Columbus

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Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "Colombo". It most commonly refers to:

Christopher Columbus
Columbus, Ohio, capital of this U.S. state

Columbus may also refer to:

People

Surname

Bartholomew Columbus (c. 1461–1515), younger brother of Christopher Columbus
Chris Columbus (filmmaker) (born 1958), American film maker
Diego Columbus (1479/80–1526), eldest son of Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Columbus (1488–1539), the second son of Christopher Columbus
Scott Columbus (1956–2011), long-time drummer for the heavy metal band Manowar

Forename

Columbus Caldwell (1830–1908), American politician
Columbus Germain (1827–1880), American politician
Columbus Short (born 1982), American choreographer and actor

Places

In the United States, Columbus may refer to:

Populated places

Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Illinois
Columbus, Indiana, known for modern architecture
Columbus, Kansas
Columbus, Kentucky
Columbus, Minnesota
Columbus, Mississippi
Columbus, Missouri
Columbus, Montana
Columbus, Nebraska
Columbus, New Jersey
Columbus, New Mexico
Columbus, New York
Columbus, North Carolina
Columbus, North Dakota
Columbus, Ohio, the largest city in United States with this name
Columbus, Texas
Columbus, Wisconsin
Columbus (town), Wisconsin

Other uses

Columbus (2015 film), an Indian film
Columbus (2017 film), an American drama film
Columbus (ISS module), the European module for the International Space Station
Columbus (novel), a 1941 novel by the British writer Rafael Sabatini depicting the explorations of Christopher Columbus
Columbus (song), a song by the band Kent from their album Tillbaka till samtiden
Columbus (spacecraft), a program to develop a European space station 1986–1991
Columbus (Star Trek), a shuttlecraft in Star Trek series
COLUMBUS, ab initio quantum chemistry software
Columbus Communications, a cable television and broadband speed Internet service provider in the Caribbean region
Columbus Edwards, the character known as Lum of Lum and Abner
Columbus hops, a variety of hops
Columbus Salame, an American food processing company
Columbus Tubing, an Italian manufacturer of bicycle frame tubing
ColumBus, former name of Howard Transit in Howard County, Maryland
Generation of Columbuses, tragic generation of Poles born ca. 1920, who had to fight 20 years later
MS Columbus, a cruise ship owned by Hapag-Lloyd
SS Christopher Columbus, Great Lakes excursion liner (1893–1933)
SS City of Columbus, a passenger steamer that sailed from Boston to Savannah and sank off Martha's Vineyard in 1884
SS Columbus (1873), an American merchantman converted in 1878 into the Russian cruiser Asia
SS Columbus (1924), a transatlantic ocean liner for the North German Lloyd steamship line
USS Columbus, various ships of the US Navy