Tõnu
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Tõnu is an Estonian
masculine given name, a version of Anthony.
People named Tõnu include:
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 Anthony.
People named Tõnu include:
- Tõnu Aare (born 1953), musician
- Tõnu Aav (born 1939), actor
- Tõnu Aru (born 1935), film director
- Tõnu EndreksonTõnu EndreksonTõnu Endrekson is an Estonian rower. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Endrekson won a silver medal in 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the double sculls event with Jüri Jaanson...
(born 1979), rower - Tõnu Kaalep (born 1966), playwright, designer and critic
- Tõnu KalamTõnu KalamTõnu Kalam is an American orchestral pianist and conductor. He is best known as the music director of the UNC Symphony Orchestra at The University of North Carolina. He is also the current music director of the Longview Symphony Orchestra.-Early years:...
, Estonian-American orchestral pianist and conductor - Tõnu KaljusteTõnu KaljusteTõnu Kaljuste is an Estonian conductor.Born in Tallinn, Kaljuste is the child of Heino Kaljuste , an Estonian choral conductor, and Lia Kaljuste, a radio journalist. Tõnu sang in his father's choirs as a child, and graduated from the Tallinn Music High School in 1971...
(born 1953), conductor - Tõnu Kalvet (born 1970), journalist and politician
- Tõnu Kark (born 1947), actor
- Tõnu Kauba (born 1952), physician and politician
- Tõnu Kilgas (born 1954), actor
- Tõnu Laanemäe (born 1977), architect
- Tõnu LaiguTõnu LaiguTõnu Laigu is a notable Estonian architect.From 1963 to 1974 Tõnu Laigu studied in the 46th Secondary School of Tallinn . From 1975 Tõnu Laigu studied in the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR in the department of architecture...
(born 1956), architect - Tõnu Lehtsaar (born 1960), psychologist
- Tõnu Lepik (born 1946), long jumper
- Tõnu Ling (born 1971), photographer
- Tõnu Luik (born 1941), philosopher
- Tõnu Maarand (born 1940), sculptor
- Tõnu Mikiver (born 1943), actor
- Tõnu Möls (born 1939), mathematician and biologist
- Tõnu Naissoo (born 1951), composer and pianist
- Tõnu ÕimTõnu ÕimTõnu Õim is an Estonian grandmaster of correspondence chess, most famous for being the first man to have won the ICCF World Championship in correspondence chess twice, in 1983 and 1999.-Notable chess games:* *...
born 1941), correspondence chess grandmaster - Tõnu Oja (born 1955), ecologist
- Tõnu Oja (born 1958), actor
- Tõnu Ojala (born 1969), journalist
- Tõnu ÕnnepaluTõnu ÕnnepaluTõnu Õnnepalu , also known by the pen names Emil Tode and Anton Nigov, is an Estonian poet and author.Õnnepalu was born in Tallinn and studied biology at the University of Tartu from 1980 to 1985. He began his writing career as a poet in 1985 and has published three collections of his works...
(bor 1962), poet and author - Tõnu Ots (born 1941), psychologist
- Tõnu Pedaru, journalist and singer
- Tõnu Prei (born 1950), journalist and enterpreneur
- Tõnu Prima (1902–?), clergyman
- Tõnu Raadik (born 1957), actor and composer
- Tõnu Reim (1853–1938), horticulturist
- Tõnu Runnel (born 1981), web designer
- Tõnu Saar (born 1944), actor
- Tõnu SamuelTõnu SamuelTõnu Samuel is an Estonian white hat hacker commonly cited by mainstream media in topics regarding network security.- External links :*...
, white hat hacker - Tõnu Seero (195–1998) writer and journalist
- Tõnu Tepandi (born 1948), actor and singer
- Tõnu Timm, musician
- Tõnu TõnisteTõnu TõnisteTõnu Tõniste is retired sailor 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 Toomas Tõniste.-References:*...
(born 1967), sailor - Tõnu Toome (1949–2009), Estonian-Canadian lawyer
- Tõnu TrubetskyTõnu TrubetskyTõnu Trubetsky , also known as Tony Blackplait, is an Estonian punk rock/glam punk musician, film and music video director, and individualist anarchist.-Early life:...
(born 1963), punk musician, writer and anarchist - Tõnu Tuvikene (1952–2010), astrophysicict and mathematician
- Tõnu Viik (born 1939), astronomer
- Tõnu Viik (born 1968), philosopher
- Tõnu Walk (?–1898), first Estonian manor owner