# Weissmann

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 (born 1931), 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 & Law

* Augustus Weismann (1809–1884), New York politician
* Keith Weissman, senior Iran analyst of AIPAC.
* Samuel Weissman, New York Times employee, implicated in McCarthy hearings
* Lee v. Weisman (a Supreme Court case)
* Gerda Weissmann Klein, Holocaust survivor who 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
* Jeffrey Weissman, actor
* Adam Weisman (born 1986), American actor
* Greg Weisman (born 1963), American writer and actor
* Kevin Weisman (born 1970), American actor
* Robin Weisman (born 1984), American child actress
* Sam Weisman, American film director
* Richard (Ricky) Weissman (born 1981), VFX Artist/Special Effects

## 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

* Steven Weissman, cartoonist
* Greg Weisman (born 1963), 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 (born 1944), American painter
* Andrew Weissmann, Designer Dealer Mid Century Modern Art

## 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 Massacre

## 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