Zimmer (surname)
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| Related names | Zimmerman, Zimmermann, Carpenter[1] |
Zimmer is a common surname of German origin meaning "room" or "chamber". It is commonly associated with Zimmerman and Zimmermann, both German for the occupational surname Carpenter, meaning a worker of wood or literally translated "room man" (i.e. someone who builds wooden structures to be lived in).
List of people with this surname
- Alana Zimmer, fashion model
- Andreas Zimmer, German neurobiologist
- Andy Zimmer, American basketball player
- Ben Zimmer, American linguist and lexicographer
- Carl Zimmer, popular science writer specializing in evolution
- Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer, German zoologist
- Chief Zimmer (Charles Louis Zimmer, 1860–1949), catcher in Major League Baseball
- Constance Zimmer, American actress
- Cyril Zimmer, Australian rules footballer
- David Zimmer, Canadian politician
- David Zimmer, Best Oralist winner and Best Overall Team member in the 2008 Ames Moot Court Competition
- Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
- Dick Zimmer (disambiguation), several people
- Don Zimmer, Major League Baseball manager and coach
- Emma Zimmer, overseer at the Ravensbrück concentration camp
- Gabriele Zimmer, German politician
- George Zimmer, founder and CEO of the Men's Wearhouse
- Hans Zimmer, German composer, best known for film scores
- Hans-Peter Zimmer, German painter and sculptor
- Heinrich Zimmer (1890–1943), German indologist
- Heinrich Zimmer (Celticist) (1851–1910), German celticist
- J. Eugene Zimmer (1912–1995), New York assemblyman
- Joana Zimmer, German pop music singer
- John Zimmer, co-founder of rideshare program Zimride
- John Todd Zimmer, American ornithologist
- Karl Zimmer, German physicist and radiation biologist
- Kim Zimmer, American actress
- Laurie Zimmer, former American actress
- Lina Zimmer, oldest German for the last year of her life
- Louis Zimmer, Belgian clockmaker and astronomer
- Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author of fantasy novels
- Michael Zimmer, a privacy and social media scholar
- Mike Zimmer, Head Coach for the Minnesota Vikings.
- Norma Zimmer, American vocalist
- Patrick Benedict Zimmer, Catholic philosopher and theologian
- Paul Zimmer (disambiguation), several people
- Richard Zimmer (general) (1893–1971), German military officer
- Robert Zimmer, former provost of Brown University, mathematician, and current president of the University of Chicago
- Robert Zimmer (philosopher), German philosopher and essayist
- Rod Zimmer, Canadian senator
- Sabine Zimmer, German race walker
- Tom Zimmer, (born 1952), American baseball player, coach and manager
Fictional characters
- Anthony Zimmer, fictional character
- David Zimmer, main character in The Book of Illusions
- Doctor Zimmer, a fictional character from the 2008 console game Fallout 3
References
See also
- Zimmer (disambiguation)