Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''Colombo (surname), Colombo''". It most commonly refers to: * Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer * Columbus, Ohio, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio Columbus may also refer to:

Places

Extraterrestrial

* Columbus (crater), a crater on Mars * Columbus (ISS module), ''Columbus'' (ISS module), the European module for the International Space Station * Columbus (spacecraft), ''Columbus'' (spacecraft), a program to develop a European space station 1986–1991

Italy

* Columbus (Rome), a residential district

United States

* Columbus, Arkansas * Columbus, Georgia * Columbus, Illinois * Columbus, Indiana, known for modern architecture * Columbus, Kansas * Columbus, Kentucky * Columbus, Minnesota * Columbus, Mississippi * Columbus, Missouri * Columbus, Montana * Columbus, Nebraska * Columbus, New Jersey * Columbus, New Mexico * Columbus, New York * Columbus, North Carolina * Columbus, North Dakota * Columbus, Ohio, the largest city in United States with this name * Columbus, Texas * Columbus, Wisconsin * Columbus (town), Wisconsin * Columbus Avenue (disambiguation) * Columbus Circle, a traffic circle in Manhattan, New York * Columbus City (disambiguation) * Columbus Township (disambiguation)

Persons with the name

Forename

* Columbus Caldwell (1830–1908), American politician * Columbus Germain (1827–1880), American politician * Columbus Short (born 1982), American choreographer and actor

Surname

* Bartholomew Columbus (c. 1461–1515), Christopher Columbus's younger brother * Chris Columbus (filmmaker) (born 1958), American filmmaker * Diego Columbus (1479/80–1526), Christopher Columbus' eldest son * Ferdinand Columbus (1488–1539), Christopher Columbus' second son * Scott Columbus (1956–2011), long-time drummer for the heavy metal band Manowar

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* Columbus (2015 film), ''Columbus'' (2015 film), an Indian comedy, subtitled "Discovering Love" * Columbus (2017 film), ''Columbus'' (2017 film), an American drama set amidst the architecture of Columbus, Indiana * Columbus (Star Trek), ''Columbus'' (''Star Trek''), a shuttlecraft in the ''Star Trek'' series

Music

Opera

* Columbus (Egk), ''Columbus'' (Egk), German-language opera by Egk, 1943 *''Columbus'', 1855 opera by František Škroup * ''Christophe Colomb'', French-language opera by Milhaud often referred to as ''Columbus'' in English sources

Other uses in music

* Columbus (Herzogenberg), ''Columbus'' (Herzogenberg), large scale cantata by Heinrich von Herzogenberg 1870 *"Colombus", song by Mary Black from No Frontiers * Columbus (song), "Columbus" (song), a song by the band Kent from their album ''Tillbaka till samtiden'' * ''Christopher Columbus'', pastiche of music by Offenbach to a new English libretto by Don White recorded by the Opera Rara label in 1977

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Columbus (novel), ''Columbus'' (novel), a 1941 novel about Christopher Columbus by Rafael Sabatini * Columbus (Bartholdi), ''Columbus'' (Bartholdi), a statue depicting Christopher Columbus by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, in Providence, Rhode Island, US * Columbus Edwards, the character known as Lum of ''Lum and Abner''

Brands and enterprises

* COLUMBUS, ab initio quantum chemistry software * ''ColumBus'', former name of Howard Transit in Howard County, Maryland * Columbus Communications, a cable television and broadband speed Internet service provider in the Caribbean region * Columbus Salame, an American food processing company * Columbus Tubing, an Italian manufacturer of bicycle frame tubing * Columbus Buggy Company, an American automotive manufacturer from 1875 to 1913

Ships

* Columbus (1824 ship), ''Columbus'' (1824), a disposable ship built to transport lumber from North America to Britain * MS Columbus, MS ''Columbus'', a cruise ship owned by Plantours & Partner GmbH * MV Columbus, MV ''Columbus'', a cruise ship owned by Seajets * SS Christopher Columbus, SS ''Christopher Columbus'', Great Lakes excursion liner (1893–1933) * SS City of Columbus, SS ''City of Columbus'', a passenger steamer that sailed from Boston to Savannah and sank off Martha's Vineyard in 1884 * SS Columbus (1873), SS ''Columbus'' (1873), an American merchantman converted in 1878 into the Russian cruiser Asia * SS Columbus (1924), SS ''Columbus'' (1924), a transatlantic ocean liner for the North German Lloyd steamship line * USS Columbus, USS ''Columbus'', various ships of the US Navy

Other uses

* Columbus hops, a List of hop varieties#Columbus, variety of hops * Generation of Columbuses, a generation of Poles born ca. 1920, who had to fight twenty years later * Columbus (shopping centre), a shopping centre in Vuosaari, Helsinki, Finland