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TALLINN
Most Famous People Born in Tallinn, Estonia
- Notable people
- 1,274
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1957
- Most distinctive
- Chess 10.0×
A Hanseatic port whose modern bench is thick with chess masters at ten times the global rate, conductors at eight, and figure skaters at nearly eight — the footprint of a Soviet-era conservatory and sport school that somehow slotted into one of the best-preserved medieval old towns in Europe. Arvo Pärt, Neeme Järvi, and Paavo Järvi all belong to this bench, and the 13th- to 15th-century tail reaches back through Livonian knights and Lübeck merchants.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Tallinn during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Tallinn Is Known For
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Football is Tallinn's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (173).
Tallinn over-indexes on chess — 10.0× the global rate.
Tallinn under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Tallinn's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1910s Clear ×
Jüri Järvet
1919 - 1995
Irene von Meyendorff
1916 - 2001
Vladas Mikėnas
1910 - 1992
Evald Okas
1915 - 2011
Arnold Meri
1919 - 2009
Kalevi Kotkas
1913 - 1983
Paul Kuusberg
1916 - 2003
Edmund S. Valtman
1914 - 2005
Udo Kasemets
1919 - 2014
Alexander Lwowitsch Dymschitz
1910 - 1975
Egon Rannet
1911 - 1983
Leonhard Kass
1911 - 1985
Georg Siimenson
1912 - 1978
Richard Kuremaa
1912 - 1991
Ants Kaljurand
1917 - 1951
Heinz von zur Mühlen
1914 - 2005
Silvia Rannamaa
1918 - 2007
Gert Helbemäe
1913 - 1974
Vladimir Kärk
1915 - 1998
Helmut von Kügelgen
1916 - 1998
Viktor Ader
1910 - 1966
Salme Rootare
1913 - 1987
Nicolas Greschny
1912 - 1985
Ellen Liiger
1918 - 1987
Kirill Raudsepp
1915 - 2006
Edgar Arro
1911 - 1978
Villu Toots
1916 - 1993
Egon Parbo
1910 - 1942
Elmar Tepp
1913 - 1943
Valter Neeris
1915 - 1942
Evi Rauer
1915 - 2004
Boris Kabur
1917 - 2002
Asta Willmann
1916 - 1984
Ruudi Toomsalu
1913 - 2002
Edgar Blossfeldt
1919 - 2012
Ervin Ollik
1915 - 1996
Niels Bätge
1913 - 1944
Egon Roolaid
1918 - 1943
Alejandro Gavriloff
1914 - 1993
Hellmuth von Ulmann
1913 - 1987
Edmund Karp
1913 - 2000
Ferdinand Murr
1912 - 1978
Johannes Niks
1912 - 1997
Boris Roolaid
1917 - 1942
Julius Kaljo
1910 - 1954
Isadore Epstein
1919 - 1995
Irene von Mühlendahl
1912 - 2003
Olaf von Fersen
1912 - 2000
Richard Valdov
1911 - 1998
Nikolai Linberg
Born 1915
Ulrich Reuss
1918 - 1983
Henry Christian Rutherford
1911 - 1991
Leonid Saar
1913 - 2010
Gunter Wechterstein
1910 - 2013
Viktor Berg
1917 - 1980
Käthe Wulff-Maslo
1915 - 1993