Zimmermann is a

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for a

carpenter Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. Carpenter ...

. The modern German terms for the occupation of carpenter are Zimmerer, Tischler, or Schreiner, but Zimmermann is still used. A variant of Zimmermann is Zimmerman. Other variants include Zimmermanns, Timmermann, Cymerman and Cimrman.

Notable people with the surname

* Adolphus Zimmermann (1812–1891), American politician * Alain Zimmermann (born 1967), German businessman * Alexandra Zimmermann, British conservation scientist * Annika Zimmermann (born 1989), German journalist *

Arthur Zimmermann Arthur Zimmermann (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1940) was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the German Empire from 22 November 1916 until his resignation on 6 August 1917. His name is associated with the Zimmermann Telegram during World War ...

(1864–1940), German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1917 * Bodo Zimmermann (1886–1963), a German general during World War II * Dominikus Zimmermann (1685–1766), rococo architect *

Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann Eberhardt August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (August 17, 1743, Uelzen – July 4, 1815, Braunschweig) was a German geographer and zoologist. He studied natural philosophy and mathematics in Leiden, Halle an der Saale, Halle, Berlin, and Göttin ...

(1743–1815), German geographer and zoologist * Eduard Zimmermann (1929–2009), German journalist *

Elizabeth Zimmermann Elizabeth Zimmermann (9 August 1910 – 30 November 1999) was a British-born hand knitting teacher and designer. She revolutionised the modern practice of knitting through her books and instructional series on American public television. Thou ...

(1910–1999), British-born knitter and writer * Evan Zimmermann (born 1968), American businessman *

Friedrich Zimmermann Friedrich Zimmermann (18 July 1925 – 16 September 2012) was a German politician and a member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, Christian Social Union (CSU). From 1982 to 1989, he was the federal minister of interior. From 1989 to 1991 h ...

(1925–2012), German politician *

Hubert Zimmermann Hubert Zimmermann (15 November 1941 – 9 November 2012) was a French software engineer and a pioneering figure in computer networking. Biography Education: Zimmermann was educated at École Polytechnique and École Nationale Supérieure des T ...

(1941–2012), French computer networks scientist and entrepreneur *

Jaclyn Zimmermann Jaclyn Zimmermann is an American politician who was elected member of the Missouri House of Representatives for the 98th district in 2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, includi ...

, American politician *

Jens Zimmermann (disambiguation) Jens Zimmermann may refer to: * Jens Zimmermann (philosopher) (born 1965), philosopher and theologian * Jens Zimmermann (host) (born 1972), German sport announcer, moderator and athletes manager * Jens Zimmermann (politician) (born 1981), German ...

, various people *

Jérémie Zimmermann Jérémie Zimmermann (born 1978) is a French people, French computer science engineer and co-founder of the Paris-based La Quadrature du Net, a citizen advocacy group defending fundamental freedoms online as well as a co-founder of Hacking With ...

, (born 1978) co-founder of the Paris-based

La Quadrature du Net La Quadrature du Net ('' Squaring the Net'' in French) is a French advocacy group that promotes digital rights and freedoms for its citizens. It advocates for French and European legislation to respect the founding principles of the Internet, m ...

* Jeri Lynn Zimmermann (born 1968), better known as

Jeri Ryan Jeri Lynn Ryan (née Zimmermann; born February 22, 1968) is an American actress best known for her role as the former Borg drone Seven of Nine in '' Star Trek: Voyager'' (19972001) and '' Star Trek: Picard'' (20202023) for which she won two Satur ...

, actress *

Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann / Johann Georg Zimmermann (8 December 1728, in Brugg, Aargau7 October 1795, in Hanover) was a Swiss philosophical writer, naturalist, and physician. He was the private physician of George III and later Frederick ...

(1728–1795), Swiss philosopher and physician *

Johann Jacob Zimmermann Johann Jacob Zimmermann (November 25, 1642 – 1693) was a German Nonconformist (Protestantism), nonconformist theologian, millenarian, mathematician, and astronomer. Life Zimmermann was born in Vaihingen an der Enz, Vaihingen, Württemberg (now ...

(1644–1693), German nonconformist *

Joseph Zimmermann (engineer) Joseph Zimmermann (1912 – March 31, 2004) was an engineer, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin who invented the first answering machine, called the "Electronic Secretary". Zimmermann graduated from Marquette University in 1935 with a degree in electric ...

(1912–2004), American inventor of the first successful

answering machine An answering machine, answerphone, or message machine, also known as telephone messaging machine (or TAM) in the United Kingdom, UK and some Commonwealth countries, ansaphone or ansafone (from a trade name), or telephone answering device (TAD), ...

Lydia Zimmermann Lydia Martina Zimmermann Kuoni (born 30 December 1966) is a Spaniards, Spanish Catalans, Catalan actress and film director.Aroca, María Victoria. Lydia Zimmermann, sencillez escogida�Archive. ''S Moda El País'' (in Spanish). 7 January 2012. R ...

(born 1966), Spanish filmmaker * Marie Zimmermann (1878–1972), American designer *

Moshe Zimmermann Moshe Zimmermann (; born 25 December 1943) is an Israeli historian and writer. He is a professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 1986 to 2012 he was the director of the Richard Koebner Minerva Center for German History. Bio ...

(born 1943), Israeli historian * Paul Zimmermann (1895–1980), German SS-Brigadeführer * Paul Zimmermann (blacksmith) (born 1939), German blacksmith who created contemporary forge work * Paul Zimmermann (born 1964), French computational mathematician * Philip R. Zimmermann (born 1954), creator of

Pretty Good Privacy Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is an encryption software, encryption program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. PGP is used for digital signature, signing, encrypting, and decrypting texts, Email, e-mail ...

(PGP) e-mail encryption software * Pia Zimmermann (born 1956), German politician *

Raquel Zimmermann Raquel Cristina Zimmermann (born May 6, 1984) is a Brazilian model and activist. Throughout her career Zimmermann has appeared on 37 ''Vogue'' covers. She currently ranks under "Icons" on models.com. Biography Zimmerman was born in Rio Grande do ...

(born 1983), Brazilian fashion model *

Reinhard Zimmermann Reinhard Zimmermann (*10 October 1952) is a German law professor and retired Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg. From 2011 to 2023 he was President of the German Academic Scholarship ...

(born 1952), German jurist * Reinhard Sebastian Zimmermann (1815–1893), German artist * Sabine Zimmermann (TV host) (1951–2020), German TV host *

Sabine Zimmermann (politician) Sabine Zimmermann (born 30 December 1960) is a German politician. Born in Pasewalk, Bezirk Neubrandenburg, she is a member of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht. She served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony between 2005 and 2021, for ...

(born 1960), German politician *

Warren Zimmermann Warren Zimmermann (November 16, 1934 – February 3, 2004) was an American career diplomat best known as the last US ambassador to SFR Yugoslavia before its disintegration in a series of civil wars. Zimmermann was a member of the Yale Clas ...

(1934–2004), American ambassador * Wolfhart Zimmermann (1928–2016), German theoretical physicist

Composers

* Anton Zimmermann (1741–1781), Austrian composer living and working in

Bratislava Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...

Bernd Alois Zimmermann Bernd Alois Zimmermann (20 March 1918 – 10 August 1970) was a German composer. He is perhaps best known for his opera ''Die Soldaten'', which is regarded as one of the most important German operas of the 20th century, after those of Berg. Hi ...

(1918–1970), German composer of the opera ''

Die Soldaten ' (''The Soldiers'') is a four-act opera in German by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, based on the 1776 play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz. In a letter accompanying his newly printed play (23 July 1776, aged 24) that he sent to his best friend, the ...

'' * Charles A. Zimmermann (1861-1916), American composer of marches and popular music * Margrit Zimmermann (1927–2020), Swiss pianist, composer, conductor and music educator *

Udo Zimmermann Udo Zimmermann (6 October 1943 – 22 October 2021) was a German composer, musicologist, opera director, and conductor. He worked as a professor of composition, founded a centre for contemporary music in Dresden, and was director of the Leipzig ...

(1943–2021), German composer from

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

, not related * Walter Zimmermann (born 1949), German composer from

Schwabach Schwabach () is a German city of about 40,000 inhabitants near Nuremberg in the centre of the region of Franconia in the north of Bavaria. Together with the neighboring cities of Nuremberg, Fürth and Erlangen, Schwabach forms one of the three me ...

, not related

Musicians

* Dan Zimmermann (born 1966), German drummer for power metal band

Gamma Ray A gamma ray, also known as gamma radiation (symbol ), is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation arising from high energy interactions like the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei or astronomical events like solar flares. It consists o ...

* Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, birth name of Ethel Merman (1908–1984), American singer and actress * Frank Peter Zimmermann (born 1965), German violinist *Josef Zimmermann, ** German

Cologne Cathedral Cologne Cathedral (, , officially , English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia belonging to the Catholic Church. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archd ...

organist ** German weight lifter * Margarita Zimmermann (born 1942), Argentinian

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical music, classical female singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A bel ...

Tabea Zimmermann Tabea Zimmermann (born 8 October 1966) is a German violist who has performed internationally, both as a soloist and a chamber musician. She has been artist in residence of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, and the Bavarian ...

(born 1966), German violist

Sportspeople

Andréa Zimmermann Andréa Ursina Zimmermann (born 18 August 1976) from Monthey is a female Switzerland, Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Zimmermann was born in Biel/Bienne. She competed first in the 2000 Trophée du Muveran race and has been member of th ...

(born 1976), Swiss ski mountaineer * Andreas Zimmermann (born 1969), German footballer * Bruce Zimmermann (born 1995), American baseball player * Christian Zimmermann (born 1961), German-Palestinian

dressage Dressage ( or ; , most commonly translated as "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrianism, equestrian sport defined by th ...

rider *

Christoph Zimmermann Christoph Zimmermann (born 12 January 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Darmstadt 98. Career Early career Zimmermann joined Borussia Dortmund II in 2014 from Borussia Mönchengladbach. He made his pr ...

(born 1993), German footballer * Cyril Zimmermann (born 1976), Swiss football referee *

Egon Zimmermann Egon Zimmermann (8 February 1939 – 23 August 2019), often referred to as Egon Zimmermann II, was a World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. Zimmermann won the Olympic downhill at Patscherkofel in 1964 and won severa ...

, (1939–2019) 1964 Olympic alpine skier from Austria * Egon Norbert Zimmermann (1933–2016), 1960 Olympic alpine skier from Austria and who married Penny Pitou * Felicia Zimmermann (born 1975), American Olympic fencer *

Georg Zimmermann Georg Zimmermann (born 11 October 1997) is a German racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career He rode for in the men's team time trial event at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships. In August 2019, Zimmermann joined UCI W ...

(born 1997), German cyclist * Herbert Zimmermann (football commentator) (1917–1966), German football commentator and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient * Herbert Zimmermann (footballer) (born 1954), German football player *

Iris Zimmermann Iris Tien Zimmermann (born January 6, 1981) is an American fencing, fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil (fencing), foil events at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Fencing Championships. ...

(born 1981), American Olympic fencer * Jordan Zimmermann (born 1986),

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

pitcher *

Pierre Zimmermann (bridge) Pierre Zimmermann is a Swiss bridge player, captain of the Swiss national team, number one individual player in the world since September 13, 2021, six-time world champion, nine-time North American champion, nine-time European champion and one-tim ...

(born 1955), Monegasque bridge player

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