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 for his conflict with Hincmar
  • Gottschalk of Aachen, 11th-century monk
  • Gottschalk (Slavic prince), 11th-century Slavic Prince of the Wends (Saint Gottschalk)
  • Gottschalk of Gembloux (), Benedictine historian and poet
  • 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
  • Andreas Gottschalk (1815–1849), German communist
  • 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
  • Joachim Gottschalk (1904–1941), German actor
  • John Gottschalk (1943–2024), 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

See also

  • Gotschalk
  • Gottschall
  • Gottschalck
  • Godchaux
  • Godshall
  • Abdullah (name)