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:

    Between ourselves and our real natures we interpose that wax figure of idealizations and selections which we call our character.
    —Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)

    Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political compaign.
    —Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)

    The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.... The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
    —Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)