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