List of Famous people born in Harju County, Estonia
Anett Kontaveit
Anett Kontaveit is an Estonian professional tennis player.
Kaja Kallas
Kaja Kallas is an Estonian politician and the current Prime Minister of Estonia. Sworn in on 26 January 2021, she is the first woman to serve in the position. She has been the leader of the Reform Party since 2018 and a member of the Riigikogu since 2019 and previously from 2011 to 2014. Kallas served as Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2018, representing the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. Before her election to parliament, she was an attorney specialising in European and Estonian competition law.
Peeter Olesk
Peeter Olesk was an Estonian literary scholar and politician.
Patriarch Alexius II
Patriarch Alexy II was the 15th Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Natalja Zabijako
Natalia Aleksandrovna Zabiiako is a Russian-Estonian former competitive pair skater. Competing for Russia with Alexander Enbert, she was the 2019 World bronze medalist, 2018 European bronze medalist, 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki champion, 2018 NHK Trophy champion, 2016 Rostelecom Cup silver medalist, and three-time Russian national medalist.
Irina Leonova
Irina Yuryevna Leonova is a Russian theater and film actress.
Kirill Käro
Kirill Valerievich Käro is a Russian-Estonian actor. He is best known for playing the lead character in 32 episodes of The Sniffer (2013-2017), as George Safronov in 16 episodes of Netflix robot sci-fi Better than Us (2019), and as Sergey in the zombie television series To the Lake (2020).
Yekaterina Volkova
Yekaterina Valeryevna Volkova is a Russian actress of theater, film and television. She is known for her television role in a Russian sitcom Voronin's Family (Воронины) — adaptation of the American TV series Everybody Loves Raymond.
Anton Vaino
Anton Eduardovich Vaino is a Russian diplomat and politician. Currently he is the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office. Vaino is the grandson of the former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia Karl Vaino.
Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Andreas Meyer-Landrut is a former German diplomat. He was West Germany's ambassador to the Soviet Union in Moscow from 1980 to 1983 and again from 1987 to 1989. He also served as the chief of staff to the office of the President of Germany during the presidency of Richard von Weizsäcker from 1989 to 1994.