Gottesman is a surname of Germanic origin meaning man of God. Notable people with the surname include: Beyle Schaechter–Gottesman, Yiddish singer, songwriter, and poet Blake Gottesman, personal aide and bodyguard to President George W. Bush Daniel Gottesman, physicist, Perimeter Institute David Gottesman, billionaire, director of Berkshire Hathaway David Gottesman (politician) Dov Gottesman (1917–2011), Israeli art collector, president of the Israel Museum from 2001-11 Irving Gottesman, psychiatric geneticist Joan Gottesman Wexler (born 1946), American Dean and President of Brooklyn Law School Michael Gottesman (lawyer), lawyer and law professor at Georgetown University Michael M. Gottesman, biochemist, National Institutes of Health Moshe Gottesman, rabbi, educator and community leader Noam Gottesman (born 1961), founding partner of GLG Partners hedge fund, son of Dov Rebecca Gottesman, neurologist and epidemiologist, Johns Hopkins University Rubin Gottesman, man found guilty of trafficking in child pornography in United States v. X-Citement Video S.D. Gottesman, pen-name of author Cyril M. Kornbluth Samuel Gottesman, businessman who brought Central National-Gottesman to prominence Sanford Gottesman, president of The Gottesman Company, board member of OPIC, father of Blake Susan Gottesman, microbiologist, National Institutes of Health See also 18668 Gottesman, asteroid named after David Alexander Gottesman (born 1986) Gottesman–Knill theorem, theoretical result in quantum computing (QC) that states that an important subclass of quantum circuits, called stabilizer circuits, can be simulated efficiently Central National-Gottesman, pulp and paper marketer External links Gottesmans on the web Gottesman Surname Project German-language surnames Jewish surnames