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
 * 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, former chairman of The Boeing Company, appointed president and CEO-designate of Boeing on December 23, 2019
 * 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