List of Estonian scientists
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This is a list of Estonian scientists.
Astronomers and space scientists
- Jaan Einasto (born 1929), astrophysicist
- Ernst Öpik (1893–1985), astronomer and astrophysicist
- Alar Toomre (born 1937), astronomer
Biologists, botanists and ecologists
- Jaan Eilart (1933–2006), phytogeographer, landscape ecologist, cultural historian and conservationist
- Toomas Frey (born 1937), ecologist, geobotanist and forest scientist
- Fred Jüssi (born 1935), biologist
- Toomas Kukk (born 1971), botanist
- Ülle Kukk (born 1937), botanist and conservationist
- Kalevi Kull (born 1952), biologist and semiotician
- Olevi Kull (1955–2007), ecologist
- Tiiu Kull (born 1958), botanist
- Eerik Kumari (1912–1984), biologist
- Liivia Laasimer (1918–1988), botanist
- Teodor Lippmaa (1892–1943), botanist
- Aime Mäemets (1930–1996), botanist and hydrobiologist
- Ann Marvet (born 1939), botanist
- Viktor Masing (1925–2001), botanist and ecologist
- Ingmar Ott (born 1955), botanist
- Erast Parmasto (1928–2012), mycologist, bioscientist and botanist
- Kaljo Pork (1930–1981), botanist
- Jaan Port (1891–1950), botanist
- Haide-Ene Rebassoo (born 1935), botanist
- Bernhard Saarsoo (1899–1964), botanist
- Andres Salumets (born 1971), biologist, biochemist and educator
- Urmas Tartes (born 1963), biologist
- Hans Trass (1928–2017), ecologist and botanist
- Aleksei Turovski (born 1946), zoologist and ethologist
- Albert Üksip (1886–1966), botanist and actor
- August Vaga (1893–1960), botanist
- Gustav Vilbaste (1885–1967), botanist
- Olev Vinn (born 1971), paleobiologist and paleontologist
- Martin Zobel (born 1957), ecologist
Chemists and material scientists
- Paul Kogerman (1891–1951), chemist
- Jüri Kukk (1940–1981), chemist
- Miia Rannikmäe (born 1951), chemist
- Hillar Rootare (1928–2008), chemist
- Ivar Karl Ugi (1930-2005), chemist
- Lauri Vaska (1925–2015), chemist
Economists
- Ardo Hansson (born 1958), economist
- Ragnar Nurkse (1907–1959), economist
- Raul Renter (1920–1992), economist
Geneticists
- Toomas Kivisild (born 1969), geneticist
- Andres Metspalu (born 1951), geneticist
- Riin Tamm (born 1981), geneticist
Historians and art historians
- Vello Helk (1923–2014), historian
- Magnus Ilmjärv (born 1961), historian
- Richard Indreko (1900–1961), historian and archaeologist
- Andres Kasekamp (born 1961), historian
- Mart Laar (born 1960), historian
- Villem Raam (1910–1996), art historian, art critic and conservator-restorer
Linguists and ethnographers
- Johannes Aavik (1880–1973), philologist
- Paul Ariste (1905–1990), linguist
- Oskar Kallas (1868–1946), linguist, folklorist and diplomat
- Elmar Muuk (1901–1941), linguist
- Jaan Puhvel (born 1932), linguist
- Paul Saagpakk (1910–1996), linguist
- Evar Saar (born 1969), linguist, toponymist and journalist
Mathematicians and computer scientists
- Gunnar Kangro (1913–1975), mathematician
- Edgar Krahn (1894–1961), mathematician
- Leiki Loone (born 1944), mathematician
- Andres Luure (born 1959), philosopher and mathematician
- Jaan Sarv (1877–1954), mathematician
- Alar Toomre (born 1937), astronomer and mathematician
Psychologists
- Jüri Allik (born 1949), psychologist
- Mart Murdvee (born 1951), psychologist and scholar
- Konstantin Ramul (1879–1975), psychologist
- Mare Teichmann (born 1954), psychologist
- Endel Tulving (born 1927), psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist
Physicists
- Jaak Aaviksoo (born 1954), physicist and politician
- Endel Aruja (1911–2008), physicist
- Vladimir Hütt (1936–1997), physicist
- Harald Keres (1912–2010), physicist
- Madis Kõiv (1929–2014), physicist, writer and philosopher
- Gustav Naan (1919–1994), physicist and philosopher
- Karl Rebane (1926–2007), physicist
- Ljubov Rebane (1929–1991), physicist
- Kaido Reivelt (born 1970), physicist
Other scientists
- Endel Laas (1915–2009), forest scientist
- Endel Lippmaa (1930-2015), academian, politician, founder and chairman of the Science Council of the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, chairman and professor of chemical physics, physical chemistry, physics, and mathematics
- Karl Leichter (1902–1987), musicologist
