Hilmar

Hilmar is an Germanic and Nordic given name, meaning famous/notorious fighter/noble/protector.

Hilmar may refer to:

Places

• Hilmar, California
  • Hilmar Cheese Company, cheese and whey products manufacturer headquartered in Hilmar, California
• Hilmar-Irwin, census-designated place (CDP) in Merced County, California, United States

People

Given name

• Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920–1989), Danish politician
• Hilmar Björnsson (born 1969), Icelandic football (soccer) player
• Hilmar Duerbeck (1948–2012), German astronomer
• Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (born 1958), musician and art director
• Hilmar Hoffmann (1925–2018), German cultural worker and functionary
• Hilmar Kabas (born 1942), Austrian politician
• Hilmar Meincke Krohg (1776–1851), Norwegian politician
• Hilmar Kopper (1935–2021), German banker and former Chairman of the Board of Deutsche Bank
• Hilmar Moore (1920–2012), American rancher and the mayor of Richmond, Texas
• Hilmar Myhra (1915–2013), Norwegian ski jumper
• Hilmar Reksten (1897–1980), Norwegian shipping magnate
• Hilmar Martinus Strøm (1817–?), Norwegian politician
• Hilmar Thate (1931–2016), German actor
• Hilmar Wäckerle (1899–1941), German soldier in the German Imperial Army and the Waffen-SS a
• Hilmar Weilandt (born 1966), German football player
• Hilmar Wictorin (1894–1964), Swedish water polo player and Olympian
• Hilmar Zahn (1919–2008), highly decorated paratrooper and captain in the Nazi German army

Middle name

• Geir Hilmar Haarde (born 1951), Icelandic politician and former Prime Minister
• Jobst-Hilmar von Bose (1897–1949), decorated military in the German Empire and in nazi Germany
• Paul Hilmar Jensen (1930–2004), Norwegian philatelist

Family name

• Ernst Hilmar (1938–2016), Austrian librarian, editor, and musicologist
• Gustav Hilmar (1891–1967), Czechoslovak film actor