Calder (surname)
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Calder is a surname of Scottish origin.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Alexander Milne Calder (1846–1923), American sculptor, father of:
- Alexander Stirling Calder (1870–1945), American sculptor, father of:
- Alexander Calder (1898–1976), American sculptor, inventor of mobile sculpture
- Alexander Stirling Calder (1870–1945), American sculptor, father of:
- Alison Calder (born 1969), Canadian poet and literary critic
- Angus Calder (1942–2008), Scottish writer, historian and poet, son of Peter Calder
- David Calder (actor) (born 1946), English actor
- James Traill Calder (1794–1864), Scottish local historian
- John Calder (1927–2018), founder of Calder Publishing
- Keith Calder (born 1979), American film producer
- Rebecca Calder (born 1981), English actress
- Simon Calder (born 1955), travel writer
- Tony Calder (1943–2018), English music manager
Politics
- Alexander Calder (Beaumont, Texas) (1806–1853), first mayor of Beaumont, Texas
- Archibald Clement Calder, Canadian politician
- Frank Arthur Calder (1915–2006), Canadian politician, plaintiff in Calder v British Columbia (AG)
- James Alexander Calder (1868–1956), Canadian politician
- James Erskine Calder (1808–1882), English-born Surveyor General of Tasmania
- John Alexander Calder, Canadian politician
- Ritchie Calder (1906–1982), Scottish author, journalist and academic, father of Nigel
- Sam Calder (1916–2008), Australian politician
- William M. Calder (1869–1945), senator from New York
Religion
- David O. Calder (1823–1884), Mormon pioneer
- John Calder (minister) (1733–1815), Scottish dissenting minister
- Robert Calder (priest) (1650?–1723), clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church, author, and controversialist
Science and medicine
- Alvinus Calder (1892–1975), Canadian physician
- James Calder (orthopaedic surgeon) (born 1968), English orthopaedic surgeon
- Mary Gordon Calder (c. 1906–1992), Scottish palaeobotanist
- Muffy Calder (born 1958), Canadian-born Scottish computer scientist
- Nigel Calder (1931–2014), British science writer, son of Peter, father of Simon