Goldschmidt is a

German surname Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the "Name order, ...

meaning "

Goldsmith A goldsmith is a Metalworking, metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Modern goldsmiths mainly specialize in jewelry-making but historically, they have also made cutlery, silverware, platter (dishware), plat ...

". Notable people with the surname include: * Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848–1906), composer *

Adolph Goldschmidt Adolph Goldschmidt (15 January 1863 – 5 January 1944) was a Jewish German art historian. He taught at University of Berlin from 1892 to 1903, and University of Halle from 1904 to 1912. Biography He was born on 15 January 1863 in the Free and ...

(1863–1944), art historian *

Adolphe Goldschmidt Adolphe Benedict Hayum Goldschmidt (1838 – 6 April 1918) was co-inheritor of the Goldschmidt family's bank in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Life His father was Benedikt Hayum Goldschmidt, founder of the bank ''B.H. Goldschmidt'' and consul to ...

(1838–1918), German-British banker * Alfons Goldschmidt *

Berthold Goldschmidt Berthold Goldschmidt (18 January 190317 October 1996) was a German Jewish composer who spent most of his life in England. The suppression of his work by Nazi Germany, as well as the disdain with which many modernist critics elsewhere dismissed hi ...

(1903–1996), composer *

Carl Wolfgang Benjamin Goldschmidt Carl Wolfgang Benjamin Goldschmidt (4 August 1807 – 15 February 1851) was a German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist of Jewish descent who was a professor of astronomy at the University of Göttingen. He is also known as Benjamin Goldsc ...

(1807-1851), astronomer, mathematician, and physicist * Christina Goldschmidt, British statistician *

David M. Goldschmidt David M. Goldschmidt (born 21 May 1942, New York City) is an American mathematician specializing in group theory. Goldschmidt received in 1969 from the University of Chicago a Ph.D. under John Griggs Thompson with thesis ''On the 2-exponent of ...

(born 1942), American mathematician * Edmond Goldschmidt (1863–1934), French photographer * Elisabeth Goldschmidt (1912–1970), Israeli geneticist *

Ernst Philip Goldschmidt Ernst Philip Goldschmidt (1887–1954) was a Viennese-born antiquarian bookseller, scholar and bibliophile.Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt (born 2 May 1928) is a French writer and translator of German origin. Biography Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt was born in Reinbek near Hamburg, into a Jewish family of magistrates converted to Protestantism. His fath ...

(born 1928), French writer and translator of German origin *

Hans Goldschmidt Johannes Wilhelm "Hans" Goldschmidt (18 January 1861 – 21 May 1923) was a German chemist notable as the discoverer of the Thermite reaction. He was also co-owner of the Chemische Fabrik Th. Goldschmidt, as of 1911 Th. Goldschmidt AG (later to be ...

(1861–1923), chemist, son of Theodor Goldschmidt *

Harold Goldsmith Harold David Goldsmith (born Hans Goldschmidt), known as Hal (July 20, 1930 – March 13, 2004) was an American Olympic foil and epee fencer. Early and personal life Goldsmith was born in Gensungen, Felsberg, Hessen, Germany, and was Jew ...

, born Hans Goldschmidt (1930–2004), American Olympic foil and épée fencer *

Heinrich Jacob Goldschmidt Heinrich Jacob Goldschmidt, also Heinrich Jakob Goldschmidt (12 April 1857, in Prague, Austria-Hungary – 20 September 1937, in Oslo, Norway), was a Jewish Austrian chemist who spent most of his career working in Norway. He studied chemistry at t ...

(1857–1937), Austrian chemist, father of

Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Victor Moritz Goldschmidt (27 January 1888 – 20 March 1947) was a Norwegian mineralogist considered (together with Vladimir Vernadsky) to be the founder of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry, developer of the Goldschmidt Classificati ...

, founder of modern geochemistry *

Hermann Goldschmidt Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt (June 17, 1802 – August 30 or September 10 1866) was a German-French astronomer and painter who spent much of his life in France. He started out as a painter, but after attending a lecture by the famous Fren ...

(1802–1866), astronomer and painter *

Hilde Goldschmidt Hilde Goldschmidt (7 September 1897 – 7 August 1980) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. Facing persecution under the Nazi regime, she sought refuge in Britain during the Second World War before establishing herself in Austria i ...

(1897–1980), artist *

Jakob Goldschmidt Jakob Goldschmidt (also Jacob Goldschmidt; born 31 December 1882 in Eldagsen; died 23 September 1955 in New York) was a German-Jewish banker. Career Goldschmidt studied banking from H. Oppenheimer in Hanover. In 1907, he worked at the National ...

(1882-1955), German banker *

John Goldschmidt John Goldschmidt''a British-Austrian film director and producer. Goldschmidt was born in London, but grew up in Vienna leaving at the age of 16 to return to London. Goldschmidt has both Austrian and British nationality. He went to the Gymnasium ...

(1943–2025), British-Austrian film director and producer *

Lazarus Goldschmidt Lazarus Goldschmidt (born at Plungė, December 17, 1871; died in England, April 18, 1950) was a German Jewish writer and translator. He translated the Babylonian Talmud into German, and was the first to translate the entire Babylonian Talmud. He r ...

(1871–1950), German writer and translator *

Levin Goldschmidt Levin Goldschmidt (30 May 1829 – 16 July 1897) was a German jurist, judge and academic. He was a Judge at the Reichsoberhandelsgericht and a professor at the University of Berlin. Between 1875 and 1877 he also served as a member of the German P ...

(1829–1897), jurist *

Márcia Goldschmidt Márcia von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, best known as Márcia Goldschmidt (born July 22, 1960) is a Brazilian television presenter, writer, digital influencer, YouTuber and businesswoman. Personal life Goldschmidt-Rothschild was born into a humbl ...

(1962), Brazilian TV presenter *

Marie Goldschmidt Marie Goldschmidt aka Mme. (Gustave) Goldschmidt born Marie Kann (1880–1917) was a French aeronaut who co-piloted a balloon world distance record in 1913 of over 2,400 km. She was the first woman to enter an Fédération Aéronautique Inter ...

(1890–1917), French aeronaut *

Meïr Aaron Goldschmidt Rabbi Meir () was a Jewish sage who lived in the time of the Mishnah. He was one of the Tannaim of the fourth generation (139–163), and a disciple of Rabbi Akiva. He is the second most frequently mentioned sage in the Mishnah and is mentioned ov ...

(1819–1887), publisher and writer *

Neil Goldschmidt Neil Edward Goldschmidt (June 16, 1940 – June 12, 2024) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from the state of Oregon who held local, state, and federal offices over three decades. After serving as mayor of Portland, Oregon, ...

(born 1940), U.S. politician *

Nicholas Goldschmidt Nicholas Goldschmidt, (December 6, 1908 – February 8, 2004) was a Canadian conductor, administrator, teacher, performer, music festival entrepreneur and artistic director. He was the grand-nephew of famed composer Adalbert von Goldschmidt (184 ...

(1908-2004), conductor, artistic director *

Otto Goldschmidt Otto Moritz David Goldschmidt (21 August 1829 – 24 February 1907) was a composer, conductor, pianist and educator, whose works included a piano concerto and other piano pieces, and an oratorio, ''Ruth'', on a biblical theme, written for the Th ...

(1829–1907), German composer *

Pascal Goldschmidt Pascal J. Goldschmidt-Clermont is a Belgian-American cardiologist and cardiovascular researcher, and former dean of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. Until January 2016, he also served as chief executive officer of the Uni ...

(–), cardiologist, and dean of University of Miami School of Medicine *

Paul Goldschmidt Paul Edward Goldschmidt (born September 10, 1987), nicknamed Goldy, is an American professional baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks and St. ...

(born 1987), American baseball player *

Pinchas Goldschmidt Pinchas Goldschmidt (born 21 July 1963) is a Swiss-born rabbi also known as a religious scholar and Jewish community leader. He was the Chief Rabbi of Moscow, Russia from 1993 until 2022, serving at the Moscow Choral Synagogue. He also founde ...

(born 1963), Chief Rabbi of Moscow and President of the CER *

Richard Benedikt Goldschmidt Richard Benedict Goldschmidt (April 12, 1878 – April 24, 1958) was a German geneticist. He is considered the first to attempt to integrate genetics, development, and evolution. He pioneered understanding of reaction norms, genetic assimilatio ...

(1878–1958), geneticist *

Robert Goldschmidt Robert B. Goldschmidt (1877–1935) was a Belgian chemist, physicist, and engineer who first proposed the idea of standardized microfiche (microfilm). Goldschmidt was a polymath who also made advances in aviation and radio, among other fields. ...

(1877–1935), Belgian physicist *

Rudolf Goldschmidt Rudolf Goldschmidt (1876–1950) was a German engineer and inventor, best known for the development of the Goldschmidt alternator radio transmitter, and the tone wheel receiver. Biography Early life Goldschmidt was born on March 19, 1876, in ...

(1876–1950), engineer and inventor *

Samuel Goldschmidt Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated a ...

(), German banker in Berlin * Sandra Goldschmidt (born 1976), German trade unionist *

Siegfried Goldschmidt Siegfried Samson Goldschmidt (29 October 1844 – 31 January 1884) was a German Indologist. His interest was centered upon Prakrit grammar and vocabulary, and his articles formed valuable contributions to the investigation of middle Indo-Aryan la ...

(1844–1884), German Indologist * Theodor Goldschmidt (1817–1875), chemist *

Tijs Goldschmidt Paul-Tijs (Tijs) Goldschmidt (born 30 January 1953 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch writer and evolutionary biologist. Since 1 March 2012, Goldschmidt is writer in residence of the Artis Bibliotheek, which is part of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). ...

(born 1953), Dutch writer and evolutionary biologist *

Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt (10 February 1853 – 8 May 1933) was a German mineralogist, natural philosopher and art collector. He produced a nine-volume atlas of crystal forms (''Atlas der Krystallformen'') from 1913 to 1923 which was influent ...

(1853–1933), chemist *

(1888–1947), geochemist, considered the founder of modern geochemistry. Son of

, Austrian chemist * Victor Goldschmidt (philosopher) (1914–1981), French historian of philosophy

Similar names

Goldschmidt family The Goldschmidt family is a family of German Jewish descent, originally from Frankfurt am Main, known for their success in banking and finance. With origins tracing back to the 15th century, most members were forced to leave Frankfurt after the ...

Goldschmid Goldschmid is a German surname meaning "gold smith". Notable people with the surname include: * Harvey Goldschmid, law professor at Columbia University * David Goldschmid, American television writer and producer See also * Goldschmid * Goldschm ...

Goldschmied Goldschmied is a German surname meaning "goldsmith". Notable people with the surname include: *Antony Goldschmied (born 1964), British entrepreneur *Elinor Goldschmied (1910–2009), British educationalist *Felix Goldschmied (born 1938), Australian ...

Goldschmitt Goldschmitt is a German surname meaning "goldsmith". It may refer to: * Daniel Goldschmitt (born 1989), German footballer * '' The Family Goldschmitt'' (1971), a poem collection by Henri Coulette See also * Goldschmid * Goldschmidt * Goldschmied ...

* Goldsmid *

Aurifaber Aurifaber (the Latinized form of the German surname " Goldschmidt" or "Goldschmied" meaning "gold smith") was a surname borne by three prominent men of the Reformation period in Germany: * Andreas Aurifaber (1514–1559), physician from Bresla ...

Geochemistry

* Goldschmidt classification (geochemistry) *

Goldschmidt tolerance factor Goldschmidt's tolerance factor (from the German word ''Toleranzfaktor'') is an indicator for the stability and distortion of crystal structures. It was originally only used to describe the perovskite ABO3 structure, but now tolerance factors are a ...

(geochemistry) *

V. M. Goldschmidt Award The V. M. Goldschmidt Award is an award given by the Geochemical Society at the V. M. Goldschmidt Conference for achievements in the fields of geochemistry and cosmochemistry. The award in honor of Victor Moritz Goldschmidt, a pioneer in both thos ...

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