Weizmann or Weizman is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. Notable people with this surname include: *

Chaim Weizmann Chaim Azriel Weizmann ( ; 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the World Zionist Organization, Zionist Organization and later as the first pre ...

, 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 **

Weizmann Institute of Science The Weizmann Institute of Science ( ''Machon Weizmann LeMada'') is a Public university, public research university in Rehovot, Israel, established in 1934, fourteen years before the State of Israel was founded. Unlike other List of Israeli uni ...

, an institute of higher learning and research in Rehovot, Israel ** Faisal-Weizmann Agreement, an agreement signed as part of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 **

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'' **

WEIZAC WEIZAC (''Weizmann Automatic Computer'') was the first computer in Israel, and one of the first large-scale, stored program, stored-program, electronic computers in the world. It was built at the Weizmann Institute during 1954–1955, based on th ...

(Weizmann Automatic Computer), the first computer in Israel, and possibly the first large-scale, stored-program, electronic computer outside the US and Europe *

Ezer Weizman Ezer Weizman (, ; 15 June 1924 – 24 April 2005) was an Israeli major general and politician who served as the president of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli Air ...

, the seventh President of the State of Israel (1993–2000) *

Maria Weizmann Maria Weizmann (, ; 1893–1974) was a sister of Russian-Israeli politician and scientist Chaim Weizmann (the first President of the State of Israel). She graduated from a university in Switzerland and worked as a doctor in Moscow from 1915. Mar ...

, a sister of Israeli politician and notable scientist Chaim Weizmann *

Martin Weitzman Martin Lawrence Weitzman (April 1, 1942 – August 27, 2019) was an American 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). ...

, economist and Professor of Economics at Harvard University *

Reuma Weizman Reuma Weizman (; née Schwartz; 18 August 1925 – 15 April 2025) was an Israeli public figure and the wife of the seventh President of Israel, Ezer Weizman, who served in this position from 13 May 1993 to 13 July 2000. Early life Reuma Schwar ...

, First Lady of Israel, wife of Ezer Weizman *

Vera Weizmann Vera Weizmann (née Chatzman) (; 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 in the town of Ros ...

, wife of Chaim Weizmann, medical doctor and a Zionist activist

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