Zimmerman
Encyclopedia
Zimmerman derives from the German
last name Zimmermann
which means carpenter
. Within the United States
, it is ranked as the 441st-most common surname.
Zimmerman is often confused with Zimmermann. The loss or addition of the double "n" may imply many things. This may include racial, ethnic, religious or other cultural variations.
Zimmerman may refer to:
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
last name Zimmermann
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. As an occupational name, it derives from the Middle High German...
which means carpenter
Carpenter (surname)
Carpenter is a surname. Its use as a forename or middle name is rare. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 189th-most common surname. The English meaning of is one who makes wooden objects and structures by shaping wood.-Origin:...
. Within the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, it is ranked as the 441st-most common surname.
Zimmerman is often confused with Zimmermann. The loss or addition of the double "n" may imply many things. This may include racial, ethnic, religious or other cultural variations.
- Simmerman - a variant of Zimmerman.
- A Y-DNA Project exists for this surname.
Zimmerman may refer to:
People
- Andrew ZimmermanAndrew ZimmermanAndrew Zimmerman is a professor of German history at George Washington University. He earned a PhD from the University of California, San Diego in 1998, an M.Phil in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge in 1991, a B.A. in History from University of California, Los Angeles in...
(born 1968), American historian and academic who specializes in Imperial Germany - Arnold ZimmermanArnold ZimmermanArnold Zimmerman, also known as Arnie Zimmerman, is an American ceramic artist who was born December 13, 1954 in Poughkeepsie, New York. He received a bachelor's degree from the Kansas City Art Institute and a master’s degree from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He...
(born 1954), American ceramic artist - Arthur Augustus ZimmermanArthur Augustus ZimmermanArthur Augustus Zimmerman was one of the world's greatest cycling sprint riders and winner of the first world championship in 1893...
(1869–1936), American champion cyclist - Charles A. ZimmermanCharles A. ZimmermanCharles A. Zimmermann was an American composer of marches and popular music. A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, he was appointed bandmaster at the United States Naval Academy in 1887 at the age of 26. He served as the Academy's bandmaster until his death from a brain...
(1861–1916), American bandmaster and composer of marches ("Anchors Aweigh") - Charles S. ZimmermanCharles S. ZimmermanCharles Sasha Zimmerman was an American socialist activist and trade union leader, who was an associate of Jay Lovestone. Zimmerman had a career spanning five decades as an official of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union...
(1896-1983), American socialist activist and trade union official - Dean ZimmermanDean ZimmermanDean Zimmerman is an American professor of philosophy at Rutgers University. He specializes in metaphysics and the philosophy of religion. He earned his PhD in philosophy from Brown University, and has taught at the University of Notre Dame and Syracuse University...
, American philosopher, academic and author - Dick ZimmermanDick ZimmermanRichard "Dick" Zimmerman is a professional magician known for contributing many signature illusions. He was born in Charleston, West Virginia, United States.He has also acted as magic consultant for magicians, including David Copperfield....
(born 1937), American magician and pianist - Eric ZimmermanEric ZimmermanEric Zimmerman is a game designer and the co-founder and CEO of Gamelab, a computer game development company, which is known for the game Diner Dash. Each year Zimmerman hosts the Game Design Challenge at the Game Developers Conference...
(born 1969), American computer game designer - Franklin B. ZimmermanFranklin B. ZimmermanFranklin Bershir Zimmerman is an American musicologist and conductor who has published extensively in the field of Baroque music, and particularly on the English composer, Henry Purcell. He is most known for his complete catalogue of Purcell's works, considered "one of the most crucial...
(born 1923), American musicologist who compiled definitive catalogue of Henry Purcell's compositions - Fred R. ZimmermanFred R. ZimmermanFred R. Zimmerman was a newsboy, milkman, traveling salesman, bookkeeper and Republican politician from Milwaukee, who served as a state representative, 25th Governor of Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Secretary of State. His son Robert C...
(1880–1954), American public official who served as 25th governor of Wisconsin (1927–29) - Hans Rudolf ZimmermanHans Rudolf ZimmermanHans Rudolf Zimmerman is the architect of Australia's highest church, in the Snowy Mountains at Perisher Valley, New South Wales. The church is a Catholic 250-seat granite church completed in 1964 on a rocky knoll about 5,600 feet above sea-level. Dedicated to the memory of Pope John XXIII, it...
, Australian architect - Heinie ZimmermanHeinie ZimmermanHenry Zimmerman , known as "Heinie" or "The Great Zim," was a Major League Baseball player in the early 20th century. Zimmerman played for the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants...
(1887–1969), American baseball player - Herman F. ZimmermanHerman F. ZimmermanHerman F. Zimmerman is an art director and production designer. He is probably best known for his work in Star Trek.- Career :...
(born 1935), art director and production designer. Best known for work on Star TrekStar TrekStar Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
. - James Edward ZimmermanJames Edward ZimmermanJames Edward Zimmerman was born in Lantry, South Dakota. He was a coinventor of the radio-frequency superconducting quantum interference device and he is credited with coining the term.- Career :...
(1923–1999), American physicist who co-invented superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) - Joel Zimmerman (born 1981), progressive house artist known as Deadmau5Deadmau5Joel Thomas Zimmerman , better known by his stage name deadmau5 , is a Canadian progressive, electro, and house producer based in Toronto...
- John Zimmerman (politician)John Zimmerman (politician)John Zimmerman was an American politician. He served as the eight mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1857....
, mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1857 - John Zimmerman (figure skater) (born 1973), American figure skater
- Jeff Zimmerman (American football) (born 1965), American offensive lineman in NFL for four seasons
- Jeff ZimmermanJeff ZimmermanJeffrey Ross Zimmerman is a former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball from 1999-2001 for the Texas Rangers.-Independent baseball:...
(born 1972), Canadian-born Major League Baseball pitcher - Jeri Zimmerman (born 1968), American actress
- Joseph Paul "Joey" Zimmerman (born 1986), American actor
- Kris ZimmermanKris ZimmermanKris Zimmerman is a voice director, casting director, talent coordinator, and voice actor. She is also sometimes credited as Kris Zimmerman Salter.-History:Zimmerman is most known for directing the English voices for the Metal Gear Solid series...
, American voice actor/voice-over director for animation and video games - Leo Wrye ZimmermanLeo Wrye ZimmermanLeo Wrye Zimmerman was an abstract artist who founded The Society for the Arts in Louisville and was a prolific Louisville artist for over 50 years. His unique style combined art, philosophy, and invention. Zimmerman was born in Timlin, Pennsylvania, but moved to and grew up in his mother's...
, (1924–2008) abstract artist who founded The Society for the Arts in Louisville - Mary ZimmermanMary ZimmermanMary Zimmerman is an American theatre director and playwright, born in Lincoln, Nebraska.-Career:Zimmerman is a member of the Lookingglass Theatre Company and is an Artistic Associate of the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. She received her BS, MA and PhD from Northwestern University, where...
, American dramatist - Matt Zimmerman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Michael E. Zimmerman (born 1946), American philosopher, academic and author specializing in integral theory
- Michael Zimmerman (historian)Michael Zimmerman (historian)Michael Zimmerman was a German historian, best known for his book on the Nazi extermination of the Roma people, Rassenutopie und Genozid: Die Nationalsozialistiche Loesung der Zigeuner Frage .-References:...
(1951–2007), German chronicler of events surrounding Hitler's genocide of Europe's ethnic Roma - Michael Zimmerman (biologist)Michael Zimmerman (biologist)Michael Zimmerman is an American biologist and Vice President for Academic Affairs / Provost at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington...
(born 1953), American academic who is Professor of Biology at Indianapolis' Butler University - Oscar Zimmerman (1910–1987), American classical musician known for his mastery of the double bass
- Patric ZimmermanPatric ZimmermanPatric Laine Zimmerman is an American voice actor.He began his career in 1990, providing big voices for the animated television series Tale Spin and Tom & Jerry Kids. He voiced the character of Elroy Jetson in the film Jetsons: The Movie that same year...
(born 1954), American voice actor - Paul ZimmermanPaul ZimmermanPaul Lionel Zimmerman is the son of Charles S. Zimmerman and Rose Zimmerman. Zimmerman, also known to readers as "Dr. Z", is an American football sportswriter who wrote for the weekly magazine Sports Illustrated, as well as the magazine's website, SI.com. He is sometimes confused with Paul D...
(born 1932), American football sportswriter known as "Dr. Z" - Peter ZimmermanPeter ZimmermanPeter D. Zimmerman is an American nuclear physicist, arms control expert, and former Chief Scientist of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Science and Security at King's College London. He retired from the college in August 2008 and was named Professor...
(born 1941), American nuclear physicist and academic - Philip ZimmermanPhilip ZimmermanPhilip Zimmerman is a leading American icon painter.An Orthodox Christian, he has created hundreds of religious icons for churches and private collectors throughout the world. Through his workshops and seminars he has worked with more than 1,200 students in six countries.Zimmerman studied under Rev...
(born 1945), American iconographer - Preston ZimmermanPreston ZimmermanPreston Mark Zimmerman is an American soccer player, who plays for SV Darmstadt 98.-Personal life:Zimmerman was born in Auburn, Washington. He attended McLoughlin Middle School in Pasco, Washington.-Hamburg SV:...
(born 1988), American footballer for Hamburg SV II - Robert Zimmerman (commentator)Robert Zimmerman (commentator)Robert Zimmerman is the Founder and Partner of Zimmerman/Edelson Inc., a marketing, public relations and advertising firm based on Long Island, New York. Zimmerman/Edelson, Inc...
a CNN contributor, Democratic strategist, and Democratic National Committeeman - Robert Allen Zimmerman, birth name of Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
(born 1941), American singer-songwriter - Robert C. ZimmermanRobert C. ZimmermanRobert C. Zimmerman was Secretary of State of Wisconsin from 1957 until his retirement in 1975....
(1910–1996), American public official who served as Wisconsin Secretary of State from 1957 to 1975 - Robert D Zimmerman (born 1952), American author of mysteries, psychological thrillers and children's books
- Roy Zimmerman (baseball)Roy Zimmerman (baseball)Roy Franklin Zimmerman was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the New York Giants in 1945. The 28-year-old rookie stood 6'2" and weighed 187 lbs....
(1916–1991), Major League Baseball first baseman - Roy Zimmerman (satirist) (born 1957), American singer/songwriter/guitarist based in Southern California
- Ryan ZimmermanRyan ZimmermanRyan Wallace Zimmerman is a Major League Baseball third baseman with the Washington Nationals. A 6-foot 3-inch player from the University of Virginia and Kellam High School, Zimmerman has been a member of the Nationals since his debut on September 1, 2005...
(born 1984), American baseball player - Samuel ZimmermanSamuel ZimmermanSamuel Zimmerman was a Canadian railway promoter and entrepreneur instrumental in the construction of the Great Western Railway of Upper Canada.-Early life:...
(1815–1857), Canadian railway entrepreneur - Sheldon ZimmermanSheldon ZimmermanRabbi Sheldon Zimmerman is a rabbinic leader in Reform Judaism . He is a past president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion...
(born 1942), American Reform rabbi who was President of Hebrew Union College from 1996 to 2000 - Shraga Feivel ZimmermanShraga Feivel ZimmermanRabbi Shraga Feivel Halevy Zimmerman is the ABD of the Jewish community in Gateshead. He took up his appointment in 2008, in succession to Rabbi Bezalel Rakow, who died in 2003...
, American rabbi who has served in New York and, since 2008, in English town of Gateshead - Steven ZimmermanSteven ZimmermanProfessor Steven C. Zimmerman is an organic chemist on the faculty of the Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.-Early life and education:...
, American organic chemist who is Professor of Chemistry at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign - Thomas Zimmerman (1838–1914), German-American writer and translator in Pennsylvania who was editor of Reading Times newspaper
Fictional characters
- Lewis Zimmerman, creator of the Emergency Medical Hologram in the Star Trek series
- Dr. Zimmerman, former employee of the Company in the Heroes series
Places in United States
- Zimmerman, MinnesotaZimmerman, MinnesotaZimmerman is a rural community located about 45 miles northwest of St. Paul, in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,228 at the 2010 census.U.S. Route 169 serves as a main arterial route in the city.-History:...
, in Sherburne County - Zim, MinnesotaZim, MinnesotaZim is an unincorporated community in McDavitt Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.The community is located southwest of the city of Eveleth at the junction of County Highway 7 and County 27.-References:...
, in St. Louis County - Zimmerman KameZimmerman KameThe Zimmerman Kame is a glacial kame and archaeological site in McDonald Township, Hardin County, Ohio, United States, near the community of Roundhead...
, archeological site in Ohio's Hardin County
See also
- Zimerman (disambiguation)
- Zimmermann (disambiguation)
- Zimmermann TelegramZimmermann TelegramThe Zimmermann Telegram was a 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire to Mexico to make war against the United States. The proposal was caught by the British before it could get to Mexico. The revelation angered the Americans and led in part to a U.S...