'''Edelstein''' is the German word for "gemstone". Edelstein is also a surname of German origin which means "noble stone" or in its literal sense "precious stone".
==Surname== People with this surname include: {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * Arnold Edelstein, Austrian-American cartoonist known as Ed Arno * David Edelstein, American film critic * Erez Edelstein, Israeli basketball coach * Eric Edelstein, American actor * Frances Edelstein, American businesswoman * Gershon Edelstein, Israeli rabbi * Gordon Edelstein, American theatre director * Jakob Edelstein, the first Judenältester (Jewish Elder) in the Theresienstadt ghetto * Joseph Edelstein, American Yiddish theater theatrical manager and theater owner and director * Lisa Edelstein, American actress * Ludwig Edelstein, German-born American classical scholar and historian of medicine * Melville Edelstein, sociologist * Morris Michael Edelstein, American lawyer and politician * Neal Edelstein, American film producer * Oscar Edelstein, Argentinian composer * Pauline Edelstein, American Yiddish theatre actress and wife of Joseph Edelstein * Robert Edelstein, American economist * Samson Samsonov (né Edelstein), Russian film director and screenwriter * Stuart J. Edelstein, Swiss-American biophysicist * Victor Edelstein, British fashion designer * Yoel Edelstein, Israeli politician * William A. Edelstein, American physicist {{Div col end}}
===Variations=== * Charles Edelstenne, French billionaire * Mark Eidelstein, Russian actor * Vladimir Zhirinovsky (né Eidelstein), Russian politician, nobleman * Sigmund Zois Freiherr von Edelstein
===Fictional characters=== * Roderich Edelstein (Austria), from the 2009 anime ''Hetalia''
==Toponymy== * Edelstein, Illinois
==Other uses== * Edelstein Award (known as the HIST Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry), prize given by the American Chemical Society * The Edelstein Center for Social Research, Brazilian think tank * Edelsteinaspididae, taxonomy * ''Precious Stones'' (film), German title ''Edelsteine'', 1918 German silent film * Rashba–Edelstein effect, physics
==See also== * Æthelstan (disambiguation), the Old English cognate name
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