated from Vytautas Magnus University in 1936. During World War II, he was the director of an orphanage and helped rescue Jewish children from the Kovno Ghetto. He was recognized as the Righteous Among the Nations in 1977. After the war, he moved to Vilnius where he lectured at Vilnius University (1944–1973) and was the chief pediatrician of the Ministry of Health (1950–1958). He published numerous medical articles and became a candidate of medical sciences in 1969. He died on 16 December 1973 in the crash of Aeroflot Flight 2022 from Vilnius to Moscow.

Biography Baublys was born on 23 May 1914 in Lida to a family of teachers. He was the youngest of six sons. He graduated from and enrolled at the Vytautas Magnus University to study medicine.