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Adela Coit Adela Stanton Coit (also known as Fanny Adela Coit and Adela Wetzlar, née von Gans, September 11, 1863 – October 7, 1932) was a women's suffragist and social reformer. She was a large proponent of the Ethical Movement, which was a movement that ...

(1863–1932) German women's suffragist *

Coit Albertson Edward Coit Albertson (October 14, 1880 – December 13, 1953) was an American stage and film actor. Biography Albertson was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, the son of George and Elizabeth (née Stock) Albertson, and began his acting career on Br ...

, American actor * Coit D. Blacker, Special Assistant to the President *

Daniel Coit Gilman Daniel Coit Gilman (; July 6, 1831 – October 13, 1908) was an American educator and academic. Gilman was instrumental in founding the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale College, and subsequently served as the second president of the University ...

, American educator *

James Milnor Coit James Milnor Coit (January 31, 1845 – January 5, 1922) was an American teacher and scientist. He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and educated at Hobart College. He was connected for some time with the Cleveland Tube Works. In 1876, he ...

, American teacher *

John Coit Spooner John Coit Spooner (January 6, 1843June 11, 1919) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Hudson, Wisconsin. He represented Wisconsin as a United States Senator from 1885 to 1891, then again from 1897 to 1907. In his latter stint ...

, senator from Wisconsin *

Joshua Coit Joshua Coit (October 7, 1758 – September 5, 1798) was an eighteenth-century American lawyer and politician. He served as a United States Representative from Connecticut. Early life and career Coit was born in New London in the Connecticut Col ...

: American lawyer and politician *

Judson B. Coit Observatory Judson B. Coit Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Boston University on the roof of the College of Arts & Sciences at 725 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The observatory is used in undergraduate an ...

, the astronomical observatory of the Boston University *

Lillie Hitchcock Coit Elizabeth Hitchcock Coit (August 23, 1843 – July 22, 1929) was a patron of San Francisco's volunteer firefighters and the benefactor for the construction of the Coit Tower in San Francisco, California. Life Born in West Point, New York, in 1843 ...

, firefighter and eccentric *

Madelin Coit Madelin Coit is an American multi-disciplinary artist whose career began in the 1970s. In her work, Coit has produced numerous series across media, including sprayed-oil paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, installation, video projection, writi ...

, American multi-media artist *

Moses Coit Tyler Moses Coit Tyler (August 2, 1835 – December 28, 1900) was an American author and the first full university professor of American history. Biography Born in Griswold, Connecticut, in his childhood, his family moved several times, to Constantia ...

, American author *

Stanton Coit Stanton George Coit (11 August 1857 – 15 February 1944) was an American-born leader of the Ethical movement in England. He became a British citizen in 1903. Biography Stanton Coit was born in Columbus, Ohio, on 11 August 1857. He studied at ...

, writer on ethics

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Coit Tower Coit Tower (also known as Coit Memorial Tower) is a tower in the Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, overlooking the city and San Francisco Bay. The tower, in the city's Pioneer Park, San Franc ...

, landmark in San Francisco * Battle of Cat Coit Celidon, a battle in Arthurian legends *

English profanity Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, is the usage of notionally word taboo, offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion (such a ...

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