Calhoun (surname)
Calhoun is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin. It is a variant of the surname Colquhoun. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alice Calhoun (1900–1966), American silent film actress
- Ann Marie Calhoun, American violinist
- Bootsie Calhoun, American politician
- Charles Calhoun, Jr., American politician and jurist
- Craig Calhoun, American sociologist
- Chad Calhoun, a pseudonym of Ron Goulart, writer
- Don Calhoun, former professional American football running back
- Floride Calhoun, wife of John C. Calhoun, Second Lady of the United States
- George Whitney Calhoun, co-founder of the Green Bay Packers NFL football team
- James Calhoun (soldier), American soldier, killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn
- James S. Calhoun, Georgia Politician, Army Colonel, Federal Indian Agent, and Territorial Governor of New Mexico
- Jermie Calhoun, running back for the Oklahoma Sooners
- Jim Calhoun, head coach of the University of Connecticut men's basketball team
- John B. Calhoun, American Ethologist
- John C. Calhoun, United States politician and 7th Vice President
- John A. Calhoun, American diplomat
- Kole Calhoun, American Major League Baseball player
- Kutt Calhoun ("Melvin Calhoun"), musician
- Meredith Calhoun, planter and newspaper publisher
- Milburn E. Calhoun, physician and publisher
- Milo Calhoun, Jamaican boxer of the 1960s and '70s
- Monica Calhoun, actress
- Riemer Calhoun, American politician
- Rory Calhoun, actor
- Will Calhoun, musician
- William Calhoun ("Haystack"), professional wrestler
- William Lowndes Calhoun, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia in 1879
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
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