Hartmann is a German

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. It is less frequently used as a male

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. The name originates from the Germanic word, "hart", which translates in English to "hardy", "hard", or "tough" and "

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", a suffix meaning "man", "person", or "husband". The name Hartman, distinguished by ending with a single "n", is generally the result of the

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of names that occurred with the emigration of persons from German-speaking to anglophone nations in the 18th, 19th and early 20th century. Below is a list of notable individuals and fictional characters with the surname or given name of Hartmann.

Arts and media

Hartmann von Aue Hartmann von Aue, also known as Hartmann von Ouwe, (born ''c.'' 1160–70, died ''c.'' 1210–20) was a German knight and poet. With his works including '' Erec'', '' Iwein'', '' Gregorius'', and '' Der arme Heinrich'', he introduced the Arthu ...

(c. 1170 – c. 1210) German poet *

Lukas Hartmann Lukas Hartmann (born Hans-Rudolf Lehmann; 29 August 1944) is a Swiss author. Life and work Born as Hans-Rudolf Lehmann in Bern, his mother was a farmer's daughter and his father was a shoemaker, later auxiliary postman and department manager at ...

(1944), Swiss novelist and children's literature writer * Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872), Bohemian-Austrian Jewish poet *

Oluf Hartmann Oluf Hartmann (16 February 1879 – 16 January 1910) was a Danish painter. Trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, he showed his works at important exhibitions in the 1900s. Career Hartmann was born in the house Carlsmi ...

(1879–1910), Danish painter *

Petra Hartmann Petra Hartmann (born 1970 in Hildesheim) is a German novelist, journalist and author. Life Petra Hartmann grew up in Sillium, a little village near Hildesheim. She visited a humanistic secondary school in Hildesheim and studied German language and ...

(born 1970), German author and literature scientist *

Sadakichi Hartmann Carl Sadakichi Hartmann (November 8, 1867 – November 22, 1944) was an American art critic, poet, and anarchist. Biography Hartmann, born on the artificial island of Dejima, Nagasaki, to a Japanese mother Osada Hartmann (who died soon after ...

(1867–1944), German-Japanese art critic long resident in America * Sieglinde Hartmann (born 1954), German medievalist, expert on the medieval poet Oswald von Wolkenstein * Tatjana Saphira Hartmann (born 1997), Indonesian actress, model, singer *

Thom Hartmann Thomas Carl Hartmann (born May 7, 1951) is an American radio personality, author, businessman, and progressivism, progressive pundit, political commentator. Hartmann has been hosting a nationally syndicated radio show, ''The Thom Hartmann Progr ...

(born 1951), American radio host, author and commentator *

Viktor Hartmann Viktor Alexandrovich Hartmann (; 5 May 1834 – 4 August 1873) was a Russian architect and painter. He was associated with the Abramtsevo Colony, purchased and preserved beginning in 1870 by Savva Mamontov, and the Russian Revival. Life Vict ...

(1834–1873), Russian architect and painter *

Bodil Neergaard Ellen Bodil Neergaard (noble family), Neergaard née Hartmann (10 February 1867 – 18 May 1959) was a Danish philanthropist and patron of the arts. She is remembered for her many charitable activities as well as for her life in Fuglsang Manor on ...

née Hartmann (1867–1959), Danish estate owner, philanthropist and memoirist.

Music

Emil Hartmann Emil Hartmann (1 February 1836–18 July 1898) was a Danish composer of the romantic period, fourth generation of composers in the Danish Hartmann musical family. His music is distinctly Nordic and tuneful and won great popularity in his t ...

(1836–1898), Danish composer, eldest son of Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann and brother-in-law to Niels Gade and August Winding *

Erich Hartmann Erich Alfred Hartmann (19 April 1922 – 20 September 1993) was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew 1,404 combat missions and participated in aerial comb ...

(1920–2020), German double bass player and composer *

Georges Hartmann Romain-Jean-François "Georges" Hartmann (15 May 1843 – 22 April 1900) was a French music publisher, dramatist and opera librettist (publishing under the pen name Henri Grémont). Born in Paris, he was the son of Jean Hartmann (1804–1880), a ...

(1843–1900), French music publisher and librettist under the pen name Henri Grémont * Hartmann von An der Lan-Hochbrunn (Father Hartmann) (1863–1914), Austrian composer *

Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (14 May 1805 – 10 March 1900) was, together with his son-in-law Niels W. Gade, the leading Danish composer of the 19th century, a period known as the Danish Golden Age. According to Alfred Einstein, he was "the rea ...

(1805–1900), Danish composer and organist *

John Hartmann John Hartmann (October 24, 1830 – 1897) was a Prussian brass composer. He is notable for having served Prince George, Duke of Cambridge as bandmaster in the British 4th Regiment, 12th Lancers. Hartmann was born in Auleben. When he went to fu ...

(1830–1897), bandmaster to the Duke of Cambridge, Prussian brass composer *

Karl Amadeus Hartmann Karl Amadeus Hartmann (2 August 1905 – 5 December 1963) was a German composer. A major figure of the musical life of post-war Germany, he has been described as the greatest German symphonist of the 20th century. Life Born in Munich, the son ...

(1905–1963), German composer *

Oliver Hartmann Oliver Hartmann (born 28 June 1970 in Rüsselsheim, West Germany) is a German heavy metal vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer who performed in various acts, either as guitarist, solo or choir singer. He is best known for his role as ...

(born 1970), German metal vocalist, songwriter, and producer *

Thomas de Hartmann Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann (; October 3 .S.: September 21 1884March 28, 1956) was a Ukrainian-born composer, pianist and professor of composition. Life De Hartmann was born on his father’s estate in Khoruzhivka, Poltava Governorate, Uk ...

(1885–1956), Russian composer and associate of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff

Science and medicine

Ernst Hartmann Ernst Hartmann (born 10 November 1915 in Mannheim, d. 23 October 1992 in Waldkatzenbach, a suburb of Waldbrunn (Odenwald)) in Germany was a German medical doctor, author and publicist. "Hartmann lines", a epistemology, scientifically unproven gr ...

(1915–1992), German medical doctor, author and publicist *

Franz Hartmann Franz Hartmann (22 November 1838, Donauwörth – 7 August 1912, Kempten im Allgäu) was a German medical doctor, theosophist, occultist, geomancer, astrologer, and author. Biography Hartmann was an associate of Helena Blavatsky and was C ...

(1838–1912), German medical doctor and Theosophist *

Heidrun Hartmann Heidrun Hartmann (; 5 August 1942, Kolberg – 11 July 2016) was a German botanist. She worked at the University of Hamburg and specialised in Aizoaceae, Crassulaceae The Crassulaceae (, from Latin ''crassus'', thick), also known as the crass ...

(1942–2016), German botanist *

Heinz Hartmann Heinz Hartmann (; November 4, 1894, Vienna, Austria-Hungary – May 17, 1970, Stony Point, New York) was an Austrian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He is considered one of the founders and principal representatives of ego psychology. Life Har ...

(1894–1970), Viennese psychoanalyst, developer of Ego Psychology *

Henri Albert Hartmann Henri Albert Hartmann (16 June 1860 – 1 January 1952) was a French surgeon. He wrote numerous papers on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from war injuries to shoulder dislocations to gastrointestinal cancer. Hartmann is best known for Hartma ...

(1860–1952), French surgeon *

Jutta Hartmann Jutta Hartmann (born 1963) is a German academic and professor of pedagogy and social work at Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin. Her research interests include Gender Studies, Gender, Queer theory, Queer, Diversity education and E ...

(1963), German academic and professor of pedagogy and social work * Johann Daniel Wilhelm Hartmann, (1793–1862) Swiss

malacologist Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...

* Johannes Hartmann (1568–1631), German chemist *

Johannes Franz Hartmann Johannes Franz Hartmann (11 January 1865 – 13 September 1936) was a German physicist and astronomer. In 1904, while studying the spectroscopy of Delta Orionis he noticed that most of the spectrum had a shift, except the calcium lines, which ...

(1865–1936), German astronomer active in Argentina and namesake of the Hartmann crater *

Robert Hartmann (naturalist) Karl Eduard Robert Hartmann (8 October 1832 – 1893) was a German naturalist, anatomist and ethnographer. Career A native of Blankenburg am Harz, Hartmann studied medicine and sciences in Berlin, and in 1865 was an instructor of comparative zo ...

(1832–1893), German naturalist, anatomist and ethnographer * Peter E. Hartmann, Australian scientist, co-winner of the 2010

Rank Prize for Nutrition The Rank Prizes comprise the Rank Prize for Optoelectronics and the Rank Prize for Nutrition. The prizes recognise, reward and encourage researchers working in the respective fields of optoelectronics and nutrition. The prizes are funded by the c ...

William Kenneth Hartmann William Kenneth Hartmann (born June 6, 1939) is an American planetary scientist, artist, author, and writer. He was the first to convince the scientific mainstream that the Earth had once been hit by a planet sized body ( Theia), creating bot ...

(born 1939), American planetary scientist * William M. Hartmann (born 1939), American acoustician and physicist

Philosophy

Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (23 February 1842 – 5 June 1906) was a German philosopher, independent scholar and writer. He was the author of the influential '' Philosophy of the Unconscious'' (1869). Von Hartmann's notable ideas include the ...

(1842–1906), German philosopher of the unconscious *

Nicolai Hartmann Paul Nicolai Hartmann (; 20 February 1882 – 9 October 1950) was a German philosopher. He is regarded as a key representative of critical realism and as one of the most important twentieth-century metaphysicians. Biography Hartmann was born a ...

(1882–1950), German philosopher * Stephan Hartmann (born 1968), German philosopher

State: military, government, religion

André Frédéric Hartmann André Frédéric Hartmann (19 October 1772 – 1 May 1861) was a French manufacturer and politician. Life and career Hartmann was born in 1772 in Colmar, in the Haut-Rhin department in northeastern France. He was the general councillor of ...

(1772–1861), French manufacturer and politician *

(1922–1993), German fighter ace *

(1897–1945), German SS-Brigadeführer * Felix von Hartmann (1851–1919), Cardinal Archbishop of Köln *

Jakob von Hartmann Jakob Freiherr von Hartmann (4 February 1795 – 23 February 1873) was a Kingdom of Bavaria, Bavarian general who served in the Austro-Prussian War and Franco-Prussian War. Early life and French service Hartmann was born the son of Georg Hartmann ...

, (1795–1873), Bavarian general *

Heidi Hartmann Heidi Irmgard Victoria Hartmann (born August 14, 1945) is an American Feminist economics, feminist economist who is founder and president emerita of the Washington-based Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR), a research organization create ...

(born 1945) American feminist economist * Ludo Moritz Hartmann, Austrian Jewish historian and statesman *

Michael Hartmann (judge) Michael John Hartmann GBS () is a senior judge. He is Chairman of the Market Misconduct Tribunal and the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal in Hong Kong. Early life and education Hartmann was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), British India ...

(born 1944), a Hong Kong judge born in Mumbai * Michael Hartmann (politician) (born 1963), German politician * Michael J. Hartmann, Hong Kong Judge *

Otto Hartmann (aviator) Hauptmann Otto Hartmann (7 February 1889 – 3 September 1917) was a German World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.Franks, Bailey, Guest 1993, p. 125. Biography Otto Hartmann was born on 7 February 1889, in Nassau, Kingdom of ...

(1889-1917), German World War I

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* Robert Hartmann (advisor) (1917–2008), counselor to President

Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ford assumed the p ...

* Sebastian Hartmann (born 1977), German politician * Thomas W. Hartmann, American military lawyer and director of Guantanamo Bay detention camp *

Walter Hartmann __NOTOC__ Walter Hartmann (23 July 1891 – 11 March 1977) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. During the evacuation of C ...

(born 1949), Liechtenstein politician *

Verena Hartmann Verena Hartmann (born 29 March 1974 in Räckelwitz, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany) is a German politician formerly of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, and since 2017, a member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body. Life and poli ...

(born 1974), German politician

Economic

* Gustav Hartmann, son of

Richard Hartmann Richard Hartmann (8 November 1809 – 16 December 1878) was a German engineering manufacturer. Life Hartmann was born on 8 November 1809 in Barr, Bas-Rhin, the son of a tawer (''Weissgerber'', a Tanner (occupation), tanner of white leather) ...

(1842–1910), Saxonian engineering manufacturer and manager *

(1809–1878), German engineering manufacturer, "locomotive king of Saxony"

Sport

* Gerhard Hartmann (born 1955), Austrian long-distance runner * Karel Hartmann, Czech ice hockey player and official * Robert Hartmann (referee) (born 1979) *

Waldemar Hartmann Waldemar Hartmann (born 10 March 1948 in Nürnberg) is a German sports journalist. Life Hartmann worked since 1971 for German broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) and later for sport magazine ''Sportschau'' on German broadcaster ARD. Hartman ...

, (1948), German sports journalist

Other people

Hartmann Schedel Hartmann Schedel (13 February 1440 – 28 November 1514) was a German historian, physician, humanist, and one of the first cartographers to use the printing press. He was born and died in Nuremberg. Matheolus Perusinus served as his tutor. ...

of Nuremberg (1440–1514), German physician, humanist, historian, cartographer and printer

Fictional characters

* Erica Hartmann, a character from the anime/manga series ''

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'' * Ursula Hartmann, a character from the anime/manga series ''

'' * Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann, a character from

Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American filmmaker and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Stanley Kubrick filmography, his films were nearly all adaptations of novels or sho ...

's movie ''

Full Metal Jacket ''Full Metal Jacket'' is a 1987 war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick from a screenplay he co-wrote with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford. The film is based on Hasford's 1979 autobiographical novel '' The Short-Timers''. It stars ...

'' * Henri Hartmann, a character from a DnD campaign ''Halls of Ivy''

References

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