List of Famous people born in Estonia

Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky was a Baltic German chess master and theoretician, famous for his contributions to chess theory, as well for a game he lost against Adolf Anderssen, which because of its brilliance was named "The Immortal Game". Kieseritzky is the namesake of several openings and opening variations, such as the Kieseritzky Gambit, Kieseritzky attack, and the Boden–Kieseritzky Gambit.

Rein Aun was a multitalented Estonian athlete. He competed for the Soviet Union in the decathlon at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 1964.

Robert Gernhardt was a German writer, painter, graphic artist and poet.

Joachim Cronman was an owner of estates in Livonia and a colonel for the Swedish Empire. He was the Commandant of the Neumünde redoubt/fortlet.

Nikolai Karl Adolf Anderson was a Baltic German philologist who specialized in comparative linguistics of Finno-Ugric languages.

Prince Charles Philip of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland, was a Swedish prince, Duke of Södermanland, Närke and Värmland. Charles Philip was the second surviving son of King Charles IX of Sweden and his second spouse, Duchess Christina of Holstein-Gottorp.

Jaan Kaplinski was an Estonian poet, philosopher, and culture critic, known for his focus on global issues and support for left-wing/liberal thinking. He was influenced by Eastern philosophical schools.

Christfried Burmeister was an Estonian speed skater who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.

Allar Levandi is an Estonian nordic combined skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s under two different nations in three straight Winter Olympic Games. He trained at Dynamo in Tallinn when Estonia was under Soviet rule in the late 1980s.

Eino Baskin was an Estonian actor and theatre director.