Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "'' Colombo''". It most commonly refers to: * Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer *

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio Columbus may also refer to:

Places

Extraterrestrial

Columbus (crater) Columbus is a crater in the Terra Sirenum of Mars. It is 119 km in diameter and was named after Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (1451–1506). The discovery of sulfates and clay minerals in sediments within Columbus crater are stron ...

, a crater on Mars * ''Columbus'' (ISS module), the European module for the International Space Station * ''Columbus'' (spacecraft), a program to develop a European space station 1986–1991

Italy

Columbus (Rome) Columbus is a residential district in Rome, Italy, in Balduina, located north of the city centre. Parks and gardens *Pineto Regional Park The Pineto Regional Park is a protected natural area of Lazio, Italy, instituted in 1987. It has an ar ...

, a residential district

United States

Columbus, Arkansas Columbus is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Hempstead County, Arkansas, Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. Columbus is located on Arkansas Highway 73, west-northwest of Hope, Arkansas, Hope. Columbus has a post office ...

* Columbus, Georgia *

Columbus, Illinois Columbus is a village in Adams County, Illinois, United States. The population was 114 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Quincy, IL– MO Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Columbus was platted in 1835. A post office called Columb ...

Columbus, Indiana Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 50,474 at the 2020 census. The relatively small city has provided a unique place for noted Modern architecture and public art, commissio ...

, known for modern architecture * Columbus, Kansas * Columbus, Kentucky * Columbus, Minnesota *

Columbus, Mississippi Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County, on the eastern border of Mississippi, United States, located primarily east, but also north and northeast of the Tombigbee River, which is also part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterwa ...

Columbus, Missouri Columbus is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on Missouri Route M approximately 2.5 miles north of US Route 50. Warrensburg is ten miles to the southeast. The North Fork of the Blackwat ...

* Columbus, Montana * Columbus, Nebraska * Columbus, New Jersey * Columbus, New Mexico *

Columbus, New York Columbus is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 975 at the 2010 census. Columbus is in the northeastern corner of the county and is northeast of Norwich. History The area of Columbus was first settled around 1 ...

* Columbus, North Carolina * Columbus, North Dakota *

, the largest city in United States with this name * Columbus, Texas * Columbus, Wisconsin * Columbus (town), Wisconsin * Columbus Avenue (disambiguation) *

Columbus Circle Columbus Circle is a traffic circle and heavily trafficked intersection in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue, Broadway, Central Park South ( West 59th Street), and Central Park West, at the so ...

, a traffic circle in Manhattan, New York * Columbus City (disambiguation) * Columbus Township (disambiguation)

Persons with the name

Forename

* Columbus Caldwell (1830–1908), American politician *

Columbus Germain Columbus Germain (January 14, 1827 – October 8, 1880) was an American politician. Born in Rush, New York, Germain moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory in 1843, where he operated a ferry. He then relocated to Fox Lake, Wisconsin in 1846 and ...

(1827–1880), American politician * Columbus Short (born 1982), American choreographer and actor

Surname

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

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Columbus'' (2015 film), an Indian comedy, subtitled "Discovering Love" * ''Columbus'' (2017 film), an American drama set amidst the architecture of Columbus, Indiana * ''Columbus'' (''Star Trek''), a shuttlecraft in the ''Star Trek'' series

Music

Opera

* ''Columbus'' (Egk), German-language opera by Egk, 1943 *''Columbus'', 1855 opera by

František Škroup František Jan Škroup (; 3 June 1801 in Osice near Hradec Králové – 7 February 1862 in Rotterdam) was a Czech composer and conductor. His brother Jan Nepomuk Škroup was also a successful composer and his father, Dominik Škroup, and other ...

* '' Christophe Colomb'', French-language opera by Milhaud often referred to as ''Columbus'' in English sources

Other uses in music

* ''Columbus'' (Herzogenberg), large scale cantata by Heinrich von Herzogenberg 1870 *"Colombus", song by Mary Black from

No Frontiers ''No Frontiers'' is an album by Irish singer Mary Black. The album was one of Ireland's best selling albums of 1989 and introduced her to audiences elsewhere in Europe and in the United States and Japan. The album spent 56 weeks in the Irish Top ...

* "Columbus" (song), a song by the band Kent from their album ''Tillbaka till samtiden'' * ''Christopher Columbus'', pastiche of music by Offenbach to a new English libretto by Don White recorded by the

Opera Rara Opera Rara is a London-based opera company and recording label which specialises in recording and performing forgotten operatic repertoire from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Founded in 1970 by bel canto enthusiasts Patric Schmid and Don Whi ...

label in 1977

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Columbus'' (novel), a 1941 novel about Christopher Columbus by Rafael Sabatini * ''Columbus'' (Bartholdi), a statue depicting Christopher Columbus by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, in Providence, Rhode Island, US * Columbus Edwards, the character known as Lum of '' Lum and Abner''

Brands and enterprises

COLUMBUS Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''Colombo''". It most commonly refers to: * Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer * Columbus, Ohio, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio Columbus may also refer to: Places ...

, ab initio quantum chemistry software * ''ColumBus'', former name of Howard Transit in Howard County, Maryland * Columbus Communications, a cable television and broadband speed Internet service provider in the Caribbean region *

Columbus Salame Columbus Craft Meats (variously known as Columbus Salame, Columbus Sausage Company, and Columbus Foods, Inc.) is an American food processing company specializing in salami and other prepared delicatessen meats, founded in San Francisco in 1917. Th ...

, an American food processing company *

Columbus Tubing Columbus Tubi is a manufacturer of steel tubing used in bicycle frames, located in Settala, in the Province of Milan. The company was founded in 1919 by A.L. Colombo and was taken over by Colombo's youngest son, Antonio, in 1977. It is now a divis ...

, an Italian manufacturer of bicycle frame tubing *

Columbus Buggy Company The Columbus Buggy Company was an early buggy and automotive manufacturer based in Columbus, Ohio, United States, from 1875 to 1913. Begun by three business partners, the company set up its manufacturing facilities in what is today the Arena ...

, an American automotive manufacturer from 1875 to 1913

Ships

* ''Columbus'' (1824), a disposable ship built to transport lumber from North America to Britain * MS ''Columbus'', a cruise ship owned by Plantours & Partner GmbH * MV ''Columbus'', a cruise ship owned by Seajets * 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

Other uses

* Columbus hops, a variety of hops * Generation of Columbuses, a generation of Poles born ca. 1920, who had to fight twenty years later *

Columbus (shopping centre) Columbus is a shopping centre in Vuosaari, Helsinki, Finland, right next to the Vuosaari metro station.

, a shopping centre in Vuosaari, Helsinki, Finland