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 as a hero of the Jansenists and for his conflict with Hincmar Gottschalk (Slavic prince), 11th-century Slavic Prince of the Wends (Saint Gottschalk) a 12th-century Holstein peasant, protagonist of the Visio Godeschalci Surname Alfred Gottschalk (biochemist) (1894–1973), German biochemist Alfred Gottschalk (rabbi) (1930–2009), German-born American rabbi 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 John Gottschalk (born 1943), 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 Gottschall Gottschalck Godchaux Godshall Abdullah (name) German masculine given names German-language surnames Jewish surnames