Colgate (name)
Colgate is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Gilbert Colgate, American bobsledder
- Pat Colgate, artistic director of the dance company Placer Theatre Ballet
- Stirling Colgate, American physicist
- William Colgate, American manufacturer, founder of what would become the Colgate Toothpaste Company
- *James Boorman Colgate, American financier
- *Samuel Colgate, American manufacturer and philanthropist
- **Samuel Colgate Jr., American football coach
- Steve Colgate, American sailor