Zimmer
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Zimmer is a common surname of German origin, from Zimmermann
, German for carpenter
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Zimmer may refer to:
Zimmermann
Zimmermann is a German surname and the occupational name in German for a carpenter. As a surname, it is often confused with Zimmerman; the variance "nn" or "n" may have a number of implications: racial, ethnic and religious among them. As an occupational name, it derives from the Middle High German...
, German for carpenter
Carpenter
A carpenter is a skilled craftsperson who works with timber to construct, install and maintain buildings, furniture, and other objects. The work, known as carpentry, may involve manual labor and work outdoors....
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- A Y-DNA Project exists for this surname.
Zimmer may refer to:
- Alana ZimmerAlana ZimmerAlana Zimmer is a Canadian model.-Early life:Alana was born in Kitchener, Ontario on June 9, 1987. She has brown hair and blue eyes and a height of 5 feet and 11 inches.-Career:...
, fashion model - Andreas ZimmerAndreas ZimmerAndreas Zimmer is Professor of Neurobiology and Director of the Institute for Molecular Psychiatry at the University of Bonn; he was previously professor at the University of Bielefeld and a researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health. He is perhaps best known in the field of cannabinoid...
, German neurobiologist - Andy ZimmerAndy ZimmerAndrew M. Zimmer was an American basketball player. He was an NCAA All-American at Indiana University and played on the school's first championship team in 1940....
, American basketball player - Anthony ZimmerAnthony ZimmerAnthony Zimmer is a 2005 French romantic thriller film directed by Jérôme Salle starring Sophie Marceau and Yvan Attal. The film spawned an American-produced remake in 2010 titled The Tourist.-Plot:...
, fictional character - Benjamin ZimmerBenjamin ZimmerBenjamin Zimmer is an American linguist and lexicographer. He is the executive producer of the Visual Thesaurus and Vocabulary.com. He was the "On Language" columnist for The New York Times Magazine from March 2010 to February 2011 and formerly a research associate at the University of...
, American linguist and lexicographer - Carl ZimmerCarl ZimmerCarl Zimmer is a popular science writer and blogger, especially regarding the study of evolution and parasites. He has written several books and contributes science essays to publications such as The New York Times and Discover...
, popular science writer specializing in evolution - Carl Wilhelm Erich ZimmerCarl Wilhelm Erich ZimmerCarl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer was a German zoologist specialising in crustaceans, especially the order Cumacea. He worked in Berlin, and is the taxonomic authority for the krill species Euphausia hanseni.-References:*....
, German zoologist - Chief ZimmerChief ZimmerCharles Louis Zimmer was a catcher in Major League Baseball for 19 seasons from to , playing for the Detroit Wolverines , New York Metropolitans...
, catcher in Major League Baseball - Constance ZimmerConstance ZimmerConstance Zimmer is an American actress perhaps best known for her role as Dana Gordon in HBO's Entourage and as Claire Simms on the critically acclaimed ABC legal comedy-drama Boston Legal...
, American actress - Cyril ZimmerCyril ZimmerCyril Zimmer was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League . He kicked one goal in his single game at senior level.-References:...
, Australian rules footballer - David ZimmerDavid ZimmerDavid Zimmer is a Canadian provincial legislator in Ontario's Legislative Assembly, representing the North York area riding of Willowdale for the Ontario Liberal Party.-Background:...
, Canadian politician - David Zimmer, main character in The Book of IllusionsThe Book of IllusionsThe Book of Illusions is a novel by American writer Paul Auster, published in 2002.-Plot introduction:Set in the late 1980s, the story is written from the perspective of David Zimmer, a university professor who, after losing his wife and children in a plane crash, falls into a routine of depression...
- David Zimmer, Best Oralist winner and Best Overall Team member in the 2008 Ames Moot Court CompetitionAmes Moot Court CompetitionThe Ames Moot Court Competition is the annual upper level moot court competition at Harvard Law School. It is designed and administered by the Board of Student Advisers and has been in existence since 1911.-Format and History:...
- Dick Zimmer (New Jersey politician)Dick Zimmer (New Jersey politician)Richard Alan "Dick" Zimmer is an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey, who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and in the United States House of Representatives. He was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from New Jersey in 1996 and 2008...
- Dick Zimmer (Ohio politician)Dick Zimmer (Ohio politician)Richard A. "Dick" Zimmer was an American politician of the Democratic Party.Zimmer served as a commissioner on Dayton, Ohio's City Commission from 1978 to 1985, and from 1987 to 1996. Upon urging from the community to run in a general election again, he served a third term from 2002 to 2006...
- Doctor Zimmer, a fictional character from the 2008 console game Fallout 3Fallout 3Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game released by Bethesda Game Studios, and the third major installment in the Fallout series. The game was released in North America, Europe and Australia in October 2008, and in Japan in December 2008 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360...
- Don ZimmerDon ZimmerDonald William "Popeye" Zimmer is a former infielder, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball, currently serving as a senior advisor to the Tampa Bay Rays baseball organization...
, Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
manager and coach - Emma ZimmerEmma ZimmerEmma Anne Zimmer was a female overseer at the Ravensbrück concentration camp for two years during the war....
, overseer at the Ravensbrück concentration camp - Gabriele ZimmerGabriele ZimmerGabriele Zimmer is a German politician.From 1981 to 1989 Zimmer was a member of the SED. Since 1989, she has been a member of the Party of Democratic Socialism . From 1990 to 1998 she was chairwoman of the PDS Thüringen...
, German politician - George ZimmerGeorge ZimmerGeorge Zimmer is an American entrepreneur, the founder and CEO of the Men's Wearhouse, a men's clothing retailer that has more than 1,300 stores across the U.S...
, founder and CEO of the Men's Wearhouse - Hans ZimmerHans ZimmerHans Florian Zimmer is a German film composer and music producer. He has composed music for over 100 films, including critically acclaimed film scores for The Lion King , Crimson Tide , The Thin Red Line , Gladiator , The Dark Knight and Inception .Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the...
, German composer, best known for film scores - Hans-Peter ZimmerHans-Peter ZimmerHans-Peter Zimmer was a German painter and sculptor. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich....
, German painter and sculptor - Heinrich ZimmerHeinrich ZimmerHeinrich Robert Zimmer was an Indologist and historian of South Asian art, most known for his works, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization and Philosophies of India. He was the most important German scholar in Indian Philology after Max Müller...
, German indologist - Joana ZimmerJoana ZimmerJoana Zimmer is a German pop music singer, often compared to Celine Dion or Barry Manilow. Zimmer is also blind.-Albums:-Singles:-External links:* , official site...
, German pop music singer - John Todd ZimmerJohn Todd ZimmerJohn Todd Zimmer was a leading American ornithologist.A graduate of University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he took an early interest in both entomology and ornithology...
, American ornithologist - Karl ZimmerKarl ZimmerKarl Günter Zimmer was a German physicist and radiation biologist, known for his work on the effects of ionizing radiation on DNA. In 1935, he published the major work, Über die Natur der Genmutation und der Genstruktur, with N. V...
, German physicist and radiation biologist - Kim ZimmerKim ZimmerKim Zimmer is an American actress. She is known for her role as Echo DiSavoy on One Life to Live and best known for her role as Reva Shayne on Guiding Light.-Career:...
, American actress - Laurie ZimmerLaurie ZimmerLaurie Zimmer is an American former actress best known for her role as Leigh, the courageous secretary of the besieged police station, Precinct 9, Division 13, in John Carpenter's 1976, Howard Hawks-inspired, action film, Assault on Precinct 13.-Acting career:Zimmer had a brief acting career...
, former American actress - Lina ZimmerLina ZimmerLina Zimmer was, for the last year of her life, dying at the age of 111, the oldest German. She was said to be humorous. She was born and died in Stuttgart....
, oldest German for the last year of her life - Louis ZimmerLouis ZimmerLouis Zimmer was an astronomer and clockmaker to the King of Belgium. Most notably in 1930 he built the Jubilee Clock, which is displayed on the front of the Zimmer tower. The Zimmer tower is a tower in Lier, Belgium, also known as the Cornelius tower, that was originally a keep of Lier's...
, Belgian clockmaker and astronomer- 3064 Zimmer3064 Zimmer3064 Zimmer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 28, 1984 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff . It was named by its discover, at the suggestion of E. Goffin, after Louis Zimmer, the noted Belgian clockmaker and astronomer.- External links :*...
, as asteroid named in his honour
- 3064 Zimmer
- Marion Zimmer BradleyMarion Zimmer BradleyMarion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series. Many critics have noted a feminist perspective in her writing. Her first child, David R...
, American author of fantasy novels - Mike ZimmerMike ZimmerMike Zimmer is the Defensive Coordinator for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals. He is the son of former NFL player Bill Zimmer and the father of Adam Zimmer, the Defensive Assistant/Linebackers for the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs.-Playing career:In high school, Zimmer was a successful...
, Defensive Coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals - Norma ZimmerNorma ZimmerNorma Zimmer was a vocalist, best remembered for her 22-year tenure as Lawrence Welk's "Champagne Lady" on The Lawrence Welk Show.-Biography:...
, American vocalist - Patrick Benedict ZimmerPatrick Benedict ZimmerPatrick Benedict Zimmer was a Catholic philosopher and theologian.-Life:...
, Catholic philosopher and theologian - Paul Edwin ZimmerPaul Edwin ZimmerPaul Edwin Zimmer , was a noted poet and author. He was also an accomplished swordsman and founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism...
, American poet and author, brother of Marion Zimmer Bradley - Robert Zimmer, former Provost of Brown University, mathematician, and current President of the University of Chicago
- The Hon. Rod ZimmerRod ZimmerRod A. A. Zimmer is a Canadian Senator. He was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the recommendation of Prime Minister Paul Martin on August 2, 2005. Zimmer was previously a Winnipeg, Manitoba businessman and a philanthropist...
, Canadian Senator - Sabine ZimmerSabine ZimmerSabine Krantz is a German race walker. She was born in Potsdam.-Achievements:- External links :*...
, German race walker - Thomas Jeffrey (Tom) ZimmerTom ZimmerThomas Jeffrey Zimmer has held multiple roles in professional baseball. He played in the minor leagues non-consecutively from 1971 to 1979, coached for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1976, managed in the minor leagues from 1977 through 1980 and coached the St. Petersburg Pelicans in 1989...
, (born June 30, 1952) held multiple roles in professional baseball, son of Don ZimmerDon ZimmerDonald William "Popeye" Zimmer is a former infielder, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball, currently serving as a senior advisor to the Tampa Bay Rays baseball organization...
See also
- The ZimmersThe ZimmersThe Zimmers are a British band, thought to have the oldest members of any band in the world. The oldest member claims to have been born in 1906, although some sources indicate he was born in 1913. The former lead singer Alf Carretta died on 29 June 2010, aged 93...
, a British geriatric rock band, who released a cover of The WhoThe WhoThe Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
's My GenerationMy GenerationMy Generation is the debut album by the English rock band The Who, released by Brunswick Records in the United Kingdom in December 1965. In the United States it was released by Decca Records as The Who Sings My Generation in April 1966, with a different cover and a slightly altered track...
on 28 May 2007 - Zimmer, Inc., a large orthopedic company
- Zimmer frame, a trademarked name for a walkerWalker (tool)A walker or walking frame is a tool for disabled or elderly people who need additional support to maintain balance or stability while walking...
, often used generically for any such products
- Zimmer frame, a trademarked name for a walker
- Zimmer (automobile)Zimmer (automobile)Zimmer is the name of a U.S. neo-classic automaker, based in Syracuse, New York. The company was founded in 1978 as Zimmer Motorcars Corporation by Paul Zimmer and failed shortly after his death in 1988....
, the name of a U.S. neo-classic automaker - Zimmers Hole, a death/speed metal band from Vancouver, Canada
- Zimmer massacreZimmer massacreThe Zimmer massacre was a massacre of an Ohio family that took place in September, 1812.Two weeks after the removal of the Greentown Indians, Martin Ruffner and the Zimmer family, who lived on the Black Fork about five miles north of the site of the burned village, were murdered...
, an 1812 massacre of an Ohio family - William H. Zimmer Power StationWilliam H. Zimmer Power StationThe William H. Zimmer Power Station, located near Moscow, Ohio, is a coal-fired power plant. It was originally intended to be a boiling water reactor type of nuclear power plant. Although once estimated to be 97% complete, poor construction and quality assurance led to the plant being converted...
, the world's only nuclear power plant converted to a coal-burning plant, the largest single-unit coal-powered facility in the US. - ZimmerbergZimmerbergZimmerberg is a mountain and a region located in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Its name bases on the Old High German word zimbar in the meaning of lumber.- Geography :...
, a mountain in the canton of ZürichCanton of ZürichThe Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...
in Switzerland