Samuel Colt

Samuel Colt

male, deceased (1862) (Connecticut, United States)
revolver, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Colt's ManufacturingCompany, Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, inventor, Firearm designer…founder of the Colt firearm company
Samuel Colt (born Hartford, Connecticut July 19, 1814 - died Hartford, Connecticut January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. He...
John Browning

John Browning

male, deceased (1926)
Mormon, National Inventors Hall of Fame, missionary, Browning .50 caliber machine gun, Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, cartridges…Colt's ManufacturingCompany
John Moses Browning (January 21 or January 23, 1855 – November 26, 1926), born in Ogden, Utah, was an American firearms designer who developed my...
Charles E. Billings

Charles E. Billings

male, deceased (1920)
from Vermont, sewing machine, inventor, motor, electric motor, colt…Colt's ManufacturingCompany
Charles Ethan Billings (December 6, 1835 - 1920) was an American inventor. He was born in Weathersfield, Vermont, the son of Ethan F. and Clarissa...

Jeff Cooper

male, deceased (2006)
Modern Technique, American military personnel of World War II, The Modern Technique of the Pistol, southeast asia, united states marine corps, M1911 Colt pistol…Colt's ManufacturingCompany
John Dean "Jeff" Cooper (10 May 1920 - 25 September 2006) was recognized as the father of what is commonly known as "the Modern Technique" of...
Ned Buntline

Ned Buntline

male, deceased (1886)
New York City's notorious gangs, Historical gangs of New York City, fort mcpherson, bowery, dime novels, Colt's ManufacturingCompany
Ned Buntline, was the pseudonym of Edward Zane Carroll Judson (E. Z. C. Judson), an American publisher, journalist writer and publicist best known...
John Paine

John Paine

male, deceased (1951)
sharpshooter, Olympic competitor for the United States, 1896 Summer Olympics, greek, American, colt revolver…Colt's ManufacturingCompany
John Bryant Paine (April 8, 1870 - August 2, 1951) was an American shooter. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Paine entered all...
Samuel Hamilton Walker

Samuel Hamilton Walker

male
Member of the Texas Ranger Division, Indian War, Walker Colt, Adrian Woll, Colt's ManufacturingCompany, Mexican-American
Samuel Hamilton Walker (1817 - October 9, 1847) was a Texas Ranger captain and military officer of the Republic of Texas and the United States...
Sumner Paine

Sumner Paine

male, deceased (1904)
John Paine, Colt's ManufacturingCompany, Shooter at the 1896 Summer Olympics, shooting sports, Pistol shooters, 25 m events, Pistol shooters, 50 and 10 m events
Sumner Paine (May 13, 1868 - April 18, 1904) was an American shooter. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Paine entered all three of...
Hugo Borchardt

Hugo Borchardt

male, deceased (1924)
Maxim Gun, magdeburg, Pioneer Breech-Loading Arms Co., Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Sharps-Borchardt Model 1878, Singer Sewing Machine Co.…Ludwig Loewe & Company, Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co., Winchester Repeating Arms Company, Colt's ManufacturingCompany
Hugo Borchardt (June 6, 1844-May 8, 1924) was a firearms inventor and engineer, born in Magdeburg, Germany. He is known for his inventions of the...
Benjamin B. Hotchkiss

Benjamin B. Hotchkiss

male, deceased (1885)
weapon, engineer, Benjamin Berkeley Hotchkiss, Hotchkiss gun, Colt's ManufacturingCompany, Wounded Knee Massacre
Benjamin Berkeley Hotchkiss (1826-February 14 1885) was one of the leading American ordnance engineers of his day. Hotchkiss was born in Watertown,...