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People with the surname Calhoun

Calhoun is a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 of Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 origin. It is a variant of the surname Colquhoun
Colquhoun
Colquhoun is a surname of Scottish origin. It is a habitational name from the barony of Colquhoun in Dumbartonshire. The name is thought to be derived from the Gaelic elements còil , cùil , or coill + cumhann .-Arts and entertainment:* Christopher Colquhoun, British actor* Ian Colquhoun ,...

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  • Ann Marie Calhoun
    Ann Marie Calhoun
    Ann Marie Calhoun is an American violinist.- Personal life :...

    , American violinist
  • Craig Calhoun
    Craig Calhoun
    Craig Calhoun is an American sociologist and an advocate of using social science to address issues of public concern. He is president of the Social Science Research Council, University Professor of the Social Sciences at New York University and Director of NYU's...

    , American sociologist
  • Chad Calhoun, a pseudonym of Ron Goulart
    Ron Goulart
    Ron Goulart is an American popular culture historian and mystery, fantasy and science fiction author.The prolific Goulart wrote many novelizations and other routine work under various pseudonyms: Kenneth Robeson , Con Steffanson , Chad Calhoun, R.T...

    , writer
  • Don Calhoun
    Don Calhoun
    Donald Clevester Calhoun is a former professional American football running back who played for nine seasons in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills, the New England Patriots, and the Philadelphia Eagles...

    , former professional American football running back
  • Floride Calhoun
    Floride Calhoun
    Floride Bonneau Calhoun was the wife of prominent U.S. politician John C. Calhoun.-Background and early life:...

    , wife of John C. Calhoun, Second Lady of the United States
  • George Whitney Calhoun
    George Whitney Calhoun
    George Whitney Calhoun was a sports and telegraph editor for the Press-Gazette of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. A native of Green Bay, Calhoun was a co-founder of the Green Bay Packers with Curly Lambeau, and was the team's first publicity director.Calhoun wrote The Dope Sheet, which served as the...

    , co-founder of the Green Bay Packers NFL football team
  • James Calhoun (soldier)
    James Calhoun (soldier)
    James Calhoun was a soldier in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Black Hills War...

    , American soldier, killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn
  • James S. Calhoun
    James S. Calhoun
    James S. Calhoun was best known as the Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1851 to 1852. He had many careers, though, including time as a Georgian politician, military colonel, and bureaucrat in the United States government....

    , Georgia Politician, Army Colonel, Federal Indian Agent, and Territorial Governor of New Mexico
  • Jermie Calhoun
    Jermie Calhoun
    Jermie Calhoun is an American football running back. He currently attends the University of Oklahoma in his junior year. Calhoun was considered one of the best running back prospects of his high school class.- High school career :...

    , running back for the Oklahoma Sooners
  • Jim Calhoun
    Jim Calhoun
    James A. Calhoun is the head coach of the University of Connecticut's men's basketball team. His teams have won three national championships , played in four Final Fours , won the 1988 NIT championship, and have won seven Big East tournament championships...

    , head coach of the University of Connecticut men's basketball team
  • John Calhoun (software developer)
    John Calhoun (software developer)
    John Calhoun is an Apple Macintosh software developer. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he developed a series of shareware games for the Macintosh and Windows, under the name Soft Dorothy Software...

    , Apple Macintosh software developer
  • John B. Calhoun
    John B. Calhoun
    John B. Calhoun was an American ecologist and research psychologist noted for his studies of population density and its effects on behavior. He claimed that the bleak effects of overpopulation on rodents were a grim model for the future of the human race...

    , American Ecologist
  • John C. Calhoun
    John C. Calhoun
    John Caldwell Calhoun was a leading politician and political theorist from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. Calhoun eloquently spoke out on every issue of his day, but often changed positions. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer, and proponent...

    , United States politician and 7th Vice President
  • John C. Calhoun Sr., United States politician in Waller Co. Texas
  • Kutt Calhoun
    Kutt Calhoun
    Melvin Calhoun Jr., better known by his stage name Kutt Calhoun, is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. His second album, Feature Presentation, debuted at #60 on the Billboard "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" chart in its first week of release...

     ("Melvin Calhoun"), musician
  • Monica Calhoun
    Monica Calhoun
    Monica Calhoun is an American film and television actress. She is best known in her film roles such as The Players Club, The Best Man, and The Salon. She is a graduate of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts....

    , actress
  • Rory Calhoun
    Rory Calhoun
    Rory Calhoun was an American television and film actor, screenwriter and producer, best known for his roles in Westerns.-Early life:...

    , actor
  • Will Calhoun
    Will Calhoun
    Will Calhoun is an American drummer, who graduated with honors from Berklee College of Music.-Career:...

    , musician
  • William Calhoun
    William Calhoun
    William Dee Calhoun was a professional wrestler, who used the professional name "Haystack" or "Haystacks" Calhoun. The gargantuan wrestler was one of the foremost drawing cards during the industry’s “Golden Age” of the 1950s and 1960s while sporting his trademark white T-shirt, blue overalls, and...

     ("Haystack"), professional wrestler
  • William Lowndes Calhoun
    William Lowndes Calhoun
    William Lowndes Calhoun was an American attorney and politician from the state of Georgia who served as the 26th Mayor of Atlanta.-Biography:...

    , mayor of Atlanta, Georgia in 1879

Fictional with the surname Calhoun

  • Barney Calhoun, fictional character from the Half-Life computer game series
  • Mackenzie Calhoun
    Mackenzie Calhoun
    Mackenzie Calhoun is a fictional character from the Star Trek universe. Created by Peter David, Calhoun is an extraterrestrial from the planet Xenex, and is captain of the Federation starship USS Excalibur....

    , fictional character from Star Trek
  • Daltry Calhoun
    Daltry Calhoun
    Daltry Calhoun is a 2005 film, written and directed by Katrina Holden Bronson and starring Johnny Knoxville as the lead character Daltry Calhoun and Sophie Traub as his estranged daughter...

    , the leading character of the 2005 movie of the same name
  • Noah Calhoun, fictional character played by Ryan Gosling in the 2004 movie "The Notebook" based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks
  • Rutherford Calhoun, the protagonist of the novel Middle Passage
    Middle Passage (novel)
    Middle Passage is a 1990 historical novel by Charles R. Johnson about the final voyage of an illegal American slave ship. Set in 1830, the novel presents a personal and historical perspective of the illegal slave trade in the United States, telling the story of Rutherford Calhoun, a freed slave who...

     by Charles Johnson

Places in the United States

  • Calhoun, Georgia
    Calhoun, Georgia
    Calhoun is a city in Gordon County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 15,650. The city is the county seat of Gordon County.-Geography:Calhoun is located at , along the Oostanaula River....

  • Calhoun, Illinois
    Calhoun, Illinois
    Calhoun is a village in Richland County, Illinois, United States. The population was 222 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Calhoun is located at ....

  • Calhoun, Kentucky
    Calhoun, Kentucky
    Calhoun is a city in McLean County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 836 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of McLean County. It is included in the Owensboro, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area...

  • Calhoun, Missouri
    Calhoun, Missouri
    Calhoun is a city in Henry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 491 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Calhoun has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 1.00% is water.-Demographics:...

  • Calhoun, South Carolina
  • Calhoun, Tennessee
    Calhoun, Tennessee
    Calhoun is a town in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 496 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Calhoun is situated along the north bank of the Hiwassee River, which flows down from the Appalachian Mountains to the east and empties into the Chickamauga Lake impoundment of the...

  • Calhoun County, Alabama
    Calhoun County, Alabama
    Calhoun County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of John C. Calhoun, famous member of the United States Senate from South Carolina. As of 2010 the population was 118,572. It is included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area...

  • Calhoun County, Arkansas
  • Calhoun County, Florida
    Calhoun County, Florida
    Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 13,017. The U.S. Census Bureau 2006 estimate for the county was 13,410 . Its county seat is Blountstown, Florida.- History :...

  • Calhoun County, Georgia
    Calhoun County, Georgia
    Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on February 20, 1854. As of 2000, the population was 6,320. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 6,098...

  • Calhoun County, Illinois
    Calhoun County, Illinois
    Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 5,089, which is an increase of 0.1% from 5,084 in 2000. Its county seat is Hardin. It is part of the Metro-East portion of the St...

  • Calhoun County, Iowa
    Calhoun County, Iowa
    -2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 14,867 in the county, with a population density of . There were 5,108 housing units, of which 4,242 were occupied.-2000 census:...

  • Calhoun County, Michigan
    Calhoun County, Michigan
    -Interstates:* I-69* I-94* I-194* I-94 Business Loop serves the city of Albion.* I-94 Business Loop serves the city of Battle Creek.* I-94 Business Loop serves the city of Marshall.-Michigan State Trunklines:* M-37* M-60* M-66* M-78* M-89* M-96* M-99...

  • Calhoun County, South Carolina
    Calhoun County, South Carolina
    Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. In 2000, its population was 15,185; a 2005 Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 15,100. It is named for John C. Calhoun, the former U.S. Vice-President, Senator, Representative and cabinet member from South...

  • Calhoun County, Texas
    Calhoun County, Texas
    Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, the population was 20,647. Its county seat is Port Lavaca. It is a part of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area...

  • Calhoun County, West Virginia
    Calhoun County, West Virginia
    As of the census of 2000, there were 7,582 people, 3,071 households, and 2,201 families residing in the county. The population density was 27 people per square mile . There were 3,848 housing units at an average density of 14 per square mile...

  • Calhoun College
    Calhoun College
    Calhoun College is a residential college of Yale University.-Early history:In 1641, John Brockston established a farm on the plot of land that is now Calhoun College...

     of Yale University
  • Lake Calhoun
    Lake Calhoun
    Lake Calhoun is the biggest lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and part of the city's Chain of Lakes. Surrounded by city park land and circled by bike and walking trails, it is popular for many outdoor activities...

    , Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Calhoun Middle School, Denton, Texas
  • Calhoun School
    Calhoun school
    The Calhoun School is an independent, coeducational college preparatory school located in New York City's Upper West Side. Classes are offered for preschool through 12th grade...

    , New York, New York

See also

  • Colhoun (disambiguation) variant name
  • Cahoon
    Cahoon
    Cahoon may refer to:* Ben Cahoon , A football player in the CFL* Frank Kell Cahoon , United States politician from Texas* Kevin Cahoon, American actor/singer/songwriter* Lauren Cahoon , Taekwondo martial artist...

    , variant name
  • Clan Colquhoun
    Clan Colquhoun
    Clan Colquhoun is a Highland Scottish clan.The clan motto shown above in the crest best translates to "if I can."-Origins of the clan:In the 13th century Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox granted the lands of Colquhoun, located in Dunbartonshire, to Humphry de Kilpatrick...

    , Scottish clan
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