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Comstock (surname)

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Comstock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • A. B. Comstock, American politician
  • Ada Comstock (1876-1973), U.S. women's education pioneer
  • Adam Comstock (1740—1819), Revolutionary War veteran and New York politician
  • Albert C. Comstock (1845–1910), New York lawyer and politician
  • Anna Botsford Comstock (1854–1930), U.S. artist, educator, and conservationist
  • Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), U.S. moral reformer and namesake of the Comstock laws
  • Barbara Comstock (born 1959), member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Charles Carter Comstock (1818–1900), U.S. politician from Michigan
  • Christopher Comstock (1635–1702), early settler of Norwalk, Connecticut and a deputy of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut
  • Cyrus B. Comstock (1831-1910), U.S. Army corps of engineers officer, member of the NAS
  • Daniel Frost Comstock (1883–1970), U.S. physicist and engineer
  • Daniel Webster Comstock (1840–1917), U.S. politician from Indiana
  • Dorothy Comstock Riley (1924–2004), lawyer and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan
  • Frank Comstock (1922–2013), American music arranger, composer and conductor
  • Frank Comstock (politician) (1856–1914), American politician
  • George F. Comstock (1811–1892), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals 1860–1861
  • George G. Comstock (1855–1934), American astronomer
  • Henry Tompkins (or Thomas) Paige Comstock (1820–1870), American miner after whom Comstock Lode was named
  • Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860-1925), American novelist and author of children's books
  • Isaac N. Comstock (1808–1883), New York politician and prison warden
  • John Henry Comstock (1849–1931), U.S. entomologist, co-creator of the Comstock-Needham system
  • Keith Comstock (born 1955), major league baseball player
  • Nanette Comstock (1866-1942), Broadway actress, niece of Isaac N. Comstock
  • Noah D. Comstock (1832-1890), American politician
  • Oliver C. Comstock (1780–1860), U.S. politician from New York
  • "Bloody" Sam Comstock (1800-1822), leader of the Globe mutiny; killed by fellow mutineers
  • Samuel Comstock (1680–1752), member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut
  • Solomon Gilman Comstock (1842–1933), U.S. politician from Minnesota
  • William Comstock (1877–1949), Governor of Michigan
  • William G. Comstock (1810–1899), gardening expert, author, and founder of seed company
  • William Henry Comstock (1830–1919), American-Canadian businessman and politician
  • Fictional characters:

  • Earl Comstock, character in Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon novel
  • Gordon Comstock character in George Orwell's novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying
  • Julian Comstock, character in Robert Charles Wilson's novel Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America
  • Radborne Comstock, character in Elizabeth Hand's novel Mortal Love
  • Roger Comstock, character in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle of novels
  • Zachary Hale Comstock, character in the video game BioShock Infinite
  • References

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