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.

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 (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 (1743–1815), German geographer and zoologist
 * Eduard Zimmermann (1929–2009), German journalist
 * Elizabeth Zimmermann (1910–1999), British-born knitter and writer
 * Evan Zimmermann (born 1968), American businessman
 * Friedrich Zimmermann (1925–2012), German politician
 * Hubert Zimmermann (1941–2012), French computer networks scientist and entrepreneur
 * Jens Zimmermann (disambiguation), various people
 * Jérémie Zimmermann, (born 1978) co-founder of the Paris-based La Quadrature du Net
 * Jeri Lynn Zimmermann (born 1968), better known as Jeri Ryan, actress
 * Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann (1728–1795), Swiss philosopher and physician
 * Johann Jacob Zimmermann (1644–1693), German nonconformist
 * Joseph Zimmermann (engineer) (1912–2004), American inventor of the first successful answering machine
 * Lydia Zimmermann (born 1966), Spanish filmmaker
 * Marie Zimmermann (1878–1972), American designer
 * 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 (PGP) e-mail encryption software
 * Pia Zimmermann (born 1956), German politician
 * Raquel Zimmermann (born 1983), Brazilian fashion model
 * Reinhard Zimmermann (born 1952), German jurist
 * Reinhard Sebastian Zimmermann (1815–1893), German artist
 * Sabine Zimmermann (TV host) (1951–2020), German TV host
 * Sabine Zimmermann (politician) (born 1960), German politician
 * Walter Max Zimmerman (1892–1980), German botanist
 * Warren Zimmermann (1934–2004), American ambassador
 * Wolfhart Zimmermann (1928–2016), German theoretical physicist

Composers

 * Anton Zimmermann (1741–1781), Austrian composer living and working in Bratislava
 * Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970), German composer of the opera Die Soldaten
 * Charles A. Zimmermann (1861-1916), American composer of marches and popular music
 * Udo Zimmermann (1943–2021), German composer from Dresden, not related
 * Walter Zimmermann (born 1949), German composer from Schwabach, not related

Musicians

 * Dan Zimmermann (born 1966), German drummer for power metal band Gamma Ray
 * 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 organist
 * German weight lifter
 * Margarita Zimmermann (born 1942), Argentinian mezzo-soprano
 * Robert Allen Zimmerman (born 1941), American musician, best known as Bob Dylan
 * Tabea Zimmermann (born 1966), German violist

Sportspeople

 * Andréa Zimmermann (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 rider
 * Christoph Zimmermann (born 1993), German footballer
 * Cyril Zimmermann (born 1976), Swiss football referee
 * Egon Zimmermann, (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 (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 (born 1981), American Olympic fencer
 * Jordan Zimmermann (born 1986), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Pierre Zimmermann (bridge) (born 1955), Monegasque bridge player