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Toom (surname)
Toom is a common surname in Estonia. Notable people with the surname include: *Alo Toom (born 1986), Estonian wrestler *Andrei Toom (1942–2022), Russian mathematician *Artur Toom (1884–1942), Estonian ornithologist and conservationist *Hugo Toom (born 2002), Estonian basketball player *Johannes Toom (1896–1972), Estonian weightlifter *Merily Toom (born 1994), Estonian footballer *Taavi Toom (born 1970), Estonian diploma *Tanel Toom (born 1982), Estonian director and screenwriter *Yana Toom (born 1966), Estonian politician See also *Toon (name) *Toome (surname) *Tohme (surname) {{Surname, Toom Estonian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toome (surname)
Toome is a surname in Estonia, and may refer to: *Indrek Toome (1943–2023), Soviet Estonian politician *Joosep Toome (born 1985), Estonian basketball player *Koit Toome (born 1979), Estonian singer *Mart Toome (born 1980), Estonian actor See also * Toom (surname) * Tohme (surname) {{Surname, Toome Estonian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alo Toom
Alo Toom (born 18 March 1986) is an Estonian wrestler. He was born in Vändra, Pärnu County. In 2005 he graduated from Audentes Sports Gymnasium, and 2015 Tallinn University of Technology in electrical technology. He began his wrestling career in 1993, coached by Karl Pajumäe. Since 2002 his coach was Henn Põlluste Henn Põlluste (born on 2 September 1952 in Virtsu) is an Estonian wrestler and wrestling coach. In 1980 he graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical Institute in physical education. In 1972 he won Ivan Poddubny international competition. 1973-1979 he .... He has competed at the World Wrestling Championships. He is 5-times Estonian champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. From 2005 to 2015 he was a member of the Estonian national wrestling team. References Living people 1986 births Estonian male sport wrestlers Tallinn University of Technology alumni People from Vändra 21st-century Estonian people {{Estonia-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Toom
Andrei Leonovich Toom (in Russian: Андрей Леонович Тоом), also known as André Toom, (1942 Tashkent, Soviet Union - 2022 Queens, New York City) was a Russian mathematician known for the Toom–Cook algorithm and Toom's rule. Toom was a retired professor of the statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ''wikt:Statistik#German, Statistik'', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of ... department at Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil. Toom died of unknown causes at his apartment in Flushing, Queens, NYC. Toom was a student of Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro. ReferencesHis personal Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Toom
Artur Toom (born Artur Eduard Johannes Thom; 5 January 1884 – 29 March 1942) was an Estonian ornithologist and conservationist who worked on the island of Vilsandi which later became Vilsandi National Park. He was arrested following the Soviet occupation of Estonia and died in Usollag Gulag labor camp. Toom was born in the village of Sagariste in Pihtla municipality, Saare County, and became a lighthouse keeper on Vilsandi in 1906 where he started active bird conservation. He leased out the Vaika islands and encouraged bird nesting. In 1917, the Germans occupied Saaremaa and many nests were destroyed and the birds and eggs eaten. Following the Estonian War of Independence, in 1921 he studied fisheries, meteorology, ornithology and taxidermy at the University of Tartu. He established a research station at Kuusnõmme in 1922 and a museum in 1926. In 1930 he established a conservation society to protect the island of Saaremaa. Only 6 pairs of common eider nested on the Vaika island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Toom
Hugo Toom (born 25 October 2002) is an Estonian professional basketball player for BC Kalev of the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup. Standing at 2.00 m (6ft 7 in), he plays at the small forward position. Professional career On 22 July 2020, Toom signed with Pärnu Sadam of the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League. At the conclusion of the 2020–21 season, he was named the KML Best Young Player. Toom spent most of the 2021–22 season injured, as Pärnu Sadam claimed its first Estonian League championship title. On 23 June 2022, Toom signed with BC Kalev/Cramo on a two-year contract. National team career Toom made his debut for the Estonian national team on 11 November 2022, in a 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifier against Sweden. Awards and accomplishments * Estonian League champion: 2022, 2023 * Estonian League Best Young Player: 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Toom
Johannes Toom (26 July 1896 – 26 April 1972) was an Estonian weightlifter. He was born in Parasmäe, Harju County. He won silver medal at 1922 World Weightlifting Championships. He is buried at Jõelähtme cemetery. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Toom, Johannes 1896 births 1972 deaths Estonian male weightlifters People from Jõelähtme Parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merily Toom
Merily Toom (born 20 August 1994) is an Estonian football player who plays as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ... for Naiste Meistriliiga club Pärnu. She represented the Estonia national team from 2012 to 2017. References External links * * 1994 births Living people Women's association football forwards Estonian women's footballers Estonia women's international footballers People from Lääne-Harju Parish Pärnu JK players FC Flora (women) players {{Estonia-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taavi Toom
Taavi Toom (born on 7 September 1970 in Tartu) is an Estonian diplomat. In 1993 he graduated from University of Tartu with a degree in law. Since 1994 he has worked for the Estonian Foreign Ministry The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia ( et, Eesti Vabariigi Välisministeerium) is a Cabinet-level governmental agency in Estonia in charge of conducting and designing Estonian Foreign policy. History The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Es .... 2001-2006 he was Ambassador of Estonia to Denmark. Since 2009 he is Ambassador of Estonia to Poland. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Toom, Taavi Living people 1970 births Estonian diplomats Ambassadors of Estonia to Denmark Ambassadors of Estonia to Poland University of Tartu alumni People from Tartu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanel Toom
Tanel Toom (born 1 November 1982) is an Estonian director and screenwriter. Toom studied filmmaking at Tallinn University, graduating with a BA in 2005. After that, he worked as a director for commercials and as a first assistant director. In 2008, he completed his fourth short film, The Second Coming, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The apocalyptical war drama has since been screened at numerous film festivals and won several awards, including Best European Short at the Arcipelago International Film Festival. The same year, he decided to continue his studies at the National Film and Television School in England. He graduated from the NFTS with an MA in 2010 and shortly after that his diploma film The Confession won the Student Academy Award for Honorary Foreign Film and got him an Academy Award nomination for Live Action Short Film. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Toom
Yana Toom (born Jana Tšernogorova, formerly Yana Litvinova; 15 October 1966) is an Estonian politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014. She is a member of the Estonian Centre Party. Born to ethnic Russian immigrant parents, Toom become a naturalized citizen of Estonia in 2008. In the 2015 Estonian elections, Toom was also elected to the Estonian parliament (''Riigikogu'') with 11,573 votes; she decided to not become MP and kept her MEP seat in the European Parliament instead. A member of the ALDE (Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe), Toom currently serves on the Committee on Petitions (since 2014) and the Committee on Regional Development (since 2021). She was previously a member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (2014–2021) and her parliamentary group's coordinator on the Committee on Culture and Education (2014–2019). In addition to her committee assignments, Toom has been part of the parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
