The Most Famous
Athletes from Estonia
52 notable people
This page contains a list of the greatest Estonians Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 52 of which were born in Estonia. This makes Estonia the birth place of the 52nd most number of Athletes behind Uzbekistan and Slovenia.
Top 10 Estonian Athletes
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Estonians Athletes of all time. This list of famous Estonians Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Estonians Athletes.
- #1
Jüri Lossmann
1891 - 1984
HPI 63.1532 langsEstonian long-distance runner
- #2
Roman Steinberg
1900 - 1928
HPI 62.8026 langsEstonian wrestler
- #3
Aleksander Klumberg
1899 - 1958
HPI 60.5131 langsEstonian decathlete
- #4
Jüri Tarmak
1946 - 2022
HPI 60.3026 langsEstonian high jumper
- #5
Alfred Schmidt
1898 - 1972
HPI 58.4227 langsEstonian weightlifter
- #6
Jaan Kikkas
1892 - 1944
HPI 57.4521 langsEstonian weightlifter
- #7
Harald Tammer
1899 - 1942
HPI 56.7121 langsEstonian weightlifter
- #8
Jaan Talts
b. 1944
HPI 56.3418 langsEstonian weightlifter, coach and politician (born 1944)
- #9
Ilmar Kullam
1922 - 2011
HPI 56.1720 langsEstonian basketball player
- #10
Jüri Tamm
1957 - 2021
HPI 56.1624 langsEstonian hammer thrower and politician
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Estonians Athletes grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
2000s(2)
1990s(13)
1970s(9)
1960s(2)
1950s(2)
1940s(2)
1920s(2)
1910s(2)
1900s(2)
Overlapping Lives
Which Athletes were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 12 most globally memorable Athletes since 1700.
