Weißmann (Weissmann, Weiszmann, Waismann) is a German surname meaning "white man". Common variants in spelling are Wiseman, Weismann, Weissman, Weisman, Waismann, and Vaisman.
Science and medicine
- August Weismann (1834–1914), German biologist, evolutionary theorist and proposer of the Weismann barrier
- Charles Weissmann (1931–2025), Hungarian-Swiss molecular biologist
- Drew Weissman (born 1966), American physician and immunologist
- Irving Weissman (born 1939), American scientist
- Joel Weisman (1943–2009), American doctor, one of the first to recognize AIDS
- Jonathan Weissman, American biologist
- Mariana Weissmann (born 1933), Argentinian physicist
- Samuel Isaac Weissman (1912–2007), American chemist and professor
- Sherman Weissman (born 1930), American scientist
- 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.
Politics and law
- Andrew Weissmann, American attorney and prosecutor
- Augustus Weismann (1809–1884), New York politician
- Gerda Weissmann Klein, Holocaust survivor, memoirist, human rights activist and noted speaker
- Keith Weissman, senior Iran analyst of AIPAC.
- Lee v. Weisman (a Supreme Court case)
- Samuel Weissman, New York Times employee, implicated in McCarthy hearings
Business and education
- George Weissman, ex-president of Philip Morris
- Joe Weisman & Company
- Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, part of Baruch College
Film and television
- Adam Weisman (born 1986), American actor
- Dora Weissman (1881–1974), American actress
- Greg Weisman (born 1963), American writer and actor
- Jeffrey Weissman (born 1958), American actor
- Kevin Weisman (born 1970), American actor
- Malina Weissman (born 2003), American actress
- Richard (Ricky) Weissman (born 1981), VFX Artist/Special Effects
- Robin Weisman (born 1984), American child actress
- Sam Weisman, American film director
Sports
- Diana Vaisman (born 1998), Belarusian-born Israeli sprinter
- Nico Weissmann, 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
- Greg Weisman (born 1963), American comic book writer
- Jordan Weisman, American game designer
- Steven Weissman, cartoonist
Art
- Andrew Weissmann, Designer Dealer Mid Century Modern Art
- Franz Weissmann, Austrian born Brazilian sculptor.
- Frederick Weisman Museum of Art
- Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, California
- Janice Urnstein Weissman (born 1944), American painter
Music
- Ben Weisman (1921–2007), American composer and pianist
- Joel Weisman (born 1967), American musician and writer
- Theodor Weissman (1891–1966), Finnish singer and actor
- Vladimir Weisman (1931–1995), American Violinist
Military
- Eugene Weismann (1896 - 1973), French First World War flying ace
- Reuven Weisman (1967 - 2023), casualty of October 7 attacks
Computer science
- Eliza Weisman, transgender American programmer, famous for her work on low-level programming, infrastructure, operating systems, and asynchronous runtimes.[1]
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)
- Weissman, a major antagonist within Thomas Pynchon's novel Gravity's Rainbow
See also
References
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