Weiss (surname)
Weiss or Weiß, also written Weis or Weisz, pronounced like "vice", is a German surname, meaning 'white' in German. It comes from Middle High German wîz and Old High German wīz.
Persons with that name include:
A
- Al Weiss,, president of worldwide operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
- Andrew Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Anthony S. Weiss, McCaughey Chair and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Sydney, Australia
- Armin Weiss, German chemist and politician
- Arnold Weiss, German-born refugee from Nazi Germany who emigrated to the United States where he became an intelligence officer
- Avi Weiss, an American Modern Orthodox rabbi who heads the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
B
- Bari Weiss, American opinion writer and editor
- Barry Weiss, American music executive
- Bernhard Weiss, German Biblical scholar
- Bianca Weiß, German field hockey player
- Bill Weiss, American baseball historian and statistician
- Birte Weiss, Danish journalist and politician
- Bob Weiss, American basketball player and coach
- Brian Weiss, American psychiatrist and hypnotherapist
C
- Carl Weiss, murderer of Huey Long
- Carl W. Weiss, United States marine during World War II
- Carol Weiss King, attorney, founder of the International Juridical Association
- Catharina Weiss, German wheelchair basketball player
- Christian Samuel Weiss, German mineralogist
- Christopher Weiss, a.k.a. Slipknot, a supervillain from DC Comics
- Chuck E. Weiss, American songwriter and vocalist
- Claudia Weiss, German politician
- Clemens Weiss, German artist
D
- D. B. Weiss, American television producer, writer, and novelist
- Daniel Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Daniella Weiss, Israeli settler, and founder of Nachala
- David Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
E
- Edith Weiss-Mann, Austrian astronomer
- Edoardo Weiss, Italian psychoanalyst
- Elia Weiss, German racing driver
- Emanuel Weiss, New York organized crime figure, executed for murder
- Emily Weiss, American businesswoman and founder
- Enoch R. Weiss, American military soldier
- Eric Weiss, fictional character, introduced in 2001 on the television series Alias
- Ernst August Weiß, German mathematician
- Ernest David Weiss, Naturalised British Soviet espionage agent.
- Ehrich Weiss, real name of Harry Houdini, Hungarian-American illusionist and stunt performer
F
- Florence Weiss, Russian-Born Yiddish theatre actor and soprano
- Franz Weiss (violist), Austrian viola player
- Frederick Ernest Weiss, British botanist
G
- Gaia Weiss, French model and actress
- Gary Weiss, American investigative journalist
- George Weiss (baseball), American baseball executive
- George Weiss (producer), American film producer
- George David Weiss, American songwriter, president Songwriters Guild of America
- George Henry Weiss, American poet, writer and novelist
- Guido Weiss, Italian-born American mathematician
H
- Hans Weiss (aviator), German flying ace
- Harald Weiss, German composer
- Harry Weiss (philatelist), American philatelist
- Hartmut Weiß, German footballer
- Harvey Weiss, American archaeologist and professor
- Heinz Weiss, German film actor
- Helen Weiss, British epidemiologist
- Helen L. Weiss, American composer, pianist and choir director
- Heraldo Weiss, Argentine tennis player
- Herbert Weiss, American author and journalist
- Herm Weiss, American basketball player
- Hermann Weiss, Austrian Olympic ice hockey player
- Hilda Weiss, German-American sociologist
- Hymie Weiss, American mobster in the 1920s
I
- Isaac Hirsch Weiss, Austrian talmudist
J
- Jack Weiss, American entrepreneur and politician
- Jacob Weiss, American Revolutionary War officer
- Jan Weiss, Czech writer
- Janet Weiss, American rock drummer
- Jeff Weiss, American playwright, impresario, and actor
- Jennifer Weiss (politician), American politician
- Jerry Weiss (musician), American musician and member of Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Jim Weiss, American children's audio storyteller and author
- Johannes Weiss, German theologian
- John Weiss, American clergyman, author, abolitionist and women's rights advocate
- John-Allison Weiss, New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter
- Johnny Weiss, known as Johnny Hotbody, American professional wrestler
- Joseph Weiß, from German Renaissance family of painters, son of Marx Weiß the Elder, brother of Marx Weiß the Younger
- Joseph G. Weiss, British scholar of Jewish Mysticism and Hasidism, director of the Institute of Jewish Studies at University College London
- Joseph Hirsch Weiss, Hungarian rabbi
- Joseph Joshua Weiss, Austrian chemist and professor, co-discoverer of Haber–Weiss reaction
- Josephine Weiss, Austrian ballet dancer and dance troupe leader
- Juleanna Glover, formerly Glover–Weiss, American public affairs consultant, lobbyist, political strategist
- Julie Weiss, American film and stage costume designer
L
- Lee Weiss, American painter
- Leopold Weiss, birth name of Muhammad Asad, Austro-Hungarian journalist, political theorist, diplomat and Islamic scholar
- Linda Weiss, Australian professor of political science
- Louis S. Weiss, American lawyer
- Louis Weiss (producer), American film producer
- Louise Weiss, French author, journalist, feminist and politician
- Luigi Weiss, Italian ski mountaineer and biathlete
M
- Manfred Weiss, German composer and academic teacher
- Maria Weiss (singer), Austrian baroque and opera singer
- Maria-Lena Weiss, German politician
- Marius Weiß, German politician
- Markus Nissa Weiss, Hungarian advocate and author of Jewish Reform movement
- Martin Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Marx Weiß, from German Renaissance family of painters, son of Marx Weiß the Elder, brother of Joseph Weiß
- Mary Weiss, American pop music vocalist, lead singer of The Shangri-Las
- Mary Terán de Weiss, Argentine tennis player
- Motti Weiss, American musician known as Matt Dubb
- Max Weiss, Austrian chess player
- Max Weiss (activist), American author and executive in the Communist Party USA
- Melvyn Weiss, American attorney
- Michael Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mitch Weiss, American investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Mitch Weiss (photographer), American photographer
- Mónica Weiss, Argentine illustrator, artist, writer and architect
- Morris Weiss, American comic book and comic strip artist and writer
- Myra Tanner Weiss, American Trotskyist communist, three time U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate
N
- Nathan Weiss, Austrian physicist and neurologist
- Nigel Weiss, South African astronomer and mathematician
- Norman Weiss, American talent agent for The Turtles and Tom Jones, arranged The Beatles first American tour
P
- Paul Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Pernille Weiss, Danish politician
- Peter Weiss,, German-Swedish writer and artist
- Pierre Weiss, French physicist
R
- Rachel Weisz, British-American actress
- Rainbow George Weiss, British politician
- Rainer Weiss, German-American Nobel Prize laureate in Physics
- Regina Weiss, American politician
- Robert Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ruth Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ryan Weiss, American baseball player
S
- Sabine Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Samuel Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sara Weiss, American spiritualist and author
- Shaun Weiss, American actor and recidivist criminal offender
- Shevah Weiss, Israeli politician
- Sholam Weiss, American businessman and felon sentenced to 845 years in prison
- Soma Weiss, Hungarian-American physician
- Stephen Weiss, Canadian ice hockey player
- Susan Archer Weiss, American poet, author and artist
- Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German composer and lutenist
T
- Thorsten Weiß, German politician
- Trude Weiss-Rosmarin, German-American writer, scholar and feminist activist
V
- Vladimír Weiss (footballer, born 1939), Slovak-born Czechoslovak footballer and Slovak football coach
- 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
- *note that Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia from 1945 to 1992
W
- Walt Weiss, American baseball player and manager
- Walter Weiß, Nazi German general
- Wilhelm Weiss, German senior Nazi Party member and editor of its newspaper
- Wincent Weiss, German singer and talent show contestant
- Wojciech Weiss, Polish artist
Y
- Yisroel Dovid Weiss, American rabbi
- Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss, Austro-Hungarian-born British rabbi, halachic authority and Talmudic scholar
Z
- Zack Weiss, American baseball player