Hermann or Herrmann is the German origin of the given name Herman. People with the name include:

Given name

Arminius Arminius (; 18/17 BC–AD 21) was a chieftain of the Germanic peoples, Germanic Cherusci tribe who is best known for commanding an alliance of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9, in which three Roman legions under th ...

(18/17 BC – AD 21), the Roman name for a chieftain of the Germanic

Cherusci The Cherusci were a Germanic tribe that inhabited parts of the plains and forests of northwestern Germania in the area of the Weser River and present-day Hanover during the first centuries BC and AD. Roman sources reported they considered thems ...

, who defeated a

Roman army The Roman army () served ancient Rome and the Roman people, enduring through the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), the Roman Republic (509–27 BC), and the Roman Empire (27 BC–AD 1453), including the Western Roman Empire (collapsed Fall of the W ...

in the

Battle of the Teutoburg Forest The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, also called the Varus Disaster or Varian Disaster () by Ancient Rome, Roman historians, was a major battle fought between an alliance of Germanic peoples and the Roman Empire between September 8 and 11, 9&nbs ...

; at one time his original name, which is unknown, was speculated to be Hermann, although more common Germanic given names are at least as likely, e.g. ''Ermen''/''Irmin'' "universal", "strong" etc. *

Hermann Abert Hermann Abert (; 25 March 1871 – 13 August 1927) was a German historian of music. Life Abert was born in Stuttgart, the son of Johann Josef Abert (1832–1915), the '' Hofkapellmeister'' of that city. From 1890 to 1896 he studied classical ...

(1871–1927), German historian of music *

Hermann Balk Hermann Balk (died March 5, 1239, Würzburg), also known as Hermann von Balk or Hermann Balke, was a Knight-Brother of the Teutonic Order and its first '' Landmeister'', or Provincial Master, in both Prussia and Livonia. From 1219 to 1227, he serv ...

(died 1239), Teutonic knight *

Hermann Baranowski Hermann Baranowski (11 June 1884 in Schwerin – 5 February 1940 in Aue) was a German politician and military figure. A member of the Nazi Party, he is best known as the commandant of two German concentration camps of the SS Death's Head ...

(1884–1940), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant *

Hermann Baumgarten Hermann Baumgarten (; ; 28 April 1825 – 19 June 1893) was a German historian and political publicist whose work had a major impact on liberalism during the unification of Germany. Baumgarten's philosophy also created a significant political imp ...

(1825–1893), a German historian and political publicist * Hermann Behrends (1907–1948), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes *

Hermann Billung Hermann Billung (900 or 912 – 27 March 973) was the margrave of the Billung March from 936 until his death. The first of the Saxon House of Billung, Hermann was a trusted lieutenant of Emperor Otto I. Though never Duke of Saxony himsel ...

, a Margrave of Saxony *

Hermann Bondi Sir Hermann Bondi (1 November 1919 – 10 September 2005) was an Austrian-British people, British mathematician and physical cosmology, cosmologist. He is best known for developing the steady state model of the universe with Fred Hoyle and Thom ...

(1919–2005), Anglo–Austrian mathematician and cosmologist *

Hermann Burmeister Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (also known as Carlos Germán Conrado Burmeister) (15 January 1807 – 2 May 1892) was a German Argentine zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist, botany, botanist, and coleopterologist. He served as a professor at ...

(1807–1892), German zoologist *

Hermann Ebbinghaus Hermann Ebbinghaus (24 January 1850 – 26 February 1909) was a German psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory. Ebbinghaus discovered the forgetting curve and the spacing effect. He was the first person to describe the learnin ...

(1850–1909) *

Hermann Fegelein Hans Otto Georg Hermann Fegelein (30 October 1906 – 28 April 1945) was a high-ranking commander in the ''Waffen-SS'' of Nazi Germany. He was a member of Adolf Hitler's entourage and brother-in-law to Eva Braun through his marriage to ...

(1906–1945), Waffen–SS General * Hermann Fressant, 14th century writer * Hermann Goetz (disambiguation), several people *

Hermann Goldschmidt Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt (June 17, 1802 – August 30 or September 10 1866) was a German-French astronomer and painter who spent much of his life in France. He started out as a painter, but after attending a lecture by the famous Fren ...

(1802–1866), German–French astronomer who discovered the asteroid Lutetia *

Hermann Göring Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German Nazism, Nazi politician, aviator, military leader, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which gov ...

, leading member of the NSDAP *

Hermann Grassmann Hermann Günther Grassmann (, ; 15 April 1809 – 26 September 1877) was a German polymath known in his day as a linguist and now also as a mathematician. He was also a physicist, general scholar, and publisher. His mathematical work was littl ...

(1809–1877), German linguist and mathematician *

Hermann Gundert Hermann Gundert (Stuttgart, 4 February 1814 – 25 April 1893) was a German missionary, scholar, and linguist, as well as the maternal grandfather of German novelist and Nobel laureate Hermann Hesse. Gundert is chiefly known for his contribu ...

, a German missionary who compiled the first Malayalam–English dictionary *

Hermann Harms Hermann August Theodor Harms (16 July 1870 – 27 November 1942) was a German taxonomist and botanist. Harms was born in Berlin. He worked as a botanist at the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, Botanical Museum in Berlin. ...

(1870–1942), German botanist *

Hermann von Helmholtz Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (; ; 31 August 1821 – 8 September 1894; "von" since 1883) was a German physicist and physician who made significant contributions in several scientific fields, particularly hydrodynamic stability. The ...

(1821–1894), German physicist *

Hermann Hesse Hermann Karl Hesse (; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a Germans, German-Swiss people, Swiss poet and novelist, and the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His interest in Eastern philosophy, Eastern religious, spiritual, and philosophic ...

(1877–1962), German poet, novelist, and painter *

Hermann Hoth Hermann Hoth (12 April 1885 – 25 January 1971) was a German army commander, war criminal, and author. He served as a high-ranking panzer commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II, playing a prominent role in the Battle of France and on th ...

(1885–1971), German military officer *

Hermann Hreiðarsson Hermann Hreiðarsson (born 11 July 1974) is an Icelandic former professional football player and coach. He played as a defender and spent 15 seasons in England, gaining a total of 315 appearances in the Premier League. Hermann was relegated fr ...

, footballer of Icelandic descent *

Hermann Huppen Hermann Huppen (born 17 July 1938) is a Belgian comic book creator. He is better known under his pen-name Hermann. He is most famous for his post-apocalyptic comic ''Jeremiah'' which was made into a television series. Biography Hermann was bor ...

(born 1938), a Belgian comic book artist *

Hermann Kastner Hermann Kastner (1886–1957) was a German politician and served as the deputy prime minister of East Germany between 1949 and 1950. He cofounded Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD). He defected and obtained political asylum from West Germ ...

(1886–1957), German politician *

Hermann Lang Hermann Albert Lang (6 April 1909 – 19 October 1987) was a German racing driver who raced motorcycles, Grand Prix cars, and sports cars. Prewar racing Born in Cannstatt near Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Hermann Lang had to go to wo ...

(1909–1987), German race car driver *

Hermann Löhr Hermann Löhr (26 October 1871 – 6 December 1943)Hermann Maier Hermann Maier (born 7 December 1972) is an Austrian former World Cup champion alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. Nicknamed the "Herminator", Maier ranks among the greatest alpine ski racers in history, with four overall World Cup tit ...

, Austrian skier *

Hermann Merkin Hermann Merkin (born 1907 in Leipzig, Germany, died March 9, 1999, in New York City) was a German-born American businessman and philanthropist. Biography Merkin's father, Leib Merkin was a successful furrier in native Leipzig. In the 1930s Merkin' ...

(1907–1999), Jewish–American businessman *

Hermann Minkowski Hermann Minkowski (22 June 1864 – 12 January 1909) was a mathematician and professor at the University of Königsberg, the University of Zürich, and the University of Göttingen, described variously as German, Polish, Lithuanian-German, o ...

(1864-1909), Lithuanian-born mathematician who devised the idea of four–dimensional spacetime * Hermann Müller (disambiguation), the name of several individuals *

Hermann Muthesius Adam Gottlieb Hermann Muthesius (20 April 1861 – 29 October 1927), known as Hermann Muthesius, was a German architect, author and diplomat, perhaps best known for promoting many of the ideas of the English Arts and Crafts movement within German ...

(1861–1927), German architect *

Hermann Oberth Hermann Julius Oberth (; 25 June 1894 – 28 December 1989) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer of Transylvanian Saxons, Transylvanian Saxon descent. Oberth supported Nazi Germany's war effort and re ...

(1894–1989), Romanian and German physicist * Hermann Panzo (1958–1999), French sprinter *

Hermann Pister Hermann Pister (21 February 1885 – 28 September 1948) was an SS-''Oberführer'' (senior colonel) and commandant of Buchenwald concentration camp from 21 January 1942 until April 1945. Early life Pister was the son of a financial secretary in ...

(1885–1948), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant *

Hermann Prey Hermann Prey ( Berlin, 11 July 1929 – Krailling, 22 July 1998) was a German lyric baritone, who was equally at home in the Lied, operatic and concert repertoires. His American debut was in November 1952, with the Philadelphia Orchestra and ...

(1929–1998), German lyric baritone *

Hermann Rauschning Hermann Adolf Reinhold Rauschning (7 August 1887 – 8 February 1982) was a German politician and author, adherent of the Conservative Revolution movement who briefly joined the Nazi movement before breaking with it. He was the President of the S ...

, German conservative and reactionary, opponent of the Nazi party * Hermann Rieck (c. 1837-1921), German-born pioneer farmer in Australia *

Hermann von Salza Hermann von Salza (or Herman of Salza; – 20 March 1239) was the fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1210 to 1239. A skilled diplomat with ties to the Frederick II and the Pope, Hermann oversaw the expansion of the ...

, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights * Hermann Saue (born 1939), Norwegian politician *

Hermann Scherchen Hermann Scherchen (21 June 1891 – 12 June 1966) was a German conductor, who was principal conductor of the city orchestra of Winterthur from 1922 to 1950. He promoted contemporary music, beginning with Schoenberg's '' Pierrot Lunaire'', follow ...

(1891–1966), German conductor *

Hermann Schlegel Hermann Schlegel (10 June 1804 – 17 January 1884) was a German ornithologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist. Early life and education Schlegel was born at Altenburg, the son of a brassfounder. His father collected butterflies, which stimulated ...

(1804–1884), German ornithologist *

Hermann von Siemens Hermann von Siemens (9 August 1885 in Berlin – 13 October 1986 in Munich) was a German industrialist of the Siemens family. Life He was the eldest son of Arnold von Siemens who himself was the eldest son of Werner von Siemens, the famous inven ...

(1885–1986), former head of German electronics company Siemens AG *

Hermann Stern Hermann Stern (24 May 1878 – 24 August 1952) was an Austrian lawyer, local politician, and economic pioneer. Early life Born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Hermann Stern was the seventh of the ten children of Johann Joachim Stern, a Jew who conver ...

(1878–1952), Austrian lawyer and politician *

Hermann de Stern Hermann de Stern, Baron de Stern (1815–1887) was a German-born British banker and senior partner of the firm of Stern Brothers. Early life and career Stern was born in 1815 in Frankfurt am Main, Grand Duchy of Frankfurt, to the prominent St ...

(1815–1887), German–born British banker. *

Hermann Wendland Hermann Wendland (October 11, 1825 in Herrenhausen – January 12, 1903 in Hanover) was a German botanist and gardener. He was a noted authority on the family Arecaceae The Arecaceae () is a family (biology), family of perennial plant, peren ...

(1825–1903), German botanist *

Hermann Weyl Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl (; ; 9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955) was a German mathematician, theoretical physicist, logician and philosopher. Although much of his working life was spent in Zürich, Switzerland, and then Princeton, New Jersey, ...

(1885–1955), German mathematician * Hermann A. Widemann (1822–1899), German businessman and Kingdom of Hawaii cabinet member *

Hermann Wilken Hermann Wilken (1522 in Neuenrade – 7 February 1603 in Heidelberg), also known as Hermann Witekind and with the pseudonym of Augustin Lercheimer, was a German humanist and mathematician.Hermann Winterhalter Hermann Fidel Winterhalter (23 September 1808 – 24 February 1891) was a German painter, younger brother of the portrait painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805–73). Life Hermann Fidel Winterhalter was born in the small village of Menzenschwa ...

(1808–1891), German painter *

Hermann Zapf Hermann Zapf (; 8 November 1918 – 4 June 2015) was a German type designer and calligrapher who lived in Darmstadt, Germany. He was married to the calligrapher and typeface designer Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse. Typefaces he designed include ...

(1918–2015), German typeface designer

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Albert Herrmann Albert Herrmann (20 January 1886 – 19 April 1945) was a Germans, German archaeologist and geographer. His specialty was the geography of the ancient Mediterranean and Chinese geography. He also published a number of works theorizing on the lo ...

(1886–1945), German archaeologist and geographer *

Alexander Herrmann Alexander Herrmann (February 10, 1844 – December 17, 1896), better known as Herrmann the Great, was a 19th-century French magic (illusion), magician. His wife, Adelaide Herrmann, was famously known as the "Queen of Magic." Early years Alexand ...

(1844–1896), German magician known as "The Great Herrmann" *

Arnulf Herrmann Arnulf Herrmann (born in Heidelberg, 12 December 1968) is a German composer. After studying piano with Gernot Sieber at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich he enrolled at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, where he studied co ...

(born 1968), German composer *

August Hermann Friedrich August Wilhelm Theodor Hermann (14 September 1835 – 20 February 1906) was a German physical education instructor. He, along with Konrad Koch, introduced the game of association football to Germany from England in 1874. He is known ...

(1835–1906), German physical education instructor *

Bernard Herrmann Bernard Herrmann (born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911December 24, 1975) was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in film scoring. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. He is widely regarde ...

(1911–1975), American composer *

Binger Hermann Binger Hermann (February 19, 1843 – April 15, 1926) was an American attorney and politician in Oregon. A native of Maryland, he immigrated to the Oregon Territory with his parents as part of the Baltimore Colony. Hermann served in both houses o ...

(1843–1926), American attorney and politician in Oregon *

Boris Herrmann Boris Herrmann (born 28 May 1981) is a German yachtsman and author competing mostly in offshore races in the IMOCA 60 class. He placed fifth in the 2020/21 Vendée Globe and third in the 2023 The Ocean Race. With the experiences of these races ...

(born 1981), German yachtsman * Dana Herrmannová (1931–2024), Slovak television presenter. * David Hermann (born 1977), a German–French stage director * Dieter B. Herrmann (1939–2021), German astronomer * Ed Herrmann (1946–2013), American baseball player *

Edward Herrmann Edward Kirk Herrmann (July 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014) was an American actor, director, and writer. He was known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the miniseries '' Eleanor and Franklin'' (1976) and 1982 film musical '' An ...

(1943–2014), American actor * Eleanor Krohn Herrmann (1935–2012), American nurse and educator *Erika Hermann, birth name of

Erika Steinbach Erika Steinbach (, born 25 July 1943) is a German right-wing politician. She previously served as a member of the Bundestag from 1990 until 2017. She was a member of the Christian Democratic Union from 1974 to 2017, and served as a member of t ...

(born 1943) *

Fernand Herrmann Fernand Herrmann (21 February 1886 – April 1925) was a French silent film actor. He starred in some 26 films between 1914 and 1925. He appeared in films such as the Louis Feuillade-directed ''Les Vampires'' serial that ran in installments f ...

(1886–1925), French silent film actor * George H. Hermann,

Hermann Park Hermann Park is a urban park in Houston, Texas, situated at the southern end of the Houston Museum District, Museum District. The park is located to the immediate north end of the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Texas Medical Center and Brays Ba ...

Helen Herrman Helen Edith Herrman AO is the President of the World Psychiatric Association. She is the second woman, and first Australian to be elected to the position. Educated at Monash University, Herrman received an MD for her 1981 thesis, "An Epidemiolo ...

, Australian psychiatrist and academic *

Georgina Herrmann Georgina Herrmann, (born 20 October 1937) is a British retired archaeologist and academic, specialising in Near Eastern archaeology. Having worked as a civil servant, she later studied archaeology and spent the rest of her career as an active fi ...

(born 1937), British archaeologist and academic *

Hajo Herrmann Hans-Joachim "Hajo" Herrmann (1 August 1913 – 5 November 2010) was a World War II Luftwaffe pilot and officer and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. After the war, Hermann spent 10 years in Soviet cu ...

(1913–2010), German Luftwaffe (Nazi Germany air force) bomber pilot * Jacob Herrmann, German rugby union international *

Jakob Hermann Jakob Hermann (16 July 1678 – 11 July 1733) was a mathematician who worked on problems in classical mechanics. He is the author of ''Phoronomia'', an early treatise on mechanics in Latin, which has been translated by Ian Bruce in 2015-16. In 172 ...

(1678–1733), Swiss mathematician * Joachim Herrmann (born 1956), German politician *

Johann Hermann Johann, or Jean-Frederic, Hermann, or Herrmann, (31 December 1738 in Barr, Alsace – 4 October 1800 in Strasbourg) was a French physician and naturalist Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi ...

(1738–1800), French zoologist *

Johannes Hermann Johannes Hermann, also Johann Herrmann, (1515 – 22 April 1593 in Freiberg) was a German church musician, hymn writer and jurist. He held the position of in Leipzig from 1531 to 1536. He became the first Protestant Kantor of Freiberg, and a jur ...

(1515–1593), German cantor, hymn writer and jurist *

Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann (28 November 1772 – 31 December 1848) was a German classical scholar and philologist. He published his works under the name Gottfried Hermann or its Latin equivalent . Biography He was born in Leipzig. Entering ...

(1772–1848), German classical scholar and philologist *

John "JoJo" Hermann John "JoJo" Hermann (born July 18, 1962) is an American singer, musician and songwriter, best known for his involvement in the band Widespread Panic. Early life He was born in New York City and attended Collegiate School, where he was a class ...

, American musician * Judith Hermann (born 1970), German short story writer *

Kai Hermann Kai Hermann (born 29 January 1938) is a German journalist,Literauratlas: Kai He ...

(born 1938), German journalist * Lars Herrmann (born 1977), German politician *

Ludimar Hermann Ludimar Hermann (October 31, 1838 – June 5, 1914) was a German physiology, physiologist and phonetics, speech scientist who used the Thomas Edison, Edison phonograph to test theories of vowel production, particularly those of Robert Willis ( ...

(1838–1914), German physiologist and speech scientist *

Luke Herrmann Luke John Herrmann (born Lutz Johann Wolfgang Maximilian Hermann; 9 March 1932 – 9 September 2016) was a British art historian who was an expert on the art of J. M. W. Turner. Early life Herrmann was born on 9 March 1932 in Berlin into a ...

(1932–2016), British art historian *

Mark Herrmann Mark Donald Herrmann (born January 8, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons. Herrmann played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers, and w ...

(born 1959), American football player and broadcaster *

Margaret Hermann Margaret G. "Peg" Hermann (born 1938) is an American political psychologist who was the long-time director of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Moynihan Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Institute of Global Affairs at Syracuse University's Maxwell S ...

(born 1938), American political psychologist *

Michael Herrmann Michael Herrmann (born 4 February 1944) is a German culture and music administrator. He founded the Rheingau Musik Festival in 1987 and is its Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer. He also runs a concert agency in the Frankfurt Alte Oper, ...

(born 1944), German festival director * Mirko Hermann (1868–1927), Croatian industrialist and businessman * Moses Herrman (1858–1927), American lawyer, politician, and judge * Ned Herrmann (1922–1999), American creativity researcher and author *

Paul Hermann (disambiguation) Paul Hermann may refer to: * Paul Hermann (botanist) (1646–1695), German botanist * Paul Hermann (composer) or Pál Hermann (1902–1944), Hungarian composer and cellist of Jewish heritage possibly murdered by the Nazis * Paul Hermann (1905–19 ...

, several people * Peter Hermann (disambiguation), several people *

Peter Herrmann Peter Herrmann (19 December 1941 – 28 October 2015) was a German composer and academic teacher. He composed three operas and a ballet, but mainly instrumental music both for orchestra and chamber music. His works have been performed internatio ...

(1941–2015), German composer and academic teacher * Robert Hermann (disambiguation), several people * Vanessa Herrmann (born 1991), Thai actress and model *

Walter Herrmann Walter Herrmann Heinrich (born 26 June 1979) is an Argentine former professional basketball player. He is listed at 6'9" and 225 lbs. He was a key member of the senior men's Argentine national basketball team that won the gold medal durin ...

(born 1979), Argentinian basketball player *

Walter Herrmann (physicist) Walter Herrmann (20 September 1910 – 11 August 1987)Pavel V.Oleynikov: ''German Scientists in the Soviet Atomic Project'', The Nonproliferation Review Volume 7, Number 2, 1–30 (2000) was a German nuclear physicist and mechanical engineer ...

(1910–1987), German nuclear physicist * Wilhelm Herrmann (1846–1922), German theologian * Winfried Hermann (born 1952), German politician * Wolfgang A. Herrmann (born 1948), German chemist and academic administrator

Fictional characters

Herman Hermann The American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The write ...

, a one–armed character from the American TV series ''The Simpsons'' * Hermann Dietrich (fictional character), a German army officer from the film ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''

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