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Zimmer (surname)

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Language(s) of origin
  
Germanic

Related names
  
Zimmerman, Zimmermann, Zimerman, Simmerman, Timmerman, Carpenter, Carpentier, Charpentier

Zimmer is a common surname of German origin meaning "room" or "chamber". It is commonly associated with Zimmerman and Zimmermann, both German for the occupational surname Carpenter, meaning a worker of wood or literally translated "room man" (i.e. someone who builds wooden structures to be lived in).

Contents

  • A Y-DNA Project exists for this surname.

    • List of people with this surname

  • Alana Zimmer, fashion model
  • Andreas Zimmer, German neurobiologist
  • Andy Zimmer, American basketball player
  • Ben Zimmer, American linguist and lexicographer
  • Carl Zimmer, popular science writer specializing in evolution
  • Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer, German zoologist
  • Chief Zimmer (Charles Louis Zimmer, 1860–1949), catcher in Major League Baseball
  • Constance Zimmer, American actress
  • Cyril Zimmer, Australian rules footballer
  • David Zimmer (disambiguation), several people
  • Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
  • Dick Zimmer (disambiguation), several people
  • Don Zimmer, Major League Baseball manager and coach
  • Emma Zimmer, overseer at the Ravensbrück concentration camp
  • Gabriele Zimmer, German politician
  • George Zimmer, founder and CEO of the Men's Wearhouse
  • Hans Zimmer, German composer, best known for film scores
  • Hans-Peter Zimmer, German painter and sculptor
  • Heinrich Zimmer (1890–1943), German indologist
  • Heinrich Zimmer (Celticist) (1851–1910), German celticist
  • J. Eugene Zimmer (1912–1995), New York assemblyman
  • Joana Zimmer, German pop music singer
  • John Zimmer, co-founder of rideshare program Zimride
  • John Todd Zimmer (1889-1957), American ornithologist
  • Karl Zimmer, German physicist and radiation biologist
  • Kim Zimmer, American actress
  • Laurie Zimmer, former American actress
  • Louis Zimmer, Belgian clockmaker and astronomer
  • Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author of fantasy novels
  • Michael Zimmer, a privacy and social media scholar
  • Mike Zimmer, head coach for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL
  • Norma Zimmer, American vocalist
  • Patrick Benedict Zimmer, Catholic philosopher and theologian
  • Paul Zimmer (disambiguation), several people
  • Richard Zimmer (general) (1893–1971), German military officer
  • Robert Zimmer, former provost of Brown University, mathematician, and current president of the University of Chicago
  • Robert Zimmer (philosopher), German philosopher and essayist
  • Rod Zimmer (1942–2016), Canadian senator
  • Sabine Zimmer, German race walker
  • Tom Zimmer, (born 1952), American baseball player, coach and manager

    • Fictional characters

  • Anthony Zimmer, fictional character
  • David Zimmer, main character in The Book of Illusions
  • Doctor Zimmer, a fictional character from the 2008 console game Fallout 3

    • References

    Zimmer (surname) Wikipedia
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