Weil (surname)
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Weil
- Adolf Weil (or Adolph Weill) (1848–1916), German physician
- Adolf WeilAdolf Weil (motorcyclist)Adolf Weil was a German motocross racer. He competed in the FIM 250cc and 500cc Motocross Grand Prix world championships as a rider for the Maico factory racing team during the 1960s and 1970s....
, motocross racer - André WeilAndré WeilAndré Weil was an influential mathematician of the 20th century, renowned for the breadth and quality of his research output, its influence on future work, and the elegance of his exposition. He is especially known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry...
, mathematician and brother of Simone - Andrew WeilAndrew WeilAndrew Thomas Weil is an American author and physician, who established the field of integrative medicine which attempts to integrate alternative and conventional medicine. Weil is the author of several best-selling books and operates a website and monthly newsletter promoting general health and...
, physician - Cynthia WeilCynthia WeilCynthia Weil is a prominent American songwriter. She is famous for having written many songs together with her husband Barry Mann....
, songwriter - Felix WeilFelix WeilFelix Weil was a Marxist and the original financial provider for the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt am Main, Germany....
, Frankfurt School supporter - Gustav WeilGustav WeilGustav Weil was a German orientalist.-Early studies and travels:Being destined for the rabbinate, he was taught Hebrew, as well as German and French; and he received instruction in Latin from the minister of his native town...
(1808–1889), German Orientalist - Henri WeilHenri WeilHenri Weil was a German-born French Jewish philologist.He was educated at the universities of Bonn, Berlin, and Leipzig. He went to France, and continued his studies at Paris, graduating as "docteur ès lettres" in 1845, and becoming "agrégé" in 1848...
, philologist - Jacob WeilJacob WeilJacob Weil was a German rabbi and Talmudist who flourished during the first half of the fifteenth century. Of his life no details are known, but, according to Grätz, he died before 1456. He was one of the foremost pupils of Jacob Moelin , who ordained him in the rabbinate, and authorized him to...
, German rabbi and Talmudist - Jacob WeilJacob WeilJacob Weil was a German rabbi and Talmudist who flourished during the first half of the fifteenth century. Of his life no details are known, but, according to Grätz, he died before 1456. He was one of the foremost pupils of Jacob Moelin , who ordained him in the rabbinate, and authorized him to...
(1792–1864), German educator and writer - Jiří WeilJirí WeilJiří Weil was a Czech writer. He was Jewish. His noted works include the two novels Life with a Star , and Mendelssohn Is on the Roof , as well as many short stories, and other novels....
, Czech novelist - Joe WeilJoe WeilJoe Weil is an American poet. He currently teaches undergraduate and graduate creative writing classes at Binghamton University....
, American poet - Kathleen WeilKathleen WeilKathleen Weil is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election...
, Quebec politician - Léon WeilLéon WeilLéon Roger Weil was one of the last two surviving veterans of the battle of Val-de-Marne in the First World War...
(1896–2006), French World War I veteran - Liza WeilLiza WeilLiza Rebecca Weil is an American actress. She is known for her role as Paris Geller in the television drama Gilmore Girls and has guest-starred on programs such as The Adventures of Pete & Pete, ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Grey's Anatomy, and The West Wing.-Early life:Weil was born in...
, American actress - Mark WeilMark WeilMark Yakovlevich Weil was a Soviet and Uzbekistan-born theatre director, and founder and art director of the Ilkhom Theatre in Tashkent. His parents, Ukrainian Jews, had arrived in Uzbekistan in the late 1930s...
(1952—2007), Soviet and Uzbek theatre director - Nethaneel WeilNethaneel WeilNathaniel Weil was a rabbi and talmudist born at Stühlingen, son of Naphtali Zvi Hirsch Weil.-Biography:His mother took him to Fürth when he was ten years old, and soon afterward to Prague, where his father's brother, Lippman Weil, adopted him. Although so young, he was granted permission to...
(1687–1769), Rabbi and Talmudist - Olga Strashun WeilOlga Strashun WeilOlga Strashun Weil was an outstanding American amateur tennis player and golfer in the early to mid-20th century.-Tennis:...
, tennis player - Raoul WeilRaoul WeilRaoul Weil is a Swiss businessman who became Chairman and CEO Global Wealth Management & Business Banking at UBS AG on 6 July 2007.He graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Basel and moved on to work with Swiss Bank Corporation , in the Private Banking Division in Basel,...
(born 1959), former wealth manager for UBS AGUBS AGUBS AG is a Swiss global financial services company headquartered in Basel and Zürich, Switzerland, which provides investment banking, asset management, and wealth management services for private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland... - Raymond WeilRaymond WeilRaymond Weil Genève is a Swiss watchmaker, founded in 1976 in Geneva, Switzerland. It is one of the last independent brands in the Swiss luxury watch industry.-History:The company was created by Raymond Weil, now Chairman...
, Swiss Watch Designer - Robert Schoenhof WeilRobert Schoenhof WeilRobert Schoenhof Weil is chairman emeritus of Weil Brothers-Cotton, Inc. He was President and Director of the American Cotton Shippers Association, and has served on the Boards of the Atlantic Cotton Association, the Liverpool, England, Cotton Association, and the New Orleans Cotton Exchange...
, Commodity Merchant - Shraga WeilShraga Weil-Biography:Weil was born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia in 1918 to a family of teachers, journalists and merchants. His father was a building engineer. He was sent to study with a local sculptor, and then to the Academy of Art in Prague. He produced his first graphic works during World War II, during...
, Israeli artist, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia - Simone WeilSimone WeilSimone Weil , was a French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist.-Biography:Weil was born in Paris to Alsatian agnostic Jewish parents who fled the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. She grew up in comfortable circumstances, and her father was a doctor. Her only sibling was...
, philosopher and sister of André - Terence WeilTerence WeilTerence Weil was a British cellist, principal cellist of the English Chamber Orchestra, a founding member of the Melos Ensemble, a leading chamber musician and an influential teacher at the Royal Northern College of Music.-Biography:Terence Weil was trained as a cellist under Herbert Walenn at the...
(1921-1995), British cellist - Gritta Weil, (1924-2009) Editorial assistant for English Newspaper The ObserverThe ObserverThe Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
Weill
- Al WeillAl WeillArmand "Al" Weill was a boxing manager. He managed four world champions Rocky Marciano, Marty Servo, Lou Ambers, Joey Archibald and several other boxers. He moved to the United States from his birthplace of France at the age of 13, where he eventually began his career.-References:*...
, boxing manager - Claudia WeillClaudia WeillClaudia Weill is an American film director best known for her film Girlfriends , starring Melanie Mayron, Christopher Guest, Bob Balaban and Eli Wallach, which she made independently, then sold to Warner Bros after multiple awards at Cannes, Filmex and Sundance...
, director - Kurt WeillKurt WeillKurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht...
, composer (see also A Kurt Weill CabaretA Kurt Weill CabaretA Kurt Weill Cabaret was a Broadway and off-Broadway production featuring the music of Kurt Weill. The off-Broadway production, starring Will Holt and Martha Schlamme opened in 1963...
) - Sanford I. WeillSanford I. WeillSanford I. "Sandy" Weill is an American banker, financier and philanthropist. He is a former chief executive officer and chairman of Citigroup. He served in those positions until October 1, 2003, and April 18, 2006, respectively....
, financier - Michel Weill, architect
- Michel David-WeillMichel David-WeillMichel David-Weill is a French investment banker and former Chairman of New York City based Lazard Frères.He is the son of Berthe Haardt and Lazard Frères chairman Pierre David-Weill...
, investment banker - Pierre David-WeillPierre David-WeillPierre David-Weill was a French investment banker.Born Pierre Sylvain Désiré Gérard David-Weill in Paris, France, he was the son of Flora Raphael and David David-Weill , Chairman of Lazard Frères...
, investment banker - Raymond Henry WeillRaymond Henry WeillRaymond Henry Weill , of New Orleans, Louisiana, and his brother Roger G. Weill, were famous dealers of rare postage stamps, commonly referred to as the Weill brothers.-Selling rare stamps:...
(1913-2003), philatelist of New Orleans - Roger G. WeillRoger G. WeillRoger G. Weill , of New Orleans, was a stamp dealer who sold some of the world’s greatest philatelic rarities.-Philatelic activity:Roger and his brother Raymond and their father Fernand formed the Raymond H. Weill Company in 1932...
(1909-1991), philatelist of New Orleans
Weyl
- Hermann WeylHermann WeylHermann Klaus Hugo Weyl was a German mathematician and theoretical physicist. Although much of his working life was spent in Zürich, Switzerland and then Princeton, he is associated with the University of Göttingen tradition of mathematics, represented by David Hilbert and Hermann Minkowski.His...
, German mathematician - Josef Weyl, Austrian Jewish musician
- Richard WeylRichard WeylRichard H. Weyl was a German geologist and noted author on the subject of Central American Geology.Active member of the Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe in Latin-America and the Caribbean.1941-1956 Scientist at...
, German geologist
See also
- Weill (disambiguation)
- Weyl
- Weil (disambiguation)