Calhoun (surname)

Calhoun is a surname of Scottish origin. It is a variant of the Scottish surname Colquhoun. Notable people with this surname include:

In arts and entertainment

• Adam Calhoun (born 1980), American rapper and songwriter
• Alice Calhoun (1900–1966), American silent film actress
• Ann Marie Calhoun (born 1979), American violinist
• Chad Calhoun, a pseudonym of Ron Goulart (1933–2022), writer
• Kutt Calhoun (born 1977), born Melvin Calhoun, musician
• Monica Calhoun (born 1971), actress
• Rory Calhoun (1922–1999), American actor
• Will Calhoun (born 1964), American musician
• William "Haystack" Calhoun (1934–1989), professional wrestler
• William Henry Calhoun (1815–1865), American silversmith

In government, politics and activism

• Bob Calhoun (1937–2020), American politician and lawyer
• Bootsie Calhoun (1923–2014), American politician
• Charles Calhoun Jr. (1931–2014), American politician and jurist
• Cora Catherine Calhoun Horne (1865–1932) Black suffragist, civil rights activist, and an Atlanta socialite.
• Floride Calhoun (1792–1866), wife of John C. Calhoun, second lady of the United States
• Harlan M. Calhoun (1903–1977), justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
• James Calhoun (politician, born 1802) (1802–1852), Georgia politician, Army colonel, federal Indian agent, and Territorial Governor of New Mexico
• John A. Calhoun (1918–2000), American diplomat
• John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), United States politician and 7th Vice President
• Riemer Calhoun (1909–1994), American politician
• William Lowndes Calhoun (1837–1908), mayor of Atlanta, Georgia in 1879

In sport

• Don Calhoun (1952–2020), former professional American football running back
• George Whitney Calhoun (1890–1963), co-founder of the Green Bay Packers NFL football team
• Jalon Calhoun (born 2000), American football player
• Jermie Calhoun (born 1988), running back for the Oklahoma Sooners
• Jim Calhoun (born 1942), head coach of the University of Connecticut men's basketball team
• Kole Calhoun (born 1987), American Major League Baseball player
• Lee Calhoun (1933–1989), American hurdler
• Milo Calhoun (1940–1995), Jamaican boxer of the 1960s and '70s
• Shaq Calhoun (born 1996), American football player
• Thomas Calhoun (1795–1861), English clergyman and cricketer
• William "Haystack" Calhoun (1934–1989), professional wrestler
• W. Bret Calhoun (born 1964), American racehorse trainer
• Willie Calhoun (born 1994), American baseball player

In other fields

• Cheshire Calhoun (fl. 1980s–2020s), American philosopher
• Craig Calhoun (born 1952), American sociologist
• David L. Calhoun (born 18 April 1957), American businessman, formerly president and chief executive of Boeing from 2020 to 2024
• Frances Boyd Calhoun (1867–1909) American author
• James Calhoun (soldier) (1845–1876), American soldier, killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn
• John B. Calhoun (1917–1995), American ethologist

Fictional characters

• Barney Calhoun, fictional character from the Half-Life computer game series (all powerful)
• Mackenzie Calhoun, fictional character from Star Trek
• Daltry Calhoun, 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 by Charles Johnson
• Sergeant Tamora J. Calhoun, the protagonist of the video arcade game "Hero's Duty" in the Disney animated film Wreck-It Ralph.
• Anika Calhoun, fictional character played by Grace Gealey in Empire (2015 TV series)
• Captain Cassius Calhoun, leading character of The Headless Horseman, an 1866 adventure novel by Mayne Reid
• Coach Calhoun, fictional character in the film Grease
• Dean Ernie Calhoun, fictional character in the YouTube web series Video Game High School
• Bill Calhoun, one of three founders of Caesar's Legion, a faction in the video game Fallout: New Vegas