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Zimerman
Zimerman is a surname a variant of "Zimmermann". Notable people with this surname include: Notable people with the surname include: * Krystian Zimerman (born 1956), Polish pianist * Morris Zimerman (1911–1992), South African rugby union player See also * Zimmer, surname, variant of Zimerman * Zimmerman (with double "m"), surname of which Zimerman is a variant * Zimmermann 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. ''Zimmer'' in German means room or archaically a chamber wi ..., surname and a list of people with the name * * {{surname, Zimerman German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krystian Zimerman
Krystian Zimerman (born 5 December 1956) is a Polish-Swiss concert pianist, conductor and pedagogue who has been described as one of the greatest pianists of his generation. In 1975, he won the IX International Chopin Piano Competition. Following the success at the Chopin Piano Competition, he began his collaboration with the Berlin Philharmonic and has since performed with leading orchestras around the world as well as many prominent conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado and Simon Rattle. He is especially known for his performances of compositions by Mozart, Chopin, Brahms and Beethoven. He is also the recipient of many awards and honours including Léonie Sonning Music Prize (1994), Legion of Honour (2005), Order of Polonia Restituta (2013) and Praemium Imperiale (2022). Biography Zimerman was born in Zabrze, Southern Poland, and started to play the piano at the age of five encouraged by his father, who was also a pianist. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Zimerman
Morris Zimerman (8 June 1911 – 10 January 1992) was a South African rugby union player.Profile on ESPN Scrum dot com, retrieved 24 April 2010 Biography Zimerman grew up in and studied law at the after school. During his student years he played provincial rugby for and after completing his studies he moved to Johannesburg, where he played for . Zimerman was the first Jew to represent in rugby union, when he debuted on 5 December 1931. He played in three further tests for South Africa and also in fourteen tour ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimmer (surname)
Zimmer is German surname meaning "room" or "chamber". Derivative names include Zimmermann ( Zimmerman), the occupational surname meaning Carpenter, literally translated "room man" (i.e. someone who builds wooden structures to be lived in). List of people with this surname Sciences * Andreas Zimmer, German neurobiologist * Carl Zimmer, popular science writer specializing in evolution * Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer, German zoologist * John Todd Zimmer (1889-1957), American ornithologist * Karl Zimmer, German physicist and radiation biologist * Louis Zimmer, Belgian clockmaker and astronomer Sports * Adam Zimmer (1984–2022), American football coach * Andy Zimmer, American basketball player * Bradley Zimmer, American baseball player * Chief Zimmer (Charles Louis Zimmer, 1860–1949), catcher in Major League Baseball * Cyril Zimmer, Australian rules footballer * Don Zimmer, Major League Baseball manager and coach * Kyle Zimmer, American baseball player * Mike Zimmer, head coach fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimmermann
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. ''Zimmer'' in German means room or archaically a chamber within a structure. The German ''man'' or ''mann'' (in English the extra ''n'' is ignored) is man or worker. The combination of the two means "a worker of wood", "room man" or room worker.Combined from several sources including: ''Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary'', 1996 by Barnes & Noble Books, and ''Concise Oxford Dictionary - 10th Edition'' by Oxford University Press. Zimmermann, as a surname is often confused with Zimmerman. The loss or addition of the double "n" may imply many things. This may include linguistic, racial, ethnic, religious or other cultural variations.Zimmerman - Zimmermann name history - http://www.ancestry.com/facts/zimmerman-family-history.ashx Many German names were often Anglicized or simplified by i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimmerman (surname)
Zimmerman is a surname variant of the German language, German ''Zimmermann'', meaning "carpenter". The modern German terms for carpenter are ''Zimmerer'', ''Tischler'', or ''Schreiner'', but ''Zimmermann'' is still used. It is also commonly associated with Ashkenazi Jews. ''Zimmer'' in literal German means "room" or archaically a chamber within a structure; it is cognate with the English word "wikt:timber, timber". The German ''mann'' means "man" or "worker". Combining the two German words, one gets "a worker of wood", or, literally translated, "room man" or "room worker".Combined from several sources including: ''Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary'', 1996 by Barnes & Noble Books, and ''Concise Oxford Dictionary - 10th Edition'' by Oxford University Press. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 441st-most common surname.U.S. Census Bureau; "Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table) Name Files dist.all.last"; published May 9, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
