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, biochemist * Irving Weissman, scientist * August Weismann (1834–1914), German biologist, evolutionary theorist and proposer of the Weismann barrier *

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 Dr Samuel Isaac Weissman (June 25, 1912 – June 12, 2007) was an American chemist and professor best known for his work on the application of electron spin resonance (ESR) to chemistry. Weissman was born in South Bend, Indiana in 1912. He complet ...

, 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 (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 Andrew A. Weissmann (born March 17, 1958) is an American attorney. He was an Assistant United States Attorney from 1991 to 2002, where he prosecuted high-profile organized crime cases. In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed Weissman to be ...

, American attorney and prosecutor

Business & Education

Joe Weisman & Company Joe Weisman & Company or Joe Weisman & Co. was the first department store in Texas. It opened in the late 19th century in Marshall, Texas Marshall is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Harrison County, Texas, Harrison Co ...

George Weissman George Weissman (July 12, 1919 – July 24, 2009) was an American businessman and former chairman and CEO of Philip Morris (now Altria). Biography Weissman was born in the Bronx on July 12, 1919. After graduating from Townsend Harris High School, ...

, ex-president of Philip Morris *

Weissman School of Arts and Sciences The Weissman School of Arts and Sciences (commonly known as Weissman) is the arts and sciences school of Baruch College. Named after George Weissman, former president of Philip Morris, and his wife Mildred, the 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 Adam Weisman (born July 29, 1986) is an American actor and mortician probably best known for his role as Steve Haley in Rob Zombie's ''Halloween''. Filmography *''Halloween'' (2007) as Steven "Steve" Haley *''Hatchet'' (2006) as Halloween Ske ...

(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 (born 1970), American actor * Robin Weisman (born 1984), American child actress * Sam Weisman, American film director * Malina Weissman (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 Naftiran Intertrade Company limited (NICO) is a Swiss-based subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). NICO is a general contractor for the oil and gas industry. NIOC buys the vast majority of Iran's gasoline imports. NICO is a key pl ...

, 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 a ...

(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

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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'' * Adolf K. Weismann, protagonist of '' K (TV Series)''