Famous People with Name Sabine

Sabine Becker            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Sabine Becker: is a German speed skater who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Sabine Bramhoff            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Sabine Bramhoff: is a retired German high jumper. She finished seventh at the 1989 European Indoor Championships.[1] She represented the sports club LC Paderborn, and won the silver medal at the West German champion in 1989.[2]

Sabine Engel            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Sabine Engel: is a retired East German discus thrower. She finished fifth at the 1976 Summer Olympics,[1] third at the 1977 World Cup[2] and fourth at the 1978 European Championships.[3] She represented the sports team SC Neubrandenburg and became East German champion in 1975.[4]

Sabine Krantz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Sabine Krantz: is a German race walker. She was born in Potsdam.

Sabine Rumpf            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Sabine Rumpf: is a German discus thrower.

Sir Edward Sabine            Origin/Culture/Country: Irish

Sir Edward Sabine: was an Irish astronomer, scientist, ornithologist and explorer. He was born in Dublin and died at East Sheen in Surrey.Two branches of Sabine's work in particular deserve very high credit: Determination of the length of the seconds pendulum, a simple pendulum whose time period on the surface of the Earth is two seconds, that is, one second in each direction; and extensive researches connected with the Earth's magnetic field. He led the effort to establish a system of magnetic observatories in various parts of British territory all over the globe and a great part of his life was devoted to their direction, and to the reduction and discussion of their observations.

Joseph Sabine            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Joseph Sabine: was an English lawyer and naturalist. He was the elder brother of Sir Edward Sabine.Sabine practiced law until 1808, when he was appointed inspector general of taxes. He held this position until 1835. He had a lifelong interest in natural history. He was an original fellow of the Linnean Society, founded in 1788. He was honorary secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1810 to 1830, and treasurer and vice-chairman of the Zoological Society of London.Edward Sabine was a member of John Ross's Arctic voyage in 1818. He sent Joseph a specimen of a new gull which had been discovered during the expedition, which Joseph named Sabine's Gull (Larus sabini) in honour of his brother.