Famous People with Name Olin

Olin Douglas Browne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Olin Douglas Browne: (born on May 22, 1959) is an American professional golfer

Olin Dutra            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Olin Dutra: (January 17, 1901 – May 5, 1983) was a professional golfer

Olin Jeuck Eggen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Olin Jeuck Eggen: was an American astronomer. Some sources incorrectly give his name as Olin Jenck Eggen.He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1940. After serving in World War II in the OSS, he returned to the university and received his Ph.D. in astrophysics in 1948.He became known as one of the best observational astronomers of his time. He is best known for a seminal 1962 paper with Donald Lynden-Bell and Allan Sandage which suggested for the first time that the Galaxy had collapsed out of a gas cloud. He first introduced the now-accepted notion of moving groups of stars.

Olin Chaddock Wilson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Olin Chaddock Wilson: was an American astronomer best known for his work as a stellar spectroscopist.Wilson showed an interest in physics at an early age. He studied astronomy and physics at the University of California, Berkeley and wrote his first scientific paper in 1932 on the subject of the speed of light. He received his PhD from the California Institute of Technology in 1934.Wilson was a staff member of Mount Wilson Observatory for most of his research career where he studied stellar chromospheres. He was the first scientist to discover activity cycles, similar to the solar 11-year sunspot cycle, in other stars. In collaboration with Vainu Bappu he also showed that there was a correlation between the width of the Ca II lines in stellar spectra and the star's luminosity, the Wilson-Bappu Effect.

Olin Levi Warner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Olin Levi Warner: an American sculptor and artist, was noted for the striking bas relief portrait medallions and busts he created in the late 19th century.Warner was born in Suffield, Connecticut. As a young man he worked as an artisan and a telegraph operator. In 1869 he

Antero Olin            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Antero Olin: is a Finnish visual artist, best known as a printmaker (graphic artist). He lives and works in Helsinki and also in Budapest Hungary. Italy, especially Rome has always been important working site for him.Olin's first drawing and painting teachers were prof. Unto Pusa and Urho Lauanne in Helsinki (1965–1969). He continued his studies in Lahti Finland (1967–1969), but only while studying in Stockholm (1970–71), in Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, he found, as a prinmaker, his artistcally and technically completed style of making his prints.

Johan Fredrik "John" Olin            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Johan Fredrik "John" Olin: was a Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He won the silver medal in the heavyweight class.

Robert Lous "Bob" Olin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Lous "Bob" Olin: was an American boxer. In 1928 Olin won the New York City Golden Gloves 175 lbs Open Championship. He won all 35 of his amateur fights, including as well the New York Metropolitan AAU. In June 1937, Lewis and Olin fought again for the championship and thi

John Olin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Olin: was an American professional wrestler. He was a one-time World Heavyweight Champion. John Olin was born in 1886. He started wrestling in 1904 at the age of 18. He was trained by the former European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Champion Tom Cannon. He wrestled

Nelly Olin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Nelly Olin: is a former Minister of Environment in France under De Villepin's government. From 2004 to 2005, Olin was the Minister-Delegate for Social Security. She is a Senator for the Oise department.