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Tallinn ranks 88th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Stuttgart, Marseille, and Japan. The most famous people from Tallinn are Alfred Rosenberg, Lennart Meri, and Wolfgang Köhler. The most famous people who died in Tallinn are Edgar de Wahl, Arnold Rüütel, and Lennart Meri. 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.

Between 0 and 2004, Tallinn was the birth place of 137 globally memorable people, including Alfred Rosenberg, Lennart Meri, and Wolfgang Köhler. Additionaly, 63 globally memorable people have passed away in Tallinn including Edgar de Wahl, Arnold Rüütel, and Lennart Meri.

Alfred Rosenberg
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1946
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 1
Lennart Meri
POLITICIAN
1929 - 2006
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 2
Wolfgang Köhler
PSYCHOLOGIST
1887 - 1967
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 3
Kaja Kallas
POLITICIAN
1977 - Present
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 4
Siim Kallas
POLITICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 5
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1929 - 2008
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 6
Jacob De la Gardie
POLITICIAN
1583 - 1652
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 7
Thomas Johann Seebeck
PHYSICIST
1770 - 1831
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 8
Jaan Kross
WRITER
1920 - 2007
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 9
Otto von Kotzebue
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1787 - 1846
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 10
Neeme Järvi
POLITICIAN
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 11
Michael Sittow
PAINTER
1459 - 1525
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 12

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 Konstantin Vassiljev. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tallinn, including Alfred Rosenberg, Lennart Meri, and Kaja Kallas.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Tallinn since 1700.