# Heilmann

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'''Heilmann''' is a [German language](/source/German_language) surname. It can be tracked to early 16th-century Protestant families in south-west Germany (various locations); In France, it has spread around 1545 to [Mulhouse](/source/Mulhouse) (Mülhausen in German), a city now in the [Alsace](/source/Alsace) region.

Members of the Heilmann family of Mulhouse, of Protestant faith, issued from Lorentz Heilmann, a cooper, common ancestor born in 1545 in [Niedernhall](/source/Niedernhall) (now in Germany) and having established himself in Mulhouse:
* [Jean-Gaspard Heilmann](/source/Jean-Gaspard_Heilmann) (c. 1718 – 1760), French painter
* Nicolas Heilmann, Burgmeister (mayor) of Mulhouse from 1753 to 1766.
* Josué Heilmann (1796–1848), inventor, in particular of a hand [embroidery machine](/source/embroidery_machine).
* Jean-Jacques Heilmann (1822–1859), early photographer and cofounder of the Société Française de Photographie.
* Jean-Jacques Heilmann (1853–1922), inventor of the [Heilmann locomotive](/source/Heilmann_locomotive) "La Fusée Electrique", one of the first electric locomotives.

Members of the Heilmann family initially from [Geiselbach](/source/Geiselbach), who co-founded the [Heilmann & Littmann](/source/Heilmann_%26_Littmann) German building company:

* [Jakob Heilmann](/source/Jakob_Heilmann), (1846–1927), co-founder of the company
* [Otto Heilmann](/source/Otto_Heilmann) (1888–1945), German architect
* [Albert Heilmann](/source/Albert_Heilmann), (1869–1949), German architect
* [Mary Heilmann](/source/Mary_Heilmann) (born 1940), American artist.

Other people bearing this name:

In Germany: 
* [Pr Sebastian Heilmann](/source/Sebastian_Heilmann) (b.1965), German political scientist and sinologist.
* [Lutz Heilmann](/source/Lutz_Heilmann), (b.1966), German politician (Die Linke) and member of the [German Parliament](/source/German_Parliament) for [Schleswig-Holstein](/source/Schleswig-Holstein).
* [Thomas Heilmann](/source/Thomas_Heilmann) (b. 1964), German politician (CDU)

In other countries than France and Germany :
* [Gerhard Heilmann](/source/Gerhard_Heilmann), [Danish](/source/Denmark) artist and [paleontologist](/source/paleontology). 
* [Harry Heilmann](/source/Harry_Heilmann), American baseball player [issued from a 17th-century "Heylmann" ancestor from South-West Germany]
* [Joe Heilmann](/source/Joe_Heilmann),(1931-2010), American golfer [German ancestry, born Chicago, IL]
* [David Heilmann](/source/David_Heilmann), Attorney and Mayor of Oak Lawn, Illinois [German ancestry, born Oak Lawn, IL to Joe Heilmann above]
* [Birgir Óskar Heilmann Bjarnason](/source/Birgir_%C3%93skar_Heilmann_Bjarnason),(b. 1993), Icelandic businessman and philanthropist [German ancestry, born Reykjavík, Iceland]

==See also==
*[Heilman](/source/Heilman)

{{surname|Heilmann}}

Category:German-language surnames

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