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, which means someone who works with

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* A. L. Zinn (c. 1888–1957), Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court * Amalia Emma Sophie Zinn (1807–1851) Danish composer and memorist *

Ben Zinn Ben T. Zinn (born April 21, 1937) is an American academic in engineering and former international association football, soccer player. He is currently the David S. Lewis, Jr., Chair and Regents' Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. ...

(born 1937), Israeli engineer and football player *

Elfi Zinn Elfi Zinn ( Rost, born 24 August 1953 in Rathebur) is a German middle distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. She won the silver medal at the 1973 European Indoor Championships and the bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. ...

(born 1953), German athlete * Frank Zinn (1885–1936), American baseball player *

Fred Zinn Friedrich Wilhelm "Fred" Zinn was a volunteer American aviator of German descent who flew with French Armée de l'Air forces in World War I and an early pioneer of aerial photography for wartime reconnaissance and Military intelligence. Fred Zinn ...

(1892–1960), American aviator and photographer * Georg August Zinn (1901–1976), German politician *

George Zinn George Zinn (1842 – April 25, 1899) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. President Andrew Johnson nominated him on January 13, 1866 for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from Apri ...

(1842–1899), American general *

Guy Zinn Guy Zinn (February 13, 1887 – October 6, 1949) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball from 1911 to 1915. Baseball career Zinn played his first game on September 11, 1911, ...

(1887–1949), American baseball player *

Howard Zinn Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist thinker and World War II veteran. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political scien ...

(1922–2010), American historian *

Jean Zinn-Justin Jean Zinn-Justin (born 10 July 1943 in Berlin) is a French theoretical physicist. Biography Zinn-Justin was educated in physics (undergraduate 1964) at the École Polytechnique, and did graduate work in theoretical physics at Orsay, (Ph.D. 1968 ...

(born 1943), French physicist *

Jimmy Zinn James Edward Zinn (January 21, 1895 – February 26, 1991) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics (1919), Pittsburgh Pirates (1920–22), a ...

(1895–1991), American baseball player *

Johann Gottfried Zinn Johann Gottfried Zinn () (December 6, 1727 – April 6, 1759) was a German anatomist and botanist and was a member of the Berlin Academy. Biography Johann Gottfried Zinn was born in Schwabach. Considering his short life span, Zinn made a grea ...

(1727–1759), German scientist *

Johann Ludvig Zinn Johann Ludvig Zinn (14 September 1734 – 3 February 1802) was a German-Danish merchant who founded a trading house in Copenhagen in 1765 and died as one of the wealthiest men in the city. Zinn lived in the Zinn House at Kvæsthusgade 3 in Copenha ...

(1734–1802), German-Danish merchant *

Jon Kabat-Zinn Jon Kabat-Zinn (born Jon Kabat, June 5, 1944) is an American professor emeritus of medicine and the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medi ...

(born 1944), American physician *

Maxine Baca Zinn Maxine Baca Zinn (born June 11, 1942),Course Blog and BiAvailable online(''retrieved'' 6 May 2014) ''née'' Baca, is an American sociologist known for her work on gender, race, and ethnicity and particularly, the experience of women of color at t ...

(born 1942), American sociologist * Lothar Zinn (1938-1980), German chess player *

Ray Zinn Raymond D. "Ray" Zinn (born in El Centro, California on September 24, 1937) is an inventor, entrepreneur and author. In addition to a number of significant inventions improving wireless radio (RF) communication and voltage/power regulation devi ...

(born 1937), American businessman *

Ronald Zinn Ronald Lloyd "Ron" Zinn (May 10, 1939 – July 7, 1965) was a race walker from the United States, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics, starting in 1960. His best finish was sixth place in the men's 20 km walk at the 1964 ...

(1939–1965), American athlete * Russel W. Zinn (born 1951), Canadian judge *

Rusty Zinn Rusty Zinn (born April 3, 1970 in Long Beach, California, United States) is an American electric blues and reggae guitarist and singer-songwriter. Zinn released six albums between 1996 and 2009, on Black Top, Alligator, Bad Daddy, and 9 Above ...

(born 1970), American musician *

Walter Zinn Walter Henry Zinn (December 10, 1906 – February 14, 2000) was an American nuclear physicist who was the first director of the Argonne National Laboratory from 1946 to 1956. He worked at the Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory during W ...

(1906–2000), Canadian physicist * William V. Zinn (1903–1989), British civil engineer and Buddhist

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Zinn Beck Zinn Bertram Beck (September 30, 1885 – March 19, 1981) was an American professional baseball player and manager. A third baseman, shortstop and first baseman, Beck played in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees ...

(1885–1981), American baseball player

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