Weiss (surname)
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Weiss or Weiß, also written Weisz
(q.v.) is a German surname
meaning 'white'. Persons with that name include:
Weisz
Weisz is a surname and may refer to:* Berthold Weisz , Hungarian deputy* Erik Weisz , Hungarian-born American magician best known by the stage name "Harry Houdini"* Ezra Weisz , American voice actor...
(q.v.) is a German surname
Surname
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meaning 'white'. Persons with that name include:
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- Al Weiss, president of worldwide operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
- Alan R. WeissAlan R. WeissAlan R. Weiss is a computer industry expert on benchmarking and Software development tools, as well as telehealth and embedded systems. In January 2009, Weiss, along with business partner Samuel B. Fuller, formed , an innovative telehealth devices and medical health care services company...
, computer scientist, CEO, and Libertarian political activist - Andre WeißAndré WeißAndre Weiß is a German former footballer who played for Dynamo Dresden. He was a defender or midfielder, and a product of the club's youth system. He retired through injury in 2007.-External links:*...
(born 1983), German former footballer - Andrew Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ashmen Iskandar WeissAshmen Iskandar WeissAshmen Iskandar Weiss also known as Ashmen is a Malaysian actor and model. He is of Malay, Chinese, Pakistani and German extraction, he is best known for his television debut as Adam in Disney's Waktu Rehat....
, Malaysian actor of German-MalayMalay peopleMalays are an ethnic group of Austronesian people predominantly inhabiting the Malay Peninsula, including the southernmost parts of Thailand, the east coast of Sumatra, the coast of Borneo, and the smaller islands which lie between these locations...
ancestry - Avi WeissAvi WeissAvraham Weiss is an American Modern Orthodox rabbi who heads the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in The Bronx, New York. He is an author, teacher, lecturer, and activist...
, an American Modern Orthodox rabbi who heads the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
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- Bernhard WeissBernhard WeissBernhard Weiss was a German Protestant New Testament scholar.-Biography:Weiss was born at Königsberg. After studying theology at the University of Königsberg , Halle and Berlin, he became professor extraordinarius at Königsberg in 1852, and afterwards professor ordinarius at Berlin...
, German Biblical scholar - Bianca WeißBianca WeißBianca Weiß is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Germany, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:*...
, German field hockey goalkeeper - Bill WeissBill WeissBill Weiss is a baseball historian and statistician. He has served as the official statistician for the Pacific Coast League, and edited a weekly newsletter for the California League for over thirty years. For over forty years, he created sketchbooks which eventually covered over 200 books about...
- Bob WeissBob WeissRobert William "Bob" Weiss is a retired American professional basketball player and head coach in the NBA. He is currently coaching Shanxi Zhongyu in the Chinese Basketball Association....
(born 1942), American basketball player and coach
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- Carl WeissCarl WeissCarl Austin Weiss was a young Baton Rouge, Louisiana physician who assassinated U.S. Senator Huey Pierce Long, Jr. on September 8, 1935.-Baton Rouge doctor:...
, alleged murderer of Huey Long - Carl W. WeissCarl W. WeissCarl Walter Weiss was a United States Marine during World War II, who was killed in action during the Battle of Guadalcanal. For his distinguished actions on November 1–2, 1942, Sergeant Weiss was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.-Biography:Carl Weiss was born in Detroit, Michigan...
- Chuck E. WeissChuck E. Weiss-History:Chuck E. Weiss grew up in Denver, Colorado, where his parents owned a record store . Through his parents, and by spending time at the local blues bar Ebbett's Field, he met Lightnin' Hopkins. Lightnin' was impressed with his drum playing and took him on tour, where Weiss had the...
- Christian Samuel WeissChristian Samuel WeissChristian Samuel Weiss was a German mineralogist born in Leipzig. After graduation he was a physics instructor in Leipzig from 1803 until 1808...
, German mineralogist - Clemens WeissClemens WeissClemens Weiss is a German artist living in the United States.- Youth and Education :Clemens Weiss grew up in the Region of the Lower Rhine Valley where he received technical training in mechanical engineering from 1970 to 1973. From 1977 to 1982, he studied art, philosophy, medicine and geology in...
, German artist
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- D. B. WeissD. B. WeissDaniel B. Weiss is an American author. His debut novel Lucky Wander Boy was themed around video games and has since been linked with the screen adaptations of various science-fiction and fantasy stories...
- Daniel Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Darian WeissDarian WeissDarian Weiss is an American actor. Weiss's acting career began at 6 months old when he was featured during a Campbell's Soup commercial.-Early life and career:...
- David Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- David N. WeissDavid N. WeissDavid N. Weiss is an American writer and labor leader. He is a screenwriter of films, including All Dogs go to Heaven, The Rugrats Movie, Shrek 2, Clockstoppers, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie and The Smurfs and has also written for television shows such as Mission Hill...
- David S. WeissDavid S. WeissDavid S. Weiss is an American comedy writer. He has written for Dennis Miller Live, CNBC's "Dennis Miller", The Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn, and Penn & Teller: Bullshit!...
- David Weiss HalivniDavid Weiss HalivniDavid Weiss Halivni is an American-Israeli rabbi, scholar in the domain of Jewish Sciences and professor of Talmud.-Biography:...
, Hungarian-Jewish scholar of Talmud
- David N. Weiss
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- Edmund WeissEdmund WeissEdmund Weiß was an Austrian astronomer.He was born in Frývaldov, Austrian Silesia, now Jeseník, Czech Silesia. In 1869 he became a professor at the University of Vienna. He was named the director of the Vienna observatory in 1878...
- Elizabeth "Liz/Betty" Weiss
- Emanuel WeissEmanuel WeissEmanuel "Mendy" Weiss was a New York organized crime figure who was involved in drug trafficking and worked for the criminal organization known as Murder, Inc. during the 1930s and up to the time of his arrest in 1941...
- Eric WeissEric WeissEric Weiss is a fictional character, played by Greg Grunberg, from the television series Alias. He is one of Sydney Bristow's CIA co-workers....
- Ehrich Weiss, whose stage name was Harry HoudiniHarry HoudiniHarry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer noted for his sensational escape acts...
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- Gary WeissGary WeissGary Weiss is an American investigative journalist, columnist and author of two books that critically examine the ethics and morality of Wall Street...
- George David WeissGeorge David WeissGeorge David Weiss was an American songwriter and former President of the Songwriters Guild of America.-Career:...
, American songwriter - George Martin WeissGeorge Weiss (baseball)George Martin Weiss was an American baseball executive. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.Weiss was one of Major League Baseball's most successful farm system directors and general managers...
, American baseball player - George WeissGeorge Weiss (producer)George Weiss was an American film producer who specialized in independent 'road show' exploitation Z movies during the 1950s and sexploitation shockers in the '60s that openly defied the motion picture production code of the day.-Glen or Glenda:Weiss is best known as the producer who funded the...
, American film producer - George Henry WeissGeorge Henry WeissGeorge Henry Weiss was an American poet, writer and novelist. His science fiction stories and poetry appeared under the pseudonym "Francis Flagg" in the magazines Amazing Stories, Astounding, Tales of Wonder, Weird Tales and others. His novel The Night People was published by Fantasy Publishing...
(1898–1946), writer
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- Harald WeissHarald WeissHarald Weiss is a German composer, director, screenwriter, and free-lance artist.Weiss's compositions are influenced by minimalism, as well as jazz and rock musics...
- Harry Weiss
- Harry Weiss (philatelist)Harry Weiss (philatelist)Harry Weiss , of Illinois, was a philatelist who spent most of his philatelic career writing on the subject of stamp collecting.-Philatelic literature:From the 1930s to 1960, Weiss wrote extensively on the hobby aspect of stamp collecting...
(1888–1966), of Illinois - Harvey WeissHarvey WeissHarvey Weiss is an archaeologist, famous for the discovery of Tell Leilan, and who teaches at Yale University as well as directing the excavations and surveys at Tell Leilan, Syria, during the summers...
- Hymie WeissHymie WeissHymie Weiss was a Polish-American mob boss who became a leader of the Prohibition-era North Side Gang and a bitter rival of Al Capone.-Early years:...
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- Jack WeissJack WeissJack Stephen Weiss is an American politician. He is a former member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 5th district from 2001 to 2009. He previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California from 1994 to 2000...
- Jan WeissJan WeissJan Weiss was a major Czech writer, most famous for his surreal book Dům o Tisíci Patrech .- Birth and early life :...
, Czech writer. - Janet WeissJanet WeissJanet Lee Weiss was the drummer of now defunct Sleater-Kinney and is currently a member of Quasi and Wild Flag. She was the drummer for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, leaving after the album Mirror Traffic.-Early life:...
- Jennifer WeissJennifer WeissJennifer Weiss is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly and a stay-at-home mom. She represents the state's thirty-fifth House district, located in Wake County....
- Jerry WeissJerry WeissJerry Weiss is an American trumpet/flugelhorn player, best known as a founding member of the jazz fusion band Blood, Sweat & Tears....
, American musician and member of Blood, Sweat & TearsBlood, Sweat & TearsBlood, Sweat & Tears is an American music group, originally formed in 1967 in New York City. Since its beginnings in 1967, the band has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel and has encompassed a multitude of musical styles... - Jim WeissJim WeissJim Weiss is a children's' storyteller. Weiss has released many audio cassettes and CDs over the past 25 years. Examples of his retellings of stories include various works of Shakespeare, The Three Musketeers, and Sherlock Holmes. Most of his work was released by Greathall Productions...
- John WeissJohn WeissJohn Weiss was an American author and clergyman, as well as a noted abolitionist.Weiss was born in Boston. His father, a German Jew, was a barber in Worcester. He graduated at Harvard in 1837 and at the Harvard Divinity School in 1843, studying abroad in between. He then preached at Watertown,...
- Johnny WeissJohnny WeissJohnny Weiss is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Johnny Hotbody. He is best known for his work in the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance and Extreme Championship Wrestling where he became the first ECW Triple Crown Champion.-Career:Johnny Hotbody broke into...
- Joseph WeißJoseph WeißJoseph Weiß was a German Renaissance painter. He came from a family of painters: his father Marx Weiß the Elder and his brother Marx Weiß the Younger were also painters...
, German painter and brother of Marx Weiß - Joseph Joshua WeissJoseph Joshua WeissJoseph Joshua Weiss was a Jewish-Austrian chemist and Professor at the Newcastle University. He was a pioneer in the field of radiation and photochemistry...
, Austrian Chemist - Joseph Hirsch Weiss
- Juleanna Glover WeissJuleanna Glover Weiss-Early career:Glover received her B.A. from Marymount University and received an MPA from George Mason University. She is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and studied at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC.Early in her career,...
- Johannes WeissJohannes WeissJohannes Weiss was a German theologian and Biblical exegete.-History:Weiss was born in Kiel, Germany. A perpetual scholar, he studied in the University of Marburg, the University of Berlin, the University of Göttingen, and the University of Breslau...
, German theologian
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- Leopold Weiss, alias Muhammad AsadMuhammad AsadMuhammad Asad , was an Austrian Polish Jew who converted to Islam, and a 20th century journalist, traveler, writer, social critic, linguist, thinker, reformer, diplomat, political theorist, translator and scholar...
- Linda WeissLinda WeissLinda M. Weiss is an Australian professor of political science at the University of Sydney , specialising in the international and comparative politics of economic development....
- Louise WeissLouise WeissLouise Weiss was a French author, journalist, feminist and European politician.- Life :Louise Weiss came from a cosmopolitan family of Alsace. The ancestors of her Jewish mother, Jeanne Javal, originated from the small Alsatian town of Seppois-le-Bas...
, a FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
author, journalist, feminist and EuropeanEuropean UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
politician - Luigi "Gigi" WeissLuigi WeissLuigi "Gigi" Weiss is an Italian ski mountaineer and former biathlete.Weiss was born in Vattaro. Together with Angelo Genuin and Bruno Bonaldi, he placed first in the military team category in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama edition, which was carried out as the first World Championship of...
, Italian ski mountaineer and biathlete
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- Markus Nissa WeissMarkus Nissa WeissMarkus Nissa Weiss, Hungarian advocate of Reform. In 1792 he had a small business at Pest, and in 1794 he leased an estate near Munkács, where his oppressions gave rise to complaints among the Galician Jews. In 1802 he published a pamphlet entitled "Der Jude wie Er Ist," in which he pleaded with...
- Martin Weiss (disambiguation)Martin Weiss (disambiguation)Martin Weiss may refer to:*Martin Weiss , American author of several computer-related books*Martin Weiss , commander of the notorious Nazi-sponsored Special SD and German Security Police Squad in Vilnius*Martin D...
, multiple people - Martin Gottfried Weiss, Commander of German concentration camp Majdanek from November 4, 1943 to May 18, 1944
- Marx WeißMarx WeißMarx Weiß the Younger was a late Gothic German painter. He was the son of painter Marx Weiß the Elder, and the brother of painter Joseph Weiß.-References:...
, German renaissance painter - Mary WeissMary WeissMary Weiss, born on December 28 in Queens, New York, found fame in the 1960s as the lead singer of The Shangri-Las. She then vanished from the music scene for decades, returning in 2007 to record her first solo album with Norton Records....
- Max WeissMax WeissMiksa Weisz was an Austrian chess player born in the Kingdom of Hungary.Weiss was born in Sereď. Moving to Vienna, he studied mathematics and physics at the university, and later taught those subjects....
- Michael Weiss (disambiguation)Michael Weiss (disambiguation)Michael Weiss may refer to:* Michael T. Weiss , actor* Michael Weiss , pianist, composer* Michael Weiss , American former figure skater...
, multiple people, including:- Michael WeissMichael Weiss (figure skater)-External links:* - Official website* - US Olympic Committee Biography...
, American figure skater - Michael T. WeissMichael T. WeissMichael Terry Weiss is an American actor best known for playing the title role in The Pretender.-Early life:Weiss was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father was a steel-industry executive and his mother was a homemaker. He has a sister, Jamie Sue Weiss, who became a make-up artist for television...
- Michael Weiß (football manager)Michael Weiß (football manager)Hans Michael Weiß is a German football manager, currently in charge of the Philippines national football team after being referred by the German Football Association in January 2011...
- Michael Weiss (composer)Michael Weiss (composer)Michael David Weiss , is a jazz pianist and composer best known for his fifteen year association with saxophonist Johnny Griffin....
- Michael Weiss
- Milberg WeissMilberg WeissFounding and HistoryFounded in 1965 by attorneys Larry Milberg and Melvyn I. Weiss, Milberg LLP is a U.S. plaintiffs' law firm...
- Morris Weiss
- Myra Tanner WeissMyra Tanner WeissMyra Tanner Weiss was an American Communist following Trotskyism, and a three time U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate of the Socialist Workers Party....
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- Nate WeissNate WeissNathaniel "Nate" Weiss an American/Israeli professional soccer player, currently plays for Råslätt SK in Sweden...
, American association football (soccer) player - Nigel WeissNigel WeissNigel Oscar Weiss FRS is an astronomer and mathematician, and leader in the field of astrophysical and geophysical fluid dynamics. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge.-Career:Born in South Africa, Prof...
, South African astronomer and mathematician - Norman WeissNorman WeissNorman Weiss was an executive at General Artists Corp., a talent agency, which booked musical groups in the 1960s. Weiss was responsible for arranging The Beatles first American tour, with Brian Epstein, The Beatles manager, and which included The Beatles famous appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show...
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- Rachel WeiszRachel WeiszRachel Hannah Weisz born 7 March 1970)is an English-American film and theatre actress and former fashion model. She started her acting career at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she co-founded the theatrical group Cambridge Talking Tongues...
, British actress - Rainbow George WeissRainbow George WeissRainbow George Weiss son of a diamond merchant, is a fringe UK politician who stood in 13 constituencies at the 2005 General Election....
, British politician - Rainer WeissRainer WeissRainer Weiss is professor of physics emeritus at MIT.- Early life and education :Weiss was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1932. Fleeing political unrest, his family moved first to Prague, in late 1932, and then to the United States, in 1938; his youth was spent in New York City, where he attended...
- Rob WeissRob WeissRob Weiss is an American television and film producer, screenwriter, actor, and director. His break came in 1993 when he wrote and directed the 1993 film Amongst Friends. The film was well received at film festivals and scored Weiss a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film...
- Robert K. WeissRobert K. WeissRobert K. Weiss is an American film and television producer. His productions include films by director John Landis, producer Lorne Michaels, and the “Z. A. Z.” team of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker. He also co-created the science-fiction TV series Sliders...
- Roberto WeissRoberto WeissRoberto Weiss was an Italian-British scholar and historian, specialist in Italian-English cultural contacts during the period of Renaissance period and Renaissance humanism.-Early life:...
, Italian-British historian of Renaissance culture - Robert WeißRobert WeißRobert "Bazi" Weiß was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1939 until his death on 29 December 1944.- Biography :...
(1920–1944), German World War II fighter ace - Ruth WeissRuth WeissRuth F. Weiss, also known as Wèi Lùshī 魏璐诗, was a Jewish-born Austrian-Chinese educator, journalist, and lecturer...
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- Samuel WeissSamuel WeissSamuel Weiss is a Canadian neurobiologist.Weiss was an undergraduate at McGill University, where he received a B.Sc. in Biochemistry. He then went on to take his Ph.D. in Neurobiology at the University of Calgary...
- Samuel A. WeissSamuel A. WeissSamual Arthur Weiss was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
- Shaun WeissShaun WeissShaun Weiss is an American television and film actor. Weiss started his acting career as Elvis on Pee-wee's Playhouse. He is best known for his portrayal of Greg Goldberg in The Mighty Ducks films. Shaun also has a cult following for his role as Josh in the Disney film Heavyweights...
- Shevah WeissShevah WeissShevah Weiss , is an Israeli political scientist and former politician.Weiss was born on July 5, 1935 in Borysław, Poland in Polish Jewish family to Gienia and Meir Wolf Weiss. As a Holocaust survivor, he migrated to Palestine in 1947...
, Israeli politician - Sholam Weiss, Convicted felon
- Soma WeissSoma WeissSoma Weiss was born in Beszterce, Transylvania, then part of Hungary. He studied physiology and biochemistry in Budapest. Immediately after the end of World War I, he emigrated to the United States and qualified in medicine in 1923...
, Physician - Stephen WeissStephen WeissStephen Weiss is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Weiss plays the centre position and is an alternate captain for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League .-Plymouth Whalers:...
, Canadian ice hockey player - Sylvius Leopold WeissSylvius Leopold WeissSilvius Leopold Weiss was a German composer and lutenist.Born in Grottkau near Breslau, the son of Johann Jacob Weiss, also a lutenist, he served at courts in Breslau, Rome, and Dresden, where he died...
, German composer and lutenist
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- Vladimír Weiss (footballer born 1939)Vladimír Weiss (footballer born 1939)Vladimír Weiss is a former Slovak football defender and later coach. He won the Olympic silver medal for Czechoslovakia at the 1964 Summer Olympics.-Personal:...
, former Slovak footballer - Vladimír Weiss (footballer born 1964), his son, Slovakia national football team head coach
- Vladimír Weiss (footballer born 1989)Vladimír Weiss (footballer born 1989)Vladimír Weiss is a Slovak football winger who currently plays for RCD Espanyol on loan from Manchester City.-Manchester City:...
, his grandson, Manchester City footballer
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- Walt WeissWalt WeissWalter William Weiss is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball.Weiss was a member of the National League All-Star Team...
, American Baseball player, shortstop - Wilhelm WeissWilhelm WeissWilhelm Weiss was, in the time of the Third Reich, an SA Obergruppenführer as well as editor-in-chief of the Nazi Party's official newspaper, the Völkischer Beobachter-Early career:After finishing his studies at the Gymnasium in Munich, Weiss began a career as a soldier.By 1911 he...
- Wojciech WeissWojciech WeissWojciech Weiss was a prominent Polish painter and draughtsman of the Young Poland movement.Weiss was born in Bukovina to a Polish family in exile of Stanisław Weiss and Maria Kopaczyńska. He gave up music training to study art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under Leon Wyczółkowski...
, a Polish artist
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- Rabbi Yitzchok Yaakov WeissYitzchok Yaakov WeissDayan Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss , also known as the Minchas Yitzchak, was a prominent Dayan, Halachic authority and Talmudic scholar...
, a prominent Dayan, Halachic authority and Talmudic scholar - Yisroel Dovid WeissYisroel Dovid WeissYisroel Dovid Weiss , a United States Haredi rabbi, is an activist and spokesman for a branch of Neturei Karta, an anti-Zionist grouping of Haredi Jews...
, US Haredi Rabbi