List of Estonian scientists

This is a list of Estonian scientists.

This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Astronomers and space scientists

• Jaan Einasto (born 1929), astrophysicist
• Ernst Öpik (1893–1985), astronomer and astrophysicist
• Alar Toomre (born 1937), astronomer

Biologists, botanists and ecologists

• Jaan Eilart (1933–2006), phytogeographer, landscape ecologist, cultural historian and conservationist
• Toomas Frey (born 1937), ecologist, geobotanist and forest scientist
• Leiti Kannukene (born 1939), botanist
• Ülle Kukk (born 1937), botanist and conservationist
• Olevi Kull (1955–2007), ecologist
• Tiiu Kull (born 1958), botanist
• Eerik Kumari (1912–1984), biologist
• Liivia Laasimer (1918–1988), botanist
• Teodor Lippmaa (1892–1943), botanist
• Aime Mäemets (1930–1996), botanist and hydrobiologist
• Viktor Masing (1925–2001), botanist and ecologist
• Erast Parmasto (1928–2012), mycologist, bioscientist and botanist
• Kaljo Pork (1930–1981), botanist
• Haide-Ene Rebassoo (born 1935), botanist
• Hans Trass (born 1928), ecologist and botanist
• Aleksei Turovski (born 1946), zoologist and ethologist
• Martin Zobel (born 1957), ecologist

Chemists and material scientists

• Paul Kogerman (1891–1951), chemist
• Jüri Kukk (1940–1981), chemist

Economists

• Ardo Hansson (born 1958), economist
• Ragnar Nurkse (1907–1959), economist

Geneticists

• Toomas Kivisild (born 1969), geneticist
• Andres Metspalu (born 1951), geneticist
• Riin Tamm (born 1981), geneticist

Historians and art historians

• Vello Helk (1923-2014), historian
• Magnus Ilmjärv (born 1961), historian
• Richard Indreko (1900–1961), historian and archaeologist
• Andres Kasekamp (born 1961), historian
• Mart Laar (born 1960), historian
• Villem Raam (1910–1996), art historian, art critic and conservator-restorer

Linguists and ethnographers

• Johannes Aavik (1880–1973), philologist
• Paul Ariste (1905–1990), linguist
• Elmar Muuk (1901–1941), linguist
• Paul Saagpakk (1910–1996), linguist

Mathematicians and computer scientists

• Ahto Buldas (born 1967), computer scientist
• Gunnar Kangro (1913–1975), mathematician
• Edgar Krahn (1894–1961), mathematician
• Andres Luure (born 1959), philosopher and mathematician
• Jaan Sarv (1877–1954), mathematician

Psychologists

• Jüri Allik (born 1949), psychologist
• Konstantin Ramul (1879–1975), psychologist
• Mare Teichmann (born 1954), psychologist

Physicists

• Endel Aruja (1911–2008), physicist
• Vladimir Hütt (1936–1997), physicist
• Harald Keres (1912–2010), physicist
• Karl Rebane (1926–2007), physicist
• Ljubov Rebane (1929–1991), physicist

Other scientists

• Endel Laas (1915–2009), forest scientist
• Karl Leichter (1902-1987), musicologist

See also

• List of Estonian people
• Lists of scientists