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

External links

• Gottesmans on the web
• Gottesman Surname Project