List_of_Estonian_Americans
This is a list of notable Estonian-Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Estonian American or must have references showing they are Estonian American and are notable.
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- Alar Kivilo (born 1953) — member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,[1] cinematographer[2]
- Lisa Kivirist (born 1967) — author
- Kristjan Järvi (born 1972) — symphony conductor[3]
- Neeme Järvi (born 1937) — symphony conductor. Moved to the US in 1981[citation needed]
- Paavo Järvi (born 1962) — current Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra[4]
- Tõnu Kalam (born 1948) — pianist and symphony conductor[5]
- Mark Kostabi (born 1960) — artist[6][7]
- Paul Kostabi (born 1962) — artist, music producer[8]
- Louis Kahn (1901–1974) — architect, designer of the Salk Institute, Kimbell Art Museum, and others[9]
- Ilse Lehiste (1922–2010) — linguist and author
- Alexander Nelke (1894–1974) — artist
- Dennis Nurkse (born 1949) — poet
- Raymond Pettibon (born 1957) — artist, designer of the iconic Black Flag (band) bars[10]
- Bill Rebane (born 1937) — film director[11]
- Ene Riisna (born 1938) — television producer
- Jerry Saltz (Estonian father) (born 1951) — art critic[12]
- Helen Tobias-Duesberg (1919–2010) — composer[13]
- Priit Vesilind (born 1943) — author, photojournalist[14]
- Kiino Villand (born 1969) — photographer
- Arthur Võõbus (1909–1988) — theologian, orientalist and church historian
- Nicole Aunapu Mann (born 1977) — astronaut and test pilot
- August Komendant (1906–1992) — Professor of Architecture at University of Pennsylvania (1959–74),[15] Structural Engineer for Louis Kahn[16]
- Pearn P. Niiler (1937–2010) — oceanographer
- Jaak Panksepp (1943–2017) — neuroscientist and psychobiologist[17]
- Hillar Rootare (1928–2008) — physical chemist
- Rein Taagepera (born 1933) — Research Professor, Political science, University of California, Irvine; Professor Emeritus, University of Tartu, Estonia[18][19]
- Riho Terras (1939–2005) — mathematician
- Alar Toomre (born 1937), Jüri Toomre — astronomers and mathematicians[20][21]
- Karen Uhlenbeck (born 1942) — mathematician and founder of geometric analysis
- Lauri Vaska (1925–2015) — chemist[22]
- Erika Eleniak (born 1969) — Playboy Playmate and actress[citation needed]
- Greg Ginn (born 1954) — guitarist of Black Flag[23]
- Miliza Korjus (1905–1980) — coloratura soprano opera singer
- Karolyn Nelke (born 1948) — stage actress
- Mena Suvari (born 1979) — actress (Estonian father)
- Ivan Triesault (1898–1980) — actor[24][25]
- Johann Urb (born 1977) — actor and former model[26]
- Jaan Ehlvest (born 1962) — chess player[27]
- Margus Hunt (born 1987) — football player[28]
- Chris Jogis (born 1965) — badminton player
- Ingrid Neel (born 1998) — tennis player[29]
- Michael Roos (born 1982) — football player[30]
- John Roosma (1900–1983) — basketball player
- Sven Salumaa (born 1966) — tennis player
- Warren Cummings Smith (born 1991) — alpine skier[31]
- Ralph Tamm (born 1966) — football player
- Katie Vesterstein (born 1999) — alpine skier[32]
- Elisabeth Murdoch (born 1968) — businesswoman
- James Murdoch (born 1972) — businessman
- Steve Jurvetson (born 1967) — Draper Fisher Jurvetson businessman[33]
- Michael Josselson (1908–1978) — secretary general for the Congress for Cultural Freedom[34][35]
- Jaan Laaman (born 1948) — leftist extremist[36]
- Samuel H. Shapiro (1907–1987) — governor of Illinois.[citation needed]
- Edmund S. Valtman (1914–2005) — political cartoonist[37]
- Melissa F. Wells (born 1932) — diplomat and former ambassador
- Aleksander Einseln (1931–2017) — former Commander-in-chief of the Estonian army (dual U.S. and Estonian citizenship)[38]
- Tiiu Kera (born 1945) — retired United States Air Force (USAF) major general[39]
- Edward Masso — retired United States Navy Rear Admiral and ambassador to Estonia
- Alar Kivilo @ MPAS Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Estonian: Alar Kivilo interview at postimees.ee
- "Tonu Kalam — UNC Music Department". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- Eastern Europe By Richard C. Frucht -Page 93 ISBN 978-1-57607-800-6 born to Estonian exiles in California
- "Jerry Saltz and the Future of the Critic-Artist | artnet News". artnet News. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
- [permanent dead link] "Mai sought out an old Geislingen playmate, Estonian-American Priit Vesilind..."
- University of Pennsylvania School of Design Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Integrated Buildings By Leonard R. Bachman; p. 91 ISBN 978-0-471-46774-8 "Louis Kahn's engineer and fellow Estonian..."
- Panksepp, J (1992). "A critical role for "affective neuroscience" in resolving what is basic about basic emotions". Psychological Review. 99 (3): 554–60. doi:10.1037/0033-295X.99.3.554. PMID 1502276.
- Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine "Estonian/American chemist"
- Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine"...his mother was an immigrant from Estonia."
- Tallinn St. John's Church's congregation. "E.E.L Kiriku Tallinna Jaani Koguduse I pihtkonna Personaalraamat. V". National Archives of Estonia. p. 188. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- "III pihtkonna I personaalraamat". National Archives of Estonia. p. 9. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- Hankewitz, Sten (21 June 2018). "Johann Urb: becoming an actor just happened to me – but it clearly needed to happen". Estonian World. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- Ehlvest, Jaan (2004). The Story of a Chess Player. Arbiter Publishing. ISBN 0-9763891-0-X.
- "Official Site of the Tennessee Titans". Archived from the original on 2006-05-17. Retrieved 2006-05-17. "Roos is believed to be the first Estonian native to play in the NFL..."
- "Warren Cummings Smith - Estonia's Secret Weapon on the Slopes?". 31 January 2014.
- "Vesterstein's Olympic dream started in Duluth, reaches Beijing, with Estonia in the middle". Duluth News Tribune. February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- "InternationalReports.net : Estonia 2003". Archived from the original on 2006-04-25. Retrieved 2006-05-17. "Steve Jurvetson, the 34-year-old Silicon Valley venture capitalist extraordinaire, and second-generation Estonian American..."
- Powers, Richard (January 1998). Not Without Honor. Yale University Press. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-300-07470-3. naturalized American of Jewish-Estonian background
- Astbury Methodist Village Retrieved 27 April 2017.