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- Aaron WexlerAaron WexlerAaron Wexler is an artist based in New York.Wexler was born in Philadelphia. He makes layered acrylic and paper collages on surfaces of panel and paper...
- Anne WexlerAnne WexlerAnne L. Wexler was an American influential Democratic political consultant, public policy advisor and later, the first woman to head a leading lobbying firm in Washington.-Early life and education:...
(1930–2009), political advisor and lobbyist - Bernardo WexlerBernardo WexlerBernardo Wexler was an Argentine chess master.-Biography:Born to Jewish parents in Bucharest, Romania, he emigrated to Argentina at the age of seven. His chess career began after World War II.In 1951, Wexler tied for 6-7th in Mar del Plata/Buenos Aires...
(1925–1992), chess International Master - Dan Wexler, see Icon (band)Icon (band)Icon is an American heavy metal/glam metal band that formed in 1981, disbanding in 1990.-Formation:Originally known as Schoolboys, Icon was formed in 1981, in Phoenix, Arizona by high school friends Dan Wexler , Stephen Clifford and Tracy Wallach . They were joined by David Henzerling and John...
- David WexlerDavid WexlerDavid B. Wexler is a Professor of Law at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a Distinguished Research Professor of Law at the James E. Rogers College of Law, Tucson, Arizona, and the Director of the International Network on Therapeutic Jurisprudence.Wexler is credited with first...
, American law professor - Donald WexlerDonald WexlerDonald Wexler is an influential Mid-Century modern architect whose work is predominantly in the Palm Springs area. He is known for pioneering the use of steel in residential design. He was born in South Dakota in 1926 and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1950 and worked for Richard...
, American architect - Eleonora WexlerEleonora WexlerEleonora Wexler is an ACE Awarded Argentine actress, who started her career in Argentine version of the musical Annie, aged nine.-Theatre:*Annie *Cosa de Magia...
, Argentine actress - Elmer WexlerElmer WexlerElmer Wexler is an illustrator and cartoonist. He is most famous for his work on comic strips and comic books in the 1940s, including being the inventor of the DC comic hero Miss America in 1941. He is credited with being the first artist to draw a soap-opera style comic strip - Vic Jordan from...
, American graphic designer - Glen WexlerGlen WexlerGlen Wexler is an American photographer who is best known for his elaborately staged digital photocompositions of improbable situations.-Biography:Wexler was born in Palm Springs, CA...
, American photographer - Glenn WexlerGlenn WexlerGlenn Thomas Walksler is an American contemporary artist based in Chicago. He is known primarily for works involving silkscreen printing and photographic site-specific installations...
, American contemporary artist - Harry WexlerHarry WexlerHarry Wexler was an American meteorologist.He attended Harvard University, and in 1939 he was awarded a Ph.D...
(1911–1962), American meteorologist - Haskell WexlerHaskell WexlerHaskell Wexler, A.S.C. is an American cinematographer, film producer, and director. Wexler was judged to be one of film history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the International Cinematographers Guild.-Early life and education:Wexler was born to a Jewish...
(born 1922), American cinematographer and director - Ian WexlerIan WexlerIan Wexler is an Irish-American soccer player. He played for Longford Town F.C. in Ireland.In 2002, Wexler graduated from Benilde-St. Margaret's School in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. He was an 2000 and 2001 All-State soccer player at Benilde-St. Margaret, scoring 23 goals and adding 22 assists...
, soccer player - Jerrold WexlerJerrold WexlerJerrold Wexler was a noted American businessman. He was the brother of cinematographer Haskell Wexler and the stepfather of actress Daryl Hannah. Wexler was born in Chicago and attended Northwestern University....
(1924–1992), American businessman - Jerry WexlerJerry WexlerGerald "Jerry" Wexler was a music journalist turned music producer, and was regarded as one of the major record industry players behind music from the 1950s through the 1980s...
(1917–2008), American music writer and producer - Jonathan WexlerJonathan WexlerJonathan Wexler is a Canadian actor from London, Ontario, who was a member of the Original Kids Theater Company and the Amabile Boys Choir...
, Canadian actor - Karen WexlerKaren WexlerKaren Wexler Cates was a fictional character on the ABC soap operas General Hospital and its spin-off, Port Charles. She was portrayed by Cari Shayne on General Hospital from April 1992 until November 1994 on General Hospital...
, fictional soap opera character - Leonard D. WexlerLeonard D. WexlerLeonard D. Wexler is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.Judge Wexler received a B.S. from Indiana University in 1947 and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 1950. He was nominated to the court by Ronald Reagan on May 11, 1983,...
, American judge - Nancy WexlerNancy WexlerNancy Wexler FRCP is a geneticist and the Higgins Professor of Neuropsychology at Columbia University, best known for her discovery of the location of the gene that causes Huntington's disease . Despite having an AB and PhD in clinical psychology, Wexler instead chose to work in genetics...
, geneticist, discoverer of the gene that causes Huntington's diseaseHuntington's diseaseHuntington's disease, chorea, or disorder , is a neurodegenerative genetic disorder that affects muscle coordination and leads to cognitive decline and dementia. It typically becomes noticeable in middle age. HD is the most common genetic cause of abnormal involuntary writhing movements called chorea... - Natalie WexlerNatalie WexlerNatalie Wexler is a novelist and historian. She is a graduate of the Bryn Mawr School, Radcliffe College , the University of Sussex , and the University of Pennsylvania Law School , where she served as editor-in-chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review...
- Norman WexlerNorman WexlerNorman Wexler was a screenwriter whose work included such films as Saturday Night Fever, Serpico and Joe, for which he received an Oscar nomination in 1971...
- Paul Wexler (actor)
- Paul Wexler (linguist), Israeli linguist
- Paul WexlerPaul WexlerPaul Wexler , was an American character actor. Tall and physically imposing with a long face and deep baritone voice, he specialized in macabre or off-beat roles....
, American actor - Robert Freeman WexlerRobert Freeman WexlerRobert Freeman Wexler is an American writer of surreal fantasy. He lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio. He was born in Houston, TX and lived there until leaving to attend college at the University of Texas in Austin, TX, where he received a bachelor's degree in journalism.-Books:* In Springdale Town ...
, American writer - Robert Wexler (rabbi)Robert Wexler (rabbi)Rabbi Robert Wexler is the president of the American Jewish University , formerly known as the University of Judaism . He has been listed among the top 50 most influential American rabbis in Newsweek, ranking number seven in 2007 and ranking number three in 2008. He has also been included in the...
, university president - Robert WexlerRobert WexlerRobert Wexler is the president of the Washington-based S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace.Wexler was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing , from 1997 until his resignation on January 3, 2010.-Early life:Wexler was born in Queens, New York to Sonny and...
, American politician - Sy WexlerSy WexlerSy Wexler was an American filmmaker best known for the hundreds of educational short films he made, mostly during the 1960s and 70s...
, American film maker - Victor Raider-WexlerVictor Raider-WexlerVictor Raider-Wexler is an American television and film actor.-Career:Raider-Wexler started his career in the 1970s. He was the stage manager for the 1976 Broadway play Best Friend...
, American television and film actor
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- Mount Wexler, United States
- Wexler (crater)Wexler (crater)Wexler is a lunar impact crater that lies across the south-southeast limb of the Moon. In this location not much detail about the formation can be discerned from the Earth, and it must be viewed from orbit to see most of the structure...
, lunar impact crater