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Alo Mattiisen
Alo Mattiisen was an Estonian music composer.
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Amandus Adamson
Amandus Heinrich Adamson (12 November 1855 in Uuga-Rätsepa, near Paldiski – 26 June 1929 in Paldiski) was an Estonian sculptor and painter.
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Andres Tarand
Andres Tarand (born 11 January 1940) is an Estonian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1994 to 1995.
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Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare (also known as A. H. Tammsaare; born Anton Hansen 30 January 1878 – 1 March 1940), was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice (Tõde ja õigus; 1926–1933) is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel".
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Ants Antson
Ants Antson (Антс Артурович Антсон; 11 November 1938 – 31 October 2015) was an Estonian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.
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Ants Eskola
Ants Eskola (until 1935 Gerhardt Esperk; 17 February 1908 in Tallinn – 14 December 1989 in Tallinn) was a Soviet and Estonian actor, singer and artist.
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Ants Laikmaa
Ants Laikmaa (5 May 1866 in Paiba farm, Araste village, Märjamaa Parish – 19 November 1942 in Kadarpiku village, Taebla Parish) was an Estonian painter.
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Arnold Rüütel
Arnold Rüütel OIH (born 10 May 1928) served as the last Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR from April 8, 1983, to March 29, 1990, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR (from May 8, 1990: Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia) from March 29, 1990, to October 6, 1992, and was the third President of Estonia from October 8, 2001, to October 9, 2006.
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Artur Alliksaar
Artur Alliksaar (15 April 1923 in Tartu – 12 August 1966 in Tartu) was an Estonian poet.
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Arvo Pärt
Arvo Pärt (born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of classical and religious music.
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August Gailit
August Gailit (9 January 1891 – 5 November 1960) was an Estonian writer of Estonian and Latvian origin.
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August Kitzberg
August Kitzberg (in Laatre Parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 10 October 1927 in Tartu) was an Estonian writer.
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Betti Alver
Elisabet "Betti" Alver (in Jõgeva – 19 June 1989 in Tartu) (from the year 1937 Elisabet Talvik, and from the year 1956 Elisabet Lepik), was one of Estonia's most notable poets.
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Edgar Savisaar
Edgar Savisaar (born 31 May 1950) is an Estonian politician, one of the founding members of Popular Front of Estonia and the Centre Party.
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Eduard Vilde
Eduard Vilde (4 March 1865 in Pudivere, Väike-Maarja Parish, Lääne-Viru County – 26 December 1933 in Tallinn) was an Estonian writer, a pioneer of critical realism in Estonian literature, and a diplomat.
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Eduard Wiiralt
Eduard Wiiralt (real name, Eduard Viiralt; March 20, 1898, Saint Petersburg Governorate – January 8, 1954, Paris) was a well-known Estonian graphic artist.
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Eerik Kumari
Eerik Kumari (7 March 1912 – 8 January 1984; born as Erik Mathias Sits) was a doctor of biology, the founder of ornithology and nature conservation in Estonia, the learned director of the Institute of Zoology and Botany at the Estonian Academy of Sciences during 1952-1977.
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Eesti Päevaleht
Eesti Päevaleht ("Estonia Daily") is a major daily Estonian newspaper, from the same publishers as the weekly Eesti Ekspress.
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Endel Lippmaa
Endel Lippmaa (15 September 1930, Tartu – 30 July 2015) was an Estonian academic, politician, founder and chairman of the Science Council of the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, and head chairman and professor of chemical physics, physical chemistry, physics, and mathematics at the Estonian Academy of Sciences.
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Enn Tarto
Enn Tarto (born 25 September 1938 in Tartu) is an Estonian politician who was a leading dissident during the Soviet occupation of Estonia.
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Erast Parmasto
Erast Parmasto (October 28, 1928 – April 24, 2012) was a noted Estonian mycologist, bioscientist and botanist and onetime director of the Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany.
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Eri Klas
Eri Klas (7 June 1939 – 26 February 2016) was an Estonian conductor.
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Erika Salumäe
Erika Salumäe (born 11 June 1962) is an Estonian track bicycle racer who won the first Olympic gold medal for Estonia after the country regained its independence in 1991.
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Erki Nool
Erki Nool (born 25 June 1970 in Võru, Estonia) is an Estonian decathlete and politician.
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Ernst Öpik
Ernst Julius Öpik (– 10 September 1985) was an Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career (1948–1981) at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland.
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Ernst Jaakson
Ernst Jaakson (11 August 1905, Riga, Livonia (then Russian Empire) – 4 September 1998, New York, United States) was an Estonian diplomat whose unique contribution was to maintain Estonia's legal continuity with his uninterrupted diplomatic service for 69 years.
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Estonians
Estonians (eestlased) are a Finnic ethnic group native to Estonia who speak the Estonian language.
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Evald Okas
Evald Okas (28 November 1915 – 30 April 2011) was an Estonian painter, probably best known for his portraits of nudes.
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Fred Jüssi
Fred Jüssi (born January 29, 1935) is an Estonian biologist, nature writer and photographer.
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Friedebert Tuglas
Friedebert Tuglas (2 March 1886 Ahja – 15 April 1971 Tallinn) was an Estonian writer and critic who introduced Impressionism and Symbolism to Estonian literature.
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Günther Reindorff
Günther-Friedrich Reindorff (Гю́нтер-Фри́дрих Ге́рманович Рейндорф Gyúnter-Frídrikh Gérmanovich Reyndorf), b. 26 January 1899, Saint Petersburg – d. 14 March 1974, Tallinn) was an Estonian graphic designer, book illustrator, and educator. He designed many postage stamps series, a large number of military insignia and bookplates, diplomas, various advertising sheets and currency in the late 1920s and early 1930s. His artistic style evolved under the influence of Art Nouveau and Art Deco works by Sergey Chekhonin, Ivan Bilibin, and other members of the Russian group Mir iskusstva.
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Georg Lurich
Georg Lurich (– 20 January 1920) was an Estonian Greco-Roman wrestler and strongman of the early 20th century.
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Georg Ots
Georg Ots (21 March 1920 – 5 September 1975) was an Estonian singer and actor.
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Gustav Ernesaks
Gustav Ernesaks (12 December 1908 – 24 January 1993) was an Estonian composer and a choir conductor.
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Harri Moora
Harri Moora (in Ehavere, Kuremaa Parish – 2 May 1968 in Tallinn) was an Estonian archaeologist.
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Heino Eller
Heino Eller (7 March 1887 – 16 June 1970) was an Estonian composer and composition teacher.
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Heino Lipp
Heino Lipp (June 21, 1922 – August 28, 2006) was an Estonian athlete, who was one of the greatest decathlete in the decade of the 1940s, but he was never able to compete in the Olympic Games, because citizens of the Soviet Union were never allowed to travel outside the Soviet Union dominated Iron Curtain countries.
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Ita Ever
Ita Ever (born Ilse Ever, 1 April 1931, Paide, Järva County), draamateater.ee; accessed 30 March 2015.
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Jaak Uudmäe
Jaak Uudmäe (born September 3, 1954 in Tallinn) is a retired Estonian triple jumper and long jumper who competed for the Soviet Union.
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Jaan Einasto
Jaan Einasto (born 23 February 1929, in Tartu) is an Estonian astrophysicist and one of the discoverers of the large-scale structure of the Universe.
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Jaan Koort
Jan Koort (6 November 1883, Sootaga Parish (Äksi), Tartu – 14 October 1935 in Moscow) was an Estonian sculptor, painter and ceramicist.
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Jaan Kross
Jaan Kross (19 February 1920 – 27 December 2007) was an Estonian writer.
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Jaan Poska
Jaan Poska VR III/1 (Laiusevälja, Kreis Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia – 7 March 1920, Tallinn, Estonia) was an Estonian barrister and politician.
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Jaan Talts
Jaan Talts (born 19 May 1944) is a former Estonian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.
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Jaan Tõnisson
Jaan Tõnisson (near Tänassilma – 1941?, in Tallinn?) was an Estonian statesman, serving as the Prime Minister of Estonia twice during 1919 to 1920, as State Elder (head of state and government) from 1927 to 1928 and in 1933, and as Foreign Minister of Estonia from 1931 to 1932.
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Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt (in Himmaste – in St Petersburg) was a notable Estonian folklorist, theologian, and linguist.
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Jüri Arrak
Jüri Arrak (born 24 October 1936) is an Estonian artist, a painter whose works with distinguished and recognizable style have won acclaim around the world.
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Jüri Järvet
Jüri Järvet (18 June 1919 – 5 July 1995) was an Estonian actor.
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Jüri Uluots
Jüri Uluots (13 January 1890 – 9 January 1945) was an Estonian prime minister, journalist, prominent attorney and distinguished Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tartu.
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Jüri Vilms
Jüri Vilms (Arkma, now in Türi Parish, Järva County, Estonia – May 2, 1918, Hauho near Hämeenlinna, Finland, unconfirmed info) was a member of the Estonian Salvation Committee and the first Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia.
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Johan Laidoner
Johan Laidoner (12 February 1884 – 13 March 1953) was an Estonian general and statesman.
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Johan Pitka
Johan Pitka, VR I/1, (19 February 1872 in Jalgsema, Järva County, Estonia – disappeared September 1944 in Läänemaa, Estonia) was a famous Estonian military commander from the Estonian War of Independence until World War II.
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Johannes Aavik
Johannes Aavik (in Randvere, Laimjala Parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 18 March 1973 in Stockholm) was an Estonian philologist and Fennophile who played a significant role in the modernization and development of the Estonian language.
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Johannes Hint
Johannes Hint (born Johannes Rudolph Hint; September 20, 1914 – died September 5, 1985) was an Estonian scientist and the only person to create and successfully run a limited company under the communist planned economy of the Soviet Union.
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Johannes Kotkas
Johannes Kotkas (3 February 1915 – 8 May 1998) was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Estonia who won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Juhan Liiv
Juhan Liiv (in Allatzkiwwi &ndash) in Werbach-Kosse) is one of Estonia's most famous poets.
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Juhan Viiding
Juhan Viiding (1 June 1948 – 21 February 1995), also known under the pseudonym of Jüri Üdi was an Estonian poet and actor.
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Julius Kuperjanov
Julius Kuperjanov VR I/2, VR II/2 and VR II/3 (– 2 February 1919) was an Estonian military officer during the War of Independence and commander of the Tartumaa Partisan Battalion renamed after him posthumously.
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Kaarel Eenpalu
Kaarel Eenpalu (until 1935 named Karl August Einbund) (in Paju talu, Vesneri Parish, Tartu County, Estonia, Russian Empire – 27/28 January 1942, Kirov Oblast, Russia, USSR) was an Estonian journalist, politician and head of state.
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Karl Ristikivi
Karl Ristikivi (in Pärnumaa, Saulepi Parish, Lääne County (now Kilgi, Varbla Parish, Pärnu County) – 19 July 1977 in Solna, Stockholm) was an Estonian writer.
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Konrad Mägi
Konrad Vilhelm Mägi (1 November 1878 – 15 August 1925) was an Estonian painter, primarily known for his landscape work.
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Konstantin Päts
Konstantin Päts (– 18 January 1956) was the most influential politician of interwar Estonia, and served five times as the country's head of state.
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Kristjan Palusalu
Kristjan Palusalu (until 1935 Kristjan Trossmann, – 17 July 1987) was an Estonian heavyweight wrestler and Olympic winner.
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Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud (22 October 1865, Kirikuküla, Vinni Parish – 19 May 1943, Tallinn) was an Estonian painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Estonian National Museum.
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Lennart Meri
Lennart Georg Meri (29 March 1929 – 14 March 2006) was an Estonian statesman, writer, and film director.
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Ludvig Puusepp
Ludvig Puusepp (also Pussep or Pousep, rus. Людвиг Мартынович Пуссеп), (in Kiev – 19 October 1942 in Tartu) was an Estonian surgeon and researcher and the world's first professor of neurosurgery.
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Marie Under
Marie Under (– 25 September 1980) was one of the greatest Estonian poets.
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Mart Laar
Mart Laar (born 22 April 1960) is an Estonian politician and historian.
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Miina Härma
Miina Härma (9 February 1864 – 16 November 1941) was a widely recognised Estonian composer. She was the second Estonian musician with higher education. Her greatest contribution is perhaps the fact that she took organ music to the countryside, as virtually no skilled organists gave concerts outside of towns. During her 60-year period of creativity, she wrote more than 200 choral songs, 10 cavatinas, a canto, "Kalev and Linda" and much more. Most of her works were forms of vocal music, rather than instrumentals.
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National Library of Estonia
The National Library of Estonia (in Estonian: Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu) is a national public institution in Estonia, which operates pursuant to the National Library of Estonia Act.
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Neeme Järvi
Neeme Järvi (born 7 June 1937) is an Estonian American conductor.
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Oskar Luts
Oskar Luts (– 23 March 1953) was an Estonian writer and playwright.
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Paul Ariste
Paul Ariste (3 February 1905 – 2 February 1990) was an Estonian linguist renowned for his studies of the Finno-Ugric languages (especially Estonian and Votic), Yiddish and Baltic Romani language.
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Paul Keres
Paul Keres (January 7, 1916June 5, 1975) was an Estonian chess grandmaster and chess writer.
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Paul Kogerman
Paul Nikolai Kogerman (in Tallinn – 27 July 1951 Tallinn) was an Estonian chemist and founder of modern research in oil shale.
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Radio Kuku
Radio Kuku (Raadio Kuku, also called Kuku-raadio) is an Estonian radio station.
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Raimond Valgre
Raimond Valgre (born Raimond Tiisel; 7 October 1913 – 31 December 1949) was an Estonian composer and musician, whose songs have become some of the most well known in Estonia.
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Rein Maran
Rein Maran (born 13 September 1931, Tartu) is an Estonian cinematographer, director, and professor, most notable for teaching at Tallinn University.
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Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias (– 29 October 1918) was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist.
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Siim Kallas
Siim Kallas (born 2 October 1948 in Tallinn) is an Estonian politician, who most recently served as European Commissioner for Transport between 2010 and 2014.
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Tõnu Kaljuste
Tõnu Kaljuste (born August 28, 1953) is an Estonian conductor.
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Tunne Kelam
Tunne-Väldo Kelam (born 10 July 1936) is an Estonian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Estonia.
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TV3 (Estonia)
TV3 is a commercial television channel targeted at an Estonian language audience owned by Viasat (MTG).
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Vaino Väljas
Vaino Väljas (born 28 March 1931 in Külaküla, Hiiumaa) is a former Soviet politician.
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Veljo Tormis
Veljo Tormis (7 August 1930 – 21 January 2017) was an Estonian composer, regarded as one of the greatest living choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia.
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Yuri Lotman
Yuri Mikhailovich Lotman (Ю́рий Миха́йлович Ло́тман, Juri Lotman) (Petrograd, 28 February 1922 – Tartu, 28 October 1993) was a prominent literary scholar, semiotician, and cultural historian, who worked at the University of Tartu.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_great_Estonians_of_the_20th_century
