Colbert may refer to:
People
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Colbert (name)
Colbert is an English and French surname and given name of uncertain etymology. It is possible that it appeared independently several times throughout history. The name is recorded in England in the 11th century Domesday Book in Devon, Cheshire, an ...
, list of people with the name "Colbert". It most often refers to:
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Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert ( ; born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin; September 13, 1903July 30, 1996) was an American actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of talking pictures ...
(1903–1996), Oscar-winning French-American actress
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (; 29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) was a French statesman who served as First Minister of State from 1661 until his death in 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His lasting impact on the organization of the countr ...
(1619–1683), a Controller-General of Finances under the French king Louis XIV
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Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( ; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the satirical Comedy Central program ''The Colbert Report'' from 2005 to ...
( 1964), an American satirist and host of ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert''
Places
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Colbert County, Alabama
Colbert County () is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the county's population was 57,227. The county seat is Tuscumbia. The largest city is Muscle Shoals.
The county is named in ...
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Colbert, Georgia
Colbert ( ) is a city in Madison County, Georgia, United States. The population was 592 at the 2010 census.
History
The Georgia General Assembly first incorporated the place in 1899 as the "Town of Five Forks"; the town was officially renamed "Co ...
, United States
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Colbert, Oklahoma
Colbert is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,140 at the 2010 census, a 7 percent increase over the figure of 1,065 recorded in 2000. It was incorporated in 1939.
History
Colbert men became prominent leaders amo ...
, United States
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Colbert, Washington
Colbert () is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington, Spokane County, Washington (state), Washington, United States. The town is on U.S. Route 2 in Washington, U.S. Route 2, north of the city of Spokane, Wash ...
, United States
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Colbert's Ferry
Colbert's Ferry was an important Red River crossing between Texas and Indian Territory from about 1853 to 1899. Both the Texas Road and the Butterfield Overland Mail route crossed here. It was located on the Texas Road about southeast of present ...
, historic Red River crossing on the National Register of Historic Places, United States
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Colbert Mountains
The Colbert Mountains () are a group of isolated mountains with several rounded snow-covered summits, the highest at , overlooking Handel Ice Piedmont between Haydn Inlet and Schubert Inlet in the west central part of Alexander Island. It was firs ...
, located on Alexander Island, Antarctica
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Mount Colbert
Mount Colbert () is a mountain rising to , east of Mount Borcik and south-southwest of Mount Stump in the southeast Hays Mountains, Queen Maud Mountains. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in association with Mount Stum ...
, Antarctic mountain in the Ross Dependency
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Colbert Hills
Colbert Hills Golf Course is a public golf course located in Manhattan, Kansas. Utilizing the natural ecosystem of the surrounding Flint Hills, it is a links-style course with few trees. From its opening to 2011 Colbert Hills was ranked by ''Gol ...
, golf course in Manhattan, Kansas, United States
Ships
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French ship ''Colbert'', six ships of the French Navy named in honour of Jean-Baptiste Colbert
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''Colbert''-class ironclad, a class of warship used in the French Navy
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USS ''Colbert'' (APA-145), United States Navy attack transport
Other
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Comité Colbert
The Comité Colbert is an association "to promote the concept of luxury." The members are 81 French luxury brands. It was founded in 1954 by Jean-Jacques Guerlain.
''Métiers'' or Trade Sectors
The association is divided into thirteen métiers o ...
, French social committee
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(C.O.L.B.E.R.T.), International Space Station exercise device named for Stephen Colbert
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Limerick railway station
Limerick Station ( ga, Stáisiún Luimnigh) also known as Colbert Station ( ga, Stáisiún Uí Cholbáird) or Limerick Colbert serves the city of Limerick in County Limerick. It is on Parnell Street and is the main station on the Limerick S ...
, Ireland, renamed Colbert Station in 1966 for Conn Colbert
See also
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Kolbert Kolbert is a surname. Notable people named Kolbert are:
* Elizabeth Kolbert (born 1961), journalist and author, staff writer for ''The New Yorker'', especially on climate change
* Kathryn Kolbert, lawyer and journalist, activist on women's reproduc ...
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French-language surnames