Zimmermann

Zimmermann
Language(s)Germanic
Origin
MeaningCarpenter, room builder
Other names
Variant form(s)See the navigation box at the bottom

Zimmermann is a German occupational surname for a carpenter.[1] The modern German terms for the occupation of carpenter are Zimmerer, Tischler, or Schreiner, but Zimmermann is still used.

A variant of Zimmermann is Zimmerman. Other variants include Zimmermanns, Timmermann, Cymerman and Cimrman.[1]

Notable people with the surname

  • Adolphus Zimmermann (1812–1891), American politician
  • Alain Zimmermann (born 1967), German businessman
  • Alexandra Zimmermann, British conservation scientist
  • Annika Zimmermann (born 1989), German journalist
  • Arthur Zimmermann (1864–1940), German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1917
  • Bodo Zimmermann (1886–1963), a German general during World War II
  • Dominikus Zimmermann (1685–1766), German rococo architect
  • Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743–1815), German geographer and zoologist
  • Eduard Zimmermann (1929–2009), German journalist
  • Elizabeth Zimmermann (1910–1999), British-born knitter and writer
  • Evan Zimmermann (born 1968), American businessman
  • Ferdinand Zimmermann (1898-1967), German author and journalist
  • Friedrich Zimmermann (1925–2012), German politician
  • Hubert Zimmermann (1941–2012), French computer networks scientist and entrepreneur
  • Jaclyn Zimmermann, American politician
  • Jens Zimmermann (disambiguation), various people
  • Jérémie Zimmermann, (born 1978) co-founder of the Paris-based La Quadrature du Net
  • Jeri Lynn Zimmermann (born 1968), better known as Jeri Ryan, actress
  • Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann (1728–1795), Swiss philosopher and physician
  • Johann Jacob Zimmermann (1644–1693), German nonconformist
  • Joseph Zimmermann (engineer) (1912–2004), American inventor of the first successful answering machine
  • Lydia Zimmermann (born 1966), Spanish filmmaker
  • Marie Zimmermann (1878–1972), American designer
  • Moshe Zimmermann (born 1943), Israeli historian
  • Paul Zimmermann (1895–1980), German SS-Brigadeführer
  • Paul Zimmermann (blacksmith) (born 1939), German blacksmith who created contemporary forge work
  • Paul Zimmermann (born 1964), French computational mathematician
  • Philip R. Zimmermann (born 1954), creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) e-mail encryption software
  • Pia Zimmermann (born 1956), German politician
  • Raquel Zimmermann (born 1983), Brazilian fashion model
  • Reinhard Zimmermann (born 1952), German jurist
  • Reinhard Sebastian Zimmermann (1815–1893), German artist
  • Sabine Zimmermann (TV host) (1951–2020), German TV host
  • Sabine Zimmermann (politician) (born 1960), German politician
  • Warren Zimmermann (1934–2004), American ambassador
  • Wolfhart Zimmermann (1928–2016), German theoretical physicist

Composers

  • Anton Zimmermann (1741–1781), Austrian composer living and working in Bratislava
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970), German composer of the opera Die Soldaten
  • Charles A. Zimmermann (1861-1916), American composer of marches and popular music
  • Margrit Zimmermann (1927–2020), Swiss pianist, composer, conductor and music educator
  • Udo Zimmermann (1943–2021), German composer from Dresden, not related
  • Walter Zimmermann (born 1949), German composer from Schwabach, not related

Musicians

Sportspeople

  • Andréa Zimmermann (born 1976), Swiss ski mountaineer
  • Andreas Zimmermann (born 1969), German footballer
  • Bruce Zimmermann (born 1995), American baseball player
  • Christian Zimmermann (born 1961), German-Palestinian dressage rider
  • Christoph Zimmermann (born 1993), German footballer
  • Cyril Zimmermann (born 1976), Swiss football referee
  • Egon Zimmermann, (1939–2019) 1964 Olympic alpine skier from Austria
  • Egon Norbert Zimmermann (1933–2016), 1960 Olympic alpine skier from Austria and who married Penny Pitou
  • Felicia Zimmermann (born 1975), American Olympic fencer
  • Georg Zimmermann (born 1997), German cyclist
  • Herbert Zimmermann (football commentator) (1917–1966), German football commentator and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient
  • Herbert Zimmermann (footballer) (born 1954), German football player
  • Iris Zimmermann (born 1981), American Olympic fencer
  • Jordan Zimmermann (born 1986), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Pierre Zimmermann (bridge) (born 1955), Monegasque bridge player

References

  1. ^ a b Heuser, Rita. "Zimmermann". Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
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