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 (), 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 for his conflict with Hincmar
• Gottschalk of Aachen, 11th-century monk
• Gottschalk (Slavic prince), 11th-century Slavic Prince of the Wends (Saint Gottschalk)
• Gottschalk of Gembloux (), Benedictine historian and poet
• a 12th-century Holstein peasant, protagonist of the Visio Godeschalci
• Gottschalk von Ahlefeldt (died 1541), last Catholic bishop of Schleswig

Surname

• Alfred Gottschalk (biochemist) (1894–1973), German biochemist
• Alfred Gottschalk (rabbi) (1930–2009), German-born American rabbi
• Andreas Gottschalk (1815–1849), German communist
• Ben Gottschalk (born 1992), American NFL football player
• Carl W. Gottschalk (1922–1997), American professor and kidney researcher
• Elisabeth Gottschalk (1912–1989), German-born Dutch historical geographer and professor
• Heyno Gottschalk, († 1541), Lutheran monk, the last abbot in Oldenstadt
• Jacob C. Gottschalk (c. 1670–c. 1763), American Mennonite bishop
• Joachim Gottschalk (1904–1941), German actor
• John Gottschalk (1943–2024), American newspaper publisher
• Joseph Gottschalk (1950–2003), American cycling exhibitionist
• Kay Gottschalk (born 1965), German politician
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869), American composer and pianist
• Louis F. Gottschalk (1864–1934), American composer
• Louis A. Gottschalk (1916–2008), American psychiatrist
• Marie Gottschalk (born 1958), American political scientist
• 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

• Gotschalk
• Gottschall
• Gottschalck
• Godchaux
• Godshall
• Abdullah (name)