Calixte is a

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of French-origin, from the Latin '' Callistus''. People with the name include:

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* Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte, Haitian politician and military leader * Marc Calixte, Canadian gridiron football player * Orlando Calixte, Dominican baseball player * Widlin Calixte, Haitian footballer

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* Calixthe Beyala, Cameroonian novelist *

Calixte Dakpogan Calixte Dakpogan (born 1958) is a Benin Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Nige ...

, Beninese sculptor *

Calixte Delmas Calixte Delmas (18 January 1906 – 5 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 vic ...

, 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 The Order of Canada () is a Canadian state order, nation ...

, 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, Congolese politician *

Calixa Lavallée Calixa Lavallée (; December 28, 1842 – January 21, 1891) was a Canadians, Canadian musician and Union Army band musician during the American Civil War. He was born in the Province of Canada. He is best known for composing the music for "O Can ...

, Canadian-American composer best known for composing ''

O Canada "O Canada" () 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 music, after which French- ...

'', 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. Cit ...

, Canadian politician * Calixte "Charles" Payot, French ice hockey player * Calixte Savoie, Canadian businessman and politician * Henri Serrur, 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 association football, footba ...

, Burkinabè football manager and coach

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