Famous People with Name Birgit

Birgit Thumm            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Birgit Thumm: is a female volleyball player from Germany, who made her debut for the German Women's National Team in 1999. Standing at 184cm and nicknamed "Thummi" she represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Birgit Sadolin            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Birgit Sadolin: is a Danish actress. She entered film in 1953 with the comedy Ved Kongelunden.

Birgit Jensen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Birgit Jensen: is a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. She finished fifth in the K-2 500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Birgit Anette Olsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Birgit Anette Olsen: is a Danish linguist, associate professor at the Roots of Europe research center at the University of Copenhagen. She is an expert on Proto-Indo-European and Indo-European languages in general, especially derivational morphology and the history of Armenian. She has also published important articles on linguistic reconstruction and the history of Latin, Greek, Anatolian and Germanic languages. She is married to Jens Elmegård Rasmussen, and her official surname is Rasmussen, but as a linguist she uses her maiden's name Olsen to avoid confusion in references.[1]

Birgit Havenstein            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Birgit Havenstein: is a German flautist and composer. She was born in Berlin, and studied music at the Stadtisches Konservatorium in Berlin and later, music education. At the 1988 Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker she won awards for her Graffiti for flute, cello and harp.[1][2]