 Paul Ariste

Paul Ariste (3 February 1905 – 2 February 1990) was an Estonian linguist renowned for his studies of the Finno-Ugric languages (especially Estonian and Votic), Yiddish and Baltic Romani language.He was born as Paul Berg, in Torma Parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire, but in 1927 Estonized his name to Ariste.