Calum is a given name. It is a variation of the name Callum, which is a

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well a ...

name that commemorates the Latin name

Columba Columba or Colmcille; gd, Calum Cille; gv, Colum Keeilley; non, Kolban or at least partly reinterpreted as (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is tod ...

, meaning "dove". It may refer to: * Calum Angus (born 1986), English footballer * Calum Best (born 1981), British/American former fashion model turned celebrity * Calum Bett (born 1981), Icelandic football player * Calum Bowen (born 1991), Musician and video game producer * Calum Butcher (born 1991), English footballer * Calum Chambers (born 1995), English footballer * Calum Clark (born 1989), professional rugby union player * Calum Elliot (born 1987), Scottish professional footballer * Calum Ferguson (born 1995), Canadian soccer player * Calum Forrester, professional Scottish rugby player *

Calum Giles Calum Giles (born 27 October 1972) in Portsmouth, England) is a former Great Britain Olympic field hockey player, who competed in the British squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He went on to pl ...

(born 1972), former Great Britain olympic field hockey player * Calum Harvie, UK based music writer specialising in metal and extreme music * Calum Hood (born 1996), bassist and member of Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer *

Calum Kennedy Calum Kennedy (born as Malcolm Martin Kennedy; 2 June 1928 – 15 April 2006) was a Scottish singer who performed in both English and Scottish Gaelic. Biography Kennedy was born in Orinsay, a small crofting village on the Isle of Lewis. In 19 ...

(1928–2006), Scottish singer * Calum Lewis (born 1996), former radio host at

Fresh FM Fresh or FRESH may refer to: People * DJ Fresh (born 1977), UK-based drum and bass artist *DJ Fresh (producer), US-based R&B producer born Marqus Brown Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Fresh'' (1994 film), a crime film * ''Fresh'' (20 ...

* Calum MacDonald (politician) (born 1956), Labour Member of Parliament for the Western Isles from 1987 to 2005 *

Calum MacKay Calum "Baldy" MacKay (January 1, 1927 — August 21, 2001) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens between 1947 and 1955. With Montreal he won the St ...

(1927–2001), former Canadian ice hockey player * Calum Maclean (folklorist) (1915–1960), Scottish folklorist, collector, ethnographer and author * Calum MacLeod (cricketer) (born 1988), Scottish professional cricketer *

Calum MacLeod (of Raasay) Malcolm Macleod ( Scottish Gaelic: ''Calum Macleòid''), BEM (15 November 1911 – 26 January 1988) was a crofter who notably built ''Calum's Road'' on the Island of Raasay, Scotland. He was Local Assistant Keeper of Rona Lighthouse and the ...

, crofter who built Calum's Road on the Island of Raasay, Scotland *

Calum MacLeod (producer) Calum MacLeod is the co-host, creator and creative producer of the Canadian television series '' Road Hockey Rumble''. He was born in the house of Taurus at Winnipeg's St. Boniface Hospital in the Saint Boniface Boniface, OSB ( la, Bonifa ...

, the co-host, writer, creator and creative producer of the Canadian TV series ''Road Hockey Rumble'' * Calum MacRae (born 1980), Scottish rugby union player * Calum Malcolm, Scottish record producer, sound engineer and keyboardist *

Calum Murray Calum Murray (born 7 July 1967) is a Scottish former football referee. Murray started as a referee in 1991 and was admitted to the senior list six years later. He became a FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football ...

(born 1967), Scottish football referee *

Calum O'Connell Calum O'Connell (born 2 May 1990 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian footballer who plays for Kingsway. Club career O'Connell was a contestant on the First Season of the 2008 FOX8 television series '' Football Superstar''. He ma ...

(born 1990), Australian footballer *

Calum Reidford Callum Reidford (born 26 May 1987, in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional football goalkeeper who last played for Stirling Albion. Career Rediford began his career at Scottish Premier League side Rangers. He joined Scottish First Division side ...

(born 1987), Scottish professional football goalkeeper * Calum Scott (born 1988), English singer and songwriter * Calum Stewart (born 1982), Scottish player of the uilleann pipes and Irish flute *

Calum Willock Calum Daniel Willock (born 29 October 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. In his career he played in each of the top seven levels of English football. Born in England, he represented the Saint Kitts and Nevis natio ...

(born 1981), English-born Saint Kittitian and Nevisian footballer * Calum Woods (born 1987), English footballer * Calum Worthy (born 1991), Canadian actor

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