Zimmermann Explained

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.^[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), 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
• Friedrich Zimmermann (1925–2012), German politician
• Hubert Zimmermann (1941–2012), French computer networks scientist and entrepreneur
• 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
• 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
• Walter Max Zimmerman (1892–1980), German botanist
• 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
• Udo Zimmermann (1943–2021), German composer from Dresden, not related
• Walter Zimmermann (born 1949), German composer from Schwabach, not related

Musicians

• Dan Zimmermann (born 1966), German drummer for power metal band Gamma Ray
• Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, birth name of Ethel Merman (1908–1984), American singer and actress
• Frank Peter Zimmermann (born 1965), German violinist
• Josef Zimmermann,
  • German Cologne Cathedral organist
  • German weight lifter
• Margarita Zimmermann (born 1942), Argentinian mezzo-soprano
• Robert Allen Zimmerman (born 1941), American musician, best known as Bob Dylan
• Tabea Zimmermann (born 1966), German violist

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Heuser . Rita . Zimmermann . Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands . 2 April 2024.