Rothstein

Rothstein is a Germanic-language (German, Yiddish) surname of several possible origins: toponymic surname from a place with the same name near Merseburg; from a Germanic personal name, Hrodstein (hrod- (Hróð-), "fame", "glory", meaning "famous stone"). Ashkenazic Jewish / Yiddish: ornamental compound surname: rot 'red' + Stein 'stone', akin to "Rotstein".

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Andrew Rothstein (1898–1994), Russian-British journalist
 * Arnold Rothstein (1882–1928), New York businessman and gambler, who became a famous kingpin of organized crime
 * Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), American photographer
 * Joseph Rothstein (1917–1966) Past President of East Meadow Jewish Center,
 * Bo Rothstein (born 1954), Swedish political scientist
 * Edward Rothstein, American music critic and composer
 * Henry Rothstein, academic at King's College London
 * Israel Rothstein, birth name of Israel Eliraz (1936–2016), Israeli poet
 * Jesse Rothstein, economics professor at the University of California, Berkeley
 * Marshall Rothstein (born 1940), Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
 * Mikael Rothstein (born 1961), Danish writer and historian
 * Ron Rothstein (born 1942), basketball coach
 * Theodore Rothstein (1871–1953), emigre journalist and writer in Great Britain, later ambassador of the Soviet Union
 * Richard Rothstein (academic), American historian and social scientist

Fictional characters

 * Albert Rothstein, a comic book superhero
 * John Rothstein, a writer from Stephen King's novel Finders Keepers
 * Sam "Ace" Rothstein, a gambler in the movie Casino