Calvin is a masculine given name. It has been particularly popular among American Protestants, who may be baptized as John Calvin to honor the religious leader, although in the judgement of the

Oxford Dictionary of First Names ''A Dictionary of First Names'' is an onomastic work of reference on given names, published by Oxford University Press, edited by Patrick Hanks Patrick Hanks (born 24 March 1940) is an English lexicographer, corpus linguist, and onomastici ...

, the modern given name "owes its popularity as much to the New York fashion designer Calvin Klein . 1942as to the theologian".''A Dictionary of First Names''. Oxford University Press (2007) s.v. "Calvin". Notable people with this name include: * Calvin Abrams (1924–1997), Major League Baseball outfielder *

Calvin Abueva Calvin Abueva (born February 4, 1988) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Magnolia Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was picked second overall by the Alaska Aces during the 2012 PBA Draft. He was nick ...

(born 1988), Filipino professional basketball player * Calvin Anderson (born 1996), American football player *

Calvin Andrew Calvin Hyden Andrew (born 19 December 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Andrew began his career at Luton Town, making his debut in the 2004–05 League One title winning season. He was loaned out to G ...

(born 1986), English footballer * Calvin Borel (b. 1966), thoroughbred horse jockey * Calvin Broadus, or his stage name Snoop Dogg (born 1971), American rapper *

Calvin Chen Calvin Chen ( zh, t=辰亦儒, w=''Chen I-Ju'', poj=Sîn E̍k-jû, p=Chén Yìrú; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:Shìn Yi̍t-yî; Teochew pronunciation in Tâi-lô: Sîng Iā-dzû) is a Thai Chinese actor, businessman, model, singer, and television host. He ...

(born 1980), member of the Taiwanese boyband Fahrenheit * Calvin Cheng (born 1975), fashion mogul *

Calvin Galusha Coolidge Calvin Galusha Coolidge (September 22, 1815 – December 15, 1878) was an American farmer and politician. Background Coolidge was born in Plymouth, Vermont. His parents were Calvin Coolidge (1780–1853) and Sarah Thompson (1789–1856). Coolid ...

(1815–1878), American politician, father of the 30th U.S. president * John Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933), 30th President of the United States * Calvin Gotlieb (1921–2016), Canadian professor * Calvin Harris (born 1984), Scottish electro musician/singer *

Calvin Hill Calvin G. Hill (born January 2, 1947) is a retired American football player. He played running back in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons. Hill played for the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, and Cleveland Browns. He also p ...

(born 1947), former NFL player *

Calvin Johnson (musician) Calvin Johnson (born November 1, 1962) is an American guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, music producer, and disc jockey. Known for his uniquely deep and droning singing voice, Johnson was a founding member of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, ...

, frontman of Beat Happening and owner of indie label K Records *

Calvin Johnson (American football) Calvin Johnson Jr., (born September 29, 1985) is an American former football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons with the Detroit Lions. He played college football at Georgia Tech, where he twice ...

(b. 1985), National Football League player *

Calvin Klein (fashion designer) Calvin Richard Klein (born November 19, 1942) is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc., in 1968. In addition to clothing, he also has given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and ...

(b. 1942) * Calvin "C. J." Miles, Jr. (b. 1987), current National Basketball Association player * Calvin Miller (born 1998), Scottish footballer *

Calvin Murphy Calvin Jerome Murphy (born May 9, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player who after a prolific collegiate career at Niagara, where he averaged 33.1 points per game over his three years, played in the National Basketball Assoc ...

(born 1948), former National Basketball Association player *

Calvin Peete Calvin Peete (July 18, 1943 – April 29, 2015) was an American professional golfer. He was the most successful African-American to have played on the PGA Tour, with 12 wins, prior to the emergence of Tiger Woods. Peete won the 1985 Tournament ...

(1943 – 2015), American professional golfer *

Calvin Pickard Calvin Pickard (born April 15, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for the Bakersfield Condors in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey Lea ...

(born 1992), National Hockey League goaltender *

Calvin Ridley Calvin Orin Ridley (born December 20, 1994) is an American football wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama, and was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the first rou ...

(born 1994), American football player * Calvin Ripken, Jr. (b. 1960), former Major League Baseball player * Calvin Ripken, Sr. (1935–1999), former Major League Baseball player *

Calvin Robinson Calvin John Robinson (born 29 October 1985) is a British conservative political commentator, writer, and broadcaster. Since 2022, he has been a deacon in the Free Church of England (FCE). He is a regular contributor to ''The Daily Telegraph'', t ...

, British political commentator and clergyman *

Calvin Royal III Calvin Royal III (born 1988/89) is an American ballet dancer. He is the third black dancer to be a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. Early life and training Royal is from Tampa, Florida. He first studied in piano, and had appe ...

(born 1988/89), American ballet dancer *

Calvin Schrage Calvin Schrage (born 1991) is an American politician from Alaska. He has represented District 25 as a Member of the Alaska House of Representatives since 2020 Alaska House of Representatives election, 2021. Education Schrage graduated from Uni ...

(born 1991), American politician *

Calvin Simon Calvin Eugene Simon (May 22, 1942 – January 6, 2022) was an American singer who was a member of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 along with fifteen other members of Parliam ...

(1942–2022), American musician * Calvin Smith (born 1961), former sprint track and field athlete from the United States * Calvin Thomas (1854 – 1919), American scholar *

Calvin Trillin Calvin Marshall Trillin (born 5 December 1935) is an American journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelist. He is a winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor (2012) and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts an ...

(born 1935), writer * Calvin Throckmorton (born 1996), American football player Fictional characters: *

Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes) ''Calvin and Hobbes'' is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Bill Watterson that was Print syndication, syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. Commonly cited as "the last great newspaper comic", ''Calvin and Hobb ...

, a main character of the retired comic strip ''Calvin and Hobbes'' * Calvin Cambridge, main character in the 2002 film ''

Like Mike ''Like Mike'' is a 2002 American sports comedy film directed by John Schultz and written by Michael Elliot and Jordan Moffet. Starring Lil' Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Robert Forster, Crispin Glover and Eugene Levy, the film fol ...

'' * Calvin Candie, character in the 2012 film ''

Django Unchained ''Django Unchained'' () is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson, with Walton Goggins, Dennis Ch ...

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Calvin Valentine Calvin Valentine is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera '' Hollyoaks'', played by Ricky Whittle. He arrived in July 2006 as a police officer with his mother Diane Valentine, his brother Sonny Valentine and his sis ...

, a character in the soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Calvin Zabo, Mister Hyde, supervillain in Marvel Comics * ''Calvin'', the titular alien in the 2017 film ''

Life Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energ ...

'' * Calvin Maxwell, one of the protagonists in ''Power Rangers Ninja Steel'' * ''Calvin Fischoder'', character from animated series, ''

Bob's Burgers ''Bob's Burgers'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard that premiered on Fox on January 9, 2011. The show centers on the Belcher family—parents Bob and Linda and their three children, Tina, Gene, and Louise—who r ...

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