Calvin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Henry Calvin (1918–1975), American comic actor
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Hiram Augustus Calvin (1841–1932), Canadian businessman and politician
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John Calvin
John Calvin (; frm, Jehan Cauvin; french: link=no, Jean Calvin ; 10 July 150927 May 1564) was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system ...
(1509–1564), theologian, Protestant reformer and proponent of Calvinism
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Idelette Calvin
Idelette Stordeur de Bure Calvin (born 1500, died 1549) was the wife of the French reformer John Calvin (Jean Cauvin).
Life
Idelette de Bure was born in Liège and first married John Stordeur from the same city. At some stage they moved to Stras ...
(died 1549), wife of John Calvin
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Katherine Calvin, American earth scientist
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Kathy Calvin (born 1949), chief executive officer of the United Nations Foundation
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Melvin Calvin
Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8, 1912 – January 8, 1997) was an American biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He spent most of hi ...
(1911–1997), American chemist; discoverer of the Calvin Cycle (see below)
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Samuel Calvin
Samuel Calvin (July 30, 1811 – March 12, 1890) was a Whig Party (United States), Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Samuel Calvin was born in Washingtonville, Pennsylvania. He attended the comm ...
(1811–1890), Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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Samuel Calvin (geologist)
Samuel Calvin (February 2, 1840 – April 17, 1911) was Iowa's first systematic Geology of Iowa, geologist, helping to make the first bedrock and landform maps of Iowa, as well as leading geological research throughout the state. He was born ...
(1840–1911), American geologist
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Tom Calvin
Thomas Marvin Calvin (June 13, 1926 – January 22, 2020) was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL). Calvin played college football for the University of Alabama. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in ...
(1926-2020), former National Football League halfback
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William H. Calvin
William H. Calvin (born April 30, 1939) is an American theoretical neurophysiology, neurophysiologist and professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is known for popularizing neuroscience and evolutionary biology, including the hyb ...
(born 1939), American neurophysiologist
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Wyn Calvin
Wyn Calvin MBE OStJ (born Joseph Wyndham Calvin-Thomas; 28 August 1925 – 25 January 2022), known affectionately as "The Clown Prince of Wales" and "The Welsh Prince of Laughter", was a Welsh comedian, pantomime dame, television and theatre ac ...
(born 1926), Welsh comedian and entertainer
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