Tartu
Tartu ranks 286th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Montpellier, Rostov-on-Don, and San José, Costa Rica. Memorable people born in Tartu include Emil Lenz, Felix Kersten, and Adolf von Harnack. Memorable people who died in Tartu include Karl Ernst von Baer, Ferdinand von Wrangel, and Yuri Lotman. Tartu has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many writers and biologists. Tartu is located in Estonia.
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,435. It is 186 kilometres southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the two largest lakes in Estonia, Lake Võrtsjärv and Lake Peipus. From the 13th century until the end of the 19th century, Tartu was known in most of the world by variants of its historical name Dorpat. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1793 and 1993, Tartu was the birth place of 40 globally memorable people, including Emil Lenz, Felix Kersten, and Adolf von Harnack. Additionaly, 21 globally memorable people have passed away in Tartu including Karl Ernst von Baer, Ferdinand von Wrangel, and Yuri Lotman.
People Born in Tartu
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Emil Lenz
1804 - 1865
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 1
Felix Kersten
1898 - 1960
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 2
Adolf von Harnack
1851 - 1930
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 3
Alar Karis
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 4
Kersti Kaljulaid
1969 - Present
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 5
Ilon Wikland
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 6
Jaan Kaplinski
1941 - 2021
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 7
Leonid Kulik
1883 - 1942
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 8
Andrus Ansip
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 9
Otto Wilhelm von Struve
1819 - 1905
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 10
George Hackenschmidt
1877 - 1968
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 11
Karl Ernst Claus
1796 - 1864
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Tartu
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1958 - Present
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 4
Käbi Laretei
1922 - 2014
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 16
Jaak Panksepp
1943 - 2017
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 20
Jürgen Ligi
1959 - Present
HPI: 36.02
Rank: 30
Anneli Ott
1976 - Present
HPI: 32.85
Rank: 32
Julia Beljajeva
1992 - Present
HPI: 26.50
Rank: 36
People Deceased in Tartu
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Karl Ernst von Baer
1792 - 1876
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 1
Ferdinand von Wrangel
1797 - 1870
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 2
Yuri Lotman
1922 - 1993
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 3
Friedrich Maximilian Klinger
1752 - 1831
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 4
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald
1803 - 1882
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 5
Friedrich Parrot
1791 - 1841
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 6
Franz Aepinus
1724 - 1802
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 7
Burkhard Christoph von Münnich
1683 - 1767
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 8
Karl Ernst Claus
1796 - 1864
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 9
Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz
1793 - 1831
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 10
Johann Voldemar Jannsen
1819 - 1890
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 11
Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz
1824 - Present
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Tartu
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Most individuals born in present day Tartu were politicians (11), soccer players (4), athletes (3), writers (2), and composers (2), while most who died were writers (5), biologists (3), philosophers (2), painters (2), and explorers (1).
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tartu, including Alar Karis, Kersti Kaljulaid, and Andrus Ansip. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tartu, including Felix Kersten, Alar Karis, and Kersti Kaljulaid.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 17 globally memorable people born in Tartu since 1700.
