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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).
A Y-DNA Project exists for 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
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
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