Wightman

Wightman may refer to:

• Andrew Wightman (born 1967), Australian water polo player
• Andy Wightman (born 1963), Scottish politician and writer
• Arthur Wightman (1922–2013), American theoretical physicist
• Brian Wightman (politician) (born 1976), Australian politician
• Bruce Wightman (1925–2009), actor who co-founded the Dracula Society in London in 1973
• Cathryn Wightman (born 1978), Australian synchronized swimmer
• Edith Wightman (1938–1983), British historian and archaeologist
• Edward Wightman (1566–1612), English Baptist, last person to be burnt for heresy in England.
• Glenn Wightman (born 1961), Australian ethnobotanist
• Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886–1974), American tennis player
• Jake Wightman (born 1994), British athlete
• John Wightman (1930–2017), American lawyer and politician
• John Wightman of Mauldslie, (c.1670-1740), Scottish merchant, Lord Provost of Edinburgh
• Joseph Wightman (general) (c.1665-1722), a British soldier of the eighteenth century
• Julia Parker Wightman (1909–1994), American bibliophile and book collector
• Louise Wightman (Lucy) (born 1959), American bodybuilder and dancer
• Mark Wightman (born 1947), British chemist
• Ralph Wightman (1901–1971), British agriculturalist and broadcaster
• Reginald Wightman (1899–1981), Canadian politician
• Robert Wightman (born 1952), American actor
• Thomas Wightman (1811–1888), American painter
• Bishop William May Wightman (1808–1882), American educator and clergyman

Places

• Wightman, Iowa, United States
• Wightman, Virginia, United States
• Wightmans Grove, Ohio, United States

Other uses

• Wightman axioms in quantum field theory, named after Arthur Wightman
• Wightman Cup, a former tennis competition between UK and U.S.A. named after Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

See also

• Gairdner Foundation Wightman Award
• Whiteman (disambiguation)
• Weightman
• Wigman