Edelstein

Last updated December 21, 2025

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:

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

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