Jüri (given name)

Jüri is an Estonian masculine given name. It is often a diminutive of the given name Jürgen. People named Jüri include:

• Jüri Aarma (1951–2019), actor, musician and journalist
• Jüri Adams (born 1947), politician
• Jüri Allik (born 1949), psychologist
• Jüri Alperten (1957–2020), conductor, pianist and music teacher
• Jüri Annusson (1884–1965), politician
• Jüri Arrak (1936–2022), painter
• Jüri Ehlvest (1967–2006), writer
• Jüri Jaakson (1870–1942), businessman and politician
• Jüri Jaanson (born 1965), rower
• Jüri Järvet (1919–1995), actor
• Jüri Käen (born 1970), swimmer and coach
• Jüri Kallas (born 1967), translator, publisher and editor
• Jüri-Ruut Kangur (born 1975), conductor
• Jüri Käo (born 1965), businessman
• Jüri Kaver (born 1974), politician
• Jüri Kerem (1943–1993), caricaturist and portraitist
• Jüri Kork (born 1947), politician
• Jüri Kraft (1935–2023), economist and politician
• Jüri Krjukov (1954–1997), actor
• Jüri Kukk (1940–1981), chemist, pedagogue and Soviet dissident
• Jüri Liim (born 1940), politician, investigative journalist and long-distance runner
• Jüri Lina (born 1949), journalist, writer, music producer and film director
• Jüri Lossmann (1891–1984), long distance runner
• Jüri Lotman (1922–1993), semiotician
• Jüri Luik (born 1966), diplomat and politician
• Jüri Marksoo (1876–1941), politician
• Jüri Mõis (born 1956), businessman and politician
• Jüri Müür (1929–1984), film director and scenarist
• Jüri Nael (born 1975), choreographer, dance and physical theatre pedagogue
• Jüri Okas (born 1950), architect
• Jüri Parijõgi (1892–1941), children's writer and teacher
• Jüri Parik (1889–1929), politician
• Jüri Pertmann (1938–2019), dissident and civil servant
• Jüri Pihl (1954–2019), politician
• Jüri Pootsmann (born 1994), singer
• Jüri Raidla (born 1957), lawyer
• Jüri Randviir (1927–1996), chess player and journalist
• Jüri Ratas (born 1978), politician
• Jüri Rätsep (1935–2018), lawyer, politician and judge
• Jüri Reinvere (born 1971), composer
• Jüri Rummo (1856–1???), outlaw and folk hero
• Jüri Saar (born 1956), politician
• Jüri Sillart (1943–2011), film operator, director and producer
• Jüri Talvet (born 1945), poet and academic
• Jüri Tamm (1957–2021), hammer thrower and politician
• Jüri Tarmak (1946–2022), high jumper
• Jüri Toomepuu (born 1930), journalist and politician
• Jüri Tuulik (1940–2014), writer and playwright
• Jüri-Mikk Udam (born 1994), rower
• Jüri Üdi, pseudonym of Juhan Viiding (1948–1995), poet and actor
• Jüri Uluots (1890–1945), politician
• Jüri Uustalu (1889–1973), politician
• Jüri Välbe (1911–1964), footballer
• Jüri Vetemaa (1956–2003), chess player and chess journalist
• Jüri Vilms (1889–1918), politician
• Jüri Vips (born 2000), racing driver
• Jüri Võigemast (born 1956), Estonian politician

See also

• Juri (disambiguation)
• Jüri, settlement in Estonia, named after Saint George (Püha Jüri in Estonian)