Colt (surname)
Appearance
Colt is the surname of:
People
[edit]Individuals
[edit]- Alvin Colt (1916–2008), American costume designer
- Elizabeth Jarvis Colt (1826–1905), American businesswoman and philanthropist, widow and heir of Samuel Colt
- Ethel Barrymore Colt (1912-1977), American actress, producer, and singer
- Harry Colt (1869–1951), English golf-course architect
- James Colt (1932–2008), American lawyer and politician
- John C. Colt (1810–1842), American bookkeeping authority and murderer, brother of Samuel Colt
- Johnny Colt (born 1968), American bass guitarist
- Judah Colt (1761–1832), early settler of Erie County, Pennsylvania
- LeBaron Bradford Colt (1846–1924), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island and judge
- Marshall Colt (born 1948), former actor and currently a practicing psychologist
- Maximilian Colt (died after 1641), Flemish sculptor who emigrated to England and became the King's Master Carver
- Roswell L. Colt (1779-1856), American businessman
- Samuel Colt (1814–1862), American inventor and industrialist, founder of Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company
- Samuel P. Colt (1852–1921), American industrialist and politician, nephew of Samuel Colt
Groups
[edit]- Colt baronets
- Colt family incest case, an Australian family discovered to have been engaging in four generations of incest
Fictional characters
[edit]- Christopher Colt, protagonist of the Colt .45 (TV series)