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 of the Godescalc Evangelistary

• , 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

• Godeschalc, 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

• Arthur R. Gottschalk (1925–2020), American politician from Illinois

• 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

• Fred Gottschalk (1902–1965), American politician from Nebraska

• 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)