Weiss (surname)
Weiss or Weiß, also written Weisz (q.v.) is a German surname meaning 'white' or 'knows'. Persons with that name include:
A
- Al Weiss, president of worldwide operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
- Allison Weiss, New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter
- Andre Weiß (born 1983), German former footballer
- Andrew Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ashmen Iskandar Weiss, Malaysian actor of German-Malay ancestry
- Avi Weiss, an American Modern Orthodox rabbi who heads the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
B
- Bernhard Weiss, German Biblical scholar
- Bianca Weiß, German field hockey goalkeeper
- Bill Weiss
- Birte Weiss, Danish journalist and politician
- Bob Weiss (born 1942), American basketball player and coach
C
- Carl Weiss, murderer of Huey Long
- Carl W. Weiss
- Chuck E. Weiss
- Christian Samuel Weiss, German mineralogist
- Clemens Weiss, German artist
D
- D. B. Weiss
- Daniel Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- David Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- David N. Weiss
- David S. Weiss
- David Weiss Halivni, Hungarian-Jewish scholar of Talmud
E
- Edmund Weiss (1837–1917), Austrian astronomer
- Elizabeth "Liz/Betty" Weiss (born 1946), lead singer of the American pop girl group "The Shangri-Las"
- Emanuel Weiss (1906–1944), New York organized criminal
- Eric Weiss, fictional character from the television series "Alias"
- Ernst August Weiß (1900—1942), German mathematician
- Ehrich Weiss (1874–1926), Hungarian-American illusionist and stunt performer whose stage name was Harry Houdini
F
- Frank E. Weiss, an American collegiate basketball player and Army officer
G
- Gaia Weiss, French-Polish model and actress
- Gary Weiss, American investigative journalist
- George David Weiss, American songwriter
- George Martin Weiss, American baseball executive
- George Weiss, American film producer
- George Henry Weiss (1898–1946), writer
- Guido Weiss, American mathematician
H
- Harald Weiss
- Harry Weiss (philatelist) (1888–1966), of Illinois
- Hartmut Weiß, German footballer
- Harvey Weiss
- Hermann Weiss
- Hymie Weiss
I
J
- Jack Weiss
- Jan Weiss, Czech writer.
- Janet Weiss
- Jennifer Weiss
- Jerry Weiss, American musician and member of Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Jim Weiss
- John Weiss
- Johnny Weiss
- Joseph Weiß, German painter and brother of Marx Weiß
- Joseph G. Weiss, Jewish Scholar
- Joseph Joshua Weiss, Austrian Chemist
- Joseph Hirsch Weiss
- Juleanna Glover Weiss
- Johannes Weiss, German theologian
- Julie Weiss, costume designer
L
- Leopold Weiss, alias Muhammad Asad
- Linda Weiss
- Louise Weiss, a French author, journalist, feminist and European politician
- Luigi "Gigi" Weiss, Italian ski mountaineer and biathlete
M
- Markus Nissa Weiss
- Martin Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Martin Gottfried Weiss, Commander of German concentration camp Majdanek from November 4, 1943 to May 18, 1944
- Marx Weiß, German renaissance painter
- Mary Weiss
- Max Weiss
- Michael Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- Michael Weiss, American figure skater
- Michael T. Weiss
- Michael Weiß (football manager)
- Michael Weiss (composer)
- Milberg Weiss
- Morris Weiss
- Myra Tanner Weiss
N
- Nathan Weiss, Austrian physicist and neurologist
- Nigel Weiss, South African astronomer and mathematician
- Norman Weiss
P
- Paul Weiss (disambiguation), multiple people
- Peter Weiss, German writer and artist
- Pierre Weiss, French physicist
R
- Rachel Weisz, British actress
- Rainbow George Weiss, British politician
- Rainer Weiss
- Rob Weiss
- Robert K. Weiss
- Roberto Weiss, Italian-British historian of Renaissance culture
- Robert Weiß (1920–1944), German World War II fighter ace
- Ruth Weiss (1908-2006), China
- Ruth Weiss *1924, writer
- Ruth weiss *1928, Beat generation
- Ruth Dolores Weiss *1978, musician
S
- Samuel Weiss
- Samuel A. Weiss
- Shaun Weiss
- Shevah Weiss, Israeli politician
- Sholam Weiss, Convicted felon
- Soma Weiss, Physician
- Stephen Weiss, Canadian ice hockey player
- Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German composer and lutenist
T
V
- Vladimír Weiss (footballer born 1939), former Slovak footballer
- Vladimír Weiss (footballer born 1964), his son, Slovakia national football team head coach
- Vladimír Weiss (footballer born 1989), his grandson, Pescara Calcio footballer
W
- Walt Weiss, American Baseball player, shortstop
- Walter Weiß, Nazi Germany 's Generaloberst, the Commander in Chief of Army Group North on the Soviet-German Front in 1945.
- Wilhelm Weiss
- Wojciech Weiss, a Polish artist
Y
- Rabbi Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss, a prominent Dayan, Halachic authority and Talmudic scholar
- Yisroel Dovid Weiss, US Haredi Rabbi
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