# 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
* Jaclyn Zimmermann, American politician
* 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
* 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
* 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