Cheatham (surname)

Cheatham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
 * Benjamin F. Cheatham (1820–1886), Confederate general and California gold miner
 * Boyd M. Cheatham (c. 1838–1876), Tennessee state congressman
 * Charles Cheatham Cavanah (1871–1953), United States federal judge
 * Dave Cheatham, Democratic member, Indiana House of Representatives (representing 69th District since 2006)
 * Doc Cheatham (1905–1997), American jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader
 * Donna Cheatham, the winningest coach in Indiana girls' high school basketball history
 * Edward Saunders Cheatham (1818–1878), Tennessee state congressman and senator.
 * Eugene Calvin Cheatham Jr. (1915–2005), one of the Tuskegee Airmen and a career officer
 * Henry P. Cheatham (1857–1935), African American Republican member, US House of Representatives
 * Jack Cheatham (1894 – 1971), American character actor
 * Jimmy Cheatham (1924–2007), American jazz trombonist and teacher
 * John Cheatham (1855–1918), American firefighter
 * Karla Cheatham Mosley (born 1981), American actress
 * Kitty Cheatham (1864–1946), American singer and actress
 * Kwan Cheatham (born 1995), American basketball player for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israel Basketball Premier League
 * Maree Cheatham (born 1942), American actress
 * Oliver Cheatham (1948–2013), American singer
 * Owen Robertson Cheatham (1902–1970), American founder of Georgia-Pacific
 * Richard Boone Cheatham (1824–1877), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee during the opening years of the Civil War
 * Richard Cheatham (1799–1845), American politician who represented Tennessee 's eleventh district
 * Teresa Cheatham (born 1957), vocal instructor from Wellington, Alabama who was named Miss Alabama 1978