Weil (surname)

Weil, Weill, and Weyl are related German and German-Jewish surnames.

Notable bearers of the surnames include:

Weil

• Adolf Weil (physician) (or Adolph Weill) (1848–1916), German physician
• Adolf Weil (motorcyclist) (1938–2011), German motocross racer
• A. Leo Weil (1858–1938), American lawyer
• André Weil (1906–1998), French mathematician; brother of Simone
• Andrew Weil (born 1942), American physician
• Barbara Weil (1933–2018), American artist
• Baruch Schleisinger Weil (1802–1893), French-American farmer, real estate broker and politician
• Connor Weil (born 1993), American actor
• Cynthia Weil (1940–2023), American songwriter
• Edward Weil (1872–1932), American lawyer and politician
• Elizabeth Weil, American journalist and nonfiction writer
• Éric Weil (1904–1977), French-German philosopher
• Felix Weil (1898–1975), wealthy Argentinean who funded the Institute for Social Research (the "Frankfurt School")
• Gert Weil (born 1960), Chilean shot putter
• Gustav Weil (1808–1889), German Orientalist
• Guy Weill (1914–2006), Swiss-born American art collector
• Hanna Weil (1921–2011), German-born British artist
• Henri Weil (1818–1909), German-born French philologist
• Hermann Wilhelm Weil (1876–1949), American opera singer
• Irwin Weil (born 1928), American professor of Russian literature, son of Sidney Weil
• Jacob Weil (died before 1456), German rabbi and Talmudist
• Jacob Weil (writer) (1792–1864), German educator and writer
• Jiří Weil (1900–1959), Czech novelist
• Jo Weil (born 1977), German actor
• Joe Weil (born 1958), American poet
• Joseph Weil (1875–1976), American confidence man
• Kathleen Weil (born 1954), Quebec politician
• Léon Weil (1896–2006), French World War I veteran
• Liza Weil (born 1977), American actress
• Mark Weil (1952–2007), Soviet and Uzbek theatre director
• Martina Weil (born 1999), Chilean runner
• Nathaniel Weil (1687–1769), German rabbi and Talmudist
• Prosper Weil (1926–2018), French jurist
• Olga Strashun Weil (1903–1963), American amateur tennis player and golfer
• Rachel Judith Weil (born ca 1959), American historian
• Raoul Weil (born 1959), Swiss bank executive
• Robert Schoenhof Weil (1919–2016), American businessman and philanthropist
• Sage Weil (born 1978), American computer scientist
• Shraga Weil (1918–2009), Czech-Israeli artist
• Sidney Weil (1891–1966), American business executive and onetime owner of the Cincinnati Reds
• Simone Weil (1909–1943), French philosopher; sister of André
• Simone Weil (1927–2017), French Holocaust survivor, politician, and advocate for women's rights
• Stephan Weil (born 1958), German politician
• Terence Weil (1921–1995), British cellist
• Wendy Weinberg Weil (born 1958, née Weinberg), American Olympic medalist swimmer
• Wendy Weil Rush (née Weil), great-granddaughter of the Titanic's Strauses of Macy's and wife of Stockton Rush of OceanGate Titan

Weill

• Al Weill (1893–1969), French-American boxing manager
• Alain Weill (born 1961), French business executive
• Alain Weill (art critic) (born 1946), French art critic, expert in graphic design and advertising
• Claudia Weill, American film director
• Claudie Weill (1945–2018), French historian
• Étienne Weill-Raynal (1887–1982), French politician
• Gus Weill (1933–2018), American political consultant and author
• Kurt Weill (1900–1950), German-American composer
• Michel David-Weill (1932–2022), American investment banker; son of Pierre
• Michel Weill (1914–2001), French architect
• Peter Weill (born ca 1955), Australian computer scientist
• Pierre David-Weill (1900–1975), French investment banker; father of Michel
• Raymond Henry Weill (1913–2003), American philatelist; brother of Roger
• Roger G. Weill (1909–1991), American philatelist; brother of Raymond
• Sanford I. Weill (born 1933), American financier

Weyl

• Glen Weyl (born 1985) American economist and researcher
• Helene Weyl (1893-1948), German writer and translator
• Hermann Weyl (1885-1955), German mathematician
• Nathaniel Weyl (1910–2005) American economist and author
• Richard Weyl (1912-1988) German geologist

See also

• Wiel, given name and surname