Colbert

Colbert may refer to:

People

France

• Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683), French Minister of Finances, Historical references to "Colbert" will usually mean him
• Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy (1625–1696), French diplomat, brother of Jean-Baptiste Colbert
• Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay (1651–1690), called Seignelay, French politician, son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert
• Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (1655–1707), French churchman, son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert
• Pierre David de Colbert-Chabanais (1774–1853), Napoleonic French Baron and leader of the Red Lancers

United States

• Holmes Colbert (fl. 1812–1850s), developer of the Chickasaw Nation's constitution in the 1850s
• Levi Colbert (1759–1834), also known as Itawamba, was a leader and chief of the Chickasaw in the American Southeast.
• George Colbert (c. 1764–1839), also known as Tootemastubbea, leader of the Chickasaw, soldier and a plantation owner in Mississippi
• J. Frank Colbert (1882-1949), Louisiana politician
• Edwin Harris Colbert (1905–2001), American vertebrate paleontologist
• Richard G. Colbert (1915-1973), four-star admiral, U.S. Navy
• Robert Colbert (born 1931), American television actor and star of The Time Tunnel
• Tom Colbert (born 1949), Oklahoma State Supreme Court Justice
• Brad Colbert (born 1974), United States Marine and subject of Generation Kill7
• Richard Colbert, American spammer

Other nations

• Conn Colbert (1896–1916), Irish rebel
• Gregory Colbert (born 1960), Canadian photographer and filmmaker

Entertainment

• Claudette Colbert (1903–1996), Oscar winning French-American actress
• Stephen Colbert (born 1964), American political satirist, writer, comedian and television host
  • Stephen Colbert (character), fictional persona of Stephen Colbert as portrayed on The Colbert Report

Sports

• Jim Colbert (born 1941), American golfer
• Nate Colbert (born 1946), American baseball player
• Danny Colbert (born 1950), American football player
• Kevin Colbert (born 1957), American football general manager
• Leigh Colbert (born 1975), Australian rules footballer
• Keary Colbert (born 1982), American football player

Given names

• Colbert I. King (born 1939), American journalist

Places

• Colbert County, Alabama
• Colbert, Georgia
• Colbert, Oklahoma
• Colbert, Washington
• Colbert's Ferry, historic Red River crossing on the National Register of Historic Places

Ships

• French ship Colbert, six ships of the French Navy named in honour of Jean-Baptiste Colbert
• Colbert-class ironclad, a class of warship used in the French Navy
• USS Colbert (APA-145), attack transport

Other

• Comité Colbert, French social committee
• Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (C.O.L.B.E.R.T.), International Space Station exercise device named for Stephen Colbert
• Limerick railway station, Ireland, also known as Colbert station
• The Colbert Report (est. 2005), satirical television show hosted by Stephen Colbert

Origin and etymology of the surname Colbert

They remain unclear. In France, the name is already mentioned in Champagne, in the 15th century. It seems to be a reduced form of Colibert, which is mentioned early in Champagne too. Colibert was originally a nickname from Latin Collibertus "freed slave". If not, it can be originally a Germanic given name *Colberht or the gallicized form of the Flemish surname Koelbert (ancient given name, mentioned as Colobert in the 7th century).^[1]

References

1. ↑ Albert Dauzat, Noms et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 140b.

See also

• Kolbert