Heilmann is a 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 (Mülhausen in German), a city now in the 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 (now in Germany) and having established himself in Mulhouse: 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 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 "La Fusée Electrique", one of the first electric locomotives
Members of the Heilmann family initially from Geiselbach, who co-founded the Heilmann & Littmann German building company:
Jakob Heilmann (1846–1927), co-founder of the company Otto Heilmann (1888–1945), German architect Albert Heilmann (1869–1949), German architect Mary Heilmann (1940–2026), American artist
Other people bearing this name:
In Germany: Pr Sebastian Heilmann (b.1965), German political scientist and sinologist. Lutz Heilmann (b. 1966), German politician (Die Linke) and member of the German Parliament for Schleswig-Holstein Thomas Heilmann (b. 1964), German politician (CDU)
In other countries than France and Germany: Gerhard Heilmann, Danish artist and paleontologist Harry Heilmann, American baseball player [issued from a 17th-century "Heylmann" ancestor from South-West Germany] Joe Heilmann (1931-2010), American golfer [German ancestry, born Chicago, IL] David Heilmann, Attorney and Mayor of Oak Lawn, Illinois [German ancestry, born Oak Lawn, IL to Joe Heilmann above] Birgir Óskar Heilmann Bjarnason (b. 1993), Icelandic businessman and philanthropist [German ancestry, born Reykjavík, Iceland]
See also Heilman