People
- Elie Wiesel (born 1928), Hungarian-American novelist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, philosopher, humanitarian, and Holocaust survivor
- Emíl Wíesel (1866–1943), Russian-German painter and arts curator
- Torsten Wiesel (born 1924), Swedish medical researcher, Nobel Prize in Medicine co-laureate, campaigner for human rights
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