Steinmetz/Steynmets is a

German surname Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the " Western or ...

, meaning '

stonemason Stonemasonry or stonecraft is the creation of buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone as the primary material. It is one of the oldest activities and professions in human history. Many of the long-lasting, ancient shelters, temples, mo ...

'. It may refer to:

People

* Ádám Steinmetz (born 1980), Hungarian water polo player *

Andrew Steinmetz Andrew Steinmetz is a Canadian writer, editor and musician. He was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1965. Steinmetz formed the band Weather Permitting in 1985. In the 1990s, he was a member of the Montreal alt-country band Good Cookies. Steinmetz is ...

(born 1965), Canadian writer *

Barnabás Steinmetz Barnabás Steinmetz (born 6 October 1975 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed ''Barney'' and ''Sema'', and made his debut for the n ...

(born 1975), Hungarian water polo player *

Beny Steinmetz Beny Steinmetz ( he, בני שטיינמץ; born 2 April 1956) is an Israeli businessman and entrepreneur, with a focus in the mining and energy sectors, while being also active in the real estate and diamond-mining industries. Beny Steinmetz is ...

(born 1956), Israeli businessman * Bill Steinmetz (1899–1988), American speed skater *

Charles Proteus Steinmetz Charles Proteus Steinmetz (born Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz, April 9, 1865 – October 26, 1923) was a German-born American mathematician and electrical engineer and professor at Union College. He fostered the development of alternating ...

(1865–1923), German-born American electrical engineer and inventor *

Cheri Steinmetz Cheri E. Steinmetz is an American politician and a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate representing District 3 since January 7, 2019. She previously served in the Wyoming House of Representatives representing District 5 from 2015-2019. Elect ...

, American politician *

Chris Steinmetz Chris Steinmetz (born 1966) is a record producer and engineer living in Chicago. He is president of Stonecutter Records. Biography Early life Chris Steinmetz was born in 1966 to Kenneth and Virginia Steinmetz in Barrington, Illinois. He began ...

(born 1966), American record producer *

Christian Steinmetz Christian Steinmetz (June 28, 1882 – June 11, 1963) was an American basketball player. He played forward for the University of Wisconsin from 1903 to 1905. He was college basketball's leading scorer in the game's first 25 years from 1895 to 1 ...

(1882–1963), American basketball player * David Steinmetz (disambiguation), multiple people * Donald W. Steinmetz (1924–2013), American judge *

Francis Steinmetz Francis Steinmetz (20 September 1914 – 2 January 2006) was an officer in the Royal Netherlands Navy who escaped from Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle, a German POW camp, during World War II, making a "home run" to safety. Early life Steinmetz was b ...

(1914–2006), Dutch officer *

George Steinmetz George Steinmetz (born 1957) is an American photographer. His work has been featured in ''The New Yorker'', '' Smithsonian'', ''Time'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', and he is a regular contributor to '' National Geographic''. Early life ...

(born 1957), American photographer *

George Steinmetz (academic) George Steinmetz (born November 13, 1957) is the Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan. He has taught at The New School, the New School for Social Research, the Universit ...

(born 1957), American sociologist * Geremias Steinmetz (born 1965), Brazilian archbishop *

Greg Steinmetz Greg Steinmetz is an American journalist, author and securities analyst. Steinmetz was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Colgate University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and German, and earned a master's degree ...

(born 1950), American journalist *

Isidora Steinmetz Isidora Steinmetz (born ) is a Chilean female volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized ru ...

(born 1994), Chilean volleyball player * János Steinmetz (1947–2007), Hungarian water polo player *

Johann Adam Steinmetz Johann Adam Steinmetz (24 September 1689 in Großkniegnitz – 10 July 1762 in Prester, Magdeburg) was a German Lutheran pastor, Pietist, educator and one of the most significant revivalists in 18th century Europe. After studies he worked as a p ...

(1689–1762), German theologian *

Joseph E. Steinmetz Joseph E. Steinmetz (born January 6, 1955) was the sixth chancellor of the University of Arkansas. He succeeded G. David Gearhart on Jan. 1, 2016, following academic and administrative positions at Stanford University, Indiana University Bloomingt ...

(born 1955), American academic *

Joseph Janney Steinmetz Joseph Janney Steinmetz (October 7, 1905 – September 6, 1985) was an American commercial photographer whose images appeared in publications including the ''Saturday Evening Post'', ''Life'', '' Look'', Time'', Holiday'', ''Collier's'', and '' To ...

, American photographer *

Jürgen Steinmetz Juergen Steinmetz is the bass player for Rock Ignition, Silent Force, Sons of Seasons, Lima and ex-member of Headstone Epitaph. Biography Juergen Steinmetz founded his first band Headstone Epitaph in 1987. They recorded their first longplayer ...

, German guitarist *

Karl Friedrich Franciscus von Steinmetz Lieutenant General Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz Franciscus (26 October 1768 in Silesia – 11 March 1837 in Potsdam) was a Prussian officer and cartographer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Steinmetz commanded a brigade in the Waterloo campaign ...

(1768–1837), Prussian officer *

Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (27 December 1796 – 2 August 1877) was a Prussian ''Generalfeldmarschall''. He was born at Eisenach and joined the army of Prussia during the War of Liberation. Over the Seven Weeks' War he led the V Corps agai ...

(1796–1877), Prussian field marshal *

Kim Steinmetz Kim Steinmetz (born December 22, 1957) is an American former professional Women's Tennis Association (WTA) player. She was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She retired from professional tennis in 1989. Career highlights Steinmetz compe ...

(born 1957), American tennis player *

Klement Steinmetz Klement Steinmetz (23 March 1915 – 2 May 2001) was an Austrian football (soccer) player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the ...

(1915–2001), Austrian footballer *

Malia Steinmetz Malia Rose Steinmetz (born 18 January 1999) is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nordsjælland and the New Zealand women's national team. Steinmetz was a member of the New Zealand U-17 side at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's ...

(born 1999), New Zealand footballer *

Mark Steinmetz Mark Christopher Steinmetz (born 1961) is an American photographer. He makes black and white photographs "of ordinary people in the ordinary landscapes they inhabit". Steinmetz's work was shown in a group exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, ...

(born 1961), American photographer *

Matt Steinmetz Matthew Steinmetz (born September 26, 1964 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an American journalist and television sportscaster who worked as the pregame and postgame analyst for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, the broadcast home of the Golden State Warrio ...

(born 1964), American journalist * Matthias Steinmetz (born 1966), German astronomer *

Miklós Steinmetz Miklós Steinmetz (1913–December 1944) was a Hungarian-born Soviet Red Army captain. His parents were communists, and, after the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, the family fled to South America before immigrating to the Sov ...

(1913–1944), Hungarian army officer *

Motty Steinmetz Yisrael Baruch Mordechai "Motty" Steinmetz ( he, מוטי שטיינמץ) is a prominent Hasidic singer. Biography Steinmetz was born in 1992 to a Vizhnitz family in Bnei Brak. Motty is the son of Rabbi Moshe and Rebecca Steinmetz, and the fou ...

(born 1992), Hasidic singer * Nell S. Steinmetz (1897–??), American librarian * Paul Steinmetz (born 1977), New Zealand rugby union footballer * Pierre Steinmetz (born 1943), French judge * Ralf Steinmetz (born 1956), Chilean-German computer scientist * Rich Steinmetz (born 1971), American golfer *

Richard Steinmetz Richard Steinmetz is an American actor, best known for his role as Martin Fitzgerald on the now-defunct NBC daytime soap opera ''Passions''. Early life A native of Chicago, his was a police officer on the South Side. Steinmetz graduated from ...

(born 1959), American actor * Selma Steinmetz (1907–1979), Austrian educator *

Sol Steinmetz Sol Steinmetz (July 29, 1930 – October 13, 2010) was a Hungarian American linguistics and lexicography expert who wrote extensively about etymologies, definitions and uncovered earliest recorded usages of words in English and Yiddish. A widely s ...

(1930–2010), Hungarian lexicographer *

Theodore Steinmetz Theodore "Steinie" Steinmetz (December 22, 1880 – October 7, 1951) was an American musician, composer, and conductor from Marshfield, Wisconsin. During World War I, he was a member of the 32nd division Wisconsin infantry and wrote a march for the ...

(1880–1951), American musician *

Thérèse Steinmetz Thérèse Steinmetz (born 17 May 1933) is a Dutch singer, best known for her participation in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest. Early career Steinmetz studied at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and appeared in various theatre, television an ...

(born 1933), Dutch singer * Werner Steinmetz (born 1950), German gymnast * William Steinmetz (1847–1903), American soldier *

William G. Steinmetz Brigadier General William George Steinmetz AIA ( – 27 April 1898) was a German-American architect who practiced in New York City as a founding associate of A.B. Mullet & Company with Alfred Bult Mullett (–1890) and Hugo Kafka (1843–1913) bef ...

(1838–1898), German-American architect

Characters

* Tennessee Steinmetz, in ''

The Love Bug ''The Love Bug'' is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and the first in a franchise by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution that starred an anthropomorphic pearl-white, fabric-sunroofed 1963 ...

'' * Grandma Steinmetz, in ''

Herbie Rides Again ''Herbie Rides Again'' is a 1974 American comedy film and the second installment of ''The Love Bug'' film series made by Walt Disney Productions starring an anthropomorphic (and quite autonomous) 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle named Herbie. The ...

Other uses

* 1681 Steinmetz (1948 WE), a main-belt asteroid named after German astronomer Julius Steinmetz (1893–1965) *

IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award The IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award is a technical field award given to an individual by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), for major contributions to standardization within the field of electrical and electronic ...

Pink Star (diamond) The Pink Star, formerly known as the Steinmetz Pink, is a diamond weighing 59.60 carat (11.92 g), rated in color as Fancy Vivid Pink by the Gemological Institute of America. The Pink Star was mined by De Beers in 1999 in South Africa, and weigh ...

, formerly known as the Steinmetz Pink Diamond, the largest known Vivid Pink diamond * Steinmetz, Missouri, a community in the United States * Steinmetz College Prep, Chicago, Illinois *

Steinmetz Opel Tuning Steinmetz Opel-Tuning is an automobile tuning company specialising in Opel cars, based in Aachen, Germany. They develop higher performance engines, sports suspension, special exhausts and complete aerodynamic bodystyling kits. Their engineers b ...

, a German company named after Klaus A. Steinmetz * Steinmetz solid, in geometry *

Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research Tami Steinmetz Center For Peace Research was an academic research institution of Tel Aviv University was founded in 1992 and closed down in 2020 as the subject of peace was considered no longer relevant. The center was funded by Daniela and Daniel ...

, an academic research institution of Tel Aviv University {{disambiguation, surname German-language surnames Jewish surnames Occupational surnames