Coulter (surname)
Map of medieval Gaelic Ireland showing the location of Ulaid circa 900 A.D.
Coulter is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, deriving from Uí Coltarain, meaning "descendants of Coltarain". They were chiefs of the petty-kingdom of Dál Coirbin (within what became the barony of Castlereagh), in the over-kingdom of Ulaid.[1]
Notable people
Lt. Gen. John B. Coulter, thrice recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)
- Allen Coulter, American director
- Ann Coulter, American author and conservative political commentator
- Ashley Coulter, Canadian singer
- Catherine Coulter, American novelist
- E. Merton Coulter, American historian
- James Coulter (financier), co-founder of private equity firm TPG Capital
- Joey Coulter, race car driver
- John Coulter (politician), Australian politician
- John B. Coulter, American general during the Korean War
- John Merle Coulter, American botanist, brother of Stanley Coulter
- Joseph Coulter, Archdeacon
- Michael Coulter (born 1952), Scottish cinematographer
- Phil Coulter (born 1942), Irish musician
- Philip B. Coulter (born 1939; Philip Brooks Coulter), American political scientist and professor emeritus (Prof. em.) of political science (lastly at the University of New Orleans/UNO)
- Richard Coulter (US politician), United States Congressman
- Richard Coulter (general), American Civil War general
- Ricki-Lee Coulter, Australian singer
- Robert Coulter, Northern Irish politician
- Scott Coulter, US singer and performer, closely associated with several Broadway talents and cabaret 54 Below
- Stanley Coulter, American botanist, brother of John Merle Coulter
- Tex Coulter, Canadian football player
- Thomas Coulter, Irish physician, botanist, and explorer
- Thomas Coulter, US historical figure, Brig. General of Tennessee Volunteers, War of 1812
- Wallace H. Coulter, American inventor and entrepreneur (brother of Joseph Coulter)
- Walter Coulter (1891–1917), Scottish footballer
- William A. Coulter (1849–1936), American marine painter
Fictional characters:
- Marisa Coulter, character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
Places
- Coulter, South Lanarkshire
- Coulterville, California
- Coulterville, Illinois
- Coulterville, Ontario
- Coulterville, Pennsylvania
- Coulterville, Sale Creek, Tennessee
See also
- Beckman Coulter
- Coulter (agriculture)
- Coulter counter
- Coulter's Lupine
- Coulter's Matilija poppy
- Coulter pine
- Coulter's sage
- Recipients of the Legion of Merit, three awards to two people with the surname Coulter
References
- ↑ John O'Hart, Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, 5th edition, in two volumes, originally published in Dublin in 1892, reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976, Vol. 1, p. 819
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