Caleb (given name)

Caleb
Pronunciation	/ˈkeɪləb/ KAY-ləb
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	"faithful," "whole-hearted," "bold," or "brave"
Other names
Variant form(s)	Caeleb, Kaleb, Kalib
Nickname(s)	Cal

Caleb is a masculine given name which may refer to:

People

Artists and entertainers

Caleb Crain, American novelist and writer
Caleb de Casper, American singer and performing artist
Caleb Deschanel (born 1944), Franco-American cinematographer
Caleb Followill (born 1982), lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Kings of Leon
Caleb Foote (born 1993), American actor
Caleb Johnson (born 1991), American singer
Caleb Landry Jones (born 1989), American actor
Caleb Lewis (born 1978), Australian playwright
Caleb Cain Marcus, American photographer
Caleb McLaughlin (born 2001), American actor
Caleb Pressley (born 1992), American comedian
Caleb Quaye (born 1948), English guitarist
Caleb Ross (born 1981), New Zealander film and television actor
Caleb Shomo (born 1992), American musician
Caleb Simper (1856–1942), English composer and church organist
Caleb Spivak, American actor

Athletes

Caleb Aekins (born 1997), New Zealander rugby league footballer
Caleb Agada (born 1994), Nigerian-Canadian basketball player
Caleb Baldwin (boxer) (1769–1827), English boxer
Caleb Biggers (born 1999), American football player
Caleb Binge (born 1993), Australian professional rugby league footballer
Caleb Brantley (born 1994), American football player
Caleb Brousseau (born 1988), Canadian para-alpine skier
Caleb Chakravarthi (born 1999), American tennis player
Caleb Clarke (rugby union) (born 1999), New Zealand rugby union player
Caleb Clarke (soccer) (born 1993), Canadian former soccer player
Caleb Crone (1919–1958), Irish Gaelic footballer
Caleb Daniel (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
Caleb Dean (born 2001), American track and field athlete who competes as a hurdler
Caleb Desnoyers (born 2007), Canadian junior ice hockey player
Caleb Ekuban (born 1994), Italian footballer
Caleb Ekwegwo (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
Caleb Ewan (born 1994), Australian cyclist
Caleb Fairly (born 1987), American former professional road racing cyclist
Caleb Farley (born 1998), American football player
Caleb Folan (born 1982), English footballer
Caleb Foster (born 2004), American college basketball player
Caleb Furst (born 2002), American basketball player
Caleb Gaylard (born 1990), New Zealand cricketer
Caleb Graham (born 2000), Australian rules footballer
Caleb Hanie (born 1985), American football player
Caleb Houstan (born 2003), Canadian basketball player
Caleb Huntley (born 1998), American football player
Caleb Jewell (born 1997), Australian cricketer
Caleb Johnson (American football) (born 1998), American football player
Caleb Jones (American football) (born 1999), American football player
Caleb Jones (ice hockey) (born 1997), American professional ice hockey defenseman
Caleb Lomavita (born 2002), American baseball player
Caleb Love (born 2001), American basketball player
Caleb Marchbank (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
Caleb Martin (1924–1994), American football player
Caleb Moore (1987–2013), American professional snowmobile racer
Caleb Murphy (born 1999), American football player
Caleb Patterson-Sewell (born 1987), American professional footballer
Caleb Ralph (born 1977), New Zealand rugby union footballer
Caleb Richards (born 1998), English footballer
Caleb Shepherd (born 1993), New Zealander rowing cox
Caleb Shudak (born 1997), American football player
Caleb Stanko (born 1993), American soccer player
Caleb Surratt (born 2004), American professional golfer
Caleb Swanigan (1997–2022), American professional basketball player
Caleb Thielbar (born 1987), American professional baseball player
Caleb Timu (born 1994), New Zealand-born Australian rugby footballer
Caleb Williams (born 2002), American football player
Caleb Wilson (born 1996), American football player
Caleb Zady Sery (born 1999), Ivorian professional footballer

Politicians

Caleb J. Anderson (1910–1996), Swedish Social Democrat
Caleb Atwater (1778–1867), American politician, historian, and early archaeologist
Caleb Ayer (1813–1883), American politician
Caleb Banks (1659–1696), English politician, member of the House of Commons
Caleb P. Bennett (1758–1836), American soldier and politician
Caleb Henry Buckland, Canadian politician
Caleb Cushing (1800–1879), American statesman and diplomat, Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General
Caleb Ellis (1767–1816), American politician and lawyer
Caleb Frostman (born 1984), American politician
Caleb Hanna (born 1999), American politician as a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
Caleb C. Harris (1836–1904), American farmer, physician, and politician
Caleb Claiborne Herbert (1814–1867), Confederate politician
Caleb Hopkins (Upper Canada politician), (1786–1880), Canadian farmer and politician
Caleb Jenner (1830–1890), English-born politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), member of the Victorian Legislative Council
Caleb Jones (politician) (born 1980), American politician
Caleb R. Layton (1851–1830), American politician
Caleb Lomax (1695–1730), British landowner and politician
Caleb J. McNulty (1816–1846), American lawyer, newspaper editor and politician
Caleb Powell (1793–1881), Irish Repeal Association and Whig politician
Caleb Powers (1869–1932), United States Representative from Kentucky and Secretary of State of Kentucky
Caleb Rice (1792–1873), American politician and businessman
Caleb Rodney (1767–1840), American merchant and politician
Caleb Rowden, American politician
Caleb B. Smith (1808–1864), United States Representative from Indiana
Caleb Stark (1759–1838), American state senator
Caleb Stetson (1801–1885), American businessman and politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Caleb Strong (1745–1819), lawyer and politician, sixth and tenth Governor of Massachusetts
Caleb N. Taylor (1813–1887) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Caleb Walton West (1844–1909), American politician and Governor of Utah Territory
Caleb Wright (1810–1898), English politician

Religious figures

Caleb Ashworth (1722–1775), English dissenting tutor
Caleb Fleming (1698–1779), English dissenting minister and polemicist
Caleb Rotheram (1694–1752), English dissenting minister and tutor

Other

Caleb Angas (1782–1860), English agriculturist
Caleb Bonham (born 1986), American businessman and television personality
Caleb Bradham (1867–1934), inventor of Pepsi-Cola
Caleb Carr (born 1955), American military historian and author
Caleb Chan, Hong Kong-born Canadian businessman and philanthropist
Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck (died 1665 or 1666), the first Native American graduate of Harvard University
Caleb Evans (geologist) (1831–1886), English geologist
Caleb Finch, professor studying ageing in human beings
Caleb Garling, American writer for Wired magazine
Caleb V. Haynes (1895–1966), American Air Force major general
Caleb Jeacocke (1706–1786), English baker and businessman
Calev Myers (21st century), American-Israeli lawyer
Caleb Hillier Parry (1755–1822), Anglo-Welsh physician
Caleb Pusey (c. 1650–1727), friend and business partner of William Penn, provincial supreme court justice
Caleb Saleeby (1878–1940), English physician, writer, and journalist
Caleb Schaber (1973–2009), American artist and journalist
Caleb Silver, American journalist
Caleb Andrew Stewart (1888–1959), Scottish mathematician
Caleb Whitefoord (1734–1810), Scottish merchant, diplomat, and political satirist
Caleb Thomas Winchester (1847–1920), American English scholar

Biblical figures

Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, an important figure in the Hebrew Bible/Christian Old Testament
Caleb, son of Hezron, one of the three sons of Hezron, mentioned in the Book of Chronicles

Fictional characters

Caleb (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a villain in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series
Caleb (computer game character), protagonist of the computer game Blood and its sequel, Blood II: The Chosen
Caleb (W.I.T.C.H.), in the comic book and animated television series W.I.T.C.H.
Caleb Dume, birth name of Jedi Kanan Jarrus in the Star Wars universe
Caleb Morley, a vampire in the soap opera Port Charles
Caleb Nichol, in The O.C. television series
Caleb Rivers, in the TV series Pretty Little Liars
Caleb Hammer, a Pinkerton agent in stories published by Marvel Comics.
Caleb Blackthorne, an Elizabethan privateer in stories written by Byron Roberts.

References

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