Colgate
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Places

  • Colgate, West Sussex
    Colgate, West Sussex
    Colgate is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, about four miles north east of Horsham.A small village, with it's origins at the northern edge of St. Leonards Forest, it has no shops or retail facilities. There is a pub "The Dragon", and a church and a...

    , UK
  • Colgate, North Dakota, USA
  • Colgate, Wisconsin
    Colgate, Wisconsin
    Colgate is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States, straddling the county line with Waukesha County. Colgate is located partially in the village of Richfield, and the town of Lisbon....

    , USA
  • Colgate, Saskatchewan, India

People

  • Pat Colgate
    Pat Colgate
    Pat Colgate is currently 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....

    , the artistic director of the Placer Theatre Ballet dance company
  • Stirling Colgate
    Stirling Colgate
    Stirling Colgate is an American physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and a professor emeritus of physics at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology . He was America's premier diagnostician of thermonuclear weapons during the early years at the Lawrence Livermore National...

    , an American diagnostician of thermonuclear weapons at the Livermore National Laboratory in California
  • William Colgate
    William Colgate
    William Colgate was an American manufacturer who founded what became the Colgate toothpaste company in 1806.- History :...

     (1783-1857), American manufacturer, founder of what would become the Colgate toothpaste company
    • James Boorman Colgate
      James Boorman Colgate
      James Boorman Colgate , son of William Colgate, was an American financier. He was born in New York City and received his first training in the house of Boorman, Johnston, and Company...

       (1818–1904), financier, son of William Colgate
    • Samuel Colgate
      Samuel Colgate
      Samuel Colgate , son of William Colgate , was an American manufacturer and philanthropist, born in New York City. He became widely known as a soap maker, and the manufactory he built in Jersey City developed into one of the largest establishments of its kind in the world. He was also prominent in...

       (1822-1897), manufacturer and philanthropist, son of William Colgate
      • Samuel Colgate, Jr.
        Samuel Colgate, Jr.
        Samuel Colgate, Jr. was the first head football coachfor the Colgate University Raiders located in the Village of Hamilton in Madison County, New Yorkand he held that position for two seasons, from 1890 until 1891 ....

        , first football head coach of Colgate University, son of Samuel Colgate
  • Gilbert Colgate
    Gilbert Colgate
    Gilbert Colgate, Jr. was an American bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen....

    , American bobsledder, bronze medalist at the 1936 Winter Olympics

  • Colgate Darden
    Colgate Darden
    Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr. was a Democratic Congressman from Virginia , the 54th Governor of Virginia , Chancellor of the College of William and Mary and the third President of the University of Virginia...

    , a Democratic Congressman from Virginia
  • Colgate Hoyt
    Colgate Hoyt
    Colgate Hoyt was an American businessman active in the late nineteenth century. He was a director of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, and one of the founders of Everett, Washington, where a main street is named after him. He was a New York investment banker who was the partner of Joseph...

     (1849-1922), American businessman

Other

  • Colgate-Palmolive
    Colgate-Palmolive
    Colgate-Palmolive Company is an American diversified multinational corporation focused on the production, distribution and provision of household, health care and personal products, such as soaps, detergents, and oral hygiene products . Under its "Hill's" brand, it is also a manufacturer of...

    , a multinational corporation
    • Colgate (toothpaste)
      Colgate (toothpaste)
      Colgate is an oral hygiene product line of toothpastes, toothbrushes, mouthwashes and dental floss.-Duraphat:Duraphat is a professional strength paste intended for the treatment and prevention of dental caries....

      , a product of Colgate-Palmolive
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour
    The Colgate Comedy Hour
    The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show stars many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou...

    , an American musical variety television show sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive
  • Colgate University
    Colgate University
    Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...

    , a private liberal arts college in Madison County, New York
  • Colgate Clock (Indiana)
    Colgate Clock (Indiana)
    The Colgate Clock, located at a Colgate-Palmolive factory in Clarksville, Indiana, is one of the largest clocks in the world. It has a diameter of 40 feet . It was first illuminated in Clarksville on November 17, 1924...

    , an octagonal clock in Clarksville, Indiana
  • Colgate Clock (New Jersey), an octagonal clock in Jersey City, New Jersey
  • Other people etc.
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