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:

• 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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• 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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• 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

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• Genrich Altshuller (1926–1998), Soviet engineer, inventor and scientist, journalist and writer

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• Debra Altschiller (born 1968), American politician
• Nathan Altshiller Court (1881–1968), Polish–American mathematician

• Altschul / Altshul

Surname list

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