Weißmann (Weissmann, Weiszmann, Waismann) is a

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surname meaning "white man". Common variants in spelling are Weismann, Weissman, Weisman, Waismann, and Vaisman.

Science

Charles Weissmann Charles Weissmann (born 14 October 1931) is a Hungarian- Swiss molecular biologist. Weissmann is particularly known for the first cloning and expression of interferon and his contributions to the unraveling of the molecular genetics of neurogen ...

, biochemist *

Irving Weissman Irving Lerner "Irv" Weissman (born Great Falls, Montana, October 21, 1939) is a Professor of Pathology and Developmental Biology at Stanford University where he is the Director of the Stanford Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medic ...

, scientist *

August Weismann August Friedrich Leopold Weismann FRS (For), HonFRSE, LLD (17 January 18345 November 1914) was a German evolutionary biologist. Fellow German Ernst Mayr ranked him as the second most notable evolutionary theorist of the 19th century, after Cha ...

(1834–1914), German biologist, evolutionary theorist and proposer of the

Weismann barrier The Weismann barrier, proposed by August Weismann, is the strict distinction between the "immortal" germ cell lineages producing gametes and "disposable" somatic cells in animals (but not plants), in contrast to Charles Darwin's proposed pangenesi ...

Mariana Weissmann Mariana Weissmann (born 17 December 1933) is an Argentinian physicist, specializing in the computational physics of condensed matter. In 2003, Weissmann became the first Argentinian scientist to receive the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Scien ...

(born 1933), Argentinian physicist * Samuel Isaac Weissman, chemist and professor *

Sherman Weissman Sherman Morton Weissman is an American scientist and the Sterling Professor of Genetics at the Yale School of Medicine. A mentor to Francis Collins, Weissman elucidated the nucleic acid sequence of the SV40 genome. Biography Weissman was the son ...

(born 1930), *

Jonathan Weissman Jonathan S. Weissman is the Landon T. Clay Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a member of the Whitehead Institute, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. From 1996 to 2020, he was a faculty member in th ...

Medicine

Joel Weisman Joel D. Weisman D.O. (February 20, 1943 – July 18, 2009) was one of the first to identify a pattern of illnesses that was ultimately diagnosed as AIDS during his work as a general practitioner in the United States. He later became an advoc ...

(1943–2009), American doctor, one of the first to recognize AIDS * Weismann-Netter-Stuhl Syndrome, Congenital osteopathic syndrome named after French doctors Weismann-Netter and Stuhl.

Philosophy

Friedrich Waismann Friedrich Waismann (; 21 March 18964 November 1959) was an Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. He is best known for being a member of the Vienna Circle and one of the key theorists in logical positivism. Biography Born to a Jewis ...

(1896–1959), Austrian-Jewish mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. *

Max Weismann Max Weismann (June 8, 1936 Chicago, IL – February 22, 2017) was an American philosopher and a long-time friend and colleague of Mortimer Adler, with whom he co-founded the Center for the Study of the Great Ideas in Chicago. He was director and p ...

, American philosopher.

Politics & Law

Augustus Weismann Augustus Weismann (March 6, 1809 in Kingdom of Württemberg – 1884) was an American politician from New York. Life He attended school in his native village and Schorndorf. Then he became an apothecary. In 1832, he emigrated to the United States ...

(1809–1884), New York politician *

Keith Weissman Keith may refer to: People and fictional characters * Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Keith (surname) * Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949) * Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons ...

, senior Iran analyst of AIPAC. * Samuel Weissman, New York Times employee, implicated in McCarthy hearings *

Lee v. Weisman ''Lee v. Weisman'', 505 U.S. 577 (1992), was a United States Supreme Court decision regarding school prayer. It was the first major school prayer case decided by the Rehnquist Court. It held that schools may not sponsor clerics to conduct even non ...

(a Supreme Court case) *

Gerda Weissmann Klein Gerda Weissmann Klein (May 8, 1924 – April 3, 2022) was a Polish-born American writer and human rights activist. Her autobiographical account of the Holocaust, ''All but My Life'' (1957), was adapted for the 1995 short film, ''One Survivor Re ...

, Holocaust survivor who memoirist, human rights activist and noted speaker * Andrew Weissmann, American attorney and prosecutor

Business & Education

* Joe Weisman & Company * George Weissman, ex-president of Philip Morris * Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, part of Baruch College

Film & Television

Jeffrey Weissman Jeffrey Weissman (born October 2, 1958) is an American actor. He has appeared in dozens of motion pictures and TV shows, most notably as George McFly in ''Back to the Future Part II'' and '' III'' and as Teddy Conway in ''Pale Rider.'' He has gues ...

, actor * Adam Weisman (born 1986), American actor *

Greg Weisman Greg Weisman (born September 28, 1963) is an American novelist, writer, producer and voice actor. He is best known as the creator of the animated series '' Gargoyles'', ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' and ''Young Justice''. Early life and career ...

(born 1963), American writer and actor *

Kevin Weisman Kevin Glen Weisman (born December 29, 1970) is an American film, television and stage actor. Career highlights thus far include his lauded portrayal of Marshall Flinkman on the critically acclaimed J.J. Abrams television series ''Alias'', which ...

(born 1970), American actor *

Robin Weisman Robin Weisman is a former American child actress. She is well known as the "little lady" Mary Bennington in the 1990 film ''Three Men and a Little Lady'' co-starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson. Weisman was born in Hollywood, F ...

(born 1984), American child actress *

Sam Weisman Sam Weisman is an American film director. He has directed the films '' D2: The Mighty Ducks'', '' Bye Bye Love'', ''George of the Jungle'', '' The Out-of-Towners'', '' What's the Worst That Could Happen?'', and '' Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star' ...

, American film director *

Malina Weissman Malina Weissman (born March 12, 2003) is an American actress and model, best known for playing the roles of Violet Baudelaire in the Netflix series ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'', young April O'Neil in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' and y ...

(born 2003), American actress *

Richard (Ricky) Weissman Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...

(born 1981), VFX Artist/Special Effects

Sports

Diana Vaisman Diana Vaisman (or Weissman,https://www.israelhayom.com/2018/07/05/sprinter-diana-weissman-breaks-46-year-womens-100-meter-record/ be, Диана Вейсман, he, דיאנה ויסמן; born 23 July 1998) is a Belarusian-born Israeli trac ...

(born 1998), Belarusian-born Israeli sprinter * Nico Weissmann, German footballer *

Shon Weissman Shon Zalman Weissman (or Sean, he, שון וייסמן; born 14 February 1996) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Granada CF, on loan from La Liga club Real Valladolid, and the Israel national team. A ...

, Israeli footballer

Literature

Alan Weisman Alan H. Weisman (born March 24, 1947) is an American author, professor and journalist. Education and career Weisman was born on March 24, 1947, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He holds a bachelor's degree in literature and a master's degree in jou ...

(born 1947), journalist, author and editor *

Asher Simcha Weissmann Asher Simcha Weissmann (; 21 April 1840 – 14 May 1892) was an Austrian Hebraist, rabbi, writer, and editor. Biography Asher Simcha Weissmann was born into a Jewish family in Zolin, Galicia. He received rabbinical training in his native town ...

(1840–1892), Austrian writer and rabbi *

Jon Weisman Jon Weisman (born November 26, 1967) is the proprietor of Dodger Thoughts, a weblog devoted to "dealing psychologically with the Los Angeles Dodgers and baseball." He is also a writer and editor for ''Variety'' and has contributed to ''Sports Illus ...

(born 1967), American writer *

Marcus Weissmann-Chajes Marcus Weissmann-Chajes (; January 17, 1831 – April 30, 1914) also known by the Hebrew abbreviations, Hebrew acronym MV"Ḥ (), was a Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galician Jews, Jewish writer. Biography Marcus Weissmann-Chajes was born in Tarnów i ...

(1831–1914), Galician Jewish writer

Graphics

Steven Weissman Steven Weissman (born June 4, 1968, in California) is an alternative cartoonist best known for his offbeat and bizarre explorations of childhood friendships. His work has been published by Fantagraphics, Retrofit Comics, and ''Vice A vice ...

, cartoonist *

(born 1963), American comic book writer *

Jordan Weisman Jordan Weisman is an American game designer, author, and serial entrepreneur who has founded five game design companies, each in a different game genre and segment of the industry. Biography Weisman graduated from Francis W. Parker High School, ...

, American game designer

Art

* Franz Weissmann, Austrian born Brazilian sculptor. *

Frederick Weisman Museum of Art The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum is an art museum at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1934 as University Gallery, the museum was originally housed in an upper floor of the university's Northrop Auditorium. In 19 ...

Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, California The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art is an art gallery on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. The museum was founded in 1992 with a $1.5 million gift from Frederick R. Weisman, a noted art collector and philanthropist. The ...

Janice Urnstein Weissman Janice Urnstein Weissman (born 1944, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American figurative painter. Weissman started her artistic career as a classical painter utilizing Impressionistic techniques. She has evolved since the 1960s into a style of Realism ...

(born 1944), American painter *Andrew Weissmann, Designer Dealer Mid Century Modern Art

Music

Ben Weisman Benjamin Weisman (November 16, 1921 – May 20, 2007) was an American composer. He wrote 57 songs recorded by Elvis Presley, more than any other songwriter. Biography Weisman was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and grew up in Brooklyn, New Yor ...

(1921–2007), American composer and pianist *

(born 1967), American musician and writer * Theodor Weissman (1891–1966), Finnish singer and actor

Military

* Eugene Weismann (1896 - 1973), French First World War

flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually co ...

Fictional characters

* Georg Weissmann, main antagonist of the video game '' The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC'' * Midge Weissman, protagonist in ''

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' is an American period comedy-drama television series, created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, that premiered on March 17, 2017, on Amazon Prime Video. Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it stars Rachel Brosnahan as ...

'' * Adolf K. Weismann, protagonist of ''

K (TV Series) ''K'' (also called ''K Project'') is a Japanese anime series created by the animation studio GoHands and GoRA, a group consisting of seven anonymous authors known as Kōhei Azano, Tatsuki Miyazawa, Yukako Kabei, Yashichiro Taka ...