# Edelstein

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'''Edelstein''' is the [German](/source/German_language) word for "[gemstone](/source/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:
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* [Arnold Edelstein](/source/Ed_Arno), Austrian-American cartoonist known as Ed Arno
* [David Edelstein](/source/David_Edelstein), American film critic 
* [Erez Edelstein](/source/Erez_Edelstein), Israeli basketball coach
* [Eric Edelstein](/source/Eric_Edelstein), American actor
* [Frances Edelstein](/source/Frances_Edelstein), American businesswoman
* [Gershon Edelstein](/source/Gershon_Edelstein), Israeli rabbi
* [Gordon Edelstein](/source/Gordon_Edelstein), American theatre director
* [Jakob Edelstein](/source/Jakob_Edelstein), the first Judenältester (Jewish Elder) in the [Theresienstadt](/source/Theresienstadt_concentration_camp) [ghetto](/source/ghetto) 
* [Joseph Edelstein](/source/Joseph_Edelstein), American Yiddish theater theatrical manager and theater owner and director
* [Lisa Edelstein](/source/Lisa_Edelstein), American actress
* [Ludwig Edelstein](/source/Ludwig_Edelstein), German-born American classical scholar and historian of medicine
* [Melville Edelstein](/source/Melville_Edelstein), sociologist
* [Morris Michael Edelstein](/source/Morris_Michael_Edelstein), American lawyer and politician
* [Neal Edelstein](/source/Neal_Edelstein), American film producer
* [Oscar Edelstein](/source/Oscar_Edelstein), Argentinian composer
* [Pauline Edelstein](/source/Pauline_Edelstein), American Yiddish theatre actress and wife of Joseph Edelstein
* [Robert Edelstein](/source/Robert_Edelstein), American economist
* [Samson Samsonov](/source/Samson_Samsonov) (né Edelstein), Russian film director and screenwriter
* [Stuart J. Edelstein](/source/Stuart_J._Edelstein), Swiss-American biophysicist
* [Victor Edelstein](/source/Victor_Edelstein), British fashion designer
* [Yoel Edelstein](/source/Yoel_Edelstein), Israeli politician
* [William A. Edelstein](/source/William_A._Edelstein), American physicist
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===Variations===
* [Charles Edelstenne](/source/Charles_Edelstenne), French billionaire
* [Mark Eidelstein](/source/Mark_Eidelstein), Russian actor
* [Vladimir Zhirinovsky](/source/Vladimir_Zhirinovsky) (né Eidelstein), Russian politician, nobleman
* [Sigmund Zois Freiherr von Edelstein](/source/Sigmund_Zois_Freiherr_von_Edelstein)

===Fictional characters===
* Roderich Edelstein (Austria), from the 2009 anime ''[Hetalia](/source/Hetalia)''

==Toponymy==
* [Edelstein, Illinois](/source/Edelstein%2C_Illinois)

==Other uses==
* [Edelstein Award](/source/Edelstein_Award) (known as the HIST Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry), prize given by the [American Chemical Society](/source/American_Chemical_Society)
* [The Edelstein Center for Social Research](/source/The_Edelstein_Center_for_Social_Research), Brazilian think tank
* [Edelsteinaspididae](/source/Edelsteinaspididae), taxonomy
* [''Precious Stones'' (film)](/source/Precious_Stones_(film)), German title ''Edelsteine'', 1918 German silent film
* [Rashba–Edelstein effect](/source/Rashba%E2%80%93Edelstein_effect), physics

==See also==
* [Æthelstan (disambiguation)](/source/%C3%86thelstan_(disambiguation)), the Old English cognate name

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Category:German-language surnames
Category:Ornamental surnames
Category:Surnames of Jewish origin
Category:Yiddish-language surnames

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