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 as a hero of the Jansenists and for his conflict with Hincmar
 * Gottschalk of Aachen, 11th-century monk
 * Gottschalk (Slavic prince), 11th-century Slavic Prince of the Wends (Saint Gottschalk)
 * 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
 * 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
 * John Gottschalk (born 1943), 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