# Bethmann

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**Bethmann** is a [German surname](/source/German_surname). There are three etymologies for the name: the [pet form](/source/Pet_form) of the name [Bertram](/source/Bertram_(name)); the [occupational name](/source/Occupational_name) for a tax collector of the *bede penninc*, a tax upon a [free tenant](/source/Free_tenant) in the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages);[1] or a variant of the name [Bettmann](/source/Bettmann), meaning "mattress maker" or "mattress seller".[2] Notable people with the surname include:

## Bethmann family

The [Bethmann family](/source/Bethmann_family) in Germany, originally from Goslar, achieved greatest prominence in Frankfurt am Main; the Bethmann-Hollweg sideline produced a German chancellor.

- [Konrad Bethmann](/source/Konrad_Bethmann) (1625–1701), Münzwardein and Münzmeister in Nassau and other German places
- [Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793)](/source/Johann_Philipp_Bethmann_(1715%E2%80%931793)), grandson of Konrad Bethmann, merchant and banker in [Frankfurt am Main](/source/Frankfurt_am_Main)
- [Johann Jakob Bethmann](/source/Johann_Jakob_Bethmann) (1717–1792), grandson of Konrad Bethmann, merchant, shipowner and consul in [Bordeaux](/source/Bordeaux)
- [Simon Moritz Bethmann (1721–1782)](/source/Simon_Moritz_Bethmann_(1721%E2%80%931782)), grandson of Konrad Bethmann, merchant and banker in Frankfurt am Main
- [Simon Moritz von Bethmann](/source/Simon_Moritz_von_Bethmann) (1768–1826), son of Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793), banker and statesman in Frankfurt am Main
- [Moritz von Bethmann](/source/Moritz_von_Bethmann) (1811–1877), son of Simon Moritz von Bethmann, banker and merchant in Frankfurt am Main
- Ludwig Simon Moritz Freiherr von Bethmann (1844–1902), son of Moritz von Bethmann, banker in Frankfurt am Main
- Moritz Henning August Freiherr von Bethmann (1887–1966), son of Ludwig Simon Moritz Freiherr von Bethmann, banker in Frankfurt am Main
- [Johann Philipp von Bethmann](/source/Johann_Philipp_von_Bethmann) (1924–2007), son of Moritz Henning August Freiherr von Bethmann, banker and book author in Frankfurt am Main
- [August von Bethmann-Hollweg](/source/August_von_Bethmann-Hollweg) (1795–1877), grandson of Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793), Prussian jurist and politician
- [Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg](/source/Theobald_von_Bethmann_Hollweg) (1856–1921), grandson of August von Bethmann-Hollweg, German politician
- [Alexandre de Bethmann](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_maires_de_Bordeaux) (1805–1871),[3] mayor of Bordeaux from 1867 to 1870, great-grandson of Johann Jakob Bethmann
- [Pierre de Bethmann](/source/Pierre_de_Bethmann) (1961-), French jazz pianist, 5th-generation descendant[4] of Alexandre de Bethmann
- [Dominic Bethmann](/source/Dominic_Bethmann) (69 B.C.- Present), Local Factory Owner

## Other people surnamed Bethmann

- [Heinrich Eduard Bethmann](/source/Heinrich_Eduard_Bethmann) (1774–1857), German actor and theater director
- [Ludwig Konrad Bethmann](/source/Ludwig_Konrad_Bethmann) (1812–1867), German historian
- [Erich Waldemar Bethmann](/source/Erich_Waldemar_Bethmann) (1904–1993), Author and religious scholar
- [Sabine Bethmann](/source/Sabine_Bethmann) (25 October 1929 — 8 November 2021), former German movie actress
- [Andreas Bethmann](/source/Andreas_Bethmann) (19??-), German film director

## See also

- [Bethmann Bank](/source/Bethmann_Bank), established in 1748 as a trading enterprise and private bank by the brothers Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793) and Simon Moritz Bethmann (1721–1782), today *Delbrück Bethmann Maffei*, a wholly owned subsidiary of *ABN AMRO*
- [Bethmännchen](/source/Bethm%C3%A4nnchen), a marzipan confection named after the Bethmann family

## Notes

1. Hanks, Patrick (ed.) (2022). ["Bethmann"](https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780190245115.001.0001/acref-9780190245115-e-6168). *Dictionary of American Family Names*. 2nd ed. Oxford: [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). ISBN 978-0-19-024512-2. – via [Oxford Reference](/source/Oxford_Reference)

1. Doepper, Rudolf (2004). [*Jüdische Namen in Geschichte und Gegenwart: neue Entwicklungen und Erkenntnisse ; Beiträge zum Verständis unserer Zeit*](https://books.google.com/books?newbks=0&redir_esc=y&id=pCcXAQAAIAAJ) (in German). Selbstverlag. p. 365. ISBN 978-2-8399-0010-2.

1. ["French major cities"](https://rulers.org/frcit.html): mayors of Bordeaux

1. [Société Genevoise de généalogie](http://www.gen-gen.ch) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081009004918/http://www.gen-gen.ch/) October 9, 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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