Wertheimer is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Akiba Israel Wertheimer (1778–1835), rabbi
  • Alain and Gérard Wertheimer, French Jewish billionaire owners of Chanel
  • Wertheimer et Frère, partnership of the two brothers
  • Arjeh Yehuda Wertheimer (1862–1937), known as Constantin Brunner, German-Jewish philosopher
  • Asher Wertheimer (1843–1918), British art dealer who commissioned the Wertheimer portraits
  • Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer (1894–1957), Austrian and German diplomat, journalist, jurist and political scientist
  • Esther Wertheimer (1926–2016), Polish architect
  • (born 1947), French singer
  • Fred Wertheimer (born 1939), American political activist
  • Gustav Wertheimer (1847–1904), Austrian artist
  • Haim Ernst Wertheimer (1893–1978), German-born Israeli biochemist
  • Hedy Wertheimer (1907–1976), Austrian-American swimmer
  • Jack Wertheimer, American historian
  • Jacques Wertheimer (1911–1996), father of Pierre
  • John Wertheimer (1799–1883), English printer
  • Linda Wertheimer (born 1943), American broadcast journalist
  • Martha Wertheimer (1890–1942), German journalist, writer and rescuer of Jewish children from Nazi forces
  • Max Wertheimer (1880–1943), Prague-born Gestalt psychologist
  • Michael Wertheimer (1927–2022), psychologist, son of Max
  • Michael Wertheimer (born 1957), American cryptologic mathematician
  • Mildred S. Wertheimer (1896–1937), American political scientist
  • Peter Wertheimer (1947–2020), Romanian-Israeli jazz musician
  • Pierre Wertheimer (1888–1965), French businessman, co-founder of Chanel
  • Samson Wertheimer (1658–1724), German-Hungarian and Austrian rabbi, philanthropist
  • Solomon Aaron Wertheimer (1866–1935), rabbi
  • Stef Wertheimer (1926–2025), Israeli industrialist
  • Yair Wertheimer (born 1955), Israeli tennis player

Also

  • Fredric Wertham (originally Friedrich Ignatz Wertheimer, 1895–1981), German-American psychiatrist and author.
  • Ella Winter (originally Wertheimer, 1898–1980), Australian-British journalist and activist.
  • Pierre Wertheim (alias Pierre Armand Wertheimer, 1888–1971), French World War I flying ace

See also

  • Wertheim
  • Wertheim (surname)