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 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 C ...

(1834–1914), German biologist, evolutionary theorist and proposer of the Weismann barrier * Mariana Weissmann (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 (born 1930), * Jonathan Weissman

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 (1896–1959), Austrian-Jewish mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. * Max Weismann, 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, senior Iran analyst of AIPAC. *

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 * Lee v. Weisman (a Supreme Court case) * Gerda Weissmann Klein, 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, 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 (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'', w ...

(born 1970), American actor * Robin Weisman (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 (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, Israeli footballer

Literature

* Alan Weisman (born 1947), journalist, author and editor * Asher Simcha Weissmann (1840–1892), Austrian writer and rabbi * Jon Weisman (born 1967), American writer * Marcus Weissmann-Chajes (1831–1914), Galician Jewish writer

Graphics

* Steven Weissman, cartoonist * Greg Weisman (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 *

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 (1921–2007), American composer and pianist *

(born 1967), American musician and writer *

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

Eugene Weismann Eugene may refer to: People and fictional characters * Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the s ...

(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) ''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 Ta ...