Weissmann

For other uses, see Wiseman (disambiguation).

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.

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

• Wiseman (surname)
• Weizmann
• Weitzman