Toomas
Encyclopedia
Toomas is an Estonian
masculine given name, a version of Thomas
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People named Toomas include:
Fictional characters:
Estonian language
Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various émigré communities...
masculine given name, a version of Thomas
Thomas (name)
Thomas is a masculine given name. It is based on the Biblical Greek , which is itself a transcription of the Aramaic "twin", the Hebrew cognate being...
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People named Toomas include:
- Toomas AltnurmeToomas Altnurme-Life:In 1994-1995, he graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical University, and studied painting at the Rajamangala University of Technology, and in 1999-2001, at the University of Seoul. He has appeared in exhibitions in Europe, Asia, South America and the USA....
(born 1973), painter - Toomas FreyToomas FreyToomas Frey is an Estonian ecologist, geobotanist and forest scientist.He was also a political leader, with the Estonian greens. When he was named minister of the environment in 1990, it was the first time a member of a green party reached a national position in an Eastern European...
(born 1937), ecologist, geobotanist and forest scientist - Toomas HelinToomas HelinToomas Helin is an Estonian drug smuggler. Police considers Helin to have been among the leaders of the so-called Linnuvabriku group of organised crime.-Drug smuggling:...
(born 1966), drug smuggler - Toomas Hendrik IlvesToomas Hendrik IlvesToomas Hendrik Ilves is the fourth and current President of Estonia. He is a former diplomat and journalist, was the leader of the Social Democratic Party in the 1990s and later a member of the European Parliament...
(born 1953), politician, President of Estonia - Toomas KallasteToomas KallasteToomas Kallaste is a former Estonian professional footballer. He was playing the position of defender and is 1.88 m tall and weighs 77 kg. He won a total of 42 international caps for the Estonia national football team. Kallaste earned his first official cap on 1992-06-03, when Estonia played...
(born 1971), football player - Toomas KivisildToomas KivisildToomas Kivisild, is an Estonian geneticist. He graduated in 1992 as a zoologist, and completed his Ph.D. at the Estonian Biocentre research institute. He is a professor of human evolutionary genetics at Cambridge University and his main work has focused on human mtDNA variation.Stephen...
(born 1969), geneticist - Toomas KrõmToomas KrõmToomas Krõm is a former professional footballer from Estonia, playing as a forward. Born in Tallinn, he twice became topscorer of the Premier Estonian League, named Meistriliiga: in 1999 and 2000. Krõm obtained a total number of 11 caps for the Estonia national football team during his...
(born 1971), football player - Toomas KukkToomas KukkToomas Kukk is an Estonian botanist. He was born in Tallinn.He has been associated with the Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany in Estonia since 1991.-External links:*...
(born 1971), botanist - Toomas RaudamToomas RaudamToomas Raudam is an Estonian writer.He won the Fridebert Tuglas Award award in 1989 for Lodus tiivad.He has won or been nominated for several other awards for his books, screenplays, and radio plays....
(born 1947), writer - Toomas SaviToomas SaviToomas Savi is an Estonian politician and in 2004-2009 was a Member of the European Parliament for the Estonian Reform Party, part of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party....
(born 1942), politician - Toomas TohverToomas TohverToomas Tohver is a former Estonian international football goalkeeper, with 24 caps to his name. Tohver started his professional career at Flora Tallinn and had two spells abroad, first in Sweden and then in Norway.-External links:*...
(born 1973), football goalkeeper - Toomas TõnisteToomas TõnisteToomas Tõniste is retired sailor and a politician from Estonia, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won a silver and a bronze medal in the men's 470 class, for the Soviet Union and for Estonia . He did so with his twin brother Tõnu Tõniste...
(born 1967), sailor and a politician - Toomas VilosiusToomas VilosiusToomas Vilosius is an Estonian politician and a former Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia. He is currently the communications manager of Silja Line.-References:...
(born 1951), politician - Toomas VitsutToomas VitsutToomas Vitsut is an Estonian politician, the Chairman of the City Council of Tallinn since 2005. He is also the founder of the institutional round table for resolving the ethnic tensions caused by the conflict around controversial Bronze Soldier statue in Tallinn...
(born 1960), politician
Fictional characters:
- Toomas NipernaadiToomas NipernaadiToomas Nipernaadi is an influential 1928 Estonian novel by August Gailit, as well as the name of the novel's main protagonist.- Character :The character is an archetypical traveller; a vagabond...
, main character from August GailitAugust GailitAugust Gailit was an Estonian writer. -Life:Georg August Gailit was born in Sangaste Parish, Valgamaa, Estonia, the son of a carpenter and grew up on a farm in Laatre . From 1899 he attended schools in the parish and the town of Valga from 1905, then from 1907 a municipal school in Tartu...
's 1929 novel Toomas Nipernaadi.