Edelstein

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:

• 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.
  • Pauline Edelstein, American Yiddish Theatre actress and wife of Joseph Edelstein.
  • 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
  • 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:
  • Charles Edelstenne, French billionaire
  • Vladimir Zhirinovsky (né Eidelstein), Russian politician, nobleman
  • Sigmund Zois Freiherr von Edelstein

Toponymy:

• Edelstein, Illinois

Other :

• 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

• Æthelstan (disambiguation), the Old English cognate name