Weizman(n) is a
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
, common among the Jews, a variant of
Weissmann
Weißmann (Weissmann, Weiszmann, Waismann) is a German surname meaning "white man". Common variants in spelling are Weismann, Weissman, Weisman, Waismann, and Vaisman.
Science
* Charles Weissmann, biochemist
* Irving Weissman, scientist
* Augus ...
Other transliteration variants of this spelling (with z/tz/ts in place of ss/ß) include
Weitzmann 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 mus ...
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Weitsman Weitsman is a surname, a variant of Weizmann. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adam Weitsman, American entrepreneur and philanthropist
*Mel Weitsman (born 1929), American Zen Buddhist
* Patricia A. Weitsman (1964–2014), American politi ...
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Wajcman
Judy Wajcman, is the Anthony Giddens Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the Principal Investigator of the Women in Data Science and AI project at The Alan Turing Institute. She is also a Visi ...
, Vaytsman, Veitsman, etc.
Notable people with this surname include:
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Chaim Weizmann
Chaim Azriel Weizmann ( he, חיים עזריאל ויצמן ', russian: Хаим Евзорович Вейцман, ''Khaim Evzorovich Veytsman''; 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born biochemist, Zionist leader and Israel ...
, a chemist, statesman, President of the World Zionist Organization, first President of Israel and founder of a research institute in Israel which eventually became the Weizmann Institute of Science
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Weizmann Institute of Science
The Weizmann Institute of Science ( he, מכון ויצמן למדע ''Machon Vaitzman LeMada'') is a public research university in Rehovot, Israel, established in 1934, 14 years before the State of Israel. It differs from other Israeli unive ...
, an institute of higher learning and research in Rehovot, Israel
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Faisal-Weizmann Agreement, an agreement signed as part of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919
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Weizmann organism
''Clostridium acetobutylicum'', ATCC 824, is a commercially valuable bacterium sometimes called the "Weizmann Organism", after Jewish Russian-born biochemist Chaim Weizmann. A senior lecturer at the University of Manchester, England, he used th ...
, a commercially valuable bacterium, included in the genus ''Clostridium''
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WEIZAC
WEIZAC (''Weizmann Automatic Computer'') was the first computer in Israel, and one of the first large-scale, stored-program, electronic computers in the world.
It was built at the Weizmann Institute during 1954–1955, based on the Institute for ...
(Weizmann Automatic Computer), the first computer in Israel, and possibly the first large-scale, stored-program, electronic computer outside the US and Europe
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Ezer Weizman
Ezer Weizman (; he, עֵזֶר וַיצְמָן ''Ezer Vaytsman''; 15 June 1924 – 24 April 2005) was the seventh President of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli Ai ...
, the seventh President of the State of Israel (1993-2000)
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Maria Weizmann
Maria Weizmann (russian: Мари́я Ве́йцман; born 1893- died 1974 ) was a sister of Israeli politician and scientist Chaim Weizmann (the first President of the State of Israel). She graduated from a university in Switzerland and worked ...
, a sister of Israeli politician and notable scientist Chaim Weizmann
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Martin Weitzman
Martin Lawrence Weitzman (April 1, 1942 – August 27, 2019) was an economist and a professor of economics at Harvard University. He was among the most influential economists in the world according to Research Papers in Economics (RePEc). His late ...
, economist and Professor of Economics at Harvard University
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Vera Weizmann
Vera Weizmann (née Chatzman) ( he, ורה ויצמן; November 27, 1881 – September 24, 1966), wife of Chaim Weizmann, the first president of the State of Israel, was a medical doctor and a Zionist activist.
Biography
Vera Chatzman was born ...
, wife of Chaim Weizmann, medical doctor and a Zionist activist
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