Wiesel
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Wiesel may refer to:
- Elie WieselElie WieselSir Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE; born September 30, 1928) is a Hungarian-born Jewish-American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and...
, Hungarian-American novelist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, philosopher, humanitarian, and Holocaust survivor - Torsten WieselTorsten WieselTorsten Nils Wiesel was a Swedish co-recipient with David H. Hubel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was shared with Roger W...
, Swedish co-recipient of Nobel Prize in Medicine - Wiesel is a settlement in the GelderlandGelderlandGelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...
province in the Netherlands - Wiesel AWC, German armoured fighting vehicle
- Emíl WíeselEmil WieselEmíl Wíesel – a painter, museum curator and a full member of the Imperial Academy of Arts, Russia , organizer of international art exhibitions, councilor of Hermitage and Russian museum, Legion of Honor holder; during soviet times he was an expert in Russian and Western fine arts and sculpture in...
, Russian-German painter, museum curator and a full member of the Imperial Academy of ArtsImperial Academy of ArtsThe Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, was founded in 1757 by Ivan Shuvalov under the name Academy of the Three Noblest Arts. Catherine the Great renamed it the Imperial Academy of Arts and commissioned a new building, completed 25 years later in 1789...
, organizer of international art exhibitions, councilor of HermitageHermitage MuseumThe State Hermitage is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest and oldest museums of the world, it was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has been opened to the public since 1852. Its collections, of which only a small part is on permanent display,...
and Russian museumRussian MuseumThe State Russian Museum is the largest depository of Russian fine art in St Petersburg....
, Legion of Honor holder