What is "daukantas"

Daukantas is a Lithuanian family name, and it may refer to:

• Simonas Daukantas (1793–1864), Lithuanian writer ethnographer and historian
• Feliksas Daukantas (1915–1995), Lithuanian painter
• Rytis Daukantas (born 1980), Lithuanian architect and editorial cartoonist
• Teodoras Daukantas (1884–1960), Lithuanian Minister of Defense