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Calvin is an English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 first name , originally used in honour of John Calvin
John Calvin

John Calvin was an influential French people theology and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism....
. Calvin is the conventional English form of his French surname, Chauvin, which was itself derived from the Latin cognomen
Cognomen

The cognomen was originally a middle name of a citizen of Ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. The cognomen started as a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditary ....
 Calvus meaning bald. Calvin translates to Kaiyuen in the Chinese language. A few famous people named Calvin include:






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Calvin is an English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 first name , originally used in honour of John Calvin
John Calvin

John Calvin was an influential French people theology and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism....
. Calvin is the conventional English form of his French surname, Chauvin, which was itself derived from the Latin cognomen
Cognomen

The cognomen was originally a middle name of a citizen of Ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. The cognomen started as a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditary ....
 Calvus meaning bald. Calvin translates to Kaiyuen in the Chinese language. A few famous people named Calvin include:
  • Calvin Klein
    Calvin Klein

    Calvin Richard Klein is an United States fashion designer. In 1968, he launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc.In addition to clothing, Calvin Klein also gave his name to a range of perfumes, including CK One and CK Be , now owned by Coty Inc....
    , fashion
    Fashion

    Fashion refers to the styles and customs prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage, "fashion" exemplifies the appearances of clothing, but the term encompasses more....
     designer.
  • Calvin Harris
    Calvin Harris

    Calvin Harris is a Scottish people singer-songwriter and record producer. He was born in and grew up in Dumfries....
    , Scottish electro artist
  • The main character from Calvin and Hobbes
    Calvin and Hobbes

    Calvin and Hobbes is a comic strip Writing and Illustration by Bill Watterson, following the humorous antics of Calvin , an imaginative six-year old boy, and Hobbes , his energetic and sardonic?albeit stuffed?tiger....
    , a retired comic strip
    Comic strip

    A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story.Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a comics artist or cartoonist, and many such strips are published on a recurring basis in newspapers and on the Internet....
    .
  • Calvin Coolidge
    Calvin Coolidge

    John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . A Republican Party lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state....
    , the 30th President of the United States
    President of the United States

    The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
    .


Calvin can also be 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; the family-name meaning first appeared in 1375....
. Famous people with the surname Calvin include:
  • John Calvin
    John Calvin

    John Calvin was an influential French people theology and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism....
    , the French
    French people

    French people can refer to:* The legal residents and citizens of France, regardless of ancestry. For a legal discussion, see French nationality law....
     Protestant theologian
    Theology

    Theology is the study of the existence or attributes of a deity or gods, or more generally the study of religion or spirituality. It is sometimes contrasted with religious studies: theology is understood as the study of religion from an internal perspective , and religious studies as the study of religion from an external perspective....
    .
  • Melvin Calvin
    Melvin Calvin

    Melvin Ellis Calvin was an United States chemist most famed for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry....
     1961 Nobel Prize
    Nobel Prize

    The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
     winner, who discovered the calvin cycle
    Calvin cycle

    The Calvin cycle is a series of biochemistry reactions that take place in the Stroma of chloroplasts in photosynthesis organisms. It was discovered by Melvin Calvin, James Bassham and Andrew Benson at the University of California, Berkeley ....
    .
  • The Latin Orator Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus.


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