Altschuler
Altschuler, Altshuler, Altschuller (Russian: Альтшуллер), Altshuller (Russian: Альтшуллер), Altschueler, Altshueler, or Alschuler is a Jewish surname of Ashkenazi origin. It is derived from the Altschul, Old Synagogue in Prague[1] and dates back to at least the 15th century.[2] After the 1542 explusion of the Jews from Prague, Altschulers settled in countries such as Lithuania, Poland, and Russia.[3] Today, not all people with the surname Altschuler are necessarily direct descendants from the Jews of Prague.[3]
In English, the surname literally translates to "from the old school" or "from the old synagogue" and was used to indicate pupils and instructors of the Jewish religion.[2] The agentive suffix -er was added to altschul to form the surname.[4]
Notable people with the surname include:
Alschuler
[edit]- Alfred S. Alschuler (1876–1940), American architect
- George W. Alschuler (1864–1936), American politician and businessman
- Daniel R. Altschuler (b. 1944), Uruguayan physicist
- Samuel Alschuler (1859–1939), federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals
- The Alschulers, an American political family
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Altschuler
[edit]- Adi Altschuler (born 1986), Israeli educator
- David Altschuler (1687–1769), rabbi and Bible commentator[2]
- Franz Altschuler (1923–2009), German artist and illustrator
- Glenn Altschuler, American writer and university-level educator and administrator
- John Altschuler (born 1963), American television and film producer and writer
- Modest Altschuler (1873–1963), Belarusian-American cellist, orchestral conductor, and composer
- Naphtali Hirsch Altschuler (16th–17th centuries), Talmudic scholar and writer
- Samuel Altshuler (1864–1956) Washington state and California businessman
- Vladimir Altschuler (born 1946), Russian orchestral conductor
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Altshuler
[edit]- Alan Altshuler, American academic and government official, professor of urban policy and planning
- Boris Altshuler (born 1955), Russian-American physicist
- Lev Altshuler (1913–2003), Russian physicist, father of Boris
- David Altshuler (curator), American Judaic scholar and museum curator
- David Altshuler (physician), American clinical endocrinologist and human geneticist
- Herbert Altshuler, American major general
- Lori L. Altshuler, American scientist
- Mor Altshuler, Israeli scholar
- Semen Altshuler (1911–1983), Soviet physicist
Altshuller
[edit]- Genrich Altshuller (1926–1998), Soviet engineer, inventor and scientist, journalist and writer
Altshiller
[edit]- Debra Altschiller (born 1968), American politician
- Nathan Altshiller Court (1881–1968), Polish–American mathematician
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References
[edit]- ↑ Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906, Altschul, Altschuler, Altschueler, or Alschuler
- 1 2 3 "ALTSCHULER Origin of surname". ANU Museum of the Jewish People.
- 1 2 Kaganoff, Rabbi Benzion. "Altschuler Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
- ↑ "Altschuler Surname Meaning & Altschuler Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2026-08-06.