Gotthold is a name of German origin. People with the name include:
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Gotthold Eisenstein
Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein (16 April 1823 – 11 October 1852) was a German mathematician who made significant contributions to number theory and mathematical analysis, analysis. Born in Berlin, Prussia, to Jewish parents who converted to ...
(1823–1852), German mathematician
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Gotthold Gloger (1924–2001), German writer and painter
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Samuel Gotthold Lange
Samuel Gotthold Lange (born 22 March 1711 in Halle (Saale); died 25 June 1781 in Beesenlaublingen, Bernburg district) was a German writer.
Biography
He was the son of the pietist Joachim Lange. He studied theology at Halle, and there became ac ...
(1711-1781), German poet
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (; ; 22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the dev ...
(1729—1781), German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist, and art critic
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Gotthold Salomon
Gotthold Salomon (born as Schlomo Salman ben Lippmann haLewi; November 1, 1784 in Sandersleben (Anhalt-Dessau) – November 17, 1862 in Hamburg) was a German Jewish rabbi, politician and Bible translator.
Following on the work of Moses Mendelsso ...
(1784-1862), German rabbi, politician and Bible translator.
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Gotthold Schwarz
Gotthold Schwarz (born 2 May 1952) is a German Bass-baritone and conductor. Based in Leipzig, he started as a member of the Thomanerchor and has conducted the Gewandhausorchester. Between 2016 and 2021, he was the 17th Thomaskantor after Johann ...
(born 1952), German bass-baritone singer and conductor
People with the surname
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Helene Gotthold
Helene Gotthold (31 December 1896 – 8 December 1944) was a Jehovah's Witness who was guillotined by Nazi Germany at Plötzensee Prison. She was charged with giving asylum to men who refused to fight for the Nazis and for holding illegal meetings ...
(1896–1944), a Jehovah's Witness executed by the Nazis
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Grube Gotthold
Grube Gotthold ("Gotthold Pit") is a former brown coal and gravel pit in the South Brandenburg county of Elbe-Elster.
History
The former mine known as Grube Gotthold is located about 2 kilometres west of the village of Hohenleipisch in the Ger ...
, a former mine in eastern Germany
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Gottfried
Gottfried is a masculine German given name.
It is derived from the Old High German name , recorded since the 7th century, and composed of the elements (conflated from the etyma for "God" and "good", and possibly further conflated with ) and ("pe ...
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Gotthelf,
Gotthilf Gotthilf is a male given name. Notable people with this name include:
*Gotthilf Christoph Wilhelm Busolt (1771–1831), German scholar
*Gotthilf Fischer (1928–2020), German choir and orchestra director
* Gotthilf Hagen (1797–1884), German physi ...
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Gottheil
Gustav Gottheil (May 28, 1827, Pinne/Pniewy, Grand Duchy of Posen, Prussia – April 15, 1903, New York City) was a Prussian-born American rabbi. Gottheil eventually became one of the most influential, well-known and controversial Reform Jew ...
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Gottlieb
Gottlieb (formerly D. Gottlieb & Co.) was an American arcade game corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is best known for creating a vast line of pinball machines and arcade games (including ''Q*bert'') throughout much of the 20th century.
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Gottschalk 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''. Similarly, the Arabic equivalent of the name is Abdullah (عبد الل ...
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Gottschall Gottschall is a German surname meaning "God's echo". Notable people with the surname include:
* Elaine Gottschall (1921–2005), American proponent of specific carbohydrate diet
* Joan B. Gottschall (born 1947), United States federal judge
* Jon ...
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Gottwald Gottwald is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Clytus Gottwald (1925–2023), German composer, conductor and musicologist
*Felix Gottwald (born 1976), Austrian Nordic combined athlete who competed from 1994 to 2007
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