Edelstein
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Edelstein is the German word for "gemstone". Edelstein is also a surname of German origin which means "noble stone" or in its literal sense "precious stone".
Surname
[edit | edit source]People with this surname include:
- Arnold Edelstein, Austrian-American cartoonist known as Ed Arno
- David Edelstein, American film critic
- Erez Edelstein, Israeli basketball coach
- Eric Edelstein, American actor
- Frances Edelstein, American businesswoman
- Gershon Edelstein, Israeli rabbi
- Gordon Edelstein, American theatre director
- Jakob Edelstein, the first Judenältester (Jewish Elder) in the Theresienstadt ghetto
- Joseph Edelstein, American Yiddish theater theatrical manager and theater owner and director
- Lisa Edelstein, American actress
- Ludwig Edelstein, German-born American classical scholar and historian of medicine
- Melville Edelstein, sociologist
- Morris Michael Edelstein, American lawyer and politician
- Neal Edelstein, American film producer
- Oscar Edelstein, Argentinian composer
- Pauline Edelstein, American Yiddish theatre actress and wife of Joseph Edelstein
- Robert Edelstein, American economist
- Samson Samsonov (né Edelstein), Russian film director and screenwriter
- Stuart J. Edelstein, Swiss-American biophysicist
- Victor Edelstein, British fashion designer
- Yoel Edelstein, Israeli politician
- William A. Edelstein, American physicist
Variations
[edit | edit source]- Charles Edelstenne, French billionaire
- Mark Eidelstein, Russian actor
- Vladimir Zhirinovsky (né Eidelstein), Russian politician, nobleman
- Sigmund Zois Freiherr von Edelstein
Fictional characters
[edit | edit source]- Roderich Edelstein (Austria), from the 2009 anime Hetalia
Toponymy
[edit | edit source]Other uses
[edit | edit source]- Edelstein Award (known as the HIST Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry), prize given by the American Chemical Society
- The Edelstein Center for Social Research, Brazilian think tank
- Edelsteinaspididae, taxonomy
- Precious Stones (film), German title Edelsteine, 1918 German silent film
- Rashba–Edelstein effect, physics
See also
[edit | edit source]- Æthelstan (disambiguation), the Old English cognate name
