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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] |
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] |
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] |
Indrek Toome
Indrek Toome (born 19 September 1943) is a former communist Estonian politician and businessman. He served from 1988 to 1990, and was the last Prime Minister (head of the Council of Ministers) of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic. Early life Toome was born into a working-class family in Tallinn. He completed his studies in 1968 as an electrical engineer at the Polytechnic Institute in Tallinn (Estonian ''Tallinna Polütehniline Instituut,'' now Tallinn University of Technology). Career From 1972 to 1990, Toome held various senior posts in the Leninist Young Communist League of Estonia (''Eestimaa Leninlik Kommunistlik Noorsooühing'' - ELKNÜ) and the Communist Party of Estonia (ERP). From 16 November 1988 until 1990, Toome was chairman of the Ministers of the Estonian SSR and therefore prime minister of communist Estonia. It was under his leadership that the government succumbed to pressure from the Singing Revolution, the peaceful liberation of Estonia from the domin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joosep Toome
Joosep Toome (born 21 June 1985) is an Estonian basketball coach and former professional player who is currently an assistant coach for University of Tartu of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga. Standing at 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in), he played at the center position. He also represented the Estonian national basketball team internationally. Professional career Toome began playing basketball with Kalevi Pojad junior team and TTÜ. He began his professional career in 2005 with Kalev of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga. Kalev finished the 2005–06 season winning the Estonian Championship, after a 4–3 series win in the KML finals against University of Tartu. In 2008, Toome left Kalev and transferred to TTÜ. In 2010, he returned to Kalev. Toome won two more Estonian Championships in 2011 and 2012, before leaving the club after the 2011–12 season. In 2012, Toome signed for University of Tartu. He won the 2014–15 Estonian League championship, after University of Tartu defeated his forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koit Toome
Koit Toome (born 3 January 1979), is an Estonian singer and musical actor. He has twice represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest. In Eurovision Song Contest 1998, 1998 he finished 12th with the song "Mere lapsed". In Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, 2017 he sang a duet with Laura Põldvere, entitled "Verona (song), Verona". Career Koit Toome was discovered in the music school in 1994 by the music producer Mikk Targo who was initially planning to launch a solo career for Koit. It later turned out that Koit's schoolmate and initial backing vocalist Sirli Hiius harmonized perfectly with Koit. Due to this, Koit's solo turned into a pop duo, Code One, which enjoyed a successful run of top hits that over the years have become evergreens. Toome and Hiius sometimes nevertheless perform together, despite having called the active years as a singing duo to an end years ago. In 1998, Koit Toome represented Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, Eurovision Song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mart Toome
Mart Toome (born 7 March 1980) is an Estonian stage, television, and film actor. Early life and education Mart Toome was born Enge, Halinga Parish, in Pärnu County in 1980. He is a 2002 graduate of the EMA Higher Drama School (now the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) in Tallinn under direction of actor, director and theatre pedagogue Elmo Nüganen. Among his graduating classmates were actors: Elisabet Reinsalu, Priit Võigemast, Ott Aardam, Hele Kõrve, Karin Rask, Evelin Võigemast, Maria Soomets, and Argo Aadli. Career Stage Shortly following his graduation from the EMA Higher Drama School in 2002, Mart Toome began an engagement as an actor at the Tallinn City Theatre, where he is still currently employed. Some of his most memorable roles since joining the Tallinn City Theatre include those in stage productions by such varied international playwrights and authors as: Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Yeats, Dumas, Chekhov, Steinbeck, Waugh, Ferenc Molnár, Aleksey Niko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tohme (surname)
Tohme or Tohmé is an Arabic surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bassam Tohme (born 1969), Syrian politician * Christine Tohmé (born 1964), Lebanese curator See also * Toome (surname) * 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 ... {{Surname Arabic-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
