Comstock (surname)

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

• Ada Comstock (1876-1973), U.S. women's education pioneer
• 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