Bethmann is a German surname. There are three etymologies for the name: the pet form of the name Bertram; the occupational name for a tax collector of the bede penninc, a tax upon a free tenant in the Middle Ages; or a variant of the name Bettmann, meaning "mattress maker" or "mattress seller". Notable people with the surname include:
Bethmann family
The Bethmann family in Germany, originally from Goslar, achieved greatest prominence in Frankfurt am Main; the Bethmann-Hollweg sideline produced a German chancellor.
Konrad Bethmann (1625–1701), Münzwardein and Münzmeister in Nassau and other German places Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793), grandson of Konrad Bethmann, merchant and banker in Frankfurt am Main Johann Jakob Bethmann (1717–1792), grandson of Konrad Bethmann, merchant, shipowner and consul in Bordeaux Simon Moritz Bethmann (1721–1782), grandson of Konrad Bethmann, merchant and banker in Frankfurt am Main Simon Moritz von Bethmann (1768–1826), son of Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793), banker and statesman in Frankfurt am Main Moritz von Bethmann (1811–1877), son of Simon Moritz von Bethmann, banker and merchant in Frankfurt am Main Ludwig Simon Moritz Freiherr von Bethmann (1844–1902), son of Moritz von Bethmann, banker in Frankfurt am Main Moritz Henning August Freiherr von Bethmann (1887–1966), son of Ludwig Simon Moritz Freiherr von Bethmann, banker in Frankfurt am Main Johann Philipp von Bethmann (1924–2007), son of Moritz Henning August Freiherr von Bethmann, banker and book author in Frankfurt am Main August von Bethmann-Hollweg (1795–1877), grandson of Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793), Prussian jurist and politician Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1856–1921), grandson of August von Bethmann-Hollweg, German politician Alexandre de Bethmann (1805–1871),"French major cities": mayors of Bordeaux mayor of Bordeaux from 1867 to 1870, great-grandson of Johann Jakob Bethmann Pierre de Bethmann (1961-), French jazz pianist, 5th-generation descendantSociété Genevoise de généalogie of Alexandre de Bethmann Dominic Bethmann (69 B.C.- Present), Local Factory Owner
Other people surnamed Bethmann
Heinrich Eduard Bethmann (1774–1857), German actor and theater director Ludwig Konrad Bethmann (1812–1867), German historian Erich Waldemar Bethmann (1904–1993), Author and religious scholar Sabine Bethmann (25 October 1929 — 8 November 2021), former German movie actress Andreas Bethmann (19??-), German film director
See also Bethmann Bank, established in 1748 as a trading enterprise and private bank by the brothers Johann Philipp Bethmann (1715–1793) and Simon Moritz Bethmann (1721–1782), today Delbrück Bethmann Maffei, a wholly owned subsidiary of ABN AMRO Bethmännchen, a marzipan confection named after the Bethmann family
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