Tallinn ranks 87th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Gothenburg, Lima, and Bologna. Memorable people born in Tallinn include Alfred Rosenberg, Wolfgang Köhler, and Lennart Meri. Memorable people who died in Tallinn include Lennart Meri, Edgar de Wahl, and Michael Sittow. Tallinn has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and writers. Tallinn is located in Estonia.
Tallinn is the capital and most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of about 461,000 and administratively lies in the Harju maakond (county). Tallinn is the main governmental, financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located 187 km (116 mi) northwest of the country's second largest city, Tartu; however, only 80 km (50 mi) south of Helsinki, Finland, also 320 km (200 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, 300 km (190 mi) north of Riga, Latvia, and 380 km (240 mi) east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical name Reval. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1459 and 2002, Tallinn was the birth place of 109 globally memorable people, including Alfred Rosenberg, Wolfgang Köhler, and Lennart Meri. Additionaly, 50 globally memorable people have passed away in Tallinn including Lennart Meri, Edgar de Wahl, and Michael Sittow.
1893 - 1946
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 1
1887 - 1967
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 2
1929 - 2006
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 3
1929 - 2008
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 4
1583 - 1652
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 5
1770 - 1831
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 6
1459 - 1525
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 7
1787 - 1846
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 8
1622 - 1686
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 9
1937 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 10
1920 - 2007
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 11
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 12
1536 - 1600
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 17
1913 - 1983
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 43
1974 - Present
HPI: 37.50
Rank: 54
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.32
Rank: 60
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.82
Rank: 62
1976 - Present
HPI: 33.01
Rank: 74
1975 - Present
HPI: 31.26
Rank: 81
1980 - Present
HPI: 31.22
Rank: 82
1973 - Present
HPI: 27.98
Rank: 90
2000 - Present
HPI: 26.07
Rank: 97
1994 - Present
HPI: 25.47
Rank: 100
1979 - Present
HPI: 23.60
Rank: 103
1929 - 2006
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 1
1867 - 1948
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 2
1459 - 1525
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 3
1787 - 1846
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 4
1920 - 2007
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 5
1878 - 1940
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 6
1898 - 1972
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 7
1900 - 1939
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 8
1651 - Present
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 9
1920 - 1975
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 10
1899 - 1958
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 11
1930 - 2017
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 12
1651 - Present
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 9
1536 - 1600
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 15
1952 - 2000
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 18
1922 - 1971
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 36
1865 - 1943
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 37
1749 - 1833
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 39
1889 - 1965
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 44
Most individuals born in present day Tallinn were politicians (23), soccer players (19), athletes (10), singers (10), and writers (7), while most who died were politicians (10), writers (7), athletes (7), composers (6), and military personnels (4).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tallinn, including Andres Oper, Mart Poom, and Sergei Pareiko. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tallinn, including Alfred Rosenberg, Lennart Meri, and Jacob De la Gardie.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Tallinn since 1700.