# Samuel Colt

> He didn't invent the revolver, but he made it repeatable — same gun, same parts, thousands deep. That industrial leap, plus a gift for spectacle and endorsement deals before anyone called them that, turned a Connecticut mechanic into one of the richest men in America by the time he died at 47.

*19th-century American industrialist and inventor (1814–1862)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1814-07-22
- **Died:** 1862-01-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Samuel Colt's first tries — a firearms shop in Paterson, New Jersey, and a side hustle in underwater mines — went nowhere. Then 1847: the Texas Rangers ordered 1,000 revolvers for the war with Mexico, and the factory in Hartford roared to life. By the Civil War his guns were shipping to both sides; after, they rode west with the frontier. He died in January 1862, wildly wealthy, having pioneered interchangeable parts and assembly-line production when the Industrial Revolution was still finding its legs. Along the way he sold the things like no one had before: art commissions, celebrity endorsements, corporate swag. The revolver became viable because Colt made it industrial, and famous because he knew how to move product.

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Science, #United States, #Americas, #19th Century

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