# Comstock (surname)

Comstock is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
* A. B. Comstock (1857–1937), 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
* Bobby Comstock (1941–2020), American rock and roll singer
* 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
* Christopher Comstock (born 1992), birth name of Marshmello, American electronic dance music producer and DJ
* Cicero Comstock (1817–1871), Wisconsin state senator, Milwaukee comptroller
* Cyrus B. Comstock (1831–1910), U.S. Army corps of engineers officer, member of the NAS
* Rev. Cyrus Comstock (1765-1853), New York State preacher and inventor of the horse-drawn buckboard wagon.
* 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
* Helen Field Comstock (1840–1930), American poet, philanthropist
* 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
* Noah D. Comstock (1832–1890), American politician
* Oliver C. Comstock (1780–1860), U.S. politician from New York
* 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 Henry Comstock (1830–1919), American-Canadian businessman and politician
Fictional characters:
* Earl Comstock, character in Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon
* 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 The Baroque Cycle of novels
* Zachary Hale Comstock, main antagonist in the video game BioShock Infinite
* Magenta Comstock: historical figure within the universe of the Harry Potter franchise