Calvin (given name)
Calvin is a masculine given name. It has been particularly popular among French Protestants, who may be baptized as John Calvin, theologian, Protestant reformer and proponent of Calvinism, although in the judgement of the Oxford Dictionary of First Names, the modern given name "owes its popularity as much to the New York fashion designer Calvin Klein as to the theologian".
Notable people with this name include:
- Calvin Abrams, American baseball player
- Calvin Abueva, Filipino basketball player
- Calvin Anderson, American football player
- Calvin Andrew, English footballer
- Calvin Ashford, African-American interior designer
- Calvin Austin, American football player
- Calvin Ayre, Canadian-Antiguan entrepreneur
- Calvin Benham Baldwin, American politician
- Calvin Bassey, Nigerian footballer
- Calvin Beaulier, American politician
- Calvin Borel, American jockey
- Calvin Brent, American architect
- Calvin S. Brice, American politician
- Calvin Bridges, American scientist
- Calvin Broadus, stage name Snoop Dogg, American rapper
- Calvin Brock, American boxer
- Calvin Burnett, multiple people
- Calvin Case, American orthodontist
- Calvin Chen, Taiwanese actor, model, singer and TV presenter
- Calvin Cheng, Singaporean politician
- Calvin Galusha Coolidge, grandfather of U.S. president Calvin Coolidge
- Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States
- Calvin Dean, British actor
- Calvin Demba, English actor, writer and director
- Calvin Faucher, American baseball player
- Calvin Fixx, American journalist
- Calvin Gotlieb, Canadian professor
- Calvin Goddard, American politician
- Calvin Hooker Goddard, American forensic scientist
- Calvin Griffith, American baseball team owner
- Calvin S. Hall, American psychologist
- Calvin Harris, Scottish DJ
- Calvin Hill, American football player
- Calvin Hoffman, American theatre critic, press agent, and conspiracy theorist
- Calvin Hunt, multiple people
- Calvin Jackson, multiple people
- Calvin Johnson, American musician
- Calvin Johnson, American football player
- Calvin Jones, multiple people
- Calvin Kattar, American mixed martial artist
- Calvin Lee, Hong Kong archer
- Calvin Lo, Hong Kong businessman and chief executive officer
- Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian-American actor
- Calvin Mackie, American motivational speaker and entrepreneur
- Calvin "C. J." Miles, Jr., American basketball player
- Calvin Miller, American runner
- Calvin Miller, Scottish footballer
- Calvin Munson, American football player
- Calvin Murphy, American basketball player
- Calvin Nash, Irish rugby union player
- Calvin Newborn, American jazz guitarist
- Calvin Oftana, Filipino basketball player
- Calvin Peach, Canadian politician
- Calvin Peete, American professional golfer
- Calvin Petrie, Montserratian international footballer and mixed martial arts fighter
- Calvin Pickard, Canadian ice hockey player
- Calvin Pryor, American football player
- Calvin Raatsie, Dutch footballer
- Calvin Ramsay, Scottish footballer
- Calvin Richardson, American singer-songwriter
- Calvin Ridley, American football player
- Calvin Ripken, Jr., American baseball player
- Calvin Ripken, Sr., American baseball player
- Calvin Robinson, British political commentator and clergyman
- Calvin Ross, American law enforcement officer
- Calvin Royal III, American ballet dancer
- Calvin Russell, American football player
- Calvin Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Calvin Rutstrum, American author
- Calvin Schrage, American politician
- Calvin Simmons, American conductor
- Calvin Simon, American musician
- Calvin Smith, American sprint track and field athlete
- Calvin Stengs, Dutch footballer
- Calvin Sun, American physician
- Calvin Tankman, American professional wrestler
- Calvin B. Taylor, American banker, lawyer, educator and politician
- Calvin Howard Taylor, Canadian politician
- Calvin Thomas, American scholar
- Calvin Throckmorton, American football player
- Calvin Tomkins, American author and art critic
- Calvin Trillin, American writer
- Calvin Twigt, Dutch footballer
- Calvin Verdonk, Indonesian footballer
- Calvin Vlaanderen, South African-Dutch motocross racer
- Calvin Vollrath, Canadian Métis fiddler
- Calvin Wooster, American circuit rider
- Calvin Zola, Congolese footballer
Fictional characters
- Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes), a main character of the retired comic strip Calvin and Hobbes
- Calvin, the titular alien in the 2017 film Life
- Calvin Cambridge, main character in the 2002 film Like Mike
- Calvin Candie, character in the 2012 film Django Unchained
- Calvin Fischoder, character from animated series, Bob's Burgers
- Calvin Maxwell, one of the protagonists in Power Rangers Ninja Steel
- Calvin Swanson, character from the anime series Glitter Force
- Calvin T. Burnside, main character from American animated sitcom, Calvin and the Colonel
- Calvin Valentine, a character in the soap opera Hollyoaks
- Calvin Zabo, Mister Hyde, supervillain in Marvel Comics