Calixte is a surname and unisex given name of French-origin, from the Latin '' Callistus''. People with the name include:

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Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte ( – unknown) was a Haitian conservative noirist politician and military figure who led the Garde d'Haïti. In 1937, Calixte became involved in political chaos, where officers within the Garde tried to overthrow pre ...

, Haitian politician and military leader *

Marc Calixte Marc Calixte (born September 26, 1978, in Montreal, Quebec) is a former Canadian football linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted with the seventh overall pick in the 2003 CFL Draft by the Stampeders. ...

, Canadian gridiron football player *

Orlando Calixte Orlando Calixte (born February 3, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder and shortstop for the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals and San Franci ...

, Dominican baseball player * Widlin Calixte, Haitian footballer

Given name

Calixte Dakpogan Calixte Dakpogan (born 1958) is a Beninese sculptor known for his installations as well as his masks made out of diverse and original found materials. A native of Pahou, he currently lives and works in Porto Novo. Much of his work is inspired ...

, Beninese sculptor *

Calixte Delmas Calixte Delmas (17 June 1906 – 7 April 1927) was a French wrestler and rugby player. He competed in the freestyle featherweight event at the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1922, he was the wrestling champion of Paris and the Greco-Roman vice-c ...

, French wrestler and rugby player *

Calixte Duguay Calixte Duguay, (born July 15, 1939) is a multi-disciplinarian Canadian artist born in Ste-Marie-St-Raphaël, on Lamèque Island. In 2009, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada "for the impact he has had on the Acadian and Canadian music ...

, Canadian artist *

Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier, (May 26, 1868 – August 14, 1936) was a Canadian politician. Born in St-Benoît, Quebec, the son of J. B. Éthier and Julie Boyer, Éthier was educated at Montreal College. A lawyer, he was called to the Queb ...

, Canadian politician *

Calixte Ganongo Calixte Ganongo is a Republic of the Congo, Congolese political figure who has served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as List of Ministers of Finance of the Republic of the Congo, Minister of Finance since 2016. Ganongo, who is from the nor ...

, Congolese politician *

Calixa Lavallée Calixa Lavallée (December 28, 1842 – January 21, 1891) was a French-Canadian- American musician and Union Army band musician during the American Civil War. He is best known for composing the music for " O Canada," which officially became th ...

, Canadian-American composer best known for composing ''

O Canada "O Canada" (french: Ô Canada, italic=no) is the national anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony; Calixa Lavallée composed the mus ...

'', the national anthem of Canada *

Pierre-Calixte Neault Pierre-Calixte Neault (December 26, 1860 – August 30, 1924) was a politician Quebec, Canada and a two-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA). Early life He was born on December 26, 1860, in Saint-Maurice, Mauricie. City ...

, Canadian politician * Calixte "Charles" Payot, French ice hockey player * Calixte Savoie, Canadian businessman and politician *

Henri Serrur Henri Auguste Calixte César Serrur (1794–1865, signed ''Henry Auguste'' or ''Calixte'') was a French painter. A student of Jean-Baptiste Regnault Jean-Baptiste Regnault (9 October 1754 – 12 November 1829) was a French painter. Bio ...

, French painter who often signed his paintings Calixte *

Calixte Zagré Calixte Zagré (died 6 December 2011) was a Burkinabé football manager. He managed the Burkina Faso national team in 1996, succeeding Drissa Traoré Drissa Traoré (born 25 March 1992) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a mi ...

, Burkinabè football manager and coach

Papal name

Pope Callixtus I Pope Callixtus I, also called Callistus I, was the bishop of Rome (according to Sextus Julius Africanus) from c. 218 to his death c. 222 or 223.Chapman, John (1908). "Pope Callistus I" in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Ap ...

, 217-222 *

Pope Callixtus II Pope Callixtus II or Callistus II ( – 13 December 1124), born Guy of Burgundy, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 February 1119 to his death in 1124. His pontificate was shaped by the Investiture Controversy, ...

, 1119-1124 *

Pope Callixtus III Pope Callixtus III ( it, Callisto III, va, Calixt III, es, Calixto III; 31 December 1378 – 6 August 1458), born Alfonso de Borgia ( va, Alfons de Borja), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 April 1455 to his ...

, 1455-1458 *

Antipope Callixtus III Callixtus III (also Calixtus III or Callistus III; died between 1180 and 1184) was an antipope from September 1168 until his resignation in August 1178. He was the third antipope elected in opposition to Pope Alexander III during the latter's str ...

, 1168-1178

Place name

Calixa-Lavallée, Quebec Calixa-Lavallée, named for the composer of the same name, is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, east of Montreal in the Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2011 Ce ...

, suburb of Montreal in Quebec, Canada *

Saint-Calixte, Quebec Saint-Calixte is a municipality and town in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Montcalm Regional County Municipality. Its proximity to the city of Montreal, and its natural environment, make Saint-Calixte a destination for campi ...

, municipality and town in the

Lanaudière Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population (2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census. Geogr ...

region of Quebec, Canada

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Calixa-Lavallée Award The Calixa-Lavallée Award (french: Prix Calixa-Lavallée) is a music award created in 1959. It is granted by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal (SSJBM) to a Quebecer having distinguished themself in the field of music.http://degree.youthle ...

, music award granted by the

Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society (french: Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste) is an institution in Quebec dedicated to the protection of Quebec francophone interests and to the promotion of Quebec sovereignism. It is known as the oldest patriotic asso ...

to Québécois musicians

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