Rothstein is a Germanic-language (German, Yiddish) surname of several possible origins: toponymic surname from a place with the same name near Merseburg; from a Germanic personal name, Hrodstein (hrod- (Hróð-), "fame", "glory",^[1] meaning "famous stone"). Ashkenazic Jewish / Yiddish: ornamental compound surname: rot 'red' + Stein 'stone', akin to "Rotstein".^[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

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

Fictional characters

• Albert Rothstein, a comic book superhero
• John Rothstein, a writer from Stephen King's novel Finders Keepers
• Sam "Ace" Rothstein, a gambler in the movie Casino

See also

• All pages with titles containing Rothstein
• Rostagnus

References