Westheimer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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David Westheimer
David Westheimer (April 11, 1917 in Houston, Texas – November 8, 2005) was an American novelist best known for writing the 1964 novel ''Von Ryan's Express'' which was adapted as a Von Ryan's Express, 1965 film starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor H ...
(1917–2005), American novelist
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Frank Henry Westheimer (1912–2007), American chemist
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Gerald Westheimer
Gerald Westheimer AM FRS (born 13 May 1924) is an Australian scientist at University of California, Berkeley researching the eye, its optics, and how we see details in space and in three dimensions.
Life and career
Westheimer was born on 13 M ...
(born 1924), Australian vision scientist and neuroscientist
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Irvin Ferdinand Westheimer (1879–1980), American founder of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
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Julius Westheimer
Julius Westheimer (September 6, 1916 – August 31, 2005) was a financial advisor from Baltimore, Maryland. He is best known for his radio and television work, having dispensed financial advice on WBAL Radio, WYPR, WMAR, WBAL-TV and PBS' '' W ...
(1916–2005), American financial advisor
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Ruth Westheimer (1928–2024), German-American sex therapist, talk show host, and Holocaust survivor
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Joel Westheimer
Joel Westheimer is an American-born academic, and is a full professor at the University of Ottawa, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is known for his work in citizenship education (subject), citizenship education.
Biography
Joel Westheimer was born ...
, American professor at the University of Ottawa, son of the above
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German-language surnames