Gottschalk or Godescalc (

Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous ...

) is a male

German name 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, ...

that can be translated literally as "

servant of God Servant of God () is a title used in the Catholic Church to indicate that an individual is on the first step toward possible canonization as a saint. Terminology The expression ''Servant of God'' appears nine times in the Bible, the first five in ...

". Latin forms include ''Godeschalcus'' and ''Godescalcus''. Similarly, the Arabic equivalent of the name is Abdullah (عبد الله), which also translates to "servant of God," reflecting a shared linguistic and cultural concept of devotion across different traditions.

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* Godescalc of Benevento, 8th-century Lombard duke *Godescalc (), Carolingian

scribe A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of Printing press, automatic printing. The work of scribes can involve copying manuscripts and other texts as well as ...

; author of the Godescalc Evangelistary *Godescalc of Le Puy, 10th-century bishop, first documented pilgrim of the Via Podiensis *

Gottschalk of Orbais Gottschalk of Orbais (, ''Gotteschalchus''; c. 808 – 30 October 868) was a Saxon theologian, monk and poet. Gottschalk was an early advocate for the doctrine of Predestination (Calvinism)#Double predestination, double predestination, an issue t ...

, a 9th-century theologian, poet, and unwilling monk, best known for his conflict with

Hincmar Hincmar (; ; ; 806 – 21 December 882), archbishop of Reims, was a Frankish jurist and theologian, as well as the friend, advisor and propagandist of Charles the Bald. He belonged to a noble family of northern Francia. Biography Early life Hincm ...

* 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 *a 12th-century Holstein peasant, protagonist of the '' Visio Godeschalci'' * Gottschalk von Ahlefeldt (died 1541), last Catholic bishop of Schleswig

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* Alfred Gottschalk (biochemist) (1894–1973), German biochemist * Alfred Gottschalk (rabbi) (1930–2009), German-born American rabbi * 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 * Heyno Gottschalk, († 1541), Lutheran monk, the last abbot in Oldenstadt * Jacob C. Gottschalk (c. 1670–c. 1763), American Mennonite bishop * Jessica Gottschalk (born 1984), American Advanced Family Nurse Practitioner * John Gottschalk (born 1943), 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 Marie Gottschalk (born December 17, 1958) is an American political scientist and professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, known for her work on mass incarceration in the United States. Gottschalk is the author of ''The Pri ...

(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

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* Gottschalks, a former retail chain in the United States * ''

Gottschalk v. Benson ''Gottschalk v. Benson'', 409 U.S. 63 (1972), was a Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that a process claim directed to a numerical algorithm, as such, was not patentable because "the pat ...

'', a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court patent case

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