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
See also Æthelstan (disambiguation), the Old English cognate name