# Rothstein

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**Rothstein** is a Germanic-language (German, Yiddish) surname of several possible origins: [toponymic surname](/source/Toponymic_surname) from a place with the same name near [Merseburg](/source/Merseburg); from a Germanic personal name, Hrodstein (*hrod-* (*[Hróð](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hr%C3%B3%C3%B0-)-*), "fame", "glory",[1] meaning "famous stone"). Ashkenazic Jewish / Yiddish: ornamental compound surname: rot 'red' + Stein 'stone', akin to "[Rotstein](/source/Rotstein_(surname))".[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

- [Andrew Rothstein](/source/Andrew_Rothstein) (1898–1994), Russian-British journalist
- [Arnold Rothstein](/source/Arnold_Rothstein) (1882–1928), New York businessman and gambler, who became a famous kingpin of organized crime
- [Arthur Rothstein](/source/Arthur_Rothstein) (1915–1985), American photographer
- Joseph Rothstein (1917–1966), the President of East Meadow Jewish Center
- [Bo Rothstein](/source/Bo_Rothstein) (born 1954), Swedish political scientist
- [Edward Rothstein](/source/Edward_Rothstein), American music critic and composer
- [Henry Rothstein](/source/Henry_Rothstein), academic at King's College London
- Israel Rothstein, birth name of [Israel Eliraz](/source/Israel_Eliraz) (1936–2016), Israeli poet
- [Jesse Rothstein](/source/Jesse_Rothstein), economics professor at the University of California, Berkeley
- [Marshall Rothstein](/source/Marshall_Rothstein) (born 1940), Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- [Mikael Rothstein](/source/Mikael_Rothstein) (born 1961), Danish writer and historian
- [Ron Rothstein](/source/Ron_Rothstein) (born 1942), basketball coach
- [Theodore Rothstein](/source/Theodore_Rothstein) (1871–1953), Soviet emigre journalist and writer in Great Britain, later ambassador of the Soviet Union
- [Richard Rothstein (academic)](/source/Richard_Rothstein_(academic)), American historian and social scientist

## Fictional characters

- [Albert Rothstein](/source/Albert_Rothstein), a comic book superhero
- [John Rothstein](/source/John_Rothstein), a writer from Stephen King's novel *[Finders Keepers](/source/Finders_Keepers_(King_novel))*
- Sam "Ace" Rothstein, a character in the film *[Casino](/source/Casino_(1995_film))*
- Alexander Rothstein, a character in the German film *Haps*[3]

## See also

- [Rostagnus](/source/Rostagnus)

## References

1. [Oscar Kuhns](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author%3ALevi_Oscar_Kuhns), "Studies in Pennsylvania German Family Names", in: *Americana Germanica Quarterly*, vol.4, 1902, [p.306](https://books.google.com/books?id=VAELAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA306)

1. *Dictionary of American Family Names*, Oxford University Press, as cited by ancestry.com

1. [https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/manchmal-muss-man-ein-raubtier-sein-gefangnisdrama-haps-feiert-premiere-in-berlin-13290061.html](https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/manchmal-muss-man-ein-raubtier-sein-gefangnisdrama-haps-feiert-premiere-in-berlin-13290061.html)

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