Herman

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Herman is a Dutch and English male given name. Its original meaning was "army man" (Arman) and derives from the Germanic elements "heri" meaning "army" combined with "man" meaning "man" (compare archaic Dutch "heer", meaning "army" and "man"). It is cognate with German "Hermann".

People

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• Saint Herman (disambiguation)
• Herman of Valaam, 11th century, the founder of the Valaam Monastery in Karelia
• Herman of Alaska (1756? – 1837), Russian missionary to Alaska
• Herman (bishop), an Anglo-Saxon bishop of the 11th century
• Herman of Carinthia (ca. 1100 - ca. 1160), Slovenian philosopher, astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, translator and author
• Herman II, Margrave of Baden
• Herman of Salm
• Herman (Swaiko) (born 1932), former head of the Orthodox Church in America

Given name

• Herman Carl Andersen
• Herman Badillo
• Herman Boerhaave
• Herman Brood
• Herman Cain
• Herman de Coninck
• Herman Dooyeweerd
• Herman Edwards (born 1954)
• Herman Goldstine
• Herman Hollerith

• Herman Dale Jackson
• Herman Kahn
• Herman Li, Chinese musician with DragonForce
• Herman Francis Mark
• Herman Melville
• Herman Rupp
• Herman Simm
• Herman Stein
• Herman Stump (1837 - 1917)
• Herman Suselbeek (born 1943), Dutch rower
• Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk (born 1948)
• Herman Van Rompuy (born 1947), Belgian politician, first President of the European Council
• Herman Van Springel (born 1943)
• Herman Vedel (1875–1948), Danish painter
• Herman Wirth (1885 - 1981), lay historian and scholar
• Herman Wouk (born 1915), American author

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Surname

• Arthur L. Herman (born 1956), American historian
• Augustine Herman
• Babe Herman
• Billy Herman
• David Herman
• Edward Herman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Elisabeth Hermans, Belgian soprano
• Hanna Herman, Ukrainian state and political activist
• Henry Herman (1832-1894), English dramatist and novelist
• Jerry Herman (born 1931), American composer
• Paul Robert Herman, American author, screenwriter, director and producer
• Róża Herman (1902 - 1995), Polish chess master
• Tom Herman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Woody Herman
• Yaron Herman, Israeli jazz pianist
• Vicktor Bum Bum Stum Lan Herman
• Jacob Herman Australian cricketer

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Fictional characters

• Herman Larson, a one-armed character from the American TV series The Simpsons
• Herman Munster from 1960s TV sitcom The Munsters
• Pee-wee Herman, a character played by actor Paul Reubens
• Herman I Vermin a character created by American Cartoonist Marc Hempel
• Herman Toothrot, character from LucasArts' Monkey Island.
• Herman's Head

Places in the United States

• Herman, Arkansas
• Herman, Michigan
• Herman, Minnesota
• Herman, Nebraska
• Herman, Pennsylvania
• Herman, Dodge County, Wisconsin
• Herman, Shawano County, Wisconsin
• Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Other uses

• Herman (comic strip)
• Herman (rabbit), a German giant rabbit, possibly the largest rabbit on record
• Herman the Bull, a bull used for genetic experiments in the controversial lactoferrin project of GenePharming, Netherlands
• Herman's Hermits, a British pop combo
• Herman (also called Hermann or Hermann-Teig), a type of sourdough bread starter or Amish Friendship Bread starter

See also

• Hermann
• Arman
• Armand