Chesnut

Chesnut is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Eleanor Chesnut (1868–1905), American Christian missionary
 * James Chesnut Jr. (1815–1885), planter, lawyer, United States Senator, and general
 * Jerry Chesnut (1931–2018), American songwriter
 * Mary Boykin Chesnut (1823–1886), South Carolina author
 * Victor King Chesnut (1867–1938), American botanist and chemist
 * William Calvin Chesnut (1873–1962), American judge