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, Bishop of Freising, Bishop of Freising, beneficiary of the 996 Ostarrîchi document
• Gottschalk (Slavic prince), 11th-century Slavic Prince of the Wends (Saint Gottschalk)
• a 12th-century Holstein peasant, protagonist of the Visio Godeschalci

Surname:

• Carl W. Gottschalk (1922–1997) American professor and kidney researcher
• John Gottschalk (born 1943) 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
• Thomas Gottschalk, German entertainer and actor (born 1950)
• Alfred Gottschalk (biochemist), German biochemist
• Alfred Gottschalk (rabbi)
• Timo Gottschalk, German rally navigator

See also

• Gottschall