Heilmann is a German language surname. It can be tracked to early 16th Century protestant families in south-west Germany (various locations); In France, it has spread around 1545 to Mulhouse (Mülhausen in German), a city now in the Alsace region.
Members of the Heilmann family of Mulhouse, of protestant faith, issued from Lorentz Heilmann, a cooper, common ancestor born in 1545 in Niedernhall (now in Germany) and having established himself in Mulhouse :
Jean-Gaspard Heilmann (c.1718-1760), French painter
Nicolas Heilmann, Burgmeister (mayor) of Mulhouse from 1753 to 1766.
Josué Heilmann (1796-1848), inventor, in particular of a hand embroidery machine.
Jean-Jacques Heilmann (1822-1859), early photographer and cofounder of the Société Française de Photographie.
Jean-Jacques Heilmann (1853-1922), inventor of the Heilmann locomotive "La Fusée Electrique", one of the first electric locomotives.
Members of the Heilmann family initially from Geiselbach, who co-founded the Heilmann & Littmann German building company:
Jakob Heilmann, (1846-1927) , co-founder of the company
Otto Heilmann (1888-1945), German architect
Albert Heilmann, (1869-1949), German architect
Mary Heilmann (b. 1940), American artist.
Other people bearing this name:
In Germany:
Pr Sebastian Heilmann (b.1965), German political scientist and sinologist.
Lutz Heilmann, (b.1966), German politician (Die Linke) and member of the German Parliament for Schleswig-Holstein.
In other countries than France and Germany :
Gerhard Heilmann, Danish artist and paleontologist.
Harry Heilmann, American baseball player [issued from a 17th Century "Heylmann" ancestor from South-West Germany]
