Chisholm
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Chisholm may refer to:
- Clan Chisholm, a Scottish clan
- Chisholm Institute, a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) Institute located throughout Victoria, Australia
- Chisholm v. Georgia, a 1793 case heard by the United States Supreme Court
For the school in Australia, see Caroline Chisholm School - Senior Campus.
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[edit] Place names
In Australia:
- Chisholm, Australian Capital Territory
- Division of Chisholm, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria
In Canada:
In the United States:
In Saudi Arabia:
- Chisholm Point is a cape of Tiran Island
[edit] People
[edit] In Australia
- Alexander Hugh Chisholm, Australian journalist, newspaper editor, author and ornithologist
- Ashleigh Chisholm, Australian actress
- Mark Chisholm, rugby player
- Scott Chisholm (footballer), Aboriginal Australian Rules footballer
[edit] In Canada
- Alexander Chisholm, political figure in Upper Canada
- Angus Chisholm, Cape Breton fiddler
- Brock Chisholm, Canadian physician
- George King Chisholm, Canadian politician
- Joseph Andrew Chisholm, Canadian politician and jurist
- Marie-Hélène Chisholm, Canadian judoka
- Robert Chisholm, former Canadian politician
- Robert Kerr Chisholm, former Canadian politician
- William Chisholm (Nova Scotia MP), a former Canadia politician
- William Chisholm (Upper Canada politician), a former Canadian politician and founder of Oakville, Ontario
[edit] In the United Kingdom
- Caroline Chisholm, English humanitarian
- George Chisholm (geographer), British geographer
- George Chisholm (musician), British jazz trombonist
- Gordon Chisholm, Scottish footballer
- Grace Chisholm Young, British mathematician (maiden name 'Chisholm')
- Hugh Chisholm, British journalist and editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Janet Chisholm, former British MI6 agent
- John Chisholm, British businessman
- John Stephen Roy Chisholm (b.1926) English mathematical physicist
- Malcolm Chisholm, Scottish politician
- Melanie Chisholm (also known as Mel C), British musician
- Robert Fellowes Chisholm (1838-1915), architect of the Indo-Saracenic Senate House of the University of Madras
- Scott Chisholm (television presenter), a British television newsreader
- William Chisholm (d. 1564) and William Chisholm (d. 1593), bishops of Dunblane, Scotland
- William Chisholm (journalist), a Scottish journalist
[edit] In the United States
- Jesse Chisholm, American Indian trader, guide, and interpreter
- Jori Chisholm, American bagpiper
- Roderick Chisholm, American philosopher
- Sallie W. (Penny) Chisholm, American scientist who discovered the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus
- Shirley Chisholm, American politician