Zimmermann
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| Meaning | Carpenter, room builder |
| Related names | Zimmer, Zimmerman, Carpenter (surname), Carpentier, Charpentier |
Zimmermann is a German surname and the occupational name in German for a carpenter. As a surname, it is often confused with Zimmerman; the variance "nn" or "n" may have a number of implications: racial, ethnic and religious among them.[1] As an occupational name, it derives from the Middle High German zimbermann, a compound of zimber, zim(m) er ‘timber’, ‘wood’ + mann ‘man’. Zimmermann may refer to:
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[edit] People
- Andréa Zimmermann (born 1976), Swiss ski mountaineer
- Andreas Zimmermann (born 1969), German footballer
- Arthur Zimmermann (1864–1940), German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1917
- Dan Zimmermann (born 1966), German drummer for power metal band Gamma Ray
- Dan N Zimmermann (born 1960), Vancouver, B.C. Canada, Machinist known for the Phillips/Zimmermann Rotary Valve Hemi engine
- Dominikus Zimmermann (1685–1766), Rococo architect
- Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743–1815), German geographer and zoologist
- Elizabeth Zimmermann (1910–1999), British-born knitter and writer
- Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, birth name of Ethel Merman (1908–1984), American singer and actress
- Evan Zimmermann (born 1968), American businessman
- Frank Peter Zimmermann (born 1965), German violinist
- Herbert Zimmermann (1917–1966), German football commentator
- Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann (1728–1795), Swiss philosopher and physician
- Johann Jacob Zimmermann (1644–1693), German nonconformist
- Jordan Zimmermann (born 1986), Major League Baseball Pitcher
- Joseph Zimmermann, inventor of the first successful answering machine
- Josef Zimmermann, Cologne Cathedral organist
- Margarita Zimmermann (born 1942), Argentinian mezzo-soprano
- Marie Zimmermann (1878–1972), American designer
- Paul Zimmermann A.W.C.B., a German blacksmith who created contemporary forge work
- Philip R. Zimmermann (born 1954), creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) e-mail encryption software
- Raquel Zimmermann (born 1983), Brazilian fashion model
- Reinhard Sebastian Zimmermann (1815–1893), German artist
- Tabea Zimmermann (born 1966), German violist
- Warren Zimmermann (1934–2004), American ambassador
[edit] Composers
- Anton Zimmermann (1741–1781), Czech-German composer[2]
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970), German composer known for the landmark opera Die Soldaten
- Udo Zimmermann (born 1943), German composer from Dresden, not related
- Walter Zimmermann (born 1949), German composer from Schwabach, not related
[edit] Companies
- Zimmermann (piano), German piano company
- Zimmermann (publisher), German sheet-music publisher
[edit] Other
- The Zimmermann Telegram, dispatched on January 19, 1917 to the German ambassador in Mexico at the height of World War I
- Zimmermann–Sassaman key-signing protocol, in cryptography
- Zimmermann reaction, chemical reaction to test for ketosteroids
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Zimmerman - Zimmermann name history - http://www.ancestry.com/facts/zimmerman-family-history.ashx
- ^ http://www.naxos.com/person/Anton_Zimmermann/21116.htm
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