Gottschalk

Gottschalk or Godescalc (Old High German) is a male German name that can be translated literally as "servant of God". Latin forms include Godeschalcus and Godescalcus.

Given name

• Godescalc of Benevento, 8th-century Lombard duke
• Godescalc (fl. 781–783), Carolingian scribe; author of the Godescalc Evangelistary
• Godescalc of Le Puy, 10th-century bishop, first documented pilgrim of the Via Podiensis
• Gottschalk of Orbais, a 9th-century theologian, poet, and unwilling monk, best known as a hero of the Jansenists and for his conflict with Hincmar
• Gottschalk (Slavic prince), 11th-century Slavic Prince of the Wends (Saint Gottschalk)
• a 12th-century Holstein peasant, protagonist of the Visio Godeschalci

Surname

• Alfred Gottschalk (biochemist) (1894–1973), German biochemist
• Alfred Gottschalk (rabbi) (1930–2009), German-born American rabbi
• Ben Gottschalk (born 1992), American NFL football player
• Carl W. Gottschalk (1922–1997), American professor and kidney researcher
• Heyno Gottschalk, († 1541), Lutheran monk, the last abbot in Oldenstadt
• Jacob C. Gottschalk (c. 1670–c. 1763), American Mennonite bishop
• John Gottschalk (born 1943), American newspaper publisher
• Joseph Gottschalk (1950–2003), American cycling exhibitionist
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869), American composer and pianist
• Louis F. Gottschalk (1864–1934,) American composer
• Louis A. Gottschalk (1916–2008), American psychiatrist
• Robert Gottschalk (1918–1982), American camera technician and founder of Panavision
• Timo Gottschalk (born 1974), German rally navigator
• Thomas Gottschalk (born 1950), German entertainer and actor
• Walter Gottschalk (1918–2004), American mathematician

Other uses

• Gottschalks, a former retail chain in the United States
• Gottschalk v. Benson, a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court patent case

See also

• Gottschall