Family name Wightman (Wightman 
) , in all the world, is quite a common last name. The cognomen Wightman is habitual in Malta, where it is quite a rare surname, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
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| Wightman | United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Canada, United States |
| william wightman English Member of Parliament (b. 1335) |
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| edward wightman English radical Anabaptist, last person to be burned at the stake for heresy in England, GB (b. 1580) |
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| john wightman 1598-1663 (b. 1598) |
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| george wightman birth/death: 1632-1721 or 2 or 1632-1721 or 1722 LCAuth[n95016722] VIAF[14013355] (b. 1632) |
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| valentine wightman American Baptist minister (b. 1681) |
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| joseph wightman British army officer, GB (b. 1700) |
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| timothy wightman Chaplain, CT (1719-1796) (b. 1719) |
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william wightman English judge (b. 1784) |
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william joseph wightman politician in Massachusetts, US (1810-1886), US (b. 1810) |
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joseph wightman American politician, US (b. 1812) |
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| john gano wightman American Baptist minister (b. 1766) |
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frances lucy wightman wife of Matthew Arnold, 1825-1901 (b. 1825) |
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| william wightman American artist, 1780-1856 (b. 1780) |
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| elias r. wightman Texan colonist and surveyor, US (b. 1792) |
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| joseph wightman Canadian farmer, merchant and political figure on Prince Edward Island, CA (b. 1806) |
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