Kolb (surname)

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 (born 1939), 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 (born 1945), German historian
 * Franz Kolb (unknown), German inventor
 * Gary Kolb (1940–2019), U.S. baseball player
 * John Kolb, American politician Joe h kolb 1943 artist
 * Jon Kolb (born 1947), U.S. football player
 * Kevin Kolb (born 1984), U.S. football player.
 * Larry Kolb (unknown), 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 (1951, Mexico) is a Mexican musicologist and oboist.
 * Steven Kolb, American businessman
 * Thomas Kolb, American radiologist