Hermann

Given name

Arminius (18/17 BC – AD 21), the Roman name for a chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci, who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest; 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 (1871–1927), German historian of music

Hermann Balk (died 1239), Teutonic knight

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

Hermann von Barth (1845–1876), German mountaineer

Hermann Baumgarten (1825–1893), a German historian and political publicist

Hermann Behrends (1907–1948), German Nazi SS officer executed for war crimes

Hermann Berthold (1831–1904), Prussian and German printer

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 Goetz (disambiguation), several people

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

Hermann Göring (1893–1946), 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 (1938–2026), a Belgian comic book artist

Hermann Kastner (1886–1957), German politician

Hermann Lang (1909–1987), German race car driver

Hermann Leopoldi (1888–1959), Austrian composer

Hermann Loew (1807–1879), German entomologist

Hermann Löhr (1871–1943), English composer

Hermann Maier, Austrian skier

Hermann Marx (1881–1947), German-born British stockbroker, banker, and noted print and book collector

Hermann Merkin (1907–1999), Jewish–American businessman

Hermann Minkowski (1864–1909), Lithuanian-born 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 Peter Piwitt (1935–2026), German writer

Hermann Ploucquet (1816–1878), German taxidermist

Hermann Prey (1929–1998), German lyric baritone

Hermann Rauschning, German conservative and reactionary, opponent of the Nazi party

Hermann Rieck (c. 1837–1921), German-born pioneer farmer in Australia

Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights

Hermann Saue (born 1939), Norwegian politician

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 Stern (1878–1952), Austrian lawyer and politician

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

Carina Hermann (born 1984), German politician

Clara Herrmann (born 1985), German politician

Claudine Hermann (1945-2021), French physicist

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 (1943–2014), American actor

Eleanor Krohn Herrmann (1935–2012), American nurse and educator

Erika Hermann, birth name of Erika Steinbach (born 1943)

Fictional characters

Herman Hermann, 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