List of Estonian Americans
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Template:Short description Template:Refimprove Template:Use mdy dates This is a list of notable Estonian-Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. Script error: No such module "Sidebar". 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. Script error: No such module "Hatnote".
Arts and literature
- 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 1981Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- 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
Science
- 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]
Entertainment
- Erika Eleniak (born 1969) — Playboy Playmate and actressScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- 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]
Sports
- Jaan Ehlvest (born 1962) — chess player[27]
- Margus Hunt (born 1987) — football player[28]
- Chris Jogis (born 1965) — badminton player
- David Laid (born 1998) — fitness influencer
- Ingrid Neel (born 1998) — tennis player[29]
- Michael Roos (born 1982) — football player[30]
- 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]
Business
- Lachlan Murdoch (born 1971) — CEO of FOX Corporation
- Elisabeth Murdoch (born 1968) — businesswoman
- James Murdoch (born 1972) — businessman
- Steve Jurvetson (born 1967) — Draper Fisher Jurvetson businessman[33]
Politics
- Michael Josselson (1908–1978) — secretary general for the Congress for Cultural Freedom[34]
- Jaan Laaman (born 1948) — leftist extremist[35]
- Samuel H. Shapiro (1907–1987) — governor of Illinois.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Edmund S. Valtman (1914–2005) — political cartoonist[36]
- Melissa F. Wells (born 1932) — diplomat and former ambassador
Military
- Aleksander Einseln (1931–2017) — former Commander-in-chief of the Estonian army (dual U.S. and Estonian citizenship)[37]
- Tiiu Kera (born 1945) — retired United States Air Force (USAF) major general[38]
- Edward Masso — retired United States Navy Rear Admiral and ambassador to Estonia
References
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- ↑ Alar Kivilo @ MPAS Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Template:Langx at postimees.ee
- ↑ [1] "...under the rising 38-year-old Estonian-American conductor Kristjan Järvi..."
- ↑ [2] "The Estonian-American conductor, Paavo Järvi..."
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- ↑ [3] "The most well-known of Estonian/American artists is the infamous Mark Kostabi..."
- ↑ Eastern Europe By Richard C. Frucht -Page 93 Template:ISBN born to Estonian exiles in California
- ↑ [4]"The complete list is: Peeter Kolk, Dianne Bowen, Külliki Talp, Ilse Leetaru, Mark Kostabi, Paul Indrek Kostabi..."
- ↑ [5] "As the great Estonian-American architect wrote..."
- ↑ [6] "Pettibon's mother was an Estonian, who fled to the United States during World War II ..."
- ↑ [7] "I still spoke with a strong European accent as I had immigrated to the United States only 10 years earlier as an Estonian refugee via Germany and was experiencing, in reality and the real sense of the word, "the American Dream.”"
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- ↑ [8] "But in the last years of her life spent in Savannah, the Estonian-American composer came around to see things differently."
- ↑ [9]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". "Mai sought out an old Geislingen playmate, Estonian-American Priit Vesilind..."
- ↑ University of Pennsylvania School of Design Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Integrated Buildings By Leonard R. Bachman; p. 91 Template:ISBN "Louis Kahn's engineer and fellow Estonian..."
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- ↑ Rein Taagepera @ University of California, Irvine
- ↑ [10] "According to leading Estonian-American political scientist Rein Taagepera..."
- ↑ Remarkable Estonian astronomers @ Tartu Space observatory
- ↑ Alar Toomre @ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ [11] Template:Webarchive "Estonian/American chemist"
- ↑ [12] Template:Webarchive"...his mother was an immigrant from Estonia."
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- ↑ [13] "Hunt got drafted to NFL in 2013."
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". "Roos is believed to be the first Estonian native to play in the NFL..."
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". "Steve Jurvetson, the 34-year-old Silicon Valley venture capitalist extraordinaire, and second-generation Estonian American..."
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". naturalized American of Jewish-Estonian background
- ↑ [14] "Jaan Laaman grew up in Roxbury and Buffalo NY. Hisfamily emigrated to the U.S. from Estonia when he was a child."
- ↑ The Estonians in America, 1627-1975: a chronology & fact book
- ↑ [15] Center For Immigration Studies: Dual Citizenship and American National Identity. Renshon, Stanley A.
- ↑ Astbury Methodist Village Retrieved 27 April 2017.
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