This is a list of notable

Baltic German Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...

Art and literature

Architects

* Alfred Aschenkampff (1858–1914), architect (Latvia) * Paul Max Bertschy (1840–1911), city architect of

Liepāja Liepāja (; liv, Līepõ; see #Names and toponymy, other names) is a state city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest-city in the Kurzeme Planning Region, Kurzeme Region and the third-largest city in the country after R ...

(Latvia) * Bernhard Bielenstein (1877–1959), architect (Latvia) *

Wilhelm Bockslaff Wilhelm Ludwig Nikolai Bockslaff ( lv, Vilhelms Ludvigs Nikolajs Bokslafs, russian: Вильгельм Людвиг Николай Бокслаф; , Riga – 9 March 1945, Poznań) was a Baltic German architect working in Riga. He is considered ...

(1858–1945), architect (Latvia) *

Johann Felsko Johann Daniel Felsko (also Felskau; lv, Johans Daniels Felsko; — ) was a Baltic German architect, urban planner and the chief architect of Riga for 35 years in the period 1844—79. The most significant accomplishment of his creative work is ...

(1813–1902), architect (Latvia) * Karl Felsko, (1844–1918), architect (Latvia) * Christoph Haberland (1750–1803), architect (Latvia) *

Otto Pius Hippius Otto Pius Hippius (, Saint Petersburg — , Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic German architect, particularly noted for several buildings in present-day Estonia. Life and works Otto Hippius was born to the painter and lithographer, Gustav Adolf Hi ...

(1826–1883), architect (Estonia) * Erich Jacoby (1885–1941), architect (Estonia) *

Paul Mandelstamm Paul Mandelstamm ( lv, Pauls Mandelštams; – 1941) was a Baltic German-Jewish architect, working mainly in present-day Latvia. Biography Paul Mandelstamm was born in Kovno Governorate in present-day Lithuania (then part of the Russian Empire) ...

(1872–1941), architect (Latvia) * Robert Natus (1890–1950), architect (Estonia) *

Robert Pflug Robert Pflug ( lv, Roberts Pflūgs; 1 May 1832 – 30 November 1885) was a Baltic German architect. Robert August Pflug was born in Saint Petersburg as the son of a merchant. He studied at the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology, Tech ...

(1832–1885), architect (Latvia) *

August Reinberg August Reinberg ( lv, Augusts Reinbergs; 16 March 1860 – 17 July 1908) was a Baltic German architect from Riga. August Reinberg was born in Riga as the son of Jakob Reinberg and Luise, née Kastan. He studied architecture at the Riga Polytech ...

(1860–1908), architect (Latvia) *

Jacques Rosenbaum Jacques Rosenbaum (full name: Jacques Gustav-Adolf Rosenbaum-Ehrenbush) (1 July 1878 in Haapsalu, Estonia, Russian Empire – 6 January 1944 in Berlin, Germany) was an Estonian architect of Baltic German descent. Between 1904–07 he served as muni ...

(1878–1944), architect (Estonia) *

Alfred Rosenberg Alfred Ernst Rosenberg ( – 16 October 1946) was a Baltic German Nazi theorist and ideologue. Rosenberg was first introduced to Adolf Hitler by Dietrich Eckart and he held several important posts in the Nazi government. He was the head of ...

(1893–1946), politician, Nazi ideologist and architect (Germany) *

Max Scherwinsky Max Gustav Richard Scherwinsky ( lv, Maksis Gustavs Rihards Šervinskis; 1 November 1859 – 12 July 1909) was a German-born architect working mainly in Riga, the present-day capital of Latvia. Biography Max Scherwinsky was born in Tilsit (since ...

(1859–1909), architect and designer (Latvia) *

Edmund von Trompowsky Edmund von Trompowsky (16 March 1851 – 19 January 1919) was a Baltic German architect working mainly in present-day Latvia. Edmund von Trompowsky studied civil engineering and architecture at Riga Polytechnical Institute (today Riga Technical ...

(1851–1919), architect (Latvia)

Artists

Christian Ackermann Christian Ackermann was a sculptor and carver who worked in Estonia. Life and work Christian Ackermann was born in Königsberg. He worked in Riga, Stockholm, and Gdańsk, before becoming active in Tallinn from about 1672 until his death in 171 ...

(died 1710), wood carver and sculptor (Estonia) * Johann Heinrich Baumann (1753–1832), painter (Latvia) *

Gregor von Bochmann Gregor von Bochmann (1 June 1850, Nehatu, Kreis Wiek, Governorate of Estonia – 12 February 1930, Hösel, near Düsseldorf) was a Baltic-German landscape and genre painter. Biography His father was a forest warden for the Governorate of ...

(1850–1930), painter (Estonia) *

Bernhard Borchert Bernhard Borchert (1 December 1863, Riga – 1945) was a Baltic-German painter who spent the greatest part of his life in Latvia. He entered the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Пет� ...

(1863–1945), artist (Latvia) * Mikhail Clodt (1832–1902), painter (Russia) *

Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg Peter Jakob Freiherr Clodt von Jürgensburg, known in Russian as Pyotr Karlovich Klodt (russian: Пётр Карлович Клодт; 5 June 1805, Saint Petersburg – 25 November 1867, Klevenoye, Vyborg Governorate), was a favourite sculp ...

(1805–1867), sculptor (Russia) *

Franz Burchard Dörbeck Franz Burchard Dörbeck ( in Fellin in Fellin) was a Baltic German graphic artist and caricaturist born in Fellin (now Viljandi, Viljandi County, Estonia) in what was then the Governorate of Livonia From 1814 to 1816 Dörbeck studied engravin ...

(1799–1835), graphic artist and caricaturist *

Jacob Heinrich Elbfas Jacob Heinrich Elbfas (c.1600–1664) was a Baltic German portrait painter. Elbfas was born in Livonia and educated in Strasbourg, in a tradition dating back to Renaissance portraits. He established himself in Sweden from 1622 and from ...

(c. 1600–1664), painter (Sweden) *

Eduard von Gebhardt Franz Karl Eduard von Gebhardt (13 June 1838 – 3 February 1925) was a Baltic German painter of portraits and historical scenes, and a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Biography He was born to Ferdinand Theodor von Gebhardt (1803� ...

(1838–1925), painter *

Wilhelm August Golicke Wilhelm August Golicke (russian: Вильгельм-Август Голике / Василий Александрович Голике; 1802 – 5 July 1848) was a Baltic German painter. Life and paintings He was born in Tallinn or Saint Pet ...

(1802–1848), painter *

Eduard Hau Eduard Hau (Russian: Эдуард Петрович Гау; 28 July 1807 in Reval – 3 January 1888 in Dorpat) was a Baltic German painter and graphic artist. Life and work He was the son of painter Johannes Hau, who had emigrated from Northe ...

(1807–1888), painter *

Woldemar Hau Woldemar Hau (Russian: ''Владимир Иванович Гау''; 1816 – 1895) was a Baltic German portrait painter who worked in the Biedermeier style. Life and work He was the son of painter Johannes Hau, who had emigrated from No ...

(1816–1896), painter * August Matthias Hagen (1794–1878), painter *

Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz ( – ) was a Baltic German painter, primarily of portraits. Biography She was the daughter of the painter August Matthias Hagen; born while her parents were on a painting excursion. She displayed an early in ...

(1824–1902), painter, daughter of the above * Vasily Helmersen (1873–1893), artist and book illustrator *

Carl von Hoffman Carl von Hoffman (c. 1889 in St. Petersburg or Latvia, Russia – 8 July 1982 in New York, New York, US) was a soldier, adventurer, author, and photographer of German people, German ancestry. He was possibly a descendant of Melchior Hoffman; jour ...

(1889–1982), soldier, adventurer, author, and photographer (United States) * Franz Hoppenstätt (died 1657/1658), wood carver (Estonia) *

George Hoyningen-Huene Baron George Hoyningen-Huene (September 4, 1900 – September 12, 1968) was a fashion photographer of the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in the Russian Empire to Baltic German and American parents and spent his working life in France, England and t ...

(1900–1968), fashion photographer *

Alexander Julius Klünder Alexander Julius Klünder (Russian: Александр Иванович Клюндер; 20 February 1802, Tallinn – 8 January 1875, Tallinn) was a Baltic-German painter and lithographer, known primarily for his portraits. Biography His fath ...

, (1802–1875), portrait painter *

Alexander Kotzebue Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Franz von Kotzebue (russian: Алекса́ндр Евста́фиевич Коцебу́, tr. ; 9 June 1815 – 24 August 1889) was a German Romantic painter of historical scenes and battle scenes. Life Alexander ...

(1815–1889), painter *

Gerhard von Kügelgen Franz Gerhard von Kügelgen (6 February 1772 – 27 March 1820) was a German painter, noted for his portraits and history paintings. He was a professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and a member of both the Prussian and Russian Imperial Ac ...

(1772–1820), portrait and history painter * Karl von Kügelgen (1772–1832), landscape and history painter * Konstantin von Kügelgen (1810–1880), landscape painter * Otto Friedrich Theodor von Möller (1812–1874), painter *

Carl Timoleon von Neff Carl Timoleon von Neff, also Timofey Andreyevich Neff (russian: Тимофей Андреевич Нефф, – ) was a Russian Imperial artist of Baltic German descent. Biography Carl Timoleon von Neff was born at a manor house in Neu-Isenho ...

(1804–1877), painter (Estonia) * August Georg Wilhelm Pezold (1794–1859), painter and lithographer * Nikolaus Roerich (1874–1947), painter and philosopher (Russia) *

Otto Magnus von Stackelberg Otto Magnus von Stackelberg may refer to: * Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (ambassador) (1736–1800), Russian diplomat * Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (archaeologist) (1786–1837), Estonian archeologist {{hndis, Stackelberg, Otto Magnus von ...

(1786–1837), archaeologist, writer, art historian and painter *

Egon von Vietinghoff Egon Arnold Alexis Freiherr von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel (February 6, 1903 in The Hague – October 14, 1994 in Zurich) was a German-Swiss painter, author, philosopher and creator of the Egon von Vietinghoff Foundation. He reconstructed the ...

(1903–1994), painter and philosopher (Germany, Switzerland) *

Gottlieb Welté Christian Gottlieb Welté (3 December 1745/49 – 17 December 1792) was an etcher and landscape painter from Mainz, Germany. His works, accomplished mostly in small format, represent rococo and transition to early classicism. In Estonia, he paint ...

(1745/49–1792), etcher and landscape painter

Authors and writers

* Friedrich Amelung (1842–1909), chess player, endgame composer, and journalist *

Werner Bergengruen Werner Bergengruen (September 16, 1892 – September 4, 1964) was a Baltic German novelist and poet. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Life and career Bergengruen was born in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, which at that ti ...

(1892–1964), novelist *

Lovisa von Burghausen Lovisa von Burghausen (1698 – 20 January 1733) was a Swedish memoirist who became famous for her story about her time in captivity as a slave in Russia after being taken prisoner by the Russians during the Great Northern War. She was so ...

(1698–1733), slave and memoirist (Russia) *

Anton Delvig Baron Anton Antonovich Delvig (russian: Анто́н Анто́нович Де́львигIn Delvig's day, his name was written Антонъ Антоновичъ Дельвигъ., Antón Antónovich Délʹvig, ɐnˈton ɐnˈtonəvʲɪtɕ ˈdelʲv ...

(1798–1831), poet and journalist (Russia) * Helene von Engelhardt (1850–1910) *

Nikolai Erdman Nikolai Robertovich Erdman ( rus, Николай Робертович Эрдман, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ˈrobʲɪrtəvʲɪtɕ ˈɛrdmən, a=Nikolay Robyertovich Erdman.ru.vorb.oga; , Moscow – 10 August 1970) was a Soviet dramatist and screenwriter ...

(1900–1970), poet and playwright (Soviet Union) *

Julie Hausmann Julie Katharina Hausmann ( – )Entry ifuneral register of Haljall(Estonian: Haljala kogudus) was a Baltic Germans, Baltic German poet, known for the hymn "So nimm denn meine Hände" ("Lord, Take My Hand and Lead Me"), with a melody by Friedrich ...

(1826–1901), poet *

Hermann Hesse Hermann Karl Hesse (; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include ''Demian'', ''Steppenwolf (novel), Steppenwolf'', ''Siddhartha (novel), Siddhartha'', and ''The Glass Bead Game'', ...

(1877–1962), poet, novelist, and painter (Germany) *

Eduard von Keyserling Johann Heinrich Eduard Nicolaus Graf von Keyserling (May 14, 1855 – September 28, 1918) was a Baltic German fiction writer and dramatist, an exponent of literary impressionism and associated with the historic region of Courland. Biography ...

(1855–1918), writer and playwright *

August von Kotzebue August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (; – ) was a German dramatist and writer who also worked as a consul in Russia and Germany. In 1817, one of Kotzebue's books was burned during the Wartburg festival. He was murdered in 1819 by Karl L ...

(1761–1819), playwright (Germany) *

Wilhelm Küchelbecker Wilhelm Ludwig von Küchelbecker ( rus, Вильге́льм Ка́рлович Кюхельбе́кер, p=kʲʉxʲɪlʲˈbʲekʲɪr, tr. ; in St. Petersburg – in Tobolsk) was a Russian Romantic poet and Decembrist revolutionary of Ger ...

(1797–1846), poet and

Decembrist The Decembrist Revolt ( ru , Восстание декабристов, translit = Vosstaniye dekabristov , translation = Uprising of the Decembrists) took place in Russia on , during the interregnum following the sudden death of Emperor Al ...

(Russia) *

Anatol Lieven Anatol Lieven is a British author, journalist, and policy analyst best known for his expertise on the Taliban of Afghanistan. He is currently a visiting professor at King's College London and senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Respons ...

(born 1960), author, journalist, and policy analyst (United Kingdom) *

Garlieb Merkel Garlieb Helwig Merkel ( in Lēdurga Parish (now Sigulda Municipality), Kreis Riga – in Riga) was a Baltic Germans, Baltic German writer and activist and an early Estophile and Latvians, Lettophile. Merkel was born into the family of a rur ...

(1769–1850), writer and public activist *

Elisa von der Recke Elisabeth "Elisa" Charlotte Constanzia von der Recke (née von Medem; 20 May 1754 – 13 April 1833) was a Baltic German writer and poet. Family Elisa von der Recke was born in Schönberg, Skaistkalne parish, Courland (present-day Skaist ...

(1754–1833), writer and poet *

Gleb Struve Gleb Petrovich Struve (Russian: Глеб Петрович Струве; 1 May 1898 – 4 June 1985) was a Russian poet and literary historian. Biography Gleb Petrovich Struve was born on 1 May 1898. His father was the political theorist Peter Berng ...

(1898–1985), poet and literary historian (United States) *

Frank Thiess Frank Thiess (13 March 1890 – 22 December 1977) was a German writer. Biography Born in Eluisenstein (now Ogre Municipality), Kreis Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Latvia), Thiess grew up in Berlin. He worked as a journalist f ...

(1890–1977), writer (Germany) * Jakob von Uexkull (born 1944), writer and politician (Germany) * Peter Ernst Wilde (1732–1785), physician and journalist (Estonia) *

Gero von Wilpert Gero von Wilpert (13 March 1933 – 24 December 2009) was a German author, a senior lecturer in German at the University of New South Wales and, from 1980, Professor of German at the University of Sydney. Life and career Wilpert was born in Ta ...

(1933–2009), writer and literary scientist

Entertainment

Actors and actresses

Heinz Erhardt Heinz Erhardt (; 20 February 1909 – 5 June 1979) was a German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, and poet. Life Heinz Erhardt was born in Riga, the son of Baltic German Kapellmeister Gustav Erhardt. He lived most of his childhood at his ...

(1909–1979), comedian, musician, entertainer, actor and poet *

Irene von Meyendorff Irene von Meyendorff (6 June 1916 – 28 September 2001) was a Russian-born German-British actress. Biography Irene von Meyendorff was of Baltic German origin, born in 1916 in Tallinn (then Reval, Russia), Estonia as the eldest child of a German ...

(1916–2001), film actress (Germany) *

Marie Seebach Marie Seebach (24 February 1829 – 3 August 1897) was a German actress. Biography She was born in Riga, Livonia, Russian Empire as the daughter of an actor, Wilhelm Friedrich Seebach (1798–1863). After appearing first at Nuremberg as Julie in ...

(1830–1897), actress (Germany)

Musicians

* John Christian Bechler (1784–1857), Moravian bishop and composer (United States, Russia) *

Eduard Erdmann Eduard Erdmann (5 March 1896 – 21 June 1958) was a Baltic German pianist and composer. Erdmann was born in Wenden (Cēsis) in the Governorate of Livonia. He was the great-nephew of the philosopher Johann Eduard Erdmann. His first musical ...

(1896–1958), pianist, composer, professor (Germany) *

(1909–1979), comedian, musician, entertainer, actor and poet * Eduard Mertke (1833–1895), composer and music teacher *

Lena Meyer-Landrut Lena Johanna Therese Meyer-Landrut (; born 23 May 1991), also known by the mononym Lena, is a German singer. She rose to fame after representing Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, winning the contest with her song "Satellite". ...

(born 1991), singer (Germany) * Carl David Stegmann (1751–1826), tenor and composer *

Raimund von zur-Mühlen Baron Raimund von zur-Mühlen (sometimes "Raymond", "Raimund von Zur Mühlen") (10 November 1854 in Uusna Manor (''Neu-Tennasilm''), Viljandi Parish (now in Viiratsi Parish), Viljandi County, Governorate of Livonia – 11 December 1931 in Wist ...

(1854–1931), tenor and music educator

Entrepreneurs

James Martin Eder James Martin Eder (June 24, 1838 – December 26, 1921), known in Colombia as Santiago Martín Eder Kaiser, don Santiago Eder or simply "El Fundador", is considered the pioneer of the sugar industry in Colombia, and is widely recognized as one of ...

(1838–1921), pioneer of sugar industry in Colombia *

Karl Otto Georg von Meck Karl Otto Georg von Meck (Карл Фёдорович фон Мекк), (22 June 1821 – 26 January 1876, Moscow) was an important 19th century Baltic German businessman, one of the founders of the Russian Empire railways. Family Baron Karl ...

(1821–1876), businessman *Baron

Nils Taube Baron Nils Taube (25 July 1928 – 11 March 2008) was Britain's longest serving fund manager. A colleague of George Soros and advisor to Lord Rothschild, he also anticipated the 1987 stockmarket crash, while delivering an annual return of 15 ...

, (1928–2008), Britain's longest serving fund manager, colleague of

George Soros George Soros ( name written in eastern order), (born György Schwartz, August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist. , he had a net worth of US$8.6 billion, Note that this site is updated daily. having donated mo ...

and advisor to

Lord Rothschild Baron Rothschild, of Tring in the County of Hertfordshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1885 for Sir Nathan Rothschild, 2nd Baronet, a member of the Rothschild banking family. He was the first Jewish mem ...

, *Moritz Freiherr von Grotthuss (*1970), Founder of Gestigon and Bareways.

Explorers

Reinhold von Anrep-Elmpt Reinhold Philipp Johann Graf von Anrep-Elmpt (30 January 1834 – 26 August 1888) was a Baltic German officer in Russian service, and an explorer. Life and work Reinhold von Anrep-Elmpt of the Anrep family was born in Kursk in the Russian ...

(1834–1888), explorer *

Karl Ernst von Baer Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer Edler von Huthorn ( – ) was a Baltic German scientist and explorer. Baer was a naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, and is considered a, or the, founding father of embryology. He was ...

(1792–1876), biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, founder of embryology *

Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen (russian: Фадде́й Фадде́евич Беллинсга́узен, translit=Faddéy Faddéevich Bellinsgáuzen; – ) was a Russian naval officer, cartographer and explorer, who ultimately ...

(1778–1852), explorer (Russia) *

Alexander von Bunge Alexander Georg von Bunge (russian: Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Бу́нге; – ) was a Russian botanist. He is best remembered for scientific expeditions into Asia and especially Siberia. Early life and education Bunge was b ...

(1803–1890), botanist and expeditionist (Russia) * Karl von Ditmar (1822–1892), geologist and explorer (Russia) *

Karl Eichwald ), present-day Latvia , death_date = , death_place = St. Petersburg, Russia , citizenship = Russian Empire , nationality = Baltic German , fields = GeologyMedicine , workplaces = Kazan University, V ...

(1795–1876), geologist and physician (Russia) *

Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz (1 November 1793 – 7 May 1831)Sterling (1997) was a Baltic German physician, naturalist, and entomologist. He was one of the earliest scientific explorers of the Pacific region, making significant collec ...

(1793–1831), biologist, physician and explorer (Russia) *

Johann Anton Güldenstädt Johann Anton Güldenstädt (26 April 1745 in Riga, Latvia – 23 March 1781 in St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Baltic German natural history, naturalist and explorer in Russian service. Güldenstädt lost both his parents early, and from 1763 onw ...

(1745–1781), naturalist and explorer *

Ludwig von Hagemeister Ludwig Karl August von Hagemeister (russian: Лео́нтий Андриа́нович Гагеме́йстер; Leontij Andrianovic Gagemejster;Baltic, Alix. ''The Baltic Connection in Russian America.'' Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas ...

(1780–1833), seafarer and explorer (Russia) *

(1889–1982), soldier, adventurer, author, and photographer (United States) *

Alexander von Kaulbars Alexander Wilhelm Andreas Freiherr von Kaulbars (russian: Александр Васильевич Каульбарс, translit=Aleksandr Vasil'evič Kaul'bars; 25 January 1925) was a Baltic German military leader who served in the Imperial Russi ...

(1844–1925) military commander and explorer (Russia) *

Otto von Kotzebue Otto von Kotzebue (russian: О́тто Евста́фьевич Коцебу́, tr. ; – ) was a Russian officer and navigator in the Imperial Russian Navy. He was born in Reval. He was known for his explorations of Oceania. Early life ...

(1787–1846), explorer (Russia) *

Adam Johann von Krusenstern Adam Johann von Krusenstern (also Krusenstjerna in Swedish; russian: Ива́н Фёдорович Крузенште́рн, tr. ; 10 October 177012 August 1846) was a Russian admiral and explorer, who led the first Russian circumnavigation o ...

(1770–1846), explorer (Russia) *

Friedrich von Lütke Friedrich may refer to: Names * Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' * Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' Other * Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Year ...

(1797–1898), navigator and geographer (Russia) *

Richard Maack Richard Otto Maack (also Richard Karlovic Maak, Russian: Ричард Карлович Маак; 4 September 1825 – 25 November 1886) was a 19th-century Russian naturalist, geographer, and anthropologist. He is most known for his explorat ...

(1825–1886), biologist, geographer and explorer (Russia) *

Alexander von Middendorff Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ми́ддендорф; tr. ; 18 August 1815 – 24 January 1894) was a zoologist and explorer of Baltic German and Estonian extraction. He is known for his ex ...

(1815–1894), zoologist and explorer * Michael von Reinken (1801–1859), vice-admiral and hydrographer (Russia) *

Otto Schmidt Otto Yulyevich Shmidt, be, Ота Юльевіч Шміт, Ota Juljevič Šmit (born Otto Friedrich Julius Schmidt; – 7 September 1956), better known as Otto Schmidt, was a Soviet scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, statesm ...

(1891–1956), mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist (Soviet Union) *

Alexander von Schrenk Alexander Gustav von Schrenk (4 February 1816 – 25 June 1876) was a Russian naturalist born near Tula in what was then the Russian Empire. He was a brother to zoologist Leopold von Schrenck (1826–1894). From 1834 to 1837, he studied scienc ...

(1816–1876), mineralogist, botanist and expeditionist (Russia) *

Leopold von Schrenck Peter Leopold von Schrenck (russian: Леопольд Иванович фон Шренк; 1826 – 8 January 1894) was a Russian zoologist, geographer and ethnographer. Biography Schrenck came from a Baltic German family, and was born and b ...

(1826–1894), zoologist, geographer and ethnographer (Russia) *

Georg August Schweinfurth Georg August Schweinfurth (29 December 1836 – 19 September 1925) was a Baltic German botanist and ethnologist who explored East Central Africa. Life and explorations He was born at Riga, Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire. He was edu ...

(1836–1925), botanist and explorer *

Eduard von Toll Eduard Gustav Freiherr von Toll (russian: Эдуа́рд Васи́льевич Толль, translit=Eduárd Vasíl'evič Toll'; 1902), better known in Russia as Eduard Vasilyevich Toll and often referred to as Baron von Toll, was a Russian ge ...

(1858–1902), geologist and explorer (Russia) *

Ferdinand von Wrangel Baron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel (russian: Барон Фердина́нд Петро́вич Вра́нгель, tr. ; – ) was a Baltic German explorer and seaman in the Imperial Russian Navy, Honorable Member of the Saint ...

(1797–1870), explorer (Russia)

Military

* Alexander of Courland (1658–1686), prince and military commander (Prussia) *

Władysław Anders ) , birth_name = Władysław Albert Anders , birth_date = , birth_place = Krośniewice-Błonie, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire , death_date = , death_place = London, England, United Kingdom , serviceyears ...

(1892–1970), military commander and politician (Poland) *

Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (german: Fürst Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly; baptised – ) was an Imperial Russian soldier of Baltic German and Scottish origin, who was commander-in-chief and Minister of War of the Russian Empire ...

(1761–1818), military commander (Russia) *

Alexander von Benckendorff Konstantin Alexander Karl Wilhelm Christoph Graf von Benckendorff (russian: Александр Христофорович Бенкендорф, Alexander Khristoforovich Benkendorf, – ) was a Baltic German Cavalry General and statesman, A ...

(1783–1844), military commander (Russia) *

Konstantin von Benckendorff Konstantin von Benckendorff (russian: Константин Христофорович Бенкендорф, ''Konstantin Khristoforovich Benkendorf''; 31 January 1785 – 6 August 1828) was a Baltic German general and diplomat. Life and career K ...

(1785–1828), military commander and diplomat (Russia) *

Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert Graf von Berg (german: Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg, russian: Фёдор Фёдорович Берг, tr. ; ) was a Baltic German nobleman, statesman, diplomat and general who served in the Imperial Russian Army. ...

(1793–1874), military commander (Russia) * Karl Ludwig von Budberg (1775–1829), military commander (Russia) *

Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Buxhoevden (russian: Фёдор Фёдорович Буксгевден, ''Fyodor Fyodorovich Buksgevden''; other spellings: ''Feodor Buxhoeveden'', ''Buxhœwden'', ''Buxhöwden'') (September 14, 1750 Võlla, Govern ...

(1750–1811), military commander (Russia) * Magnus Gustav von Essen (1759–1813), military commander (Russia) * Eduard von Totleben (1818–1884), engineer-general (Russia) *

Nikolai von Essen Nikolai Ottovich von Essen (russian: Никола́й О́ттович Э́ссен, tr. ; – ) was a Russian naval commander and admiral descended from the Baltic German noble Essen family. For more than two centuries, his ancestors had ...

(1860–1915), admiral (Russia) *

Peter Kirillovich Essen Count Peter Essen (russian: Пётр Кири́ллович Э́ссен, Pyotr Kirillovich Essen; 11 August 1772 – 23 September 1844) was a Baltic German General of the Infantry in 1819 and a count (1833). He belongs to the bourgeois Ess ...

(1772–1844), military commander (Russia) *

Jürgen von Farensbach Jürgen von Farensbach (1551–1602) (russian: Юрий Францбек, da, Georg Farensbach, pl, Jerzy Farensbach) was a Baltic German nobleman and Livonian general. Sent as the Ambassador of Livonian Confederation to Czar Ivan IV of Russi ...

(1551–1602), military commander (Livonia) *

William Fermor William Fermor (russian: Ви́л Ви́ллимович Фермор, translit=Víllim Víllimovich Fermor) was an Imperial Russian Army officer best known for leading his country’s army at the Battle of Zorndorf during the Seven Years’ War. ...

(1702–1771), military commander (Russia) *

Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven Wessel Oskar Karl Johann Freiherr Freytag von Loringhoven ( – 26 July 1944), was a Baltic German Oberst, colonel in the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, High Command of the German Armed Forces (OKW) and a member of the German resistance to Nazism, ...

(1899–1944), colonel and member of the ''Widerstand'' (Nazi Germany) * Adrian von Fölkersahm (1914–1945), military commander (Nazi Germany) *

Dmitry Gustavovich von Fölkersahm Baron Dmitry Gustavovich Fyolkerzam (russian: Дмитрий Густавович Фёлькерзам, Romanization of Russian, tr. ; 29 April 1846 – 24 May 1905), better known as Baron Dmitry Gustavovich von Fölkersahm, was a Russian E ...

(1846–1905), admiral (Russia) *

Maksimas Katche Maksimas Katche (german: Wilhelm Johannes Arwed Max Kattchée, russian: Макс Арведович Катхе, – 10 June 1933), was a Russian colonel and Lithuanian lieutenant general. In 1899, he graduated from an infantry school and serv ...

(1879–1933), military commander (Russia, Lithuania) *

(1844–1925) military commander and explorer (Russia) *

Paul Demetrius von Kotzebue Paul Demetrius Graf von Kotzebue (russian: Па́вел Евста́фьевич Коцебу́, Romanization of Russian, tr. ; 10 August 1801 – 19 April 1884) was a Baltic German statesman and general who was in the service of the Russian Em ...

(1801–1884), military officer (Russia) *

Ernst Gideon von Laudon Ernst Gideon von Laudon, since 1759 Freiherr von Laudon (originally Laudohn or Loudon; 13 February 171714 July 1790), was a Baltic German-born Austrian generalisimo and one of the most successful opponents of the Prussian king Frederick the Great ...

(1717–1790), military commander *

Christoph von Lieven Prince Christoph Heinrich von Lieven (russian: Христофор Андреевич Ливен, Khristofor Andreyevich Liven; 6 May 1774 – 10 January 1839) was a Baltic German nobleman, Russian general, ambassador to London in 1812–1834, and ...

(1774–1839), military commander, politician and diplomat (Russia) * Eugen Ludwig Müller (1867–1939), military commander (Russia) *

Burkhard Christoph von Münnich Burkhard Christoph Graf von Münnich (, tr. ; – ) was a German-born army officer who became a field marshal and political figure in the Russian Empire. He carried out major reforms in the Russian Army and founded several elite militar ...

(1683–1767), military commander (Russia) * Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken (1752–1837), field marshal (Russia) *

Johann Patkul Johann Reinhold Patkul (27 July 1660 – 10 October 1707) was a Swedish Livonia, Livonian nobleman, politician and agitator of Baltic Germans, Baltic German extraction. Born as a subject to the Swedish Crown, he protested against the manner of ...

(1660–1707), politician and military commander (Sweden, Poland, Russia) *

Wolter von Plettenberg Wolter (or Walter) von Plettenberg (c. 1450 – February 28, 1535) was the Master (''Landmeister'') of the Livonian Order from 1494 to 1535 and one of the greatest leaders of the Teutonic knights. He was an important early Baltic German. ...

(1450–1535), Master of

Livonian Order The Livonian Order was an autonomous branch of the Teutonic Order, formed in 1237. From 1435 to 1561 it was a member of the Livonian Confederation. History The order was formed from the remnants of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword after the ...

Paul von Rennenkampf Paul Georg Edler von Rennenkampf ( rus, Па́вел Ка́рлович Ренненка́мпф, r=Pavel Karlovich Rennenkampf, p=ˈpavʲɪɫ ̍karɫəvʲɪtɕ ˈrʲennʲenˈkampf; – 1 April 1918) was a Baltic German nobleman, statesman an ...

(1854–1918), military commander (Russia) *

Ernst von Stackelberg Count Ernst Johann von Stackelberg (russian: link=no, Эрнест Густавович Штакельберг) (1813, Vienna - 30 August 1870, Paris) was a Baltic German military figure and diplomat. Biography After having received home edu ...

(1813–1870), diplomat and military figure *

Georg von Stackelberg Georg August Paul Freiherr von Stackelberg (russian: Георгий Карлович Штакельберг, translit=Georgij Karlovič Štakel'berg; ) was a Baltic German cavalry general in the service of the Imperial Russian Army. He was no ...

(1851–1913), cavalry general (Russia) *

Roman von Ungern-Sternberg Nikolai Robert Maximilian Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg (russian: link=no, Роман Фёдорович фон Унгерн-Штернберг, translit=Roman Fedorovich fon Ungern-Shternberg; 10 January 1886 – 15 September 1921), often refer ...

(1885–1921), military commander (Russia) *

Viktor von Wahl Viktor Karl Konrad Wilhelm von Wahl (russian: Ви́ктор Вильге́льмович Ва́ль, Viktor Vil’gel’movich Val’; 1840 – 1915) was a Baltic German general, mayor of St. Petersburg, and governor of Vilnius. He came from Ba ...

(1840–1915), military commander and politician *

Carl Gustaf Wrangel ''Fältmarskalk'' Carl Gustaf Wrangel (also Carl Gustav von Wrangel; 23 December 1613 – 5 July 1676) was a Swedish Statesman and Military Commander who commanded the Swedish forces in the Thirty Years', Torstenson, Bremen, Second Northe ...

(1613–1676), military commander and statesman (Sweden) *

Carl Henrik Wrangel Carl Henrik Wrangel, friherre Wrangel af Adinal (28 January 1681 – 23 March 1755) was an officer of the Swedish Army, attaining the rank of Field Marshal. Biography He was born in Haapsalu in Swedish Estonia as the son of Reinhold Wrangel. ...

(1681–1755), military commander (Sweden) *

Herman Wrangel Herman Wrangel (born 1584/1587 – 10 December 1643) was a Swedish military officer and politician of Baltic German extraction. Biography Herman von Wrangel was born in Livonia. He came to Sweden around 1608. In 1612, he participated in the ...

(1587–1643), military commander and statesman (Sweden) * Pyotr Nikolayevich von Wrangel (1878–1928), military commander (Russia)

Philosophers

Johann Eduard Erdmann Johann Eduard Erdmann (13 June 1805 – 12 June 1892) was a German religious pastor, historian of philosophy, and philosopher of religion, of which he wrote on the mediation of faith and knowledge. He was known to be a follower of Friedrich Schleie ...

(1805–1892), pastor, historian of philosophy (Latvia) *

Nicolai Hartmann Paul Nicolai Hartmann (; 20 February 1882 – 9 October 1950) was a Baltic German philosopher. He is regarded as a key representative of critical realism and as one of the most important twentieth-century metaphysicians. Biography Hartmann was ...

(1882–1950), philosopher (Germany) *

Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and ...

(1724–1804), philosopher (Prussia) *

Hermann Graf Keyserling Hermann Alexander Graf von Keyserling ( – 26 April 1946) was a Baltic German philosopher from the Keyserlingk family. His grandfather, Alexander von Keyserling, was a notable geologist of Imperial Russia. Life Keyserling was born to a wealt ...

(1880–1946), philosopher *

(1893–1946), politician, Nazi ideologist and architect (Germany) *

(1903–1994), painter and philosopher (Germany, Switzerland)

Politicians and diplomats

Ernst Johann von Biron Ernst Johann von Biron (german: Ernst Johann von Biron; russian: link=no, Эрнст Иоганн Бирон; (german: link=no, Bühren); ) was a Duke of Courland and Semigallia (1737–1740 and 1763–1769) and briefly regent of the Russian E ...

(1690–1772), Duke of Courland *

Peter von Biron Peter von Biron (15 February 1724 – 13 January 1800) was the last Duke of Courland and Semigallia, from 1769 to 1795. Life and reign Peter was born in Jelgava (german: Mitau) as the oldest son of Ernst Johann von Biron, future Duke of Courl ...

(1724–1800), Duke of Courland *

Otto Braun Otto Braun (28 January 1872 – 15 December 1955) was a politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) during the Weimar Republic. From 1920 to 1932, with only two brief interruptions, Braun was Minister President of the Free State of ...

(1872–1955), Prime Minister of Prussia * Andreas von Budberg-Bönninghausen (1750–1812), diplomat and politician (Russia) * Andreas von Budberg-Bönninghausen (1817–1881), diplomat (Russia) * Sophie von Buxhoeveden (1883–1956), lady in waiting to Tsarina Alexandra of Russia *

Balthasar von Campenhausen Baron Balthasar von Campenhausen (russian: Барон Балтазар Балтазарович Кампенгаузен, lit=Baron Baltazar Baltazarovich Kampengauzen) (5 January 1772 – 11 September 1823) was a Baltic German statesman who ...

(1772–1823), politician (Russia) * Karl Robert von Nesselrode (1780–1862), diplomat (Russia) *

Stanisław Ernest Denhoff Stanisław Michał Ernest Denhoff (; ; c. 1673 – 2 August 1728) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth aristocrat, Grand Master of the Hunt of Lithuania (from 1697), Grand Chorąży of the Crown (1704–1721), voivode of Połock (1721–1728 ...

(1673–1728), noble and statesman (Poland) *

Kasper Doenhoff Prince Kasper Doenhoff (german: Kaspar von Dönhoff, pl, Kacper Denhoff, 1587–1645) was a Polish nobleman of Baltic-German extraction, a Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire and Governor of Dorpat Province within the Polish–Lithuanian Co ...

(1587–1645), courtier and diplomat (Poland) *

Ernst Magnus Dönhoff Ernst Magnus Dönhoff ( pl, Ernest Magnus Denhoff; 1581–1642) was a Baltic German who served the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in Livonia and the Polish fief of Duchy of Prussia. He was born a member of the Dönhoff family, a noble famil ...

(1581–1642), noble and diplomat * Princess Dorothea of Courland (1793–1862), noblewoman *

Hans Reinhold von Fersen Hans Reinhold von Fersen (2 March 1683 Tallinn – 25 May 1736 Stockholm) was a Swedish count, politician and soldier. He served as lieutenant general from 1720 and as president of the Svea Court of Appeal from 1731. He was the son of count ...

(1683–1786), military commander and politician (Sweden) * Reinhold Johan von Fersen (1646–1716), county governor (Sweden) *

Ferdinand Kettler Ferdinand Kettler (November 1, 1655 - May 4, 1737) was the Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1730 to 1737. He was married to Johanna Magdalene of Saxe-Weissenfels in 1730. Early life Ferdinand Kettler was the son of Jacob Kettler and Louise ...

(1655–1737), Duke of Courland *

Friedrich Kettler Friedrich Kettler ( Latvian: Frīdrihs Ketlers, 25 November 1569 in Mitau (now Jelgava) – 17 August 1642) was Duke of Courland and Semigallia (Latvian: ''Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiste'', now part of Latvia) from 1587 to 1642. He was the son ...

(1569–1642), Duke of Courland * Frederick William Kettler (1692–1711), Duke of Courland *

Frederick Casimir Kettler Frederick Casimir Kettler (German: ''Friedrich Casimir Kettler''; 6 July 1650 – 22 January 1698) was Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1682 to 1698. Frederick Casimir was the son of Jacob Kettler and Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg. In his re ...

(1650–1698), Duke of Courland *

Gotthard Kettler Gotthard Kettler, Duke of Courland (also ''Godert'', ''Ketteler'', german: Gotthard Kettler, Herzog von Kurland; 2 February 1517 – 17 May 1587) was the last Master of the Livonian Order and the first Duke of Courland and Semigallia. Biography ...

(1517–1587), the last Master of the Livonian Order and the first Duke of Courland *

Jacob Kettler Jacob Kettler (german: link=no, Jakob von Kettler) (Latvian: Hercogs Jēkabs Ketlers) (28 October 1610 – 1 January 1682) was one of the greatest Baltic German Dukes of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1642–1682). He was intelligent, sp ...

(1610–1682), Duke of Courland *

Wilhelm Kettler Wilhelm Kettler (20 June 1574 – 7 April 1640) was the Duke of Courland, a Baltic German region in today's Latvia. Wilhelm ruled the western Courland portion of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, while his brother Friedrich ruled the ea ...

(1574–1640), Duke of Courland *

Andreas Meyer-Landrut Andreas Meyer-Landrut (born 31 May 1929) is a former German diplomat. He was West Germany's ambassador to the Soviet Union in Moscow from 1980 to 1983 and again from 1987 to 1989. He also served as the chief of staff to the office of the Presi ...

(born 1929), diplomat (Germany) *

(1774–1839), military commander, politician and diplomat (Russia) *

Dorothea von Lieven Princess Katharina Alexandra Dorothea von Lieven (russian: Дарья Христофоровна Ливен, tr. ), née Freiin von Benckendorff, 17 December 1785 – 27 January 1857), was a Baltic German noblewoman and the wife of Prin ...

(1785–1857), noblewoman and diplomat (Russia) *

Christoph Johann von Medem Count Christoph Johann Friedrich von Medem (''Jeannot Medem''; 1763 – 1838) was a nobleman from Courland and courtier in the courts of Prussian kings Frederick the Great, Frederick William II and Emperor of Russia Paul I. His sisters were poe ...

(1763–1838), courtier (Russia) *

Dorothea von Medem Countess Anna Charlotte Dorothea von Medem (3 February 1761 – 20 August 1821) was born a Gräfin (Countess) of the noble German Baltic Medem family and later became Duchess of Courland. Popularly known as Dorothea of Courland after her marria ...

(1761–1821), last

Duchess of Courland Duchess of Courland House of Kettler, 1561–1737 House of Biron, 1737–1740 * Council of the Duke, 1740–58 House of Wettin, 1758–1763 *None, although Charles of Saxony was morganatically married with the Polish countess Francisz ...

* Karl Robert von Nesselrode (1780–1862), diplomat (Russia) *

Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen Peter Ludwig Graf von der Pahlen (russian: Пётр Алексе́евич Па́лен, translit= Pyotr Alekseyevich Palen; , Palms Manor, Palms (now ) – , Mitau (now )), a Baltic-German courtier and general, played a pivotal role in the a ...

, (1745–1826), military Governor of

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

from 1798 to 1801, played pivotal role in the assassination of

Emperor Paul Paul I (russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич ; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination. Officially, he was the only son of Peter III and Catherine the Great, although Catherine hinted that he was fathered by her l ...

. *

(1660–1707), politician and military commander (Sweden, Poland, Russia) *

Adolf Pilar von Pilchau Adolf "Ulf" Konstantin Jakob Freiherr Pilar von Pilchau (23 May 1851 – 17 June 1925) was a Baltic German politician, regent of the United Baltic Duchy (1918). Pilar von Pilchau became the owner of the Audru, Audern Manorialism, manor, his bir ...

(1851–1925), politician, regent of the

United Baltic Duchy The United Baltic Duchy (german: Vereinigtes Baltisches Herzogtum, lv, Apvienotā Baltijas hercogiste, et, Balti Hertsogiriik), or alternatively the Grand Duchy of Livonia, was the name proposed during World War I by leaders of the local B ...

(1450–1535), Master of

(1893–1946), politician, Nazi ideologist and architect, and convicted war criminal (Germany) *

Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter Ludwig Maximilian Erwin von Scheubner-Richter ( Lettish: ''Ludvigs Rihters'') ( – 9 November 1923) was a Baltic German political activist and an influential early member of the Nazi Party. Scheubner-Richter was a Baltic German from Russia ...

(1884–1923), politician (Nazi Germany) *

Jacob von Sievers Jacob Johann Graf von Sievers (30 August 1731 in Wesenberg (now Rakvere), Estonia – 23 July 1808 in Bauenhof, Governorate of Livonia (near what is now Valmiera, Latvia)) was a Baltic German statesman of the Russian Empire from the Sieve ...

(1731–1808), politician (Russia) * Ernest Stackelberg (1813–1870), diplomat and military figure * Gustav Ernst von Stackelberg (1766–1850), diplomat (Russia) *

(1736–1800), diplomat (Russia) *

Karl von Struve Karl von Struve (26 November 1835 – 26 June 1907) (russian: Кирилл Васильевич Струве) (Alternate spelling in U.S.: de Struve) was a Russian nobleman and politician. He served, in turn, as Russian Envoy Extraordinary and Min ...

(1835–1907), politician and diplomat (Russia) * Jakob von Uexkull (born 1944), writer and politician (Germany) *

Victor von Wahl Viktor Karl Konrad Wilhelm von Wahl (russian: Ви́ктор Вильге́льмович Ва́ль, Viktor Vil’gel’movich Val’; 1840 – 1915) was a Baltic German general, mayor of St. Petersburg, and governor of Vilnius. He came from Ba ...

(1840–1915), military commander and politician * Princess Wilhelmine (1781–1839), noble and the Duchess of Sagan *

Sergei Witte Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte (; ), also known as Sergius Witte, was a Russian statesman who served as the first prime minister of the Russian Empire, replacing the tsar as head of the government. Neither a liberal nor a conservative, he attract ...

(1849–1915), first Prime Minister of the Russian Empire (Russia) *

(1613–1676), military commander and statesman (Sweden) *

Olaf von Wrangel Olaf von Wrangel (July 20 1928, Tallinn (Reval), Estonia – September 29 2009, Aumühle, Germany) was a German journalist, radio- and television correspondent and politician for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Life He was a ...

(1928-2009), journalist and politician, member of Bundestag (Germany) *

(1587–1643), military commander and statesman (Sweden)

Religion

Albert of Riga Albert of Riga or Albert of Livonia or Albrecht (german: Albert von Buxthoeven, lv, Alberts fon Buksthēvdens; c.1165 – 17 January 1229) was the third Bishop of Riga in Livonia. In 1201 he allegedly founded Riga, the modern capital of Lat ...

(Albert von Buxthoeven, 1165–1229), Bishop of Riga *

Alexy II of Moscow Patriarch Alexy II (or Alexius II, russian: link=no, Патриарх Алексий II; secular name Aleksei Mikhailovich Ridiger russian: link=no, Алексе́й Миха́йлович Ри́дигер; 23 February 1929 – 5 December ...

(Alexey Mikhailovich Ridiger, 1929–2008), Patriarch of Moscow * John Christian Bechler (1784–1857), Moravian bishop and composer (United States, Russia) *

Anna Hedvig Büll Anna Hedvig Büll (born Anna Hedwig Bühl, – 3 October 1981) was a Baltic German missionary from Estonia, who helped to save the lives of several thousand Armenian orphans during the Armenian genocide. Hedvig Büll was born into a Lutheran f ...

(1887–1981), Christian missionary *

Reinhold von Buxhoeveden Reinhold von Buxhoeveden (died 1557) was bishop of the Bishopric of Saare-Lääne or Ösel–Wiek ( et, Saare-Lääne piiskopkond; german: Bistum Ösel–Wiek; Low German: ''Bisdom Ösel–Wiek''; contemporary la, Ecclesia Osiliensis), a semi-i ...

(died 1557), Bishop of Ösel-Wiek *

Hermann of Dorpat Hermann of Dorpat (or Hermann I, or Hermann von Buxhövden) (1163–1248) was the first Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Dorpat (1224–1248) within the Livonian Confederation. Biography Hermann hailed from Bexhövede (now a part of Loxst ...

(1163–1248), first Bishop of Dorpat *

Oscar von Gebhardt Oscar Leopold von Gebhardt (22 June 1844 – 9 May 1906) was a German Lutheran theologian, born in the Baltic German settlement of Wesenberg in the Russian Empire (now Rakvere, Estonia). He studied theology at Dorpat and at several other German un ...

(1844–1906), Lutheran theologian *

Barbara von Krüdener Beate Barbara Juliane Freifrau von Krüdener (née Freiin von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel; ), often called by her formal French name, Madame de Krüdener, was a Baltic German religious mystic, author, and Pietist Lutheran theologian who exerted ...

(1764–1824), mystic *

Hermann Wesel Hermann Wesel (died June 1563) was a German ecclesiastic in Livonia, and the last Roman Catholic Bishop of Dorpat ( Tartu). Life Hermann Wesel is presumed to have originated from Wesel on the Lower Rhine. His father is supposed to have been a s ...

(died 1563), ecclesiastic and the last Bishop of Dorpat *

Adolf von Harnack Carl Gustav Adolf von Harnack (born Harnack; 7 May 1851 – 10 June 1930) was a Baltic German Lutheran theologian and prominent Church historian. He produced many religious publications from 1873 to 1912 (in which he is sometimes credited ...

(1851–1930), Lutheran theologian and church historian (Germany) * Alexander Schmemann (1921-1983), Orthodox Christian priest, teacher, and writer

Scientists

Astronomers and cosmologists

* Wilhelm Anderson (1880–1940), astrophysicist *

Magnus Georg Paucker Magnus Georg von Paucker (russian: Магнус-Георг Андреевич Паукер, translit=Magnus-Georg Andreevič Pauker; – ) was a Baltic German astronomer and mathematician and the first Demidov Prize winner in 1832 for his wor ...

(1787–1855), astronomer and mathematician *

(1891–1956), mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist (Soviet Union) *

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (russian: link=no, Василий Яковлевич Струве, trans. ''Vasily Yakovlevich Struve''; 15 April 1793 – ) was a Baltic German astronomer and geodesist from the famous Struve family. He is bes ...

(1793–1864), astronomer (Russia) *

Georg Hermann Struve Georg Otto Hermann Struve (russian: Георг Германович Струве; 29 December 1886 – 10 June 1933) was a German astronomer from the Struve family and the son of Hermann Struve. Georg was born in 1886 in Tsarskoye Selo – a fo ...

(1886–1933), astronomer (Germany) * Hermann Struve (1854–1920), astronomer (Russia) *

Ludwig Struve Gustav Wilhelm Ludwig von Struve (November 1, 1858 – November 4, 1920) was a Baltic German astronomer, part of the famous Baltic German Struve family. In Russian, his name is sometimes given as Lyudvig Ottovich Struve (Людвиг Оттов� ...

(1858–1920), astronomer (Russia) *

Otto Struve Otto Struve (August 12, 1897 – April 6, 1963) was a Russian-American astronomer of Baltic German origins. In Russian, his name is sometimes given as Otto Lyudvigovich Struve (Отто Людвигович Струве); however, he spent most o ...

(1897–1963), astronomer (Russia, United States) *

Otto Wilhelm von Struve Otto Wilhelm von Struve (May 7, 1819 (Julian calendar: April 25) – April 14, 1905) was a Russian astronomer of Baltic German origins. In Russian, his name is normally given as Otto Vasil'evich Struve (Отто Васильевич Струве ...

(1819–1905), astronomer (Russia) * Wilfried Struve (1914–1992), astronomer (Germany) * Gustav Andreas Tammann (1932-2019), astronomer (Germany, Switzerland)

Biologists and paleontologists

* Hermann Martin Asmuss (1812–1859), paleozoologist (Estonia) *

(1792–1876), biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, founder of embryology * Theodor Friedrich Julius Basiner (1816–1842), botanist *

Friedrich Bidder Georg Friedrich Karl Heinrich Bidder ( – ) was a Baltic German physiologist and anatomist from what was then the Governorate of Livonia in the Russian Empire. In 1834 he received his doctorate from the University of Dorpat, where he became a ...

(1810–1894), physiologist and anatomist (Russia) * Theophil Joachim Heinrich Bienert (1833–1873), botanist *

(1803–1890), botanist (Russia) *

Karl Ernst Claus Karl Ernst Claus (also Karl Klaus or Carl Claus, russian: Карл Ка́рлович Кла́ус, 22 January 1796 – 24 March 1864) was a German-Russian chemist and naturalist of Baltic German origin. Claus was a professor at Kazan State Un ...

(1796–1864), chemist and naturalist *

(1793–1831), biologist, physician and explorer (Russia) * Gustav Flor (1829–1883), zoologist * Peter von Glehn (1835–1876), botanist *

Alexander von Keyserling Alexander Friedrich Michael Lebrecht Nikolaus Arthur Graf von Keyserling (15 August 1815 – 8 May 1891) was a Baltic German geologist and paleontologist from the Keyserlingk family of Baltic German nobility. Career Alexander von Keyserli ...

(1815–1891), geologist and paleontologist * Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (1829–1902), anatomist *

Carl Friedrich von Ledebour Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (8 July 1786, Stralsund – 4 July 1851, Munich;NDB/ADB Deutsche Bi ...

(1785–1851), botanist (Russia) *

Harald von Loudon Harald Georg Gideon Freiherr von Loudon (30 April 1876–1 January 1959) was a Baltic German ornithologist. Life and work Baron Harald von Loudon was born in the Governorate of Livonia. He belonged to the Baltic Noble family and studied zool ...

(1876–1959), ornithologist *

Johann Marcusen Johann Marcusen (29 June 1817–10 July 1894) was a Baltic Germans, Baltic German Ichthyology, ichthyologist. Life and work Johann Marcusen was born in Jelgava in present-day Latvia. He studied in Saint Petersburg and Tartu. Between 1851 and 1 ...

(1817–1894), ichthyologist *

Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem (29 August 1912 in Remten, Russian Empire presently Latvia – 1 May 1984 in Bogotá, Colombia) was a Baltic German zoologist who emigrated to Colombia at age 38 (in 1950) and later became a representative of the IU ...

(1912–1984), zoologist *

(1815–1894), zoologist and explorer *

Wilhelm Ostwald Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald (; 4 April 1932) was a Baltic German chemist and German philosophy, philosopher. Ostwald is credited with being one of the founders of the field of physical chemistry, with Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Walther Nernst, ...

(1853–1932), chemist, winner of the

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Wolfgang Ostwald Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang Ostwald (27 May 1883 – 22 November 1943) was a German chemist and biologist researching colloids. Ostwald was born in Riga, the son of the 1909 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Wilhelm Ostwald, and died in Dr ...

(1883–1943), chemist and biologist (Germany) *

Heinz Christian Pander Heinz Christian Pander, also Christian Heinrich Pander ( – ), was a Russian Empire ethnic Baltic German biologist and embryologist. Biography In 1817 he received his doctorate from the University of Würzburg, and spent several years (1827� ...

(1794–1865), biologist, embryologist and paleontologist *

Friedrich Parrot Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot (14 October 1791) was a Baltic German naturalist, explorer, and mountaineer, who lived and worked in Dorpat (today Tartu, Estonia) in what was then the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire. A pione ...

(1791–1841), biologist and medical scientist * Christian Nikolai Richard Pohle (1869–1926), botanist *

(1816–1876), mineralogist, botanist and expeditionist (Russia) *

(1826–1894), zoologist, geographer and ethnographer (Russia) *

Jakob von Uexküll Jakob may refer to: People * Jakob (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jakob (surname), including a list of people with the name Other * Jakob (band), a New Zealand band, and the title of their 1999 EP * Max Jakob Memorial Aw ...

(1864–1944), biologist and semiotician (Germany)

Chemists and material scientists

Andreas von Antropoff Andreas von Antropoff (russian: Андрей Романович Антропов; 16 August 1878, Reval, Russian empire — 2 June 1956, Bonn) — Russian (Estonian-born) and German scientist-chemist, professor at the Bonn University and is known ...

(1878–1956), chemist, postulated neutronium *

(1796–1864), chemist and naturalist *

Germain Henri Hess Germain Henri Hess (russian: Герман Иванович Гесс, German Ivanovich Gess; 7 August 1802 – 30 November 1850) was a Swiss-Russian chemist and doctor who formulated Hess's law, an early principle of thermochemistry. Early li ...

(1802–1850), chemist *

(1853–1932), chemist and Nobel laureate (Germany) *

(1883–1943), chemist and biologist (Germany) * Carl Schmidt (1822–1894), chemist (Russia) *

Heinrich Wilhelm von Struve Heinrich Wilhelm von Struve (russian: Генрих Васильевич Струве, tr. ; 10 July 1822 – 28 March 1908) was a Baltic German chemist from the Struve family and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Struve was born in 1 ...

(1822–1908), chemist (Russia) * Gustav Tammann (1861–1938), chemist * Peter P. von Weymarn (1879–1935), chemist (Russia) *

Margarete von Wrangell Margarethe Mathilde von Wrangell, after 1928 Princess Andronikow, ''née'' Baroness von Wrangell (7 January 1877 in Moscow – 21 March 1932 in Hohenheim) was a Baltic German agricultural chemist and the first female full professor at a Germ ...

(1877–1932), agricultural chemist and the first female full professor at a German university

Earth scientists

(1792–1876), biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, founder of embryology * Karl von Ditmar (1822–1892), geologist and explorer (Russia) *

(1795–1876), geologist and physician (Russia) * Gregor von Helmersen (1803–1885), geologist *

Carl Hiekisch Carl Wilhelm Hiekisch ( in Reval – in Reval) was a Baltic German geographer working in the Russian Empire. Life and work Carl Hiekisch was born in Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia) and studied in Saint Petersburg and Dorpat (now Tartu, Tartu Co ...

(1840–1901), geographer *

Alexander Keyserling Alexander Friedrich Michael Lebrecht Nikolaus Arthur Graf von Keyserling (15 August 1815 – 8 May 1891) was a Baltic German geologist and paleontologist from the Keyserlingk family of Baltic German nobility. Career Alexander von Keyserli ...

(1815–1891), geologist and paleontologist *

Fyodor Litke Fyodor, Fedor (russian: Фёдор) or Feodor is the Russian form of the name "Theodore" meaning “God’s Gift”. Fedora () is the feminine form. Fyodor and Fedor are two English transliterations of the same Russian name. It may refer to: Giv ...

(Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke, 1797–1898), navigator and geographer (Russia) *

(1891–1956), mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist (Soviet Union) *

(1816–1876), mineralogist, botanist and expeditionist (Russia) *

(1826–1894), zoologist, geographer and ethnographer (Russia) *

(1836–1925), botanist and explorer *

(1858–1902), geologist and explorer (Russia)

Economists and sociologists

August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein ( lv, Augusts Johans Gotfrīds Bīlenšteins; – ) was a Baltic German linguist, folklorist, ethnographer, and theologian. Bielenstein was born in Mitau (Jelgava), where he also died. His father was a luth ...

(1826–1907), linguist, folklorist, ethnographer and theologian *

Dominic Lieven Dominic Lieven (born 19 January 1952) is a research professor at Cambridge University (Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College) and a Fellow of the British Academy and of Trinity College, Cambridge. Education Lieven was educated at Downside Sc ...

(born 1952), political scientist (London School of Economics, United Kingdom) *

Paul von Lilienfeld Paul Frommhold Ignatius von Lilienfeld-Toal (russian: Павел Фёдорович Лилиенфельд-Тоаль, translit=Pavel Fëdorovič Lilienfel'd-Toal'; french: Paul de Lilienfeld; 1829–1903) was a Baltic German statesman and social ...

(1829–1903), social scientist *

Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg (October 31, 1905 – October 12, 1946) was a Nazi economist who contributed to game theory and industrial organization and is known for the Stackelberg leadership model. Stackelberg became a member of the Nazi ...

(1905–1946), economist (Germany)

Historians and archeologists

Georg Dehio Georg Gottfried Julius Dehio (22 November 1850 in Reval (now Tallinn), Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire – 21 March 1932 in Tübingen), was a Baltic German art historian. In 1900, Dehio started the "''Handbuch der deutschen Kunstgesch ...

(1850–1932), art historian *

Paul Einhorn Paul Einhorn (born in Iecava, Latvia, the exact birth date is not known, died in 1655 in Jelgava) was a famous historian of the Latvians and a Lutheran pastor. In 1615 Paul Einhorn studied at the university of Rostock.Seentry of Paul Einhornin th ...

(died 1655), historian (Latvia) * Gustav von Ewers (1779–1830), legal historian and scholar (Russia) * Jean Baptiste Holzmayer (1839–1890), teacher, archeologist and folklorist (Estonia) *

(1786–1937), archaeologist, writer, art historian and painter * Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel (1881–1941), art historian *

Richard Otto Zöpffel Richard Otto Zöpffel (14 June 1843 – 7 January 1891) was a Baltic German church historian and theologian born in Arensburg, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (today Kuressaare, Estonia). He studied theology at the University of Dorpat, and ...

(1843–1891), theologist and church historian

Linguists and ethnographers

Nikolai Anderson Nikolai Karl Adolf Anderson (24 September (6 October) 1845 in Kulina, Estonia – 9 (22) March 1905 in Narva, Estonia) was a Baltic German philologist who specialized in comparative linguistics of Finno-Ugric languages. Life Anderson was bo ...

(1845–1905), philologist * Walter Anderson (1885–1962), folklorist *

(1826–1907), linguist, folklorist, ethnographer and theologian *

Peter A. Boodberg Peter Alexis Boodberg (born Pyotr Alekseyevich Budberg; 8 April 1903 – 29 June 1972) was a Russian-American scholar, linguist, and sinologist who taught at the University of California, Berkeley for 40 years. Boodberg was influential in 20th ...

(1903–1972), sinologist (United States) *

Emil Bretschneider Emil Bretschneider ( in Bankaushof (now Benkavas muiža, Saldus novads, Latvia) – in Saint Petersburg) was a sinologist of Baltic German ethnicity and a correspondent member of the Académie française. He operated in the Russian Empire. H ...

(1833–1901), sinologist *

Johann Christoph Brotze Johann Christoph Brotze ( lv, Johans Kristofs Broce) (1 September 1742 – 4 August 1823) was a German pedagogue, artist and ethnographer. Biography Brotze was born in Görlitz, Electorate of Saxony. He studied theology and philosophy at the ...

(1742–1823), pedagogue and ethnographer *

Elena Lieven Elena Lieven (born 18 August 1947) is a British psychology and linguistics researcher and educator. She was a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology in Leipzig, Germany. She is also a professor in ...

(b. 1947), psycholinguist and cognitive scientist (United Kingdom) *

(1826–1894), zoologist, geographer and ethnographer (Russia) *

Alexander von Staël-Holstein Alexander Wilhelm Freiherr Staël von Holstein (, January 1, 1877, in Testama manor, Governorate of Livonia, Russian EmpireMarch 16, 1937, in Peiping, Republic of China); was a Baltic German aristocrat, Russian and Estonian orientalist, sinol ...

(1877–1937), orientalist, sinologist, sanskritologist (Estonia) *

Vasily Vasilievich Struve Vasily Vasilievich Struve (russian: Василий Васильевич Струве) ( in Petersburg, Russian Empire – September 15, 1965 in Leningrad) was a Soviet orientalist from the Struve family, the founder of the Soviet scientific scho ...

(1889–1965), orientalist (Soviet Union) *

(1864–1944), biologist and semiotician (Germany) *

Thure von Uexküll Karl Kuno Thure Freiherr von Uexküll (March 15, 1908, Heidelberg – September 29, 2004, Freiburg) was a German scholar of psychosomatic medicine and biosemiotics. He developed the approach of his father, Jakob von Uexküll, in the study of livi ...

(1908–2004), semiotician (Germany) *

Alexander Vostokov Alexander Khristoforovich Vostokov (born Alexander Woldemar Osteneck; russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Христофо́рович Восто́ков; – ) was one of the first Russian philologists. Background He was born into a Baltic ...

(1781–1864), philologist (Russia) *

Edgar de Wahl Edgar Alexei Robert von Wahl or de Wahl (23 August 1867 – 9 March 1948) was a Baltic German teacher, mathematician and linguist. He is most famous for being the creator of Interlingue (known as Occidental throughout his life), a naturalist ...

(1867–1948), linguist (Estonia) *

Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann ( in Hapsal (now Haapsalu) – in Saint Petersburg) was an Estonian linguist who researched Uralic languages, mostly Estonian. Wiedemann was also a botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is ...

(1805–1887), linguist (Estonia) *

(1933–2009), writer and literary scientist

Mathematicians

* Oskar Anderson (1887–1960), mathematician and statistician *

Georg Cantor Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor ( , ; – January 6, 1918) was a German mathematician. He played a pivotal role in the creation of set theory, which has become a fundamental theory in mathematics. Cantor established the importance of ...

(1845–1918), mathematician (Germany) *

Edgar Krahn Edgar Krahn ( – 6 March 1961) was an Estonian mathematician. Krahn was born in Sootaga (now Laiuse, Jõgeva County), Governorate of Livonia, as a member of the Baltic German minority. He died in Rockville, Maryland, United States. Krahn st ...

(1894–1961), mathematician *

Theodor Molien Theodor Georg Andreas Molien (russian: Fedor Eduardovich Molin; in Riga – 25 December 1941 in Tomsk) was a Russian mathematician of Baltic German origin. He was born in Riga, Latvia, which at that time was a part of Russian Empire. Molien stud ...

(1861–1941), mathematician *

(1787–1855), astronomer and mathematician *

Erhard Schmidt Erhard Schmidt (13 January 1876 – 6 December 1959) was a Baltic German mathematician whose work significantly influenced the direction of mathematics in the twentieth century. Schmidt was born in Tartu (german: link=no, Dorpat), in the Govern ...

(1876–1959), mathematician *

(1891–1956), mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist (Soviet Union)

Physicians and psychologists

Ernst von Bergmann Ernst Gustav Benjamin von Bergmann (16 December 1836 – 25 March 1907) was a Baltic German surgeon. He was the first physician to introduce heat sterilisation of surgical instruments and is known as a pioneer of aseptic surgery. Biography B ...

(1836–1907), surgeon (Germany) * Eugen Bostroem (1850–1928), pathologist *

Arthur Böttcher Jakob Ernst Arthur Böttcher (13 July 1831 – 10 August 1889) was a Baltic German pathologist and anatomist who was a native of Bauska, in what was then the Courland Governorate (present-day Latvia). He worked primarily within the Russian Emp ...

(1831–1889), pathologist and anatomist * Isidorus Brennsohn (1854–1928), doctor of medicine and biographer *

Karl Gottfried Konstantin Dehio Karl Gottfried Konstantin Dehio (27 May 1851, Reval – 26 February 1927) was a Baltic German internist and professor of pathology. In 1877 he earned his doctorate from the University of Dorpat, and following graduation continued his studies a ...

(1851–1927), internist and pathologist *

(1795–1876), geologist and physician (Russia) *

(1793–1831), biologist, physician and explorer (Russia) *

Woldemar Kernig Woldemar Kernig, better known as Vladimir Mikhailovich Kernig ( lv, Voldemārs Kernigs; russian: Владимир Михайлович Керниг; 28 June 1840 – 18 April 1917) was a notable Russian and Baltic German internist and neurologis ...

(1840–1917), physician * Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (1829–1902), anatomist *

, psycholinguist and cognitive scientist (United Kingdom) *

Werner Zoege von Manteuffel Werner Maximilian Friedrich Zoege von Manteuffel (13 July 1857, in Määri, Estonia – 14 March 1926, in Tallinn, Estonia) was a Baltic German medical surgeon. He was the earliest advocate of sterilised gloves. He studied at the University of ...

(1857–1926), medical surgeon * Georg von Oettingen (1824–1916), ophthalmologist *

(1791–1841), biologist and medical scientist *

Zacharias Stopius Zacharias Stopius ( lv, Zahārijs Stopijs; 1535late 16th or early 17th century) was a Baltic German medical doctor, astronomer and astrologer, mainly active in present-day Latvia. He was ennobled by the King of Poland in 1570. His daughter Cath ...

({{circa 1535 – end of the 16th or early 17th century), doctor and astronomer *

(1908–2004), semiotician (Germany) * Eduard Georg von Wahl (1833–1890), surgeon * Justus Heinrich Wigand (1769–1817), obstetrician * Peter Ernst Wilde (1732–1785), physician and journalist

Physicists

Heinrich Lenz Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz (; ; also Emil Khristianovich Lenz, russian: Эмилий Христианович Ленц; 12 February 1804 – 10 February 1865), usually cited as Emil Lenz or Heinrich Lenz in some countries, was a Russian physici ...

(1804–1865), physicist *

Arthur von Oettingen Arthur Joachim von Oettingen ( – 5 September 1920) was a Baltic German physicist and music theorist. He was the brother of theologian Alexander von Oettingen (1827–1905) and ophthalmologist Georg von Oettingen (1824–1916). Biography ...

(1836–1920), physicist, meteorologist and music theorist *

Georg Wilhelm Richmann Georg Wilhelm Richmann () (22 July 1711 – 6 August 1753), (Old Style: 11 July 1711 – 26 July 1753) was a Russian Imperial physicist of Baltic German descent. Richmann did pioneering work on electricity, atmospheric electricity, and calorimetr ...

(1711–1753), physicist *

Thomas Johann Seebeck Thomas Johann Seebeck (; 9 April 1770 – 10 December 1831) was a Baltic German physicist, who, in 1822, observed a relationship between heat and magnetism. Later, in 1823, Ørsted called this phenomenon thermoelectric effect. Seebeck was bor ...

(1770–1831), physicist

Theologians

(1826–1907), linguist, folklorist, ethnographer and theologian * Georg Caspari (1683–1743), theologian * Alexander von Oettingen (1827–1905), theologian *

(1843–1891), theologist and historian

Other scientists and engineers

* Jean Alexander Heinrich Clapier de Colongue (1838–1901), marine engineer and naval architect (Russia) *

Bernhard Schmidt Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt (, Nargen – 1 December 1935, Hamburg) was an Estonian optician. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt telescope which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, making possible for t ...

(1879–1935), optician, inventor (Estonia) * Amand Struve (1835–1898), military engineer and bridge specialist (Russia) *

Friedrich Zander Georg Arthur Constantin Friedrich Zander (also Tsander, russian: Фридрих Артурович Цандер, tr. ; lv, Frīdrihs Canders, – 28 March 1933), was a Baltic German pioneer of rocketry and spaceflight in the Russian Empire an ...

(1887–1933), rocket scientist (Russia, Soviet Union) *

Walter Zapp Walter Zapp ( lv, Valters Caps; – 17 July 2003) was a Baltic German inventor. His greatest creation was the Minox subminiature camera. Biography Zapp was born in Riga, Governorate of Livonia (now Latvia). In 1932, while living in ...

(1905–2003), inventor (Latvia, Estonia)

Sports

* Ursula Donath (born 1931), runner (East Germany)

Chess players

* Friedrich Amelung (1842–1909), cultural historian, businessman and endgame composer *

Andreas Ascharin Andreas Ascharin (russian: Андрей Александрович Ашарин, ''Andrey Aleksandrovich Asharin''; in Pärnu – in Riga) was a Baltic German-Russian chess master. Ascharin's father was Russian, his mother was from a Baltic Ge ...

(1843–1896), chess master *

Bernhard Gregory Bernhard Gregory ( in Tallinn – 2 February 1939 in Berlin) was a Baltic Germans, Baltic German chess master. Life Bernhard Gregory was born on in Tallinn, Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (now Tallinn, Estonia) as a son of advocat ...

(1879–1939), chess master *

Lionel Kieseritzky Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky (russian: Лионель Адальберт Багратион Феликс Кизерицкий; – ) was a Baltic Germans, Baltic German chess master and Chess theoretician, theoretician, famous for ...

(1806–1853), chess master * R.K. Kieseritzky (1870–?), chess master *

(1861–1941), mathematician and chess problemist *

Paul Felix Schmidt Paul Felix Schmidt ( – 11 August 1984) was an Estonian and German chess player, writer and chemist. Biography In June 1935, Schmidt won, ahead of Paul Keres, at Tallinn. In May 1936, he drew a match against Keres (+3 –3 =1) at Pärnu. In 1 ...

(1916–1984), chess master * Wilhelm von Stamm (?–1905), chess master (Latvia)

Other

Johann Burchart Johannes Burchart I (1546-1616), born János Both Bélaváry de Szikava ( hu, Szikavai és Bélaváry Both János), was a pharmacist and druggist and the first of a line of doctors and pharmacists who owned the Raeapteek in Reval (Tallinn, Eston ...

(1546–1616), pharmacist * Gustav Fabergé (1814–1893), jeweller * Nikolai von Glehn (1841–1923), landowner and public figure, founder of

Nõmme Nõmme ( Estonian for ''"Heath"'') is one of the 8 administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 39,422 () and covers an area of , population density is . The district is largely a middle-cla ...

Vasiliy Ulrikh Vasiliy Vasilievich Ulrikh (russian: Василий Васильевич Ульрих, 13 July 1889 – 7 May 1951) was a senior judge of the Soviet Union during most of the regime of Joseph Stalin. Ulrikh served as the presiding judge at man ...

(1889–1951), judge, Great Purge perpetrator (Soviet Union)

Baltic Germans Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declin ...

List of Baltic Germans

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...