Notable Alumni
- Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, pioneer physical metallurgist
- Khachatur Abovian, Armenian writer
- Karl Ernst von Baer, zoologist and "father" of embryology
- Kārlis Balodis, Latvian economist, author of the civilian rationing
- Krišjānis Barons, Latvian folklorist
- Pan Halippa, politician in Moldova and Romania
- Adolf von Harnack, Protestant theologian and science administrator
- Nicolai Hartmann, philosopher
- Germain Henri Hess, physician and chemist
- Jakob Hurt, folklorist
- Hermann Johansen, ornithologist
- Wassily Kandinsky, abstract artist
- Jaan Kaplinski, poet
- Paul Keres, chess Grandmaster
- Woldemar Kernig, internist, neurologist
- Hermann von Keyserling, philosopher
- Ilmar Koppel, chemist
- Alberts Kviesis, Latvian statesman
- Heinrich Lenz, physicist
- Lennart Meri, Estonian President
- Leo Michelson, Latvian-American painter
- Kārlis Mīlenbahs, Latvian linguist
- Stepanos Nazarian, Armenian publisher
- Tõnu Õnnepalu, author, poet
- Ernst Öpik, astronomer
- Friedrich Parrot, naturalist
- Juhan Parts, Estonian Economic and former Prime Minister
- Konstantin Päts, Estonian president
- Ion Pelivan, Foreign Minister of Moldova
- Kristjan Jaak Peterson, linguist
- Georg von Rausch, historian
- Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander
- Karl Ristikivi, writer
- Grigol Robakidze, Georgian writer
- Alexander Schmidt (physiologist)
- Leopold von Schrenck, zoologist, geographer and ethnographer
- Otto Strandman, Estonian Prime Minister and Head of State
- Apolinary Szeluto, Polish composer
- Anton Hansen Tammsaare, eminent Estonian writer
- Otto Tief, Estonian Prime Minister
- Valentin Tomberg, "mystic" and "magician"
- Jakob von Uexküll, biologist
- Krišjānis Valdemārs, Latvian writer
- Eduards Veidenbaums, Latvian poet
- Voldemārs Zamuels, Latvian prime minister (1924)
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