- Samuel Colt
Samuel Colt (born Hartford, Connecticut July 19, 1814 - died Hartford, Connecticut January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. He was the founder of the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now known as "Colt's Manufacturing Company"), and is widely credited with popularizing the revolver gun. - Maximilian Colt
Maximilian Colt (alias Maximilian Coult) (died after 1641) was a Flemish sculptor who settled in England and eventually rose to become the King's Master Carver. Colt was a Huguenot, born in Arras apparently as Maximilian Poultrain, who settled in England in the closing years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He lived in London, in Bartholomew Close (Smithfield). When King James I came to the English Throne, … - Harry Shapland Colt
Harry Shapland Colt (August 4, 1869 - November 21, 1951) was a golf course architect born in East Hendred, Berkshire, England. He worked predominantly with Charles Alison, John Morrison, and Alister MacKenzie, in 1928 forming Colt, Alison & Morrison Ltd. He participated in the design of over 300 golf courses (115 on his own) in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa. Colt courses of note in the UK include Stoke Poges, … - Samuel P. Colt
Samuel Pomeroy Colt (1852-1921) was an industrialist and politician from Rhode Island. He was born in Paterson, New Jersey on January 10, 1852, the youngest of six children born to Christopher Colt (brother to arms maker, Samuel Colt) and Theodora Goujand DeWolf Colt of Bristol, Rhode Island. His friends and family called him "Pom." In 1875, he was appointed aide-de-camp to Rhode Island Governor Henry Lippitt, … - Lebaron B. Colt
LeBaron Bradford Colt (June 25, 1846-August 18, 1924) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island and a circuit court judge. Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Colt attended the public schools and Williston Seminary. He received an A.B. from Yale University in 1868 and an LL.B. from the law department of Columbia College in 1870. After getting his law degree, Colt devoted a year to European travel. - Johnny Colt
Johnny Colt is the original bassist for The Black Crowes. He is currently the bass player for Train(band) and also the temporary replacement for Jason Newsted in Rock Star Supernova. Johnny Colt-A Modern Day Renaissance Man? A Renaissance Man is one who has broad intellectual interests and who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different subjects. Johnny Colt is the epitome of your modern day Renaissance Man. - Zebedy Colt
Edward Earle Marsh was a Broadway actor, musician, an adult film director and star best known under the name Zebedy Colt. Marsh began his career as a child actor in Hollywood, in the late sixties he became an innovator of ‘queer cabaret’ when he recorded the early gay album “I’ll sing for you” with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. This was the first time he used the ‘Zebedy Colt’ name. - Steve Asmussen
Steven Mark Asmussen (born November 18, 1965, in Gettysburg, South Dakota) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, are both trainers who run El Primero Training Center off the Mines Road in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas. His older brother, Cash Asmussen, is a retired Eclipse Award-winning jockey and a champion in Europe. Asmussen began racing at age sixteen as a jockey, … - Edgar Prado
Edgar S. Prado is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Now a resident of Hollywood, Florida in 2004 Prado became the 19th jockey in thoroughbred racing history to win 5,000 races. On May 6, 2006, Prado rode Barbaro to victory in the 132nd Kentucky Derby, 6½ lengths ahead of the second finisher, Bluegrass Cat. The margin of victory was the largest since Triple Crown winner Assault won by eight lengths in 1946. - John Browning
John Moses Browning (January 21 or January 23, 1855 – November 26, 1926), born in Ogden, Utah, was an American firearms designer who developed myriad varieties of weapons, cartridges, and gun mechanics, many of which are still in use around the world. He is arguably one of the most important figures in the development of modern automatic and semi-automatic firearms and is credited with 128 gun patents — his first (for a single shot rifle) was granted October 7, 1879. - Jeff Cooper
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 handgun shooting, and was considered by many to be one of the 20th century's foremost international experts on the use and history of small arms. Born John Dean Cooper, but known to his friends as "Jeff", Cooper was a Marine Lt. Colonel who served in both World War II and the Korean War. - Cornelio Velasquez
Cornelio H. Velasquez (born September 28, 1968 in Panama City, Panama) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school. In his first year of racing he was his country's top apprentice jockey and was the leading rider again in 1994 and 1995. In 1996 Cornelio Velasquez emigrated to the United States to race at Elmont, New York's Belmont Park. - Zak Spears
Zak Spears is a gay porn star who performs in pornographic movies. While he is a very muscular man, he is not "ripped," and has a very hairy body that he has refused to shave, even at times when it was out of fashion. He is noted for his very vocal orgasms; his deep voice, large build, and chest and body hair epitomize the masculine daddy persona. His porn name of Zak Spears was derived from a combination of Zack Morris, … - Tyler Everett
Tyler Everett (born November 4, 1983 in Canton, Ohio) is an American football player who currently plays for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. The former Ohio State Buckeyes safety was signed to the 53 man roster from the practice squad in order to bolster the safety position following injuries to strong safeties Mike Brown and Todd Johnson. If the Bears had won Super Bowl XLI, Everett would have won a championship at the high school, college and professional levels. - Jim French
Jim French (born July 14 1932) is an American photographer who under the name Rip Colt was founder of the Colt Studio line of male erotica. French began drawing and photographing male erotica in the 1960s, and his first published book, "Man", was in 1972. Other books include "Another Man", "Jim French Men", "Opus Deorum", "Masc.", "The Art of Jim French" and "The Art of the Male Nude". - Darci Brahma
Darci Brahma (Danehill-Grand Echezeaux) is a New Zealand thoroughbred colt foaled in 2002 at Pencarrow Stud near Cambridge in New Zealand. He was auctioned at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ltd Yearling Sales in January 2004 and acquired by a syndicate of investors for the sum of NZ$1.1 million. - Richard Jordan Gatling
Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling (September 12, 1818 - February 26, 1903) was an American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, the first successful machine gun. The son of farmer and inventor Jordan Gatling, Gatling was born in Hertford County, North Carolina and by the age of 21 had invented the screw propeller for steamboats, only to discover it had recently and independently been patented by John Ericsson. - William Mason
William Mason was a machinist and inventor working for Samuel Colt. Mason patented 125 inventions for firearm manufacturing machinery, steam pumps, and power looms. - Thomas Day
Thomas Day (22 June 1748 - 28 September 1789), was a British author. He is most well-known for the children's book "The History of Sandford and Merton" (1783-1789) which emphasized Rousseauvian educational ideals. Day was born on 22 June 1748 in Wellclose Square, London, the only child of Thomas and Jane Day. Thomas Day, Sr. died when Day was about a year old, leaving him fatherless but wealthy. Day first attended a school in Stoke Newington, Middlesex, … - Alejandro Fernández
Alejandro Fernández is a popular Latin Grammy-winning Mexican singer nicknamed as "El Potrillo" ("The Little colt") by the media and his fans. Alejandro originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk and country music, such as mariachi and ranchera. However, his more recent work has focused on mainstream pop music. He is the son of Vicente Fernández, also a popular Mexican country singer. - Samuel Hamilton Walker
Samuel Hamilton Walker (1817 - October 9, 1847) was a Texas Ranger captain and military officer of the Republic of Texas and the United States armies. Walker served in several armed conflicts, including the Indian and the Mexican-American wars. Walker was born in Maryland and came to Texas in 1842, when he took part in the defense against the Mexican invasion led by General Adrian Woll. He then joined the Texas Rangers in 1844 under the command of Captain John Coffee Hays. - Colt Brennan
Colton James Brennan (born August 16, 1983; Laguna Beach, California) is an American football quarterback at the University of Hawaii. He holds the NCAA Division I-A record for most touchdown passes in a single season with 58, as well as 18 other NCAA Division I-A records. - Maine Chance Farm
Maine Chance Farm was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable in Lexington, Kentucky owned by cosmetics tycoon, Elizabeth Arden. During the nineteen forties and fifties, Maine Chance Farm was a major force in American horse racing. Among the stables many champions and stakes race winners were the colt Star Pilot and the filly, Beaugay, both 1945 Eclipse Award champions. The Beaugay Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack is named in the filly's honor. - James R. Keene
James Robert Keene born 1838 - January 3, 1913 was a Wall Street stock broker and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder. Born in London, UK, he was fourteen years of age when his family emigrated to the United States. As a young man, James R. Keene made a fortune through shrewd investments in California and Nevada mining companies and was eventually appointed president of the San Francisco Stock Exchange. - James Stout
James Stout (May 6, 1910 - August, 1986) was an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Known as "Jimmy," he began working at a racetrack as a stable boy then in 1930 became a professional jockey. Stout became most famous riding for Belair Stud and trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons. He rode Seabiscuit in his first race in January of 1935 before the colt was sold. In 1936 Stout rode in his first Kentucky Derby. - Bruce McNall
His memoir is at its most interesting as he is ascending from humble beginings to a place of wealth and affluence. It's a familiar story, but McNall's tale has a freshness to it. Somehow a coin dealer's evolution into a sports mogule is novel. Oddly, the book loses momentum when the author is shuffled off to jail. I doubt anyone picked up Bruce McNall 's biography to catch a glimpse inside prison life, but his descripion of it is painstaking. - Benjamin B. Hotchkiss
Benjamin Berkeley Hotchkiss (1826-February 14 1885) was one of the leading American ordnance engineers of his day. Hotchkiss was born in Watertown, Connecticut, and moved to Sharon, Connecticut in childhood; his early experiments were made there in his father's hardware factory. Starting in the 1850s, he was employed as a gunmaker in Hartford, working on Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles. - Ashley Coulter
"'Ashley Coulter" (now known as Roni Colt)' is a Canadian singer and the sixth-place finalist in the 2006 season of "Canadian Idol". She was born and raised in Emeryville, Ontario (near Windsor), but currently lives in London, Ontario. Before her debut on "Canadian Idol" in late May of 2006, she worked as a cashier in London: most recently at The Real Canadian Superstore in northwest London for about two months, and previously at Angelo's Bakery & Deli, … - Gina Carrera
Gina Carrera (born October 5, 1963) is an American porn star and bondage model. She began in mainstream adult films in 1983 or '84 (sources disagree). Carrera apparently never altered her body with surgery. She continues to work under the name Julie Winchester, primarily in female wrestling productions. Like many models who have worked both in the bondage and mainstream adult industries, Carrera may be better remembered by fans of the former, … - Charles E. Billings
Charles Ethan Billings (December 6, 1835 - 1920) was an American inventor. He was born in Weathersfield, Vermont, the son of Ethan F. and Clarissa M. (nee Marsh) Billings. He worked at the Colt armory in Hartford, Connecticut and founded a sewing machine or machine tool company with Christopher Spencer called Billings & Spencer. - Robert Adams Of London
Robert Adams (1809-1880) was a 19th-century British handgun designer and manufacturer who patented the first successful double-action revolver in 1851. His revolvers were used during the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, the U.S. Civil War, and the Anglo-Zulu War. Robert Adams was the manager for the London house of arms manufacturers George & John Deane. On August 22, 1851, Robert Adams received a British patent for a new revolver design. - Hedley Woodhouse
Hedley J. Woodhouse (January 23, 1920 - December, 1984) was a Canadian jockey who won the New York state riding championship in 1953. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he began his racing career there in 1937 at the Lansdowne Park racetrack as an apprentice with A.C.T. Stock Farm owned by industrialist Austin C. Taylor. - Colton Shires
Colton Shires (born October 16, 1996) is an American child actor. Shires is best known to television fans for the minor guest role of Ethan Crane on the NBC soap opera, "Passions". He has also had co-starring appearances on "CSI: Miami" (as Joey Williams in 'Lost Son'), "Medical Investigation" (as Boy in 'Price of Pleasure', "Oliver Beene" (role unknown in 'Catskills'), and "Strong Medicine" (as Mikey in 'Cape Cancer'). - Rodrigo Bueno
Rodrigo Alejandro Bueno (b. 24 May 1973 in Córdoba, d. 24 June 2000 in Hudson, Berazategui Partido, Buenos Aires), mostly known as Rodrigo, was an Argentine singer of cuarteto music. His nickname among cuarteto fans was "el potro" ("the Colt"). Rodrigo was born into the cuarteto scene, and met many famous figures (such as Carlos "Mona" Jiménez) through family connections. He left school in the 7th grade to join "Manto Negro", … - Leo Jacoby
Lee J. Cobb, one of the premier character actors in American film for three decades in the post-World War II period, was born Leo Jacoby in New York City's Lower East Side on December 8, 1911. The son of a Jewish newspaper editor, young Leo was a child prodigy in music, mastering the violin and the harmonica. Any hopes of a career as a violin virtuoso were dashed when he broke his wrist, but his talent on the harmonica may have brought him his first professional success. At the age of 16... - Samuel Peabody Colt
Son of Ethel Barrymore. Brother of Ethel Colt and John Drew Colt. - Robert Nathan Colt
Robert Colt was born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Lansing, Michigan. He attended Lansing Community College where he majored in cinematography. He started his cameraman career at Media One Productions - Lansing, Michigan, then moved to Universal Studios - Universal City, California then MGM/UA Studios - Culver City, California, and is now a EFP/ENG videographer at PBS in Michigan. - Bonito Pacifico
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