Editing William Colgate (section)

{{Short description|Business magnate}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = William Colgate
| image              = William Colgate.jpeg
| alt                = 
| caption            = A depiction of Colgate in his later years, drawn in 1881
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1783|1|25}}
| birth_place        = [[Hollingbourne]], [[Kent]], England
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1857|3|25|1783|1|25}}
| death_place        = [[New York City]], U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Green-Wood Cemetery]], [[Brooklyn]], New York
| nationality        = [[Naturalization|Naturalized]] [[Citizenship in the United States|American]]
| occupation         = [[Business magnate]]
[[Philanthropist]]
| known_for          = Founded [[Colgate-Palmolive]] company
| spouse             = Mary Gilbert (married 1811)
| children           = 9, including [[James Boorman Colgate|James]] and [[Samuel Colgate|Samuel]]
| signature          = William Colgate signature.png
}}

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