Colgate is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Gilbert Colgate Gilbert Bayard Colgate Jr. (December 21, 1899 – October 9, 1965) was an American businessman and bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, w ...

(1899–1965), American bobsledder *

Pat Colgate Pat Colgate is the artistic director of the Placer Theatre Ballet dance company, which she founded. She designs all costumes and directs choreography for each original ballet staged there. Pat Colgate trained in ballet in Boston, Massachusetts, ...

, artistic director of the dance company

Placer Theatre Ballet Placer Theatre Ballet is a Pre-professional youth ballet company in Placer County, California, USA, that produces two full length ballet's each season. Important people * Shea Wing, Artistic Director Current * Pat Colgate, Artistic Director 199 ...

Stirling Colgate Stirling Auchincloss Colgate (; November 14, 1925 – December 1, 2013) was an American physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and a professor emeritus of physics, past president at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexic ...

(1925–2013), American physicist *

William Colgate William Colgate (January 25, 1783 – March 25, 1857) was an English-American soap industrialist who founded in 1806 what became the Colgate-Palmolive company. Early life William Colgate was born in Hollingbourne, Kent, England, on January 25, ...

(1783–1857), American manufacturer, founder of what would become the Colgate Toothpaste Company **

James Boorman Colgate James Boorman Colgate (March 4, 1818 – February 7, 1904), son of William Colgate and Mary Gilbert, was an American financier. Biography He was born in New York City and received his first training in the house of Boorman, Johnston, and Company ...

(1818–1904), American financier **

Samuel Colgate Samuel Colgate (March 22, 1822 – April 23, 1897), son of William Colgate, was an American manufacturer and philanthropist, born in New York City. When William Colgate died in 1857, Samuel took over the business (he did not want to continue the ...

(1822–1897), American manufacturer and philanthropist *** Samuel Colgate Jr. (1868–1902), American football coach *

Steve Colgate Steve Colgate (born June 25, 1935) is an American sailor. He competed in the 5.5 Metre event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ...

(born 1935), American sailor

Given name

* Colgate Darden (1897–1981), American politician *

Colgate Hoyt Colgate Hoyt (March 2, 1849 – January 30, 1922) was an American businessman active in the late nineteenth century. Early life Hoyt was born on March 2, 1849, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was one of six children born to Mary Ella ( née Beebe) Hoyt ( ...

(1849–1922), American businessman {{given name, type=both English-language surnames Surnames of English origin English toponymic surnames