Gottesman
Gottesman is a fairly uncommon surname originating in Europe. Gottesman is of Germanic origin meaning man of God.
Gottesman may refer to the following people:
- Rabbi Moshe Gottesman rabbi, educator and community leader.
- Beyle Schaechter–Gottesman, a leading contemporary Yiddish singer, songwriter, and poet
- Blake Gottesman, the former personal aide and body man to President George W. Bush
- Daniel Gottesman, a computer scientist, known for his work regarding quantum error correction
- David Gottesman, billionaire on the board of directors of Berkshire Hathaway
- Irving Gottesman, a psychiatric geneticist
- Michael Gottesman, a lawyer and a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center
- Noam Gottesman, a founding partner of GLG Partners, a hedge fund
- Rubin Gottesman, a man found guilty of trafficking in child pornography in United States v. X-Citement Video
- S.D. Gottesman, a pen-name of author Cyril M. Kornbluth
- Samuel Gottesman, a businessman who brought Central National-Gottesman to prominence
- Sanford Gottesman, president of The Gottesman Company and board member of OPIC (and father of Blake Gottesman)
- Stephen Gottesman, Astronomer and educator. Honored by asteroid Dr G17602
Gottesman may also refer to:
- 18668 Gottesman, an asteroid named after David Alexander Gottesman (see Meanings of minor planet names: 18001–19000)
- Gottesman–Knill theorem, a 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, a pulp and paper marketer