Mihkel Aitsam (December 1, 1877 – June 17, 1953) was an Estonian writer, journalist, and local historian.
Aitsam started contributing to the newspaper Valgus [et] in 1893, and later he also wrote for Eesti Postimees [et] and Olewik.
In 1904, some of his short stories were published in Teataja and also in several other political newspapers that he contributed to.
In 1906, when his father's farm was destroyed by Russian punishment squads [et], he settled in Tallinn and, at the invitation of Karl August Hermann, started working in the editorial office of the newspaper Hüüdja, where he remained until the newspaper office closed.
[3] His best-known literary works were Hiiu lossist Siberisse (From Hiiu Castle to Siberia, 1937), Eestimaa kuningas (The King of Estonia, 1939), and Hiislari tütar (The Pagan Priest's Daughter, 1940).