Famous People with Name Sabine

Sabine Völker            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Sabine Völker: is a German speed skater who won a gold medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Sabine Jahn            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Sabine Jahn: is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Sabine Dähne            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Sabine Dähne: is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she and her partner Angelika Noack won the silver medal in the coxless pairs event.

Sabine Heß            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Sabine Heß: is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she was the coxswain of the East German boat which won the gold medal in the coxed fours event.

Sabine Spitz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Sabine Spitz: is a German cross country cyclist. She won bronze in Women's cross-country at the 2004 Summer Olympics and gold in the event in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Furthermore she became World Champion in 2003.

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.