Lippmann

Lippmann is a German surname, and may refer to:

  • Alexandre Lippmann (1881–1960), French Olympic fencer
  • Bernard A. Lippmann, known for the Lippmann-Schwinger equation
  • Edmund Oscar von Lippmann (1857–1940), German chemist
  • Frank Lippmann (born 1961), German footballer
  • Horst Lippmann (1927–1997), German jazz musician
  • Gabriel Lippmann (1845–1921), physicist, inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics
    • Lippmann (crater)
    • Lippmann plate
    • Lippmann electrometer
  • Léontine Lippmann (1844–1910), French salon hostess
  • Walter Lippmann (1889–1974), American journalist

Famous quotes containing the word lippmann:

    This is one of the paradoxes of the democratic movement—that it loves a crowd and fears the individuals who compose it—that the religion of humanity should have no faith in human beings.
    —Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)

    Let a human being throw the energies of his soul into the making of something, and the instinct of workmanship will take care of his honesty.
    —Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)

    Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism.
    —Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)