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, American rapper and songwriter
- Alice Calhoun, American silent film actress
- Ann Marie Calhoun, American violinist
- Chad Calhoun, a pseudonym of Ron Goulart, writer
- Eddie Calhoun, American jazz bassist
- Kutt Calhoun, born Melvin Calhoun, musician
- Monica Calhoun, actress
- Rory Calhoun, American actor
- Will Calhoun, American musician
- William "Haystack" Calhoun, professional wrestler
- William Henry Calhoun, American silversmith
In government, politics and activism
- Bob Calhoun, American politician and lawyer
- Bootsie Calhoun, American politician
- Charles Calhoun Jr., American politician and jurist
- Cora Catherine Calhoun Horne Black suffragist, civil rights activist, and an Atlanta socialite.
- Floride Calhoun, wife of John C. Calhoun, second lady of the United States
- Harlan M. Calhoun, justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
- James Calhoun (politician, born 1802), Georgia politician, Army colonel, federal Indian agent, and Territorial Governor of New Mexico
- John A. Calhoun, American diplomat
- John C. Calhoun, United States politician and 7th Vice President
- Riemer Calhoun, American politician
- William Lowndes Calhoun, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia in 1879
In sport
- Cameron Calhoun, American football player
- Don Calhoun, former professional American football running back
- George Whitney Calhoun, co-founder of the Green Bay Packers NFL football team
- Jalon Calhoun, American football player
- Jermie Calhoun, running back for the Oklahoma Sooners
- Jim Calhoun, head coach of the University of Connecticut men's basketball team
- Kole Calhoun, American Major League Baseball player
- Lee Calhoun, American hurdler
- Milo Calhoun, Jamaican boxer of the 1960s and '70s
- Shaq Calhoun, American football player
- Thomas Calhoun, English clergyman and cricketer
- William "Haystack" Calhoun, professional wrestler
- W. Bret Calhoun, American racehorse trainer
- Willie Calhoun, American baseball player
In other fields
- Ben Calhoun, American radio reporter
- Cheshire Calhoun, American philosopher
- Craig Calhoun, American sociologist
- David L. Calhoun, American businessman, formerly president and chief executive of Boeing from 2020 to 2024
- Frances Boyd Calhoun American author
- James Calhoun (soldier), American soldier, killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn
- John B. Calhoun, American ethologist
- John V. Calhoun, American Entomologist
Fictional characters
- Barney Calhoun, fictional character from the Half-Life computer game series
- 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''