Weiss (surname)
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Weiss or Weiß, also written Weis or Weisz, pronounced like "vice", is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname, meaning 'white' in both German and Yiddish. It comes from Middle High German wîz (white, blonde) and Old High German (h)wīz (white, bright, shining).[1]
Persons with that name include:
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- Albert Maria Weiss (1844–1925), German Roman Catholic priest and theologian
- Al Weiss, (born 1954), president of worldwide operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
- Alexander Weiss (born 1987), German ice hockey player
- Alois Weiss (1906–1969), German executioner
- André Weiss (1858–1928), French jurist
- André Weiß (born 1983), German footballer
- Andrea Weiss (filmmaker) (born 1956), American documentary filmmaker
- Andreas Weiss (jurist) (1713–1792), Swiss jurist
- Andreas Weiß (jurist) (born 1954), German jurist
- Andrew Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Angelo Weiss (born 1969), Italian alpine skier and ski coach
- Anita Weiß (born 1955), East German athlete
- Anton Weiss-Wendt (born 1973), Norwegian academic and historian
- Anthony S. Weiss (fl. 1998), McCaughey Chair and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Sydney, Australia
- Armin Weiss (1927–2010), German chemist and politician
- Arnold Weiss (1924–2010), German-born American intelligence officer
- Arthur Weiss (1912–1980), American script writer
- Arthur Weiss (scientist) (born 1953), American Immunologist
- Avi Weiss (fl. 1968), an American Modern Orthodox rabbi who heads the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
B
- Bari Weiss (born 1984), American opinion writer and editor
- Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiß (1730–1814), German painter and etcher
- Benjamin Weiss (scientist) (born 1937), American neuropharmacologist
- Benjamin Weiss (born 1941), American-Israeli mathematician
- Bernhard Weiss (1827–1918), German Biblical scholar
- Bernhard Weiß (police executive) (1880–1951), German lawyer and politician
- Bianca Weiß (born 1968), German field hockey player
- Bill Weiss (1925–2011), American baseball historian and statistician
- Birte Weiss (born 1941), Danish journalist and politician
- Birte Weiß (born 1971), German footballer
- Bob Weiss (born 1942), American basketball player and coach
- Branco Weiss (1929–2010), Swiss entrepreneur and patron
- Brian Weiss (born 1944), American psychiatrist and hypnotherapist
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- Carl Weiss (1906–1935), murderer of Huey Long
- Carl W. Weiss (1915–1942), United States marine during World War II
- Carmen Weiß (born 1968), German footballer
- Carol Weiss King (1895–1952), attorney, founder of the International Juridical Association
- Charlotte Weiss (1870–1961), Swiss painter
- Christian Weiss (philosopher) (1774–1853), German philosopher and educator
- Christian Ernst Weiss (1833–1890), German mineralogist, geologist and palaeontologist
- Christian Samuel Weiss (1780–1856), German mineralogist
- Chuck E. Weiss (1945–2021), American songwriter and vocalist
- Clemens Weiss (born 1955), German artist
- Cornelius Weiss (1933–2020), German chemist and politician
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- D. B. Weiss (born 1971), American television producer, writer, and novelist
- Daniel Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- David Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
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- Edith Brown Weiss (born 1942), American lawyer and legal scholar
- Edith Weiss-Mann (1885-1951) German musicologist and harpsichordist
- Edmund Weiss (1837–1917), Austrian astronomer
- Edoardo Weiss (1889–1970), Italian psychoanalyst
- Egbert Weiß (1931–2022), German jurist
- Egon Weiß (1880–1953), Austrian jurist and Greek scholar
- Emanuel Weiss (1906–1944), New York organized crime figure, executed for murder
- Emil Weiss (1896–1965), Czech illustrator, reporter and architect
- Emil Rudolf Weiß (1875–1942), German painter, typographer, graphic artist and poet
- Emma Weiß (born 2000), German freestyle skier
- Erhard Weiß (1914–1957), German diver
- Enoch R. Weiss (1848–1917), American military soldier
- Ernst Weiss (1882–1940), Austrian physician and author
- Ernst August Weiß (1900–1942), German mathematician
- Ernest David Weiss (1902–1982) Naturalised British Soviet espionage agent.
- Ehrich Weiss, real name of Harry Houdini (1874–1926), Hungarian-American illusionist and stunt performer
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- Fabian Weiß (born 1992), German footballer
- Florence Weiss, Russian-Born Yiddish theatre actor and soprano
- Franz Weiss (violist) (1778–1830), Austrian viola player
- Franz Weiß (politician) (1887–1974), German politician
- Frederick Ernest Weiss (1865–1953), Botanist
- Fritz Weiss (1919–1944), Czech jazz musician and arranger
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- Gaia Weiss (born 1991), French model and actress
- Gary Weiss (fl. 1984), American investigative journalist
- George Weiss (baseball) (1894–1972), American baseball executive
- George Weiss (producer) (fl. 1954–1995), American film producer
- George David Weiss (1921–2010), American songwriter, president Songwriters Guild of America
- Georg Fritz Weiß (1822–1893), German operatic bass, actor and translator
- George Henry Weiss (1898–1946), American poet, writer and novelist
- Gerald Weiß (politician) (1945–2022), German politician
- Gerald Weiß (1960–2018), East German javelin thrower
- Gisela Weiß (born 1943), German swimmer
- Gottfried Weiss (1659–1697), German Lutheran theologian and university professor
- Guido Weiss (1928–2021), Italian-born American mathematician
- Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss (1928–2022), Swedish costume designer, scenic designer, sculptor, ceramist, and actress
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- Hans Weiss (disambiguation), several people
- Häns'che Weiss (1951–2016), German jazz guitarist
- Harald Weiss (born 1949), German composer
- Harry Weiss (philatelist) (1888–1966), American philatelist
- Hartmut Weiß (born 1942), German footballer
- Harvey Weiss (fl. 1966), American archaeologist and professor
- Hedwig Weiß (1860–1923), German painter and graphic artist
- Hedwig Weiss (writer) (1889–1975), German travel writer and author of children's books
- Heinz Weiss (1921–2010), German film actor
- Hela Felenbaum-Weiss (1924–1988), survivor of the Sobibor extermination camp
- Helen L. Weiss (1920-1948) American composer, pianist and choir director
- Hellmuth Weiss (1900–1992), Baltic-German historian and politician
- Helmut Weiss (1907–1969), German actor, screenwriter and film director
- Herm Weiss (1916–1976), American basketball player
- Hermann Weiss (1909–1979), Austrian Olympic ice hockey player
- Hilda Weiss (1900–1981), German sociologist, trade unionist, and socialist
- Hymie Weiss (1898–1926), American mobster in the 1920s
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- Ilse Blumenthal-Weiss (1899–1987), German poet
- Isaac Hirsch Weiss (1815–1905), Austrian talmudist
J
- Jack Weiss (born 1964), American entrepreneur and politician
- Jacob Weiss (1750–1839), American Revolutionary War officer
- Jan Weiss (1892–1972), Czech writer
- Janet Weiss (born 1965), American rock drummer
- Jean-Jacques Weiss (1827–1891), French writer and politician
- Jennifer Weiss (politician) (born 1959), American politician
- Jerry Weiss (musician) (born 1946), American musician and member of Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Jim Weiss (born 1948), American children's audio storyteller and author
- Jiří Weiss (1913–2004), Czech film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright and pedagogue
- Johann Weiß (disambiguation), several people
- Johannes Weiss (1863–1914), German theologian
- Johannes Laurentius Weiss (1675–1716), German Roman Catholic martyr
- John Weiss (1818–1879), American clergyman, author, abolitionist and women's rights advocate
- John-Allison Weiss (born 1987), New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter
- Johnny Weiss (born 1963), known as Johnny Hotbody, American professional wrestler
- Joseph Weiss (disambiguation), several people
- Josephine Weiss (1805–1852), Austrian ballet dancer and dance troupe leader
- Judy Weiss (born 1972), German singer
- Juleanna Glover, formerly Glover–Weiss (born 1969), American public affairs consultant, lobbyist, political strategist
- Julie Weiss (born 1947), American film and stage costume designer
- Jürgen Weiss (born 1947), Austrian politician
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- Kathleen Weiß (born 1984), German volleyball player
- Klaus Weiß (1944–2000), East German handball player
- Konrad Weiß (poet) (1880–1940), German poet
- Kurt Weiß (1906–1995), German field hockey player
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- Lars Weiss (born 1971), Danish politician
- Lee Weiss (1928–2018), American painter
- Leonhard Weiß (1907–1981), German footballer
- Leopold Weiss, birth name of Muhammad Asad (1900–1992), Austro-Hungarian journalist, political theorist, diplomat and Islamic scholar
- Linda Weiss (fl. 1988), Australian professor of political science
- Lisa Weiß (born 1987), German footballer
- Louis S. Weiss (1894–1950), American lawyer
- Louis Weiss (producer) (1890-1963), American film producer
- Louise Weiss (1893–1983), French author, journalist, feminist and politician
- Luigi Weiss (born 1951), Italian ski mountaineer and biathlete
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- Manfred Weiss (1935–2023), German composer and academic teacher
- Manfred Weiß (1944–2017), German politician
- Maria Weiss (singer) (fl. 2003), Austrian baroque and opera singer
- Maria-Lena Weiss (born 1981), German politician
- Marie Johanna Weiss (1903–1952), American mathematician, university professor and textbook author
- Markus Nissa Weiss (fl. 1792), Hungarian advocate and author of Jewish Reform movement
- Martin Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Marvin Weiss (born 1995), German footballer
- Marx Weiß (c. 1518 – 1580), from German Renaissance family of painters, son of Marx Weiß the Elder, brother of Joseph Weiß
- Mary Weiss (born 1948), American pop music vocalist, lead singer of The Shangri-Las
- Mary Terán de Weiss (1918–1984), Argentine tennis player
- Max Weiss (1857–1927), Austrian chess player
- Max Weiss (activist) (fl. 1926–1956), American author and executive in the Communist Party USA
- Maximilian Weiß (born 1998), German footballer
- Melvyn Weiss (1935–2018), American attorney
- Mia Florentine Weiss (born 1980), German conceptual and performance artist
- Michael Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Michal Grinstein-Weiss, American economists
- Mitch Weiss (born 1957), American investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Mitch Weiss (photographer) (born 1986), American photographer
- Morris Weiss (1915–2014), American comic book and comic strip artist and writer
- Myra Tanner Weiss (1917–1997), American Trotskyite communist, three time U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate
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- Nathan Weiss (1851–1883), Austrian physicist and neurologist
- Nigel Weiss (1936–2020), South African astronomer and mathematician
- Norman Weiss (fl. 1940s–??), American talent agent for The Turtles and Tom Jones, arranged The Beatles first American tour
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- Otto Weiß (disambiguation), several people
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- Paul Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Pernille Weiss (born 1968), Danish politician
- Peter Weiss, (1916–1982), German-Swedish writer and artist
- Peter Weiss (boxer) (1938–2021), Austrian boxer
- Peter Weiß (publisher) (born 1942), Austrian lawyer and publisher
- Peter Weiß (born 1956), German politician
- Philipp Weiss (born 1982), Austrian writer
- Pierre Weiss (1865–1940), French physicist
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- Rachel Weisz (born 1970), British-American actress
- Rainbow George Weiss (1940–2021), British politician
- Rainer Weiss (born 1932), German-American Nobel Prize laureate in Physics
- Regina Weiss, American politician
- Reinhold Weiss (born 1934), German-born industrial designer
- Robert Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ruth Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ryan Weiss, American baseball player
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- Sabine Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Samuel Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sepp Weiss (born 1952) is a German footballer
- Shaun Weiss (born 1978), American actor and recidivist criminal offender
- Shevah Weiss (1935–2023), Israeli politician
- Sholam Weiss (born 1954), American businessman and felon sentenced to 845 years in prison
- Siegfried Weiss (1906–1989), East German actor
- Siegfried Weiß (skier) (1933–2013), German cross-country skier
- Silvia Weiss (born 1970), German operatic and concert soprano
- Soma Weiss (1898–1942), Hungarian-American physician
- Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss (born 1961), Austrian communications scholar and educator
- Steven Weiss (disambiguation), several people
- Susan Archer Weiss (1822–1917), American poet, author and artist
- Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750), German composer and lutenist
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- Ted Weiss (1927–1992), American politician
- Trude Weiss-Rosmarin (1908–1989), German-American writer, scholar and feminist activist
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- Ulrich Weiß (priest) (1713–1763), German Roman Catholic priest
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- Viktrizius Weiß (1842–1924), German Capuchin
- Vladimír Weiss (footballer, born 1939) (1939–2018), Slovak-born Czechoslovak footballer and Slovak football coach[lower-alpha 1]
- Vladimír Weiss (footballer, born 1964), his son, Czechoslovak, then Slovak, footballer and football coach
- Vladimír Weiss (footballer, born 1989), his grandson, Czechoslovakia born, Slovak footballer
- Volkmar Weiss (born 1944), German geneticist, social historian and genealogist
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- Walt Weiss (born 1963), American baseball player and manager
- Walter Weiß (1890–1967), German general
- Wilhelm Weiss (1892–1950), German politician and newspaper editor
- Wincent Weiss (born 1993), German singer and talent show contestant
- Wojciech Weiss (1875–1950), Polish artist
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- Yisroel Dovid Weiss (born 1956), American rabbi
- Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss (1902–1989), Austro-Hungarian-born British rabbi, halachic authority and Talmudic scholar
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- Zack Weiss (born 1992), American baseball player
Fictional characters
- Eric Weiss, fictional character, introduced in 2001 on the television series Alias
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