a private college in Hamilton, New York.

(January 25, 1783 – March 25, 1857) an English-American industrialist who in 1806 founded what became the Colgate-Palmolive company.

an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955.

Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. (February 11, 1897 – June 9, 1981) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician aligned with the Byrd Organization who served as U.S. Representative from Virginia, the 54th Governor of Virginia, Chancellor of the College of William and Mary, and the third President of the University of Virginia.

Stirling Auchincloss Colgate (November 14, 1925 – December 1, 2013) was an American nuclear physicist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and a professor emeritus of physics at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology from 1965 to 1974, of which he also served its president.

James Boorman Colgate (March 4, 1818 – February 7, 1904), son of William Colgate and Mary Gilbert, was an American financier and member of the Colgate family, founders of the Colgate-Palmolive conglomerate.

a Baptist seminary in Rochester, New York.