Waxman, or alternatively Wachsmann, is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Al Waxman (1935–2001), Canadian actor
• Alois Wachsman (1898–1942), Czech painter and architect
• Bedřich Wachsmann (1820–1897), Czech painter and architect
• Chaim I. Waxman (born 1941), sociologist
• Daniel Wachsmann (born 1946), Israeli filmmaker, producer, and director
• David Waxman, American DJ, remixer and producer
• Esther Wachsmann (or Esther Hamerman; 1886–1977), Polish-born American painter
• Franz Waxman (1906–1967), composer
• Harry Waxman (1912–1984), English cinematographer
• Henry Waxman (born 1939), American politician
• Jiří Voskovec (Wachsmann) (1905–1981), Czech-American actor
• Jonathan Waxman (born 1950), American chef
• Keoni Waxman (born 1968), American film director
• Klaus Wachsmann (1907–1984), ethnomusicologist
• Konrad Wachsmann (1901–1980), architect
• Matthew Waxman (born c. 1972), American legal scholar and author
• Michael Waxman, American film and television director
• Meyer Waxman (1887–1969), rabbi and scholar
• Mordecai Waxman (1917–2002), Conservative rabbi
• Murray Waxman (1925–2022), Canadian basketball player
• Nachshon Wachsman (1975–1994), Israeli soldier
• Nikolaus Wachsmann (born 1971), German historian
• Seth P. Waxman (born 1951), U.S. Solicitor General
• Sharon Waxman (born c.1963), American journalist
• Sidney Waxman (1923–2005), American horticulturist and educator
• Stan Waxman (1922–2013), American basketball player
• Stephen Waxman (born 1945), American neurologist and neuroscientist
• Wayne Waxman, American philosopher

See also

• Waxman Committee, named after Henry Waxman
• Waxman report, named after Henry A. Waxman
• Hatch-Waxman Act
• om Hatch Waxman Exemption
• Waxman-Markey (Bill)
• Waxman-Geschwind syndrome
• Waksman
• Wachsmann

Surname list

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