List of Estonian Americans

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This is a list of notable Estonian-Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Estonian American or must have references showing they are Estonian American and are notable.

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  1. ^ Alar Kivilo @ MPAS Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Estonian: Alar Kivilo interview at postimees.ee
  3. ^ [1] "...under the rising 38-year-old Estonian-American conductor Kristjan Järvi..."
  4. ^ [2] "The Estonian-American conductor, Paavo Järvi..."
  5. ^ "Tonu Kalam — UNC Music Department". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  6. ^ [3] "The most well-known of Estonian/American artists is the infamous Mark Kostabi..."
  7. ^ Eastern Europe By Richard C. Frucht -Page 93 ISBN 978-1-57607-800-6 born to Estonian exiles in California
  8. ^ [4]"The complete list is: Peeter Kolk, Dianne Bowen, Külliki Talp, Ilse Leetaru, Mark Kostabi, Paul Indrek Kostabi..."
  9. ^ [5] "As the great Estonian-American architect wrote..."
  10. ^ [6] "Pettibon's mother was an Estonian, who fled to the United States during World War II ..."
  11. ^ [7] "I still spoke with a strong European accent as I had immigrated to the United States only 10 years earlier as an Estonian refugee via Germany and was experiencing, in reality and the real sense of the word, "the American Dream.”"
  12. ^ "Jerry Saltz and the Future of the Critic-Artist | artnet News". artnet News. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  13. ^ [8] "But in the last years of her life spent in Savannah, the Estonian-American composer came around to see things differently."
  14. ^ [9][permanent dead link] "Mai sought out an old Geislingen playmate, Estonian-American Priit Vesilind..."
  15. ^ University of Pennsylvania School of Design Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ Integrated Buildings By Leonard R. Bachman; p. 91 ISBN 978-0-471-46774-8 "Louis Kahn's engineer and fellow Estonian..."
  17. ^ Panksepp, J (1992). "A critical role for "affective neuroscience" in resolving what is basic about basic emotions". Psychological Review. 99 (3): 554–60. doi:10.1037/0033-295X.99.3.554. PMID 1502276.
  18. ^ Rein Taagepera @ University of California, Irvine
  19. ^ [10] "According to leading Estonian-American political scientist Rein Taagepera..."
  20. ^ Remarkable Estonian astronomers @ Tartu Space observatory
  21. ^ Alar Toomre @ Encyclopædia Britannica
  22. ^ [11] Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine "Estonian/American chemist"
  23. ^ [12] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine"...his mother was an immigrant from Estonia."
  24. ^ Tallinn St. John's Church's congregation. "E.E.L Kiriku Tallinna Jaani Koguduse I pihtkonna Personaalraamat. V". National Archives of Estonia. p. 188. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  25. ^ "III pihtkonna I personaalraamat". National Archives of Estonia. p. 9. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  26. ^ Hankewitz, Sten (21 June 2018). "Johann Urb: becoming an actor just happened to me – but it clearly needed to happen". Estonian World. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  27. ^ Ehlvest, Jaan (2004). The Story of a Chess Player. Arbiter Publishing. ISBN 0-9763891-0-X.
  28. ^ [13] "Hunt got drafted to NFL in 2013."
  29. ^ "Vaba Eesti Sõna - Vaba Eesti Sõna".
  30. ^ "Official Site of the Tennessee Titans". Archived from the original on 2006-05-17. Retrieved 2006-05-17. "Roos is believed to be the first Estonian native to play in the NFL..."
  31. ^ "Warren Cummings Smith - Estonia's Secret Weapon on the Slopes?". 31 January 2014.
  32. ^ "Vesterstein's Olympic dream started in Duluth, reaches Beijing, with Estonia in the middle". Duluth News Tribune. February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  33. ^ "InternationalReports.net : Estonia 2003". Archived from the original on 2006-04-25. Retrieved 2006-05-17. "Steve Jurvetson, the 34-year-old Silicon Valley venture capitalist extraordinaire, and second-generation Estonian American..."
  34. ^ JSTOR ...Michael Josselson, himself of Estonian origins
  35. ^ Powers, Richard (January 1998). Not Without Honor. Yale University Press. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-300-07470-3. naturalized American of Jewish-Estonian background
  36. ^ [14] "Jaan Laaman grew up in Roxbury and Buffalo NY. Hisfamily emigrated to the U.S. from Estonia when he was a child."
  37. ^ The Estonians in America, 1627-1975: a chronology & fact book
  38. ^ [15] Center For Immigration Studies: Dual Citizenship and American National Identity. Renshon, Stanley A.
  39. ^ Astbury Methodist Village Retrieved 27 April 2017.

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