Weissmann
Weißmann is a German surname meaning "white man". Common variants in spelling are Wiseman, 'Weismann, Weissman, Weisman, Waismann, and Vaisman'.
Science and medicine
- August Weismann, German biologist, evolutionary theorist and proposer of the Weismann barrier
- Charles Weissmann, Hungarian-Swiss molecular biologist
- Drew Weissman, American physician and immunologist
- Irving Weissman, American scientist
- Joel Weisman, American doctor, one of the first to recognize AIDS
- Jonathan Weissman, American biologist
- Mariana Weissmann, Argentinian physicist
- Samuel Isaac Weissman, American chemist and professor
- Sherman Weissman, American scientist
- Weismann-Netter-Stuhl Syndrome, Congenital osteopathic syndrome named after French doctors Weismann-Netter and Stuhl.
Philosophy
- Friedrich Waismann, Austrian-Jewish mathematician, physicist, and philosopher.
Politics & Law
- Augustus Weismann, New York politician
- Keith Weissman, senior Iran analyst of AIPAC.
- Samuel Weissman, New York Times employee, implicated in McCarthy hearings
- Lee v. Weisman
- Gerda Weissmann Klein, Holocaust survivor, memoirist, human rights activist and noted speaker
- Andrew Weissmann, American attorney and prosecutor
Business & Education
- Joe Weisman & Company
- George Weissman, ex-president of Philip Morris
- Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, part of Baruch College
Film and television
- Malina Weissman, American actress
- Jeffrey Weissman, American actor
- Adam Weisman, American actor
- Greg Weisman, American writer and actor
- Kevin Weisman, American actor
- Robin Weisman, American child actress
- Sam Weisman, American film director
- Richard (Ricky) Weissman, VFX Artist/Special Effects
Sports
- Diana Vaisman, Belarusian-born Israeli sprinter
- Nico Weissmann, German footballer
- Shon Weissman, Israeli footballer
Literature
- Alan Weisman, journalist, author and editor
- Asher Simcha Weissmann, Austrian writer and rabbi
- Jon Weisman, American writer
- Marcus Weissmann-Chajes, Galician Jewish writer
Graphics
- Steven Weissman, cartoonist
- Greg Weisman, American comic book writer
- Jordan Weisman, American game designer
Art
- Franz Weissmann, Austrian born Brazilian sculptor.
- Frederick Weisman Museum of Art
- Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, California
- Janice Urnstein Weissman, American painter
- Andrew Weissmann, Designer Dealer Mid Century Modern Art
Music
- Ben Weisman, American composer and pianist
- Joel Weisman, American musician and writer
- Theodor Weissman, Finnish singer and actor
- Vladimir Weisman, American Violinist
Military
- Eugene Weismann, French First World War flying ace
- Reuven Weisman, 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.
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