Weißmann (Weissmann, Weiszmann, Waismann) is a
German
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surname meaning "white man". Common variants in spelling are Weismann, Weissman, Weisman, Waismann, and Vaisman.
Science
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Charles Weissmann, biochemist
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Irving Weissman, scientist
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August Weismann (1834–1914), German biologist, evolutionary theorist and proposer of the
Weismann barrier
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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
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Weismann-Netter-Stuhl Syndrome, Congenital osteopathic syndrome named after French doctors Weismann-Netter and Stuhl.
Philosophy
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Samuel Weissman
Samuel Weissman (December 11, 1909 - February 7, 2004) was a long time '' New York Times'' employee. He worked as the supervisor of indexers at the Times.
Family
Weissman was married to his wife for 58 years. He had a son named Paul and a daug ...
, New York Times employee, implicated in McCarthy hearings
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Lee v. Weisman (a Supreme Court case)
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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
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Jeffrey Weissman, actor
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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
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Greg Weisman (born 1963), American writer and actor
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Kevin Weisman (born 1970), American actor
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Robin Weisman (born 1984), American child actress
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Sam Weisman, American film director
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Malina Weissman (born 2003), American actress
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Jon Weisman (born 1967), American writer
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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
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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
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Greg Weisman (born 1963), American comic book writer
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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
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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 ...
(born 1967), American musician and writer
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Theodor Weissman
Theodor Jacob Mauritz Weissman, originally ''Weissmann'', (January 1, 1891 – March 29, 1966) was a Finnish singer, songwriter and actor. He was one of Finland's most popular singers in the 1910s and 1920s.
Weissman was born in Hämeenlinna in ...
(1891–1966), Finnish singer and actor
Military
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Eugene Weismann (1896 - 1973), French First World War
flying ace
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)''
See also
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Wiseman (surname)
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Weizmann Weizman(n) is a surname, common among the Jews, a variant of Weissmann Other transliteration variants of this spelling (with z/tz/ts in place of ss/ß) include Weitzmann, Weitsman, Wajcman, Vaytsman, Veitsman, etc.
Notable people with this surnam ...
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Weitzman Weitzmann or Weitzman is a surname, a variant of Weizmann. Notable people with the surname include:
Weitzmann
*Carl Borromäus Weitzmann (1767–1828), German jurist, and Swabian dialect poet
*Carl Friedrich Weitzmann (1808–1880), German music ...
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