Zimmermann
Zimmermann is a German occupational surname for a carpenter. 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.
Notable people with the surname
- Adolphus Zimmermann, American politician
- Alain Zimmermann, German businessman
- Alexandra Zimmermann, British conservation scientist
- Annika Zimmermann, German journalist
- Arthur Zimmermann, German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1917
- Bodo Zimmermann, a German general during World War II
- Dominikus Zimmermann, German rococo architect
- Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, German geographer and zoologist
- Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist
- Elizabeth Zimmermann, British-born knitter and writer
- Evan Zimmermann, American businessman
- Ferdinand Zimmermann, German author and journalist
- Friedrich Zimmermann, German politician
- Hubert Zimmermann, French computer networks scientist and entrepreneur
- Jaclyn Zimmermann, American politician
- Jens Zimmermann (disambiguation), various people
- Jérémie Zimmermann, co-founder of the Paris-based La Quadrature du Net
- Jeri Lynn Zimmermann, better known as Jeri Ryan, actress
- Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann, Swiss philosopher and physician
- Johann Jacob Zimmermann, German nonconformist
- Johannes Zimmermann (missionary), German missionary
- Johannes Zimmermann (politician), Liechtenstein teacher and politician
- Joseph Zimmermann (engineer), American inventor of the first successful answering machine
- Lydia Zimmermann, Spanish filmmaker
- Mark Zimmermann, German streamer and content creator
- Marie Zimmermann, American designer
- Moshe Zimmermann, Israeli historian
- Paul Zimmermann, German SS-Brigadeführer
- Paul Zimmermann (blacksmith), German blacksmith who created contemporary forge work
- Paul Zimmermann, French computational mathematician
- Philip R. Zimmermann, creator of Pretty Good Privacy e-mail encryption software
- Pia Zimmermann, German politician
- Raquel Zimmermann, Brazilian fashion model
- Reinhard Zimmermann, German jurist
- Reinhard Sebastian Zimmermann, German artist
- Sabine Zimmermann (TV host), German TV host
- Sabine Zimmermann (politician), German politician
- Vera Zimmermann, Brazilian actress
- Warren Zimmermann, American ambassador
- Wolfhart Zimmermann, German theoretical physicist
Composers
- Anton Zimmermann, Austrian composer living and working in Bratislava
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer of the opera Die Soldaten
- Charles A. Zimmermann, American composer of marches and popular music
- Margrit Zimmermann, Swiss pianist, composer, conductor and music educator
- Udo Zimmermann, German composer from Dresden, not related
- Walter Zimmermann, German composer from Schwabach, not related
Musicians
- Dan Zimmermann, German drummer for power metal band Gamma Ray
- Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, birth name of Ethel Merman, American singer and actress
- Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist
- Josef Zimmermann,
- * German Cologne Cathedral organist
- * German weight lifter
- Margarita Zimmermann, Argentinian mezzo-soprano
- Tabea Zimmermann, German violist
Sportspeople
- Andréa Zimmermann, Swiss ski mountaineer
- Andreas Zimmermann, German footballer
- Bruce Zimmermann, American baseball player
- Christian Zimmermann, German-Palestinian dressage rider
- Christoph Zimmermann, German footballer
- Cyril Zimmermann, Swiss football referee
- Egon Zimmermann, 1964 Olympic alpine skier from Austria
- Egon Norbert Zimmermann, 1960 Olympic alpine skier from Austria and who married Penny Pitou
- Felicia Zimmermann, American Olympic fencer
- Georg Zimmermann, German cyclist
- Herbert Zimmermann (football commentator), German football commentator and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient
- Herbert Zimmermann (footballer), German football player
- Iris Zimmermann, American Olympic fencer
- Jordan Zimmermann, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Pierre Zimmermann (bridge), Monegasque bridge player