Calder (surname)

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
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

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