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Revision as of 01:35, 20 October 2013 by ChrisGualtieri (talk | contribs) (General Fixes using AWB)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Colbert most commonly refers to:
People
Surnames
- Brad Colbert (born 1974), United States Marine and subject of Generation Kill
- Brent Colbert (born 1969), Canadian conservative public policy advisor
- Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy (1625–1696), French diplomat, brother of Jean-Baptiste Colbert
- Claudette Colbert (1903–1996), Oscar winning French-American actress
- Conn Colbert (1896–1916), Irish rebel
- Edwin Harris Colbert (1905–2001), American vertebrate paleontologist
- George Colbert (1916-2004), entrepreneur of Colbert Excavation
- Gregory Colbert (born 1960), Canadian photographer and filmmaker
- Holmes Colbert, developer of the Chickasaw Nation's constitution in the 1850s
- Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (1655–1707), French churchman, son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert
- Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683), French Minister of Finances
- Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay (1651–1690), called Seignelay, French politician, son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert
- J. Frank Colbert (1882-1949), Louisiana politician
- Jim Colbert (born 1941), American golfer
- Keary Colbert (born 1982), American football player
- Kevin Colbert (born 1957), American football general manager
- Leigh Colbert (born 1975), Australian rules footballer
- Levi Colbert, Chickasaw leader
- Nate Colbert (born 1946), American baseball player
- Pierre David de Colbert-Chabanais (1774–1853), Napoleonic French Baron and leader of the Red Lancers
- Richard Colbert, American spammer
- Richard G. Colbert (1915-1973), four-star admiral, U.S. Navy
- Robert Colbert (born 1931), American television actor and star of The Time Tunnel
- 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
- Tom Colbert (born 1949), Oklahoma State Supreme Court Justice
Given names
- Colbert I. King (born 1939), American journalist
Places
United States
- 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, 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).
References
- Albert Dauzat, Noms et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 140b.
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