Colt (surname)

Colt is the surname with English origin of:

People

Individuals

• 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

• Colt baronets
• Colt family incest case, an Australian family discovered to have been engaging in four generations of incest

Fictional characters

• Christopher Colt, protagonist of the Colt .45 (TV series)

See also

• Colt (disambiguation)
• Colt (given name)