Calvin (name)

Calvin
Pronunciation	\cal-vin\ Kael - Vihn
Gender	Male and sometimes female
Origin
Word/Name	Latin
Meaning	bald

A few famous people named Calvin include:

Calvin Klein, fashion designer.^[1]^[2]
Calvin Harris, Scottish electro artist
The main character from Calvin and Hobbes, a retired comic strip.^[3]^[4]
Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States.^[5]^[6]
Calvin Johnson, a current NFL Wide Receiver for the Detroit Lions.

Calvin can also be a surname. Famous people with the surname Calvin include:

John Calvin, the French Protestant theologian.^[7]^[8]
Melvin Calvin 1961 Nobel Prize winner, who discovered the calvin cycle.^[9]^[10]
The Latin Orator Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus.^[11]

References

^ Samantha Critchell (2007). "Calvin Klein Offers a Serene Moment". The Associated Press. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jImZHEJDC_RtYpO7iJKcldLvBP0g. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
^ Wallpaper Magazine (2007). "NY Fashion Week: Calvin Klein". Wallpaper - International Design Interiors Fashion Magazine. http://www.wallpaper.com/fashion/ny-fashion-week-calvin-klein/1729. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
^ Tom Shroder (September 16, 2007). "Meet Alice Otterloop. Again.". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/11/AR2007091101713.html. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
^ Steve Friess (September 10, 2007). "Cartoon creator hopes reinventing 'For Better' is for the best". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2007-09-09-for-better-cartoonist_N.htm. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
^ Bruce D. Callander (2007). "If I had been born earlier, I'd have been in on more stuff". The Cheboygan Daily Tribune. http://www.cheboygannews.com/articles/2007/09/12/news/opinion/opinion1.txt. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
^ Sheila Norman-Culp (2007). "Think you can, think you can? You can.". The Olympian Online. http://www.theolympian.com/524/story/214667.html. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
^ Barth, Karl (1995). The Theology of John Calvin. Grand Rapids: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. ISBN 9780802806963.
^ Jordan Ballor (2007). "Democracy in Iraq". The Action Institute. http://www.acton.org/ppolicy/comment/commentary200709121334.php. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
^ Nobelprize.org (1964). "Melvin Calvin Biography - Nobel Lectures, Chemistry 1942-1962". The Nobel Foundation / Elsevier Publishing Company,. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1961/calvin-bio.html. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
^ Lynn Yarris (1997). "Melvin Calvin, Who Unraveled the Secrets of Photosynthesis, Dies". Berkeley Lab. http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/Melvin-Calvin-obit.html. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
^ Marion Dittman (1935). "The Development of Historiography among the Romans". pp 287-296. Journal Storage - Scholarly Journal Archive / The Classical Journal. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0009-8353(193502)30%3A5%3C287%3ATDOHAT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P. Retrieved September 16, 2007.

Calvin (name)

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