Schirmer

Schirmer is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adolf Schirmer (1850–1930), Norwegian architect
• Alice G. Schirmer (1875–1935), American nurse and cookbook writer
• Astrid Schirmer (born 1941), German operatic soprano
• August Schirmer (1905–1948), German Nazi propagandist
• David Schirmer (1623–1686), German poet
• Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1807–1863), German painter
• Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer (1802–1866), German painter
• Gerhart Schirmer (1913–2004), German officer
• Heinrich Ernst Schirmer (1814–1887), Norwegian-German architect
• Herman Major Schirmer (1845–1913), Norwegian architect and art historian
• Marcel Schirmer (born 1966), German thrash metal musician
• Markus Schirmer (born 1963), Austrian pianist
• Øistein Schirmer (1879–1947), Norwegian gymnast
• Otto Schirmer (1864–1918), German ophthalmologist
• Rudolf Schirmer (1831–1896), German ophthalmologist
• Ulf Schirmer (born 1959), German conductor
• Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher (1889–1992), East German politician

See also

• Schirmer's test, eye test assessing tear/moisture production
• Schirmer & Son, German piano brand
• G. Schirmer, American classical music publishing company