Gerstein is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • David Gerstein (born 1974), comics author and editor as well as an animation historian
  • Dudu Gerstein (born 1944), Israeli painter and sculptor
  • Emma Gerstein (1903–2002), Russian historian and literary critic
  • Irving Gerstein (born 1941), Canadian businessman, politician, Conservative member of the Canadian Senate
  • Jonah Gerstein (1827–1891), Lithuanian educationalist and Hebraist
  • Kirill Gerstein (born 1979), American and Russian pianist
  • Kurt Gerstein (1905–1945), German SS officer and member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS
  • Leila Gerstein, American television producer and screenwriter
  • Luisa Gerstein, British singer-songwriter and member of Landshapes
  • Mark B. Gerstein, American scientist working in bioinformatics
  • Mordicai Gerstein (1935–2019), American artist, writer, and film director
  • Noemí Gerstein (1910–1996), Argentine sculptor
  • Reva Gerstein (1917–2020), Canadian psychologist and educator
  • Richard Gerstein (1923–1992), American lawyer and Florida state attorney who obtained the first conviction in the Watergate scandal

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