Zinn is a German occupational surname, which means someone who works with tin, a tin blacksmith. The name may refer to: Surname A. L. Zinn (c. 1888–1957), Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court Amalia Emma Sophie Zinn (1807–1851) Danish composer and memorist Ben Zinn (born 1937), Israeli engineer and football player Elfi Zinn (born 1953), German athlete Frank Zinn (1885–1936), American baseball player Fred Zinn (1892–1960), American aviator and photographer Georg August Zinn (1901–1976), German politician George Zinn (1842–1899), American general Guy Zinn (1887–1949), American baseball player Howard Zinn (1922–2010), American historian Jean Zinn-Justin (born 1943), French physicist Jimmy Zinn (1895–1991), American baseball player Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727–1759), German scientist Johann Ludvig Zinn (1734–1802), German-Danish merchant Jon Kabat-Zinn (born 1944), American physician Maxine Baca Zinn (born 1942), American sociologist Lothar Zinn (1938-1980), German chess player Ray Zinn (born 1937), American businessman Ronald Zinn (1939–1965), American athlete Russel W. Zinn (born 1951), Canadian judge Rusty Zinn (born 1970), American musician Walter Zinn (1906–2000), Canadian physicist William V. Zinn (1903–1989), British civil engineer and Buddhist First name Zinn Beck (1885–1981), American baseball player See also Zin (disambiguation) Zinner Zinnemann German-language surnames Jewish surnames