Steinmetz

Steinmetz is a German surname, meaning stonemason

People named Steinmetz
  • Johann Adam Steinmetz (1689–1762), German Lutheran theologian
  • Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (1796–1877), Prussian field marshal
  • Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865–1923), German-American mathematician and electrical engineer
    • Charles P. Steinmetz Academic Centre (Steinmetz High School, Chicago, IL), named for the mathematician and electrical engineer
    • Steinmetz circuit (de:Steinmetzschaltung), a method to use three phase motors with single phase AC, invented by Charles Proteus Steinmetz
    • Steinmetz solid in geometry, the solid body generated by the intersection of two or three cylinders of equal radius at right angles, named after Charles Proteus Steinmetz
    • IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award
  • Barnabás Steinmetz (born 1975), Hungarian water polo player
  • Christian Steinmetz (1882–1963), American collegiate basketball player
  • Chris Steinmetz (born 1966), American record producer and engineer
  • David Steinmetz, American historian
  • Donald W. Steinmetz (born 1924), American former member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
  • Francis Steinmetz (1914–2006), Dutch officer who escaped from Colditz Castle
  • Klement Steinmetz (1915–2001), Austrian football (soccer) player
  • Matthias Steinmetz (born 1966), German astronomer, director of the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP)
  • Miklós Steinmetz (1913–1944), Hungarian-born Soviet Red Army captain.
  • Paul Steinmetz (born 1977), New Zealand rugby union player
  • Pierre Steinmetz (born 1943), member of the Constitutional Council of France since 2004
  • Richard Steinmetz (born 1959), American actor
  • Theodore Steinmetz (1880-1951), composer and World War I veteran
  • William Steinmetz (1847–1903), American Union Army soldier
  • Characters in Herbie movies
    • Tennessee Steinmetz (Buddy Hackett), in The Love Bug
    • Grandma Steinmetz (Helen Hayes) in Herbie Rides Again
Other uses
  • Steinmetz Opel Tuning, German company named after Klaus A. Steinmetz
  • Steinmetz Pink Diamond, largest known Vivid Pink diamond
  • 1681 Steinmetz (1948 WE), a Main-belt Asteroid named after German astronomer Julius Steinmetz (1893–1965)
  • Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, an academic research institution of Tel Aviv University