- Kolb
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
Kolb may refer to:
People
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Abram Bowman Kolb (1862-1925), Canadian teacher and publisher
* Philip Kolb (born 1961) Dutch musician
*Allison Kolb (1915-1973), U.S. politician
*Annette Kolb (1870-1967), German pacifist
*Barbara Kolb (born 1939), U.S. composer
*Brandon Kolb (born 1973), U.S. baseball player
*Brian Kolb , U.S. politician
*Carol Kolb , U.S. comedy writer
*Chris Kolb , U.S. politician
*Clarence Kolb (1874-1964), U.S. vaudeville performer
*Claudia Kolb (born 1949), U.S. swimmer
*Danny Kolb (born 1975), U.S. baseball player
*David Kolb (born 1941), U.S. philosopher
*David A. Kolb (born 1939), U.S. educationist
*Edward Kolb , American cosmologist
*Emil Kolb (born 1936), Canadian politician
*Frank Kolb (born 1945), German historian
*Franz Kolb , German inventor
*Jon Kolb (born 1947), U.S. football player
*Kevin Kolb (born 1984), U.S. football player
*Larry J. Kolb , U.S. spy and writer
*Lawrence Kolb (1911-2006), U.S. psychiatrist
*Robert Kolb U.S. theologian, systematicianOther uses
*Banque Kolb, a French bank part of retail banking network
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*Kolb Aircraft Company, a manufacturer of ultralight aircraftee also
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Kolbe
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