People

• Arnold Zimmerman (born 1954), American ceramic artist
• A.E. Zimmerman, Dutch politician, burgomaster of Leeuwarden and Zutphen
• Charles A. Zimmerman, bandmaster of USNA and composer of "Anchors Aweigh"
• Dick Zimmerman, magician and pianist
• Eric Zimmerman, computer game designer
• Franklin born Zimmerman, musicologist, author of definitive catalogue of Henry Purcell
• Fred R. Zimmerman (1880–1954), Wisconsin politician
• Hans Rudolf Zimmerman, Australian architect
• Heinie Zimmerman (1887–1969), American baseball player
• James Edward Zimmerman (1923–1999), co-inventor of the SQUID
• Joel Zimmerman (born 1981), progressive house artist known as Deadmau5
• John Zimmerman (born 1973), American figure skater
• John Edward Zimmerman, author of Dictionary of Classical Mythology
• Jeff Zimmerman (born 1972), MLB baseball player
• Jeri Zimmerman (born 1968), American actress
• Joseph Paul Zimmerman (born 1986), American actor
• Kris Zimmerman, American voice actor/voice-over director for animation and video games
• Mary Zimmerman, American dramatist
• Matt Zimmerman, Canadian actor
• Matt Zimmerman (technologist), computer specialist and Ubuntu leader
• Michael Zimmerman (biologist)
• Michael Zimmerman (historian)
• Michael Zimmerman (philosopher)
• Oscar G. Zimmerman (1910–1987), double bass player
• Patric Zimmerman (born 1954), American voice actor
• Paul Zimmerman (born 1932), sportswriter
• Peter Zimmerman, survivor of a crashed airlift flight out of Berlin, Germany
• Phil Zimmerman, inventor of PGP encryption protocol
• Philip Zimmerman, American iconographer
• Preston Zimmerman (born 1988), American footballer for Hamburg SV II
• Randy Zimmerman (born 1959), American cartoonist, graphic artist, writer
• Robert Allen Zimmerman, birth name of Bob Dylan (born 1941), American singer-songwriter
• Robert C. Zimmerman, Wisconsin Secretary of State
• Ronald L. Zimmerman (born 1936), father of modern specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Roy Zimmerman (baseball) (1916–1991), Major League Baseball first baseman
• Roy Zimmerman, American songwiter
• Ryan Zimmerman (born 1984), American baseball player
• Samuel Zimmerman (1815–1857), Canadian railway entrepreneur
• Sheldon Zimmerman, American Reform Rabbi and former President of the Hebrew Union College
• Shraga Feivel Zimmerman, Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Gateshead

Fictional characters

• Lewis Zimmerman, creator of the Emergency Medical Hologram in the Star Trek series

Places

• Zimmerman, Minnesota, U.S. - located in Sherburne County
• Zim, Minnesota, U.S. - located in St. Louis County

See also

• Zimerman
• Zimmermann
• Zimmermann Telegram