Editing Siemens (surname)

{{See also|Siemens (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox surname
|name = Siemens, Simens, Ziemens
|image = 
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|caption = 
|pronunciation = {{IPA|de|ˈziːməns, -mɛns|lang}}<ref>{{citation|last=Wells|first=John C.|year=2008|title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary|edition=3rd|publisher=Longman|isbn=9781405881180}}</ref>
|meaning = [[Simon (surname)|Simon]]
|founder = 
|region = Northern Germany
|languageorigin = Low German
|variant = [[Ziemens]]; [[Siemon (name)|Siemon]], [[Siemen]] ([[Simen]]), [[Siem]], [[Siems]], [[Siemes]], [[Siemsen]] ([[Siemssen]]), [[Simsen]] ([[Simssen]]), etc.; [[Simonsen]] ([[Simonssen]])
|clans = 
|footnotes = {{Wiktionary|siemens}}
}}
'''Siemens''' may refer to

'''Siemens''', a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists.
{{Main|Siemens family}}

== Notable surnames ==
* [[Ernst Werner von Siemens|(Ernst) Werner ''(since 1888) von'' Siemens]] (known as ''Werner'') (1816, Gehrden – 1892), inventor, founder of Siemens AG
** [[Carl Wilhelm Siemens|(Carl) Wilhelm Siemens]] (known as ''(Charles) Wilhelm'' or ''Sir William Siemens'') (1823, Lenthe – 1883), brother of Werner von Siemens
** [[Carl Heinrich von Siemens|Carl (Heinrich) von Siemens]] (1829, Menzendorf – 1906), brother of Werner von Siemens
** [[Georg von Siemens]] (1839–1901), banker and politician, nephew of Werner von Siemens
** [[Alexander Siemens]] (1847, Hanover – 1928), cousin of Werner von Siemens
** [[Arnold von Siemens|Arnold ''(since 1888) von'' Siemens]] (1853, Berlin – 1918), son of Werner von Siemens
** [[Georg Wilhelm von Siemens|(Georg) Wilhelm ''(since 1888) von'' Siemens]] (known as ''Wilhelm'') (1855, Berlin – 1919), son of Werner von Siemens
** [[Carl Friedrich von Siemens]] (1872, Berlin – 1941), son of Werner von Siemens
** [[Hermann von Siemens|Hermann (Werner) von Siemens]] (1885, Berlin – 1986), nephew of Werner von Siemens
** [[Ernst von Siemens]] (1903, Kingston upon Thames – 1990), nephew of Werner von Siemens
** [[Peter von Siemens]] (1911, Berlin – 1986), nephew of Werner von Siemens
* [[Hermann Werner Siemens]] (1869, Charlottenburg – 1969), geneticist
* [[Jake Siemens|Jacob "Jake" (John) Siemens]] (1896, Altona, Manitoba – 1963), a Canadian social entrepreneur and adult educator of [[Mennonite]] descent

== Fictional characters ==
* Yasch Siemens, a fictional Mennonite man from [[Armin Wiebe]]'s novel ''[[The Salvation of Yasch Siemens]]''

==References==
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{{surname|Siemens, [[von Siemens]]}}
[[Category:Low German surnames]]
[[Category:German-language surnames]]
[[Category:German families]]
[[Category:Siemens family| ]]
[[Category:Surnames from given names]]