Jaan Anvelt, was an Estonian Bolshevik revolutionary and writer. He served the Russian SFSR, was a leader of the Communist Party of Estonia, the first premier of the Soviet Executive Committee of Estonia, and the chairman of the Council of the Commune of the Working People of Estonia. Imprisoned during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge in 1937, he died from the injuries sustained during a beating by Aleksandr Langfang while in NKVD custody.
Lühhike öppetus, by modern orthography 'Lühike õpetus', was the first periodical publication in Estonian. Edited by Dr. Peter Ernst Wilde and printed for a short while in 1766–1767, it described various simple medical techniques intended to be usable in the field by peasants.
Jaan Puhvel is an Estonian comparative linguist and comparative mythologist who specializes in Indo-European studies.
Looming is the oldest literary magazine in Estonia. The headquarters is in Tallinn.
Meelis Friedenthal is an Estonian academic and writer.
Iko Maran was an Estonian playwright and children's book author.
Kalle Kurg is an Estonian poet, writer, critic, translator and editor. As a versatile figure in Estonian culture, he has also published caricatures and worked as a theatre director.
Estonian Literary Society is Estonian organization which aims are to popularize literature and literary science related to Estonia, and also to enhance cooperation between Estonian organizations and institutions related to literature.
Perioodika is an Estonian publisher which existed from 1940-1941 and later from 1944–2004 in Tallinn.
Endel Nirk was an Estonian literary scientist, critic and writer.
Johann Hornung was a Baltic-German Lutheran clergyman and language enthusiast.
Haldur Õim is an Estonian linguist.
Siberi Tööline was an Estonian language newspaper, published from Omsk and Novonikolayevsk, Soviet Russia 1920 to 1922.
Enn Uuetoa was ship captain from the Russian Empire.
Marta Sillaots, born Marta Reichenbach was an Estonian writer, translator, and literary critic.
Alide Ertel was an Estonian prose writer, playwright, and poet.
Aino Jõgi was an Estonian linguist, emeritus associate professor of English philology at the University of Tartu, and translator.
Jaan Unt was an Estonian classical philologist, translator, and literary scholar. He translated from Ancient Greek, Latin, and Russian.
Piret Saluri is an Estonian translator and diplomat.
Rudolf Sirge was an Estonian writer.
