Zimmermann

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:

People

• Andréa Zimmermann (born 1976), Swiss ski mountaineer
• 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
• Margherita 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

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

Companies

• Zimmermann (piano), German piano company
• Zimmermann (publisher), German sheet-music publisher

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

See also

• All pages beginning with "Zimmermann"
• All pages with titles containing "Zimmermann"
• Zimmer

References