# Wightman

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**Wightman** may refer to:

- [Andrew Wightman](/source/Andrew_Wightman) (born 1967), Australian water polo player
- [Andy Wightman](/source/Andy_Wightman) (born 1963), Scottish politician and writer
- [Arthur Wightman](/source/Arthur_Wightman) (1922–2013), American theoretical physicist
- [Brian Wightman (politician)](/source/Brian_Wightman_(politician)) (born 1976), Australian politician
- [Bruce Wightman](/source/Bruce_Wightman) (1925–2009), actor who co-founded the [Dracula Society](/source/Dracula_Society) in London in 1973
- [Cathryn Wightman](/source/Cathryn_Wightman) (born 1978), Australian synchronized swimmer
- [Edith Wightman](/source/Edith_Wightman) (1938–1983), British historian and archaeologist
- [Edward Wightman](/source/Edward_Wightman) (1566–1612), English Baptist, last person to be burnt for heresy in England.
- [Glenn Wightman](/source/Glenn_Wightman) (born 1961), Australian ethnobotanist
- [Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman](/source/Hazel_Hotchkiss_Wightman) (1886–1974), American tennis player
- [Jake Wightman](/source/Jake_Wightman) (born 1994), British athlete
- [John Wightman](/source/John_Wightman) (1930–2017), American lawyer and politician
- [John Wightman of Mauldslie](/source/John_Wightman_of_Mauldslie), (c.1670-1740), Scottish merchant, Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- [Joseph Wightman (general)](/source/Joseph_Wightman_(general)) (c.1665-1722), a British soldier of the eighteenth century
- [Julia Parker Wightman](/source/Julia_Parker_Wightman) (1909–1994), American bibliophile and book collector
- [Louise Wightman](/source/Louise_Wightman) (Lucy) (born 1959), American bodybuilder and dancer
- [Mark Wightman](/source/Mark_Wightman) (born 1947), British chemist
- [Ralph Wightman](/source/Ralph_Wightman) (1901–1971), British agriculturalist and broadcaster
- [Reginald Wightman](/source/Reginald_Wightman) (1899–1981), Canadian politician
- [Robert Wightman](/source/Robert_Wightman) (born 1952), American actor
- [Thomas Wightman](/source/Thomas_Wightman) (1811–1888), American painter
- Bishop [William May Wightman](/source/William_May_Wightman) (1808–1882), American educator and clergyman

## Places

- [Wightman, Iowa](/source/Wightman,_Iowa), United States
- [Wightman, Virginia](/source/Wightman,_Virginia), United States
- [Wightmans Grove, Ohio](/source/Wightmans_Grove,_Ohio), United States

## Other uses

- [Wightman axioms](/source/Wightman_axioms) in quantum field theory, named after Arthur Wightman
- [Wightman Cup](/source/Wightman_Cup), a former tennis competition between UK and U.S.A. named after Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

## See also

- [Gairdner Foundation Wightman Award](/source/Gairdner_Foundation_Wightman_Award)
- [Whiteman (disambiguation)](/source/Whiteman_(disambiguation))
- [Weightman](/source/Weightman)
- [Wigman](/source/Wigman)

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