Calhoun (surname)
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Calhoun is a surname of Scottish origin. It is a variant of the Scottish surname Colquhoun. Notable people with this surname include:
- Adam Calhoun (born 1980), American rapper and songwriter
- Alice Calhoun (1900–1966), American silent film actress
- Ann Marie Calhoun (born 1979), American violinist
- Chad Calhoun, a pseudonym of Ron Goulart (1933–2022), writer
- Eddie Calhoun (1921–1994), American jazz bassist
- Kutt Calhoun (born 1977), born Melvin Calhoun, musician
- Monica Calhoun (born 1971), actress
- Rory Calhoun (1922–1999), American actor
- Will Calhoun (born 1964), American musician
- William "Haystack" Calhoun (1934–1989), professional wrestler
- William Henry Calhoun (1815–1865), American silversmith
In government, politics and activism
- Bob Calhoun (1937–2020), American politician and lawyer
- Bootsie Calhoun (1923–2014), American politician
- Charles Calhoun Jr. (1931–2014), American politician and jurist
- Cora Catherine Calhoun Horne (1865–1932) Black suffragist, civil rights activist, and an Atlanta socialite.
- Floride Calhoun (1792–1866), wife of John C. Calhoun, second lady of the United States
- Harlan M. Calhoun (1903–1977), justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
- James Calhoun (politician, born 1802) (1802–1852), Georgia politician, Army colonel, federal Indian agent, and Territorial Governor of New Mexico
- John A. Calhoun (1918–2000), American diplomat
- John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), United States politician and 7th Vice President
- Riemer Calhoun (1909–1994), American politician
- William Lowndes Calhoun (1837–1908), mayor of Atlanta, Georgia in 1879
