List of Famous people born in Estonia
Erhard Schmidt
Erhard Schmidt was a Baltic German mathematician whose work significantly influenced the direction of mathematics in the twentieth century. Schmidt was born in Tartu, in the Governorate of Livonia.
Kati Tolmoff
Kati Tolmoff is a badminton player from Estonia. She represented Estonia at the 2008 and 2016 Olympic Games. She competed in the women's singles event, where she lost to Chloe Magee 21–18, 18–21, and 19–21 in the first round. In 2016, she was the runner-up in the group K stage, lose a match to Ratchanok Intanon, and won a match to Yip Pui Yin. In September 2009, Tolmoff announced that because of a lack of money, her professional career was over. But she returned in 2014.Tolmoff also competed at the 2015 Baku European Games.
Urmas Reinsalu
Urmas Reinsalu is an Estonian politician who was the minister of foreign affairs between April 2019 and 26 January 2021. Previously, Reinsalu has served as the minister of defence between 2012 and 2014 and minister of justice from 2015 to 2019. Reinsalu is a member of the Isamaa ("Fatherland") political party and was the party leader from 2012 to 2015.
August Annist
August Annist was an Estonian literary and folklore scholar, writer and translator.
Märt Rask
Märt Rask is an Estonian attorney, jurist, and politician who was the Estonian Minister of the Interior from 1995 to 1996, as well as being the Justice Minister in 1992 and from 1999 to 2003 and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia from 2004 to 2013.
Armin Öpik
Armin Aleksander Öpik was an Estonian paleontologist who spent the second half of his career at the Bureau of Mineral Resources in Australia.
Jaan Kirsipuu
Jaan Kirsipuu is an Estonian former road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Ampler Development Team.
Jelena Glebova
Jelena Glebova is an Estonian former competitive figure skater. She won five senior international medals and seven Estonian national titles. She finished as high as seventh at the European Championships (2014) and 13th at the World Championships (2012).
Jüri Tarmak
Jüri Tarmak is a former Estonian high jumper who competed for the Soviet Union.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Helir-Valdor Seeder is an Estonian politician. He is a member of the parliament, current chairman of the Isamaa and served as Minister of Agriculture from 2007 to 2014. Seeder has a master's degree in economics from the Estonian University of Life Sciences. Before being elected to the parliament in 2003 he was Mayor of Viljandi from 1992 to 1993 and Governor of Viljandi County from 1993 to 2003.