Calvin may refer to:
Names
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Calvin (given name)
Calvin is a masculine given name. It has been particularly popular among French Protestants, who may be baptized as John Calvin, theologian, Protestant reformer and proponent of Calvinism, although in the judgement of the ''Oxford Dictionary of Fi ...
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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, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican Party (United States), Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he previously ...
, 30th President of the United States
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Calvin (surname)
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John Calvin
John Calvin (; ; ; 10 July 150927 May 1564) was a French Christian theology, theologian, pastor and Protestant Reformers, reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of C ...
, theologian
Places
In the United States
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Calvin, Arkansas, a hamlet
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Calvin Township, Jewell County, Kansas
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Calvin, Louisiana, 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, a city
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Calvin, Oklahoma, a town
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Calvin, Virginia
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Calvin, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Elsewhere
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Calvin, Ontario
Calvin is a township in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattawa River in Nipissing District. The township took its name from Delino Dexter Calvin, an Ontario lumber merchant and MPP based in Frontenac County.
In 2007, Calvin, along with t ...
, Canada, a township
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Mount Calvin, 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, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Calvin Theological Seminary, 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 (; ; ; 10 July 150927 May 1564) was a French Christian theology, theologian, pastor and Protestant Reformers, reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of C ...
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
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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
Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental Reformed Christian, Presbyteri ...
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