List of Famous people born in Estonia
Edgar Savisaar
Edgar Savisaar is an Estonian politician, one of the founding members of Popular Front of Estonia and the Centre Party. He has served as the acting Prime Minister of Estonia, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications and mayor of Tallinn.
Tõnu Kaljuste
Tõnu Kaljuste is an Estonian conductor.
Arthur von Oettingen
Arthur Joachim von Oettingen was a Baltic German physicist and music theorist. He was the brother of theologian Alexander von Oettingen (1827–1905) and ophthalmologist Georg von Oettingen (1824–1916).
Gustav Fabergé
Gustav Fabergé was a Baltic German jeweller and father of Peter Carl Fabergé, maker of Fabergé eggs. He established his own business in Saint Petersburg, which his son inherited.
Mart Helme
Mart Helme is an Estonian historian and politician who served as Minister of the Interior from 2019 until his resignation in late 2020. He was the long time chairman of the national conservative Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) from 13 April 2013 to 4 July 2020 when he was succeeded by his son Martin Helme.
Karl Friedrich Knorre
Karl Khristoforovich Friedrich Knorre; Russian: Карл Христофорович Кнорре was a Russian astronomer of Baltic German ethnic origin who is best known for founding the Nikolayev Astronomical Observatory in 1827. Knorre's father, Ernst Friedrich Knorre, and his son, Viktor Knorre, were also prominent astronomers. Recently NASA named an asteroid in honor of the three generations of Knorre astronomers.
Valter Ojakäär
Valter Ojakäär was an Estonian composer, instrumentalist, music publicist and author.
Johan Cronman II
Johan Cronman was a lieutenant general and the commandant of the Skåne fortress in the Swedish Empire as well as the Governor of Malmöhus County from 1727 to 1737. He was Baron of Alatskivi, Kodafer and Kokora; and Master of Vosuauer and Sattkula.
Uku Suviste
Uku Suviste is an Estonian singer-songwriter, pianist and music producer. He was scheduled to represent Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, before cancellation of the competition that year. However, he finally had the chance to represent Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.
Alexander von Oettingen
Alexander Konstantin von Oettingen was a Baltic German Lutheran theologian and statistician.