Jules Désiré Colombe was a french blacksmith worker, known as leader of the labour exchange's creation in Nantes in 1892 and part of Limoges congress in 1895.

Jules Désiré Colombe was born in Bléville that is today part of Le Havre city, on 16th may 1859.

First a member of the French Workers' Party and close to Charles Brunelière [fr], one of the founders of Nantes socialism, he is known to be a unity supporter.

[3] He was part of the opposants to the political and union line of his party by voting for the organization of a general strike.

[3] In 1895, he left the Secretariat of the Nantes Bourse du travail and set up a small blacksmith's workshop with two partners.