Hermann (name)
Hermann or Herrmann is the German origin of the given name Herman.
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People with the name include:
Given name
- Arminius, also known as Hermann (18/17 BC – AD 21), chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD
- Hermann Abert (1871–1927), German historian of music
- Hermann Balk (died 1239), Teutonic knight
- Hermann Baranowski (1884–1940), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
- Hermann Baumgarten (1825–1893), a German historian and political publicist
- Hermann Behrends (1907–1948), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes
- Hermann Billung, a Margrave of Saxony
- Hermann Bondi (1919–2005), Anglo–Austrian mathematician and cosmologist
- Hermann Burmeister (1807–1892), German zoologist
- Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850–1909)
- Hermann Fegelein (1906–1945), Waffen–SS General
- Hermann Fressant, 14th century writer
- Hermann Goldschmidt (1802–1866), German–French astronomer who discovered the asteroid Lutetia
- Hermann Göring, leading member of the NSDAP
- Hermann Grassmann (1809–1877), German linguist and mathematician
- Hermann Gundert, a German missionary who compiled the first Malayalam–English dictionary
- Hermann Harms (1870–1942), German botanist
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894), German physicist
- Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), German poet, novelist, and painter
- Hermann Hoth (1885–1971), German military officer
- Hermann Hreiðarsson, footballer of Icelandic descent
- Hermann Huppen (born 1938), a Belgian comic book artist
- Hermann Lang (1909–1987), German race car driver
- Hermann Löhr (1871–1943), English composer
- Hermann Maier, Austrian skier
- Hermann Merkin (1907–1999), Jewish–American businessman
- Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian mathematician who devised the idea of four–dimensional spacetime
- Hermann Müller (disambiguation), the name of several individuals
- Hermann Muthesius (1861–1927), German architect
- Hermann Oberth (1894–1989), Romanian and German physicist
- Hermann Panzo (1958–1999), French sprinter
- Hermann Pister (1885–1948), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
- Hermann Prey (1929–1998), German lyric baritone
- Hermann Rauschning, German conservative and reactionary, opponent of the Nazi party
- Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
- Hermann Scherchen (1891–1966), German conductor
- Hermann Schlegel (1804–1884), German ornithologist
- Hermann von Siemens (1885–1986), former head of German electronics company Siemens AG
- Hermann de Stern (1815–1887), German–born British banker.
- Hermann Wendland (1825–1903), German botanist
- Hermann Weyl (1885–1955), German mathematician
- Hermann A. Widemann (1822–1899), German businessman and Kingdom of Hawaii cabinet member
- Hermann Wilken (1522–1603), German humanist and mathematician
- Hermann Winterhalter (1808–1891), German painter
- Hermann Zapf (1918–2015), German typeface designer
Surname
- Albert Herrmann (1886–1945), German archaeologist and geographer
- Alexander Herrmann (1844–1896), German magician known as "The Great Herrmann"
- Arnulf Herrmann (born 1968), German composer
- August Hermann (1835–1906), German physical education instructor
- Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975), American composer
- Binger Hermann (1843–1926), American attorney and politician in Oregon
- Boris Herrmann (born 1981), German yachtsman
- David Hermann (born 1977), a German–French stage director
- Deborah Hermann (born 1954), American activist and municipal politician
- Ed Herrmann (1946–2013), American baseball player
- Edward Herrmann (1943–2014), American actor
- Eleanor Krohn Herrmann (1935–2012), American nurse and educator
- Erika Hermann, birth name of Erika Steinbach (born 1943)
- Fernand Herrmann (1886–1925), French silent film actor
- George H. Hermann, Hermann Park
- Helen Herrman, Australian psychiatrist and academic
- Georgina Herrmann (born 1937), British archaeologist and academic
- Hajo Herrmann (1913–2010), German Luftwaffe (Nazi Germany air force) bomber pilot
- Jacob Herrmann, German rugby union international
- Jakob Hermann (1678–1733), Swiss mathematician
- Jakob Herrmann (born 1987), Austrian ski mountaineer and paraglider
- Joachim Herrmann (born 1956), German politician
- Johann Hermann (1738–1800), French zoologist
- Johannes Hermann (1515–1593), German cantor, hymn writer and jurist
- Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann (1772–1848), German classical scholar and philologist
- Judith Hermann (born 1970), German short story writer
- Ludimar Hermann (1838–1914), German physiologist and speech scientist
- Luke Herrmann (1932–2016), British art historian
- Michael Herrmann (born 1944), German festival director
- Mirko Hermann (1868–1927), Croatian industrialist and businessman
- Ned Herrmann (1922–1999), American creativity researcher and author
- Paul Hermann (disambiguation), several people
- Peter Hermann (disambiguation), several people
- Reinhard Herrmann (1925-2002), German graphic artist and book illustrator
- Robert Hermann (disambiguation), several people
- Walter Herrmann (born 1979), Argentinian basketball player
- Walter Herrmann (physicist) (1910–1987), German nuclear physicist
- Wilhelm Herrmann (1846–1922), German theologian
- Wolfgang A. Herrmann (born 1948), German chemist and academic administrator
Fictional characters
- Herman Hermann, a one–armed character from the American TV series The Simpsons
- Herman Munster, a fictional character in the CBS sitcom The Munsters, originally played by Fred Gwynne. The patriarch of the Munster household, Herman is an entity much like Frankenstein's monster, comparable to Lurch on the show's competitor, The Addams Family.
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