Calvin may refer to:
Names
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Calvin (given name)
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Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.; ; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Born in Vermont, Coolidge was a History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican lawyer ...
, 30th President of the United States
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Calvin (surname)
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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 ...
, theologian
Places
In the United States
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Calvin, Arkansas, a hamlet
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Calvin Township, Jewell County, Kansas
Calvin Township is a township in Jewell County, Kansas, USA
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 s ...
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Calvin, Louisiana
Calvin is a village in Winn Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 236 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Calvin is located at (31.963299, -92.779853).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , al ...
, a village
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Calvin Township, Michigan
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Calvin crater, an impact crater
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Calvin, North Dakota
Calvin is a city in Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 15 at the 2020 census. Calvin was founded in 1905.
Likely the most historic structure left in town, the Calvin AF & AM Corinthian Masonic Lodge Number 78, was b ...
, a city
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Calvin, Oklahoma, a town
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Calvin, Virginia Calvin is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, in the United States
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Calvin, West Virginia
Calvin is an unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. Calvin is located on West Virginia Route 55, northeast of Summersville. Calvin has a post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer th ...
, an unincorporated community
Elsewhere
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Calvin, Ontario, Canada, a township
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Mount Calvin
Mount Calvin () is a mountain over high, standing southeast of Pilon Peak in the southern part of the Everett Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and ...
, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Schools
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Calvin University (South Korea), a Presbyterian-affiliated university in South Korea
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Calvin University
Calvin University, formerly Calvin College, is a Private university, private Christian university in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1876, Calvin University is an educational institution of the Christian Reformed Church in North America, Ch ...
, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Calvin Theological Seminary
Calvin Theological Seminary is a private Christian Reformed Church seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is closely tied to Calvin University, though each institution has its own board.
History
The seminary was founded in 1876 with the purpos ...
, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Calvin High School (disambiguation), various American schools
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Calvin Christian School (Escondido, California)
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Calvin Christian School (Kingston, Tasmania)
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Collège Calvin, the oldest public secondary school in Geneva, Switzerland; founded by
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 ...
Other uses
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Hurricane Calvin (disambiguation), various Pacific Ocean cyclones
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Calvin Cycle
The Calvin cycle, light-independent reactions, bio synthetic phase, dark reactions, or photosynthetic carbon reduction (PCR) cycle of photosynthesis is a series of chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen-carrier compounds into ...
, a biochemical system involved in production of sugars
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Calvin (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 1875 Belmont Stakes
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Susan Calvin, fictional robopsychologist in Isaac Asimov's short stories
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Calvin Company, a defunct educational and industrial film production company
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Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes), a comic strip character
** ''Calvin'', a novel by
Martine Leavitt about a mentally ill teenager's obsession with the comic strip character
See also
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Calvinism
Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Cal ...
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