# Altschul

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**Altschul** or **Altshul** is a [Jewish surname](/source/Jewish_surname) of [Ashkenazi](/source/Ashkenazi) origin. It is derived from the Altschul, [Old Synagogue](/source/Old_Synagogue_(Prague)) in [Prague](/source/Prague).[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

- [Andrew Foster Altschul](/source/Andrew_Foster_Altschul), American novelist
- [Annie Altschul](/source/Annie_Altschul) (1919–2001), British nursing administrator
- [Arthur Altschul](/source/Arthur_Altschul) (1920–2002), American banker
- [Barry Altschul](/source/Barry_Altschul) (born 1943), American jazz drummer
- [Eleazar Altschul](/source/Eleazar_Altschul) (died between 1632 and 1638), Jewish editor and writer
- [Frank Altschul](/source/Frank_Altschul) (1887–1981), American banker
- [Louis V. Arco](/source/Louis_V._Arco) (born Lutz Altschul, 1899–1975), Austrian-born American actor
- [Moses Altschul](/source/Moses_Altschul) (c. 1546–1633), Writer
- [Patricia Altschul](/source/Patricia_Altschul) (born 1941), American socialite, art collector, and television personality
- [Randi Altschul](/source/Randi_Altschul) (born 1960), American inventor
- [Serena Altschul](/source/Serena_Altschul) (born 1970), American broadcast journalist
- [Stephen Altschul](/source/Stephen_Altschul) (born 1957), American mathematician
- [Joseph Altschul](/source/Joseph_Altschul) (1839–1908), Hazzan, improvisor of Jewish songs

**Altshul** is the surname of

- [Elena Altshul](/source/Elena_Altsjoel) (also spelled Altsjoel or Altchoul; born 1964), Soviet draughts player, women's world draughts champion

## See also

- [Siri von Reis](/source/Siri_von_Reis) (1931–2021), American botanist, author and poet, whose standard botanical abbreviation is Altschul
- [Altschuler](/source/Altschuler) (and variants), surname

## References

1. Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906, [Altschul, Altschuler, Altschueler, or Alschuler](http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1335-altschul-altschuler-altschueler)

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