Wightman may refer to: * Andrew Wightman (born 1967), Australian water polo player *

Andy Wightman Andrew Dearg Wightman (born 1963) is a Scottish Independent politician, who served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothian region from 2016 to 2021. He was elected as a member of the Scottish Greens, but resigned from the ...

(born 1963), Scottish politician and writer *

Arthur Wightman Arthur Strong Wightman (March 30, 1922 – January 13, 2013) was an American mathematical physicist. He was one of the founders of the axiomatic approach to quantum field theory, and originated the set of Wightman axioms. With his rigorous treatm ...

(1922–2013), American theoretical physicist * Brian Wightman (politician) (born 1976), Australian politician *

Bruce Wightman Bruce Wightman (8 March 1925 – 8 January 2009) was a New Zealand actor and expert on Bram Stoker who co-founded the Dracula Society. Early life Coming from a theatrical family, Wightman spent most of his adult life on stage, touring man ...

(1925–2009), actor who co-founded the

Dracula Society The Dracula Society is a London-based literature and travel group with an interest in supernatural and macabre works of fiction, as exemplified by Bram Stoker's ''Dracula''. The Society The society was founded in October 1973 by two actors, Bernar ...

in London in 1973 * Cathryn Wightman (born 1978), Australian synchronized swimmer *

Edith Wightman Edith Mary Wightman Society of Antiquaries of London, FSA (1 January 1938 – 17 December 1983) was a British ancient historian and archaeologist. She was Assistant-Professor and then Professor at McMaster University (1969–1983). Wightman was ...

(1938–1983), British historian and archaeologist *

Edward Wightman Edward Wightman (1566 – 11 April 1612) was an English radical Anabaptist minister, executed at Lichfield on charges of heresy; he was the last person to be burned at the stake in England for such a crime. Life Edward Wightman was born in 15 ...

(1566–1612), English Baptist, last person to be burnt for heresy in England. * Glenn Wightman (born 1961), Australian ethnobotanist *

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss Wightman, CBE (née Hotchkiss; December 20, 1886 – December 5, 1974) was an American tennis player and founder of the Wightman Cup, an annual team competition for British and American women. She dominated American wo ...

(1886–1974), American tennis player *

Jake Wightman Jake Wightman (born 11 July 1994) is a British Middle-distance running, middle-distance runner who primarily competes in the 1500 metres. He won the gold medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, 2022 World Championships, the first global ...

(born 1994), British athlete * John Wightman (1930–2017), American lawyer and politician * Joseph Wightman (general) (c.1665-1722), a British soldier of the eighteenth century * Julia Parker Wightman (1909–1994), American bibliophile and book collector * Louise Wightman (Lucy) (born 1959), American bodybuilder and dancer *

Mark Wightman Robert Mark Wightman (born July 4, 1947) is an electrochemist and professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is best known for his work in the areas of ultramicroelectrodes, electrochemistry, and neuroch ...

(born 1947), British chemist *

Ralph Wightman Ralph Wightman (26 July 1901 – 28 May 1971) was an English lecturer, journalist, author, and radio and television broadcaster. He wrote many books on farming and the countryside and in the 1950s and 1960s became a well-known national figure, esp ...

(1901–1971), British agriculturalist and broadcaster *

Reginald Wightman Reginald Frederick Wightman (May 28, 1899 – January 23, 1981) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1949 to 1958. Wightman was born in Nesbitt, Manitoba. He wa ...

(1899–1981), Canadian politician * Robert Wightman (born 1952), American actor * Thomas Wightman (1811–1888), American painter *Bishop William May Wightman (1808–1882), American educator and clergyman

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* Wightman, Iowa, United States * Wightman, Virginia, United States * Wightmans Grove, Ohio, United States

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Wightman axioms In mathematical physics, the Wightman axioms (also called Gårding–Wightman axioms), named after Arthur Wightman, are an attempt at a mathematically rigorous formulation of quantum field theory. Arthur Wightman formulated the axioms in the ea ...

in quantum field theory, named after Arthur Wightman *

Wightman Cup The Wightman Cup was an annual team tennis competition for women contested from 1923 through 1989 (except during World War II) between teams from the United States and Great Britain. History U.S. player Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman wanted to generat ...

, a former tennis competition between UK and U.S.A. named after Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

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