Kolb
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Kolb - Origin, History, and Meaning: German, from Middle High German kolbe in various meanings. The main sense is ‘mace’- a heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armor, or a ‘cudgel’-a short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon and part of an official’s insignia. It may also be a house name - there is a record of a house named ‘zum Kolben’ in Strasbourg. Source Ancestry.com;surnames.behindthename.com
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People
- Alexander Kolb (General)Alexander Kolb (General)Alexander Kolb was a German Generalleutnant during World War II.Kolb was born in Mainz. He entered Army Service as Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 3rd Foot-Artillery-Regiment in 1914...
(1891-1963), german general - Alexander Kolb (Banker) (* 1961), german banker, professor and racecar driver
- Abram Bowman KolbAbram Bowman KolbAbram Bowman Kolb : teacher and publisher; born 10 November 1862 near Berlin , Ontario, to Jacob Z. and Maria Kolb. Kolb is notable for editing Words of Cheer and Herald der Wahrheit. He also translated manuscripts including the Enchiridion of Anabaptist leader Dirk Philips...
(1862-1925), Canadian teacher and publisher - Philip Kolb (born 1961) Dutch musician
- Allison KolbAllison KolbAllison Ray Kolb was the Democratic auditor of Louisiana from 1952 to 1956, who angered many local officials in the pursuit of his job duties and was hence defeated by former Lieutenant Governor William J. "Bill" Dodd in the 1956 party primary...
(1915-1973), U.S. politician - Annette KolbAnnette KolbAnnette Kolb was the working name of German author and pacifist Anna Mathilde Kolb. She became active in pacifist causes during World War I and this caused her political difficulties from then on. She left Germany in the 1920s and her works were banned during the Third Reich...
(1870-1967), German pacifist - Barbara KolbBarbara KolbBarbara Kolb is an American composer. Her music uses sound masses and often creates vertical structures through simultaneous rhythmic or melodic units . She was the first American woman composer to win the Prix de Rome. She received her B.M. and M.M...
(born 1939), U.S. composer - Brandon KolbBrandon KolbBrandon Charles Kolb is a former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers in and . He attended Monte Vista High School in Danville, California...
(born 1973), U.S. baseball player - Brian KolbBrian KolbBrian M. Kolb is the New York State assemblyman from the 129th District, and is the minority leader of the Assembly. He was unanimously chosen as minority leader in April 2009, following the resignation of Jim Tedisco....
, U.S. politician - Carol KolbCarol KolbCarol Kolb is an American comedy writer. She is a former managing editor and, later, editor-in-chief of The Onion and the current head writer for the Onion News Network.-External links:* , The Onion* , Charlie Rose...
, U.S. comedy writer - Chris KolbChris KolbChris Kolb is a politician from Ann Arbor, Michigan and a former member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. A Democrat, Kolb represented the 53rd district, based in Ann Arbor, from January 2001 to January 2007. He was first elected in November 2000, and term limits prevented him from...
, U.S. politician - Clarence KolbClarence KolbClarence William Kolb was an American vaudeville performer and actor.He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the only child of second generation Austrian parents who owned a local meat company....
(1874-1964), U.S. vaudeville performer - Claudia KolbClaudia KolbClaudia Ann Kolb is a retired breaststroke and medley swimmer from the United States, who won her first Olympic medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics when she was fourteen years of age...
(born 1949), U.S. swimmer - Danny Kolb (born 1975), U.S. baseball player
- David KolbDavid KolbDavid Kolb is a well-known philosopher and the Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Bates College in Maine.Kolb received a B.A. from Fordham University in 1963 and an M.A. in 1965. He later received a M.Phil. from Yale University in 1970 and a Ph. D. in 1972...
(born 1941), U.S. philosopher - David A. KolbDavid A. KolbDavid A. Kolb is an American educational theorist whose interests and publications focus on experiential learning, the individual and social change, career development, and executive and professional education...
(born 1939), U.S. educationist - Edward KolbEdward KolbEdward W. Kolb, usually known as Rocky Kolb, is a cosmologist and a professor at the University of Chicago. He has worked on many aspects of the big bang cosmology, including baryogenesis, nucleosynthesis and dark matter. He is author, with Michael Turner, of the popular textbook The Early Universe...
, American cosmologist - Emil KolbEmil KolbEmil Vincent Kolb is the non-elected chair of Peel Regional council in Ontario, Canada. He began serving his fifth term in that role in 2003. Prior to his appointment as regional chair in 1991, Kolb was a two-term mayor of Caledon and has been a regional councillor since Peel Region was...
(born 1936), Canadian politician - Frank KolbFrank KolbFrank Kolb is a German professor of ancient history at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in Germany. He has been involved in a controversy over findings concerning the late Bronze Age in Troy, and accused Dr...
(born 1945), German historian - Franz KolbFranz KolbFranz Kolb was a German pharmacist and the inventor of the modeling paste Plastilin. In English-speaking countries this material is also known as "plasticine." Because of different patent rights in Germany and England there are different views about who actually invented plasticine. In England,...
, German inventor - Jon KolbJon KolbJon Kolb is a former offensive lineman with the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he played for 13 seasons.-High school and Oklahoma State:...
(born 1947), U.S. football player - Kevin KolbKevin KolbKevin Benjamin Kolb is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Houston....
(born 1984), U.S. football player - Larry J. KolbLarry J. KolbLarry J. Kolb is the author of two memoirs of his life as an intelligence officer and world-traveling businessman.Prior to his career as an author, Kolb, by his own account, worked as a close advisor to Muhammad Ali and Adnan Khashoggi and as a spy with CIA co-founder Miles Copeland, Jr., with whom...
, U.S. spy and writer - Lawrence KolbLawrence KolbLawrence C. Kolb was an American psychiatrist who played a prominent role in mental health administration, research and community mental health....
(1911-2006), U.S. psychiatrist - Robert KolbRobert KolbRobert Kolb is a professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri. His major contributions include an edition of the Book of Concord as well as an introductory book of Lutheran theology. Kolb is also the director of the Institute for Mission Studies in St. Louis...
U.S. theologian, systematician
Other uses
- Banque KolbCrédit du NordCrédit du Nord is a French retail banking network.It consists of the followings banks:* Banque Courtois, Toulouse, Aquitaine * Banque Kolb, Alsace, Lorraine* Banque Laydernier, Savoy...
, a French bank part of retail banking network Crédit du NordCrédit du NordCrédit du Nord is a French retail banking network.It consists of the followings banks:* Banque Courtois, Toulouse, Aquitaine * Banque Kolb, Alsace, Lorraine* Banque Laydernier, Savoy... - Kolb Aircraft Company, a manufacturer of ultralight aircraftUltralight aviationThe term "ultralight aviation" refers to light-weight, 1- or 2-person airplanes., also called microlight aircraft in the UK, India and New Zealand...