• Christopher Columbus
  Christopher Columbus
  Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
  
  
• Columbus, Ohio
  Columbus, Ohio
  Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
  
  , United States

People

• Bartholomew Columbus, younger brother of Christopher
• Chris Columbus (filmmaker)
  Chris Columbus (filmmaker)
  Christopher Joseph "Chris" Columbus is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Columbus had his largest success with the first two films in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, along with Home Alone, the last...
  
  , American film maker
• Scott Columbus
  Scott Columbus
  Scott Columbus was an American musician and the former drummer of Manowar. Reportedly he was discovered by a female fan of the band, beating aluminium in a local foundry...
  
  , long-time drummer for the heavy metal band Manowar
• Columbus Short
  Columbus Short
  Columbus Keith Short, Jr. is an American choreographer, actor, and singer. He choreographed Britney Spears's Onyx Hotel Tour and worked with Brian Friedman...
  
  , American choreographer and actor
• Generation of Columbuses
  Generation of Columbuses
  The Generation of Columbuses is a term denoting the entire generation of Poles born soon after Poland regained her independence in 1918, and whose adolescence has been marked by the tragic times of the World War II. The term itself was coined by Roman Bratny in his well-received 1957 novel...
  
  , tragic generation of Poles born ca. 1920, who had to fight 20 years later

Places

• Columbus, Georgia
  Columbus, Georgia
  Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...
  
  
• Columbus, Illinois
  Columbus, Illinois
  Columbus is a village in Adams County, Illinois, United States. The population was 112 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Columbus is located at ....
  
  
• Columbus, Indiana
  Columbus, Indiana
  Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 44,061 at the 2010 census, and the current mayor is Fred Armstrong. Located approximately 40 miles south of Indianapolis, on the east fork of the White River, it is the state's 20th largest...
  
  
• Columbus, Kansas
  Columbus, Kansas
  Columbus is the second largest city and county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States, 15 miles south-southwest of Pittsburg, Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,312.-History:...
  
  
• Columbus, Kentucky
  Columbus, Kentucky
  Columbus is a city in Hickman County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 229 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Columbus is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
  
  
• Columbus, Minnesota
• Columbus, Mississippi
  Columbus, Mississippi
  Columbus is a city in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States that lies above the Tombigbee River. It is approximately northeast of Jackson, north of Meridian, south of Tupelo, northwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and west of Birmingham, Alabama. The population was 25,944 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Columbus, Montana
  Columbus, Montana
  Columbus is a town in and the county seat of Stillwater County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,748 at the 2000 census.-History:The community originated as a stagecoach station on the Yellowstone River....
  
  
• Columbus, Nebraska
  Columbus, Nebraska
  Columbus is a city in east central Nebraska, United States. Its population was 22,111 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Platte County.-Pre-settlement history:...
  
  
• Columbus, New Jersey
  Columbus, New Jersey
  Columbus is an area within Mansfield Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08022.-External links:*, United States Census Bureau*...
  
  
• Columbus, New Mexico
  Columbus, New Mexico
  Columbus is a village in Luna County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,765 at the 2000 census. The town is named after 15th century explorer Christopher Columbus.-History:...
  
  
• Columbus, New York
  Columbus, New York
  Columbus is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 931 at the 2000 census. The town of Columbus is in the northeast corner of the county and is northeast of Norwich.- History :...
  
  
• Columbus, North Carolina
  Columbus, North Carolina
  Columbus is a town in Polk County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 992 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Polk County.-Geography:Columbus is located at ....
  
  
• Columbus, North Dakota
  Columbus, North Dakota
  As of the census of 2000, there were 151 people, 83 households, and 44 families residing in the city. The population density was 548.5 people per square mile . There were 142 housing units at an average density of 515.8 per square mile...
  
  
• Columbus, Ohio
  Columbus, Ohio
  Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
  
  
• Columbus, Texas
  Columbus, Texas
  Columbus is a city in Colorado County, Texas, United States, west of Houston along Interstate 10, on the Colorado River. In 1890, 2,199 people lived in Columbus, Texas; in 1900, there were 1,824 residents. The population was 3,916 as of the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Colorado County...
  
  
• Columbus, Wisconsin
  Columbus, Wisconsin
  Columbus is a city in Columbia and Dodge Counties in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 4,991 at the 2010 census. Columbus is located about northeast of Madison on the Crawfish River. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Columbus (town), Wisconsin
  Columbus (town), Wisconsin
  Columbus is a town in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 711 at the 2000 census. The City of Columbus lies mostly with the town boundaries.-Geography:...
  
  
• Columbus County, North Carolina
  Columbus County, North Carolina
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 54,749 people, 21,308 households, and 15,043 families residing in the county. The population density was 58/sq mi . As of 2004, there were 24,668 housing units at an average density of 26/sq mi...
  
  
• Columbus Air Force Base
  Columbus Air Force Base
  Columbus Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately north of Columbus, Mississippi.The host unit at Columbus is the 14th Flying Training Wing assigned to the Air Education and Training Command Nineteenth Air Force. The 14 FTW's mission is to provide specialized...
  
  
• Columbus Avenue (Manhattan), a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City, also known as Ninth Avenue
• Columbus Circle
  Columbus Circle
  Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue, Broadway, Central Park South , and Central Park West, at the southwest corner of Central Park. It is the point from...
  
  , a traffic circle and major landmark in Manhattan
• Columbus Avenue (San Francisco)
  Columbus Avenue (San Francisco)
  Columbus Avenue is a diagonal street that runs through the North Beach and Chinatown areas of San Francisco, California, from Washington and Montgomery Streets by the Transamerica Pyramid to Beach Street near Fisherman's Wharf.Avenue This street is home to several notable venues, such as Jack...
  
  , a diagonal street that runs through the North Beach and Chinatown areas of San Francisco, California

Other uses

• Columbus (ISS module)
  Columbus (ISS module)
  Columbus is a science laboratory that is part of the International Space Station and is the largest single contribution to the ISS made by the European Space Agency ....
  
  , the European module for the International Space Station
• Columbus (spacecraft)
  Columbus (spacecraft)
  The Columbus Man-Tended Free Flyer was a European Space Agency program to develop a space station that could be used for a variety of microgravity experiments while serving ESA's needs for an autonomous manned space platform...
  
  , a program to develop an European space station 1986-1991
• Columbus (song)
  Columbus (song)
  "Columbus" is a song by Kent. It was released as the second single from the band's 2007 album Tillbaka till samtiden, on December 3, 2007 as digital download, and on December 3, 2007 as a four track CD single...
  
  , a song by the band Kent from their album Tillbaka till samtiden
• COLUMBUS
  COLUMBUS
  COLUMBUS is a computational chemistry software suite for calculating ab initio molecular electronic structures, designed as a collection of individual programs communicating through files. The programs focus on extended multi-reference calculations of atomic and molecular ground and excited states...
  
  , ab initio quantum chemistry software
• ColumBus, former name of Howard Transit
  Howard Transit
  Howard Transit is the primary public transit system in Howard County, Maryland, which grew from the former ColumBus bus system in Columbia, Maryland...
  
   in Howard County, Maryland
• Carry On Columbus
  Carry On Columbus
  Carry On Columbus is the 31st and last film in the Carry On series, following 1978's Carry On Emmannuelle. The only main series regulars present are Jim Dale , Bernard Cribbins , Leslie Phillips , Jon Pertwee and June Whitfield...
  
  , a 1992 film
• Knights of Columbus
  Knights of Columbus
  The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded in the United States in 1882, it is named in honor of Christopher Columbus....
  
  , fraternal organization of Roman Catholic men
• MS Columbus
  MS Columbus
  MS Columbus is a 15,000-ton, 420 passenger, luxury cruise ship owned by the Hapag-Lloyd cruise line. She was built in 1997, in Wismar, Germany. Her relative size allows her to transit the Great Lakes, one of the few modern cruise ships and the only German one able to do so...
  
  , a cruise ship owned by Hapag-Lloyd
• SS Columbus (1873), an American merchantman converted in 1878 into the Russian cruiser Asia
• SS Columbus (1924)
  SS Columbus (1924)
  The Columbus, laid down before the start of World War I, was originally to be named Hindenburg. However, her then-sister, originally named Columbus, was handed over to the White Star Line after the war as part of reparations in 1920. The Allies allowed the Norddeutscher Lloyd , her owners, to keep...
  
  , a transatlantic ocean liner for the North German Lloyd steamship line
• SS Christopher Columbus
  SS Christopher Columbus
  The SS Christopher Columbus was an American excursion liner on the Great Lakes, in service between 1893 and 1933. She was the only whaleback ship ever built for passenger service. The ship was designed by Alexander McDougall, the developer and promoter of the whaleback design.Columbus was built...
  
  , Great Lakes excursion liner (1893 - 1933)
• SS City of Columbus, a passenger steamer that sailed from Boston to Savannah (Sank January 18, 1884 off Martha's Vineyard
  Martha's Vineyard
  Martha's Vineyard is an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for being an affluent summer colony....
  
   taking 97 lives)
• USS Columbus
  USS Columbus
  Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Columbus, the first two after the explorer Christopher Columbus, and the other two after Columbus, Ohio, the capital of the state....
  
  , various ships of the US Navy
• Columbus Crew
  Columbus Crew
  The Columbus Crew is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...
  
  , Major League Soccer team
• Columbus Clippers
  Columbus Clippers
  The Columbus Clippers are a minor league baseball team based in Columbus, Ohio. The team plays in the International League and is the Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. The team is owned by the government of Franklin County, Ohio....
  
  , International League minor league baseball team
• Columbus Blue Jackets
  Columbus Blue Jackets
  The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
  
  , National Hockey League team
• Columbus Cottonmouths
  Columbus Cottonmouths
  The Columbus Cottonmouths are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Georgia. The team is nicknamed the Snakes, and play their home games at the Columbus Civic Center.-Central Hockey League : 1996-2001:...
  
  , Southern Professional Hockey League team
• Columbus Wood Bats, Great South League minor league baseball team
• Columbus Lions
  Columbus Lions
  The Columbus Lions are an indoor football team of the Professional Indoor Football League. Based in Columbus, Georgia, the Lions play their home games at the Columbus Civic Center...
  
  , Southern Indoor Football League team
• Columbus Riverballers, American Basketball Association team
• Columbus Tubing
  Columbus Tubing
  Columbus 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. Columbo and was taken over by Columbo's youngest son, Antonio, in 1977...
  
  , an Italian manufacturer of bicycle frame tubing

See also

• Columbia (disambiguation)
• St. Columba
  Columba
  Saint Columba —also known as Colum Cille , Colm Cille , Calum Cille and Kolban or Kolbjørn —was a Gaelic Irish missionary monk who propagated Christianity among the Picts during the Early Medieval Period...
  
  
• Columbus Day
  Columbus Day
  Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12, 1492, as an official holiday...
  
  
• Waiting For Columbus
  Waiting for Columbus
  Waiting for Columbus is the first live album by the Southern roots-rock band, Little Feat. The album was recorded during seven performances in 1977. The first four shows were held at the Rainbow Theatre in London on August 1-4, 1977. The final three shows were recorded in George Washington...
  
  , 1978 live album by the rock band Little Feat
  Little Feat
  Little Feat is an American rock band formed by singer-songwriter, lead vocalist and guitarist Lowell George and keyboardist Bill Payne in 1969 in Los Angeles....
  
  
• Columbus Township (disambiguation)