The surname Kolb originates from the Middle High German "kolbe", with various meanings. The main sense is a 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. Abram Bowman Kolb (1862–1925), Canadian teacher and publisher Adrienne Kolb, American historian of science, married to Edward Alexander Kolb (1891–1963), German general Alphonse A. Kolb (1893–1983), German-American artist Annette Kolb (1870–1967), German pacifist Barbara Kolb (1939–2024), U.S. composer Brandon Kolb (born 1973), U.S. baseball player Brian Kolb (born 1952), U.S. politician Bubba Kolb (born 1940), jazz pianist Carol Kolb (unknown), U.S. comedy writer Chris Kolb (1958), U.S. politician Clarence Kolb (1874–1964), U.S. vaudeville performer Claudia Kolb (born 1949), U.S. swimmer Dan Kolb (born 1975), U.S. baseball player David Kolb (born 1941), U.S. philosopher David A. Kolb (born 1939), U.S. educationist Eberhard Kolb (born 1933), historian Edward Kolb (born 1951), American cosmologist, married to Adrienne Eugen Kolb (1898–1959), art critic Frank Kolb (1945–2026), German historian Franz Kolb (unknown), German inventor Gary Kolb (1940–2019), U.S. baseball player John Kolb, American politician Jon Kolb (born 1947), U.S. football player Kevin Kolb (born 1984), U.S. football player Larry J. Kolb (born 1953), U.S. CIA operative and writer Lawrence Kolb (1911–2006), U.S. psychiatrist Ophélia Kolb (born 1982), French actress Michael J. Kolb (born c. 1960s), U.S. archaeologist Robert Kolb (born c. 1940), U.S. theologian, systematician Roberto Kolb Neuhaus (born 1951), Mexican musicologist and oboist Steven Kolb, American businessman Thomas Kolb, American radiologist Ute Kolb (born 1963), German crystallographer
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See also Kolbe Kulp (surname) Culp