Gottschalk
Gottschalk is a male given name and a family name .
Origin and meaning
The name Gottschalk means 'Gottesknecht', it is made up of the Old High German words got 'Gott' and scalc 'Knecht', 'servant'.
variants
- Gottschalck, Godtschalck, Godzschalck
- In ancient or Latinized form also Godescalcus , Godtschalckus
First name
- Gottschalk, a farmer who experienced the Visio Godeschalci
- Gottschalk von Aachen (11th / early 12th century), important advisor to Emperor Heinrich IV.
- Gottschalk von Ahlefeldt , Bishop of Schleswig
- Gottschalk Diedrich Baedeker (1778–1841), German publisher and bookseller
- Gottschalk (Corvey) (lat.Godescalcus; † 913), from 890 to 900 Abbot of Corvey
- Gottschalk von Diepholz († 1119), from 1110 to 1119 Bishop of Osnabrück
- Gottschalk (Eichstätt) († around 882), Bishop of Eichstätt
- Gottschalk von Gabelizo († after 1117), progenitor of the Counts of Jabilinze and Belzig and the Burgraves of Brandenburg
- Gottschalk von Hagenau († 1005), Bishop of Freising
- Gottschalk von Havelberg († after Easter 1085), Bishop of Havelberg in exile from 1049 at the latest to at least 1085
- Gottschalk von Heiligenkreuz OCist, ruled from about 1133 to about 1147; the first abbot of Heiligenkreuz
- Gottschalk Hollen (* around 1411; † 1481) was a German preacher and Augustinian monk
- Gottschalk von Kreuznach († between 1409 and 1421), Jewish German entrepreneur who worked in Cologne, Kreuznach and Frankfurt am Main
- Gottschalk Kruse (1499–1540), German theologian and reformer
- Gottschalk von Minden († 1112), bishop
- Gottschalk von Orbais (Gottschalk der Sachse, Godescalcus; * around 803, † around 869), scholar, monk and poet
- Gottschalk von Ratzeburg (lat. Godescalcus; † 1235), bishop of Ratzeburg
- Gottschalk der Wende († 1066), Christian missionary, prince of the Wends, martyr
- Gottschalk von Wickede (1597–1667), Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
- Gottschalk von Worms (* mid-14th century; † probably after 1398), German Jewish entrepreneur
- Gottschalk von Zutphen (also Gottschalk von Twente; † around 1063), Count in Agradingau, Emsgau, Hettergau and Twente, and from 1046 Count of the County of Zutphen
family name
A.
- Albert Gottschalk (1866–1906), Danish painter
- Alfred Gottschalk (politician) (1863-1942), German politician (USPD, SPD)
- Alfred Gottschalk (sculptor) (1872–1934), German sculptor
- Alfred Gottschalk (biochemist) (1894–1973), German-Australian biochemist
- Alfred Gottschalk (Rabbi) (1930–2009), German-American rabbi
- Alice Haubrich-Gottschalk (1892–1944), German gynecologist and pediatrician, and promoter of modern art
- Andreas Gottschalk (1815–1849), German doctor
- Arno Gottschalk (* 1956), German politician (SPD), member of the Bremen citizenship
- Arthur Gottschalk (* 1952), American composer
- August Gottschalk (politician) (1869 – after 1924), German teacher and politician (DDP), MdL
- August Gottschalk (teacher) (1870–1927), civil servant and teacher of the Jewish community in Esens (East Friesland), namesake of the August Gottschalk House in Esens
- August Gottschalk (1921–2014), German soccer player
B.
- Bernd Gottschalk (* 1943), President of the Association of the Automotive Industry from 1996 to 2007
C.
- Carl Gottlieb Gottschalk (1824–1887), German mining official and university professor
- Christa Gottschalk (1927-2018), German actress
- Christoph Gottschalk (Manager) (* 1953), German entrepreneur
- Christoph Gottschalk (politician) (* 1977), German politician in France
D.
- Daniel Gottschalk (* 1972), German cameraman
- Dietrich Diederichs-Gottschalk (* 1950), German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and art historian
E.
- Eberhard Gottschalk (1936–2015), German business scientist
- Elisabeth Gottschalk (1912–1989), Dutch historical geographer
- Ernst Gottschalk (sculptor) (1877–1942), German sculptor
- Ernst Friedrich Gottschalk (1802-1851), German manufacturer and politician
F.
- Ferdinand Gottschalk (1858–1944), British actor and playwright
- Franz Gottschalk , Danish guitarist and bassist
- Friedrich-Karl Gottschalk (1892–1960), German major general
- Fritz Gottschalk (1853–1917), landowner and member of the German Reichstag
G
- Gabriela Gottschalk (* 1978), German choreographer, dancer and singer
- Gerhard Gottschalk (* 1935), German microbiologist and genome researcher
- Gunda Gottschalk (* 1969), German violinist
H
- Hanns Gottschalk (1909–2001), German-Austrian writer
- Hans Gottschalk (producer) (* 1926), German screenwriter and producer
- Hans Benedikt Gottschalk (1930–2004), German-British classical philologist
- Hans-Joachim Gottschalk (* 1943), German lawyer and political official (CDU)
- Hans Karl Gottschalk (1891–1941), German cameraman
- Hans Ludwig Gottschalk (1904–1981), German Arabist
- Heinz-Jürgen Gottschalk ( "Gotte" Gottschalk ; * 1948), German musician
- Herbert Gottschalk (1910–1971), German athletics champion in the relay race
- Herbert Gottschalk ( Ata Hajan ; 1919–1981), German writer
- Hermann Gottschalk (1855–1930), German teacher, composer, high school reformer
- Heyno Gottschalk († 1541), from 1506 to 1530 the last abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Oldenstadt
- Hildegard Gottschalk (1896–1990), German educator and Bremen vocational school director
J
- Joachim Gottschalk (1904–1941), German actor
- Jonas Gottschalk (* 1998), German basketball player
- Joseph Gottschalk (1904–1996), German Roman Catholic theologian and priest
K
- Karl Gottschalk (1928–1991), German politician (SPD), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Katrin Gottschalk (economist) (* 1978), German economist
- Katrin Gottschalk (athlete) (* 1978), German ultra runner
- Katrin Gottschalk (journalist) (* 1985), German journalist
- Kay Gottschalk (* 1965), German politician (AfD)
- Klaus Gottschalk (* 1937), German sports medicine specialist and university professor
L.
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869), American composer
- Ludwig Gottschalk (1876–1967), German film distributor and producer
M.
- Manfred Gottschalk (1932–1982), German clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop of Oudtshoorn
- Maren Gottschalk (* 1962), German author, historian and journalist
- Margarete Gottschalk (stage name Margot Leander ; 1895 – after 1929), German concert and opera singer
- Max Gottschalck (1835–1899), Prussian major general
- Meike Gottschalk (* 1970), German actress
N
- Niels Gottschalk-Mazouz (1967–2019), German philosopher and physicist
- Norbert Gottschalk (* 1954), German jazz musician (vocals, guitar, trumpet, flugelhorn), composer and music teacher
P
- Peter Gottschalk (* 1942), American economist
- Pit Gottschalk (* 1968), sports journalist, manager, editor-in-chief
R.
- Regina Gottschalk (* 1940), German Germanist and historian
- Robert Gottschalk (painter) (1906–1967), German painter
- Robert Gottschalk (inventor) (1918–1982), American inventor and company founder
- Rudolf Gottschalk (1886 – after 1945), German politician (SPD)
S.
- Sigmund Gottschalk (1860–1914), German gynecologist
- Shimon Gottschalk (* 1929), American social work scientist of German origin
T
- Thea Gottschalk (* 1945), German actress
- Thomas Gottschalk (* 1950), German television entertainer
- Tillmann Gottschalk (1905–1991), German dialect poet and author
- Timo Gottschalk (* 1974), German rally navigator
W.
- Walter Gottschalk (librarian) (1891–1974), German librarian and orientalist
- Walter Gottschalk (politician) (1893–1952), German politician (NSDAP)
- Walter Gottschalk (Romanist) (1894–1969), German Romanist, English studies and lexicographer
- Walter H. Gottschalk ( Walter Helbig Gottschalk ; 1918-2004), American mathematician
- Wilhelm Gottschalk (1768–1843), Swiss engraver and pewter of German origin
- Winfried Gottschalk , (* 1944), German racing cyclist
- Wolfgang Gottschalk (* 1945), German bookseller, journalist and author
Well-known namesake of the Gottschalck family name
- August Adolf Gottschalck (1794–1855), German lawyer and politician
- Detlef Gottschalck (* 1963), German politician (CDU), State Councilor in Hamburg
- Friedrich Gottschalck (1772–1854), German collector of sagas, librarian and editor
- Ulrike Gottschalck (* 1955), German politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag
Web links
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