Chisholm ( ) is a

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. Although derived from a place near

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in southern Scotland, it later became established in the

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, where it was

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as ''Siosal''. Notable people with the surname or its variants include:

Chisholm

In Australia

* Alan Rowland Chisholm (1888–1981), professor of French, critic and memorialist * Alexander Hugh Chisholm (1890–1977), journalist, newspaper editor, author and ornithologist * Alice Chisholm (1856–1954), Australian woman who provided canteen services for soldiers in Egypt and Palestine during World War I * Anthony Chisholm (politician) (born 1978), Australian politician *

Caroline Chisholm Caroline Chisholm ( ; born Caroline Jones; 30 May 1808 – 25 March 1877) was an English humanitarian known mostly for her support of immigrant female and family welfare in Australia. She is commemorated on 16 May in the Calendar of saints (Ch ...

(1808–1877) Renowned 19th century social worker in Australia * Dane Chisholm (born 1990), Australian rugby league footballer * Eric Chisholm (1892–1946), Australian rules footballer * Geoff Chisholm (1929–2006), Australian politician * Keith Chisholm (1918–1991), distinguished Australian fighter pilot * Les Chisholm (1888–1923), Australian rules footballer *

Mark Chisholm Mark Chisholm (born 18 September 1981) is a retired Australian rugby union player. Chisholm usually played as a Rugby union positions#Locks, lock, but could also cover blindside Flanker (rugby union), flanker. Career Chisholm represented Austr ...

(born 1981), Australian rugby union footballer * Scott Chisholm (footballer) (born 1973), Aboriginal Australian Rules footballer * Sheila Chisholm (1895–1969), socialite in British high society

In Canada

* Alexander Chisholm (Upper Canada politician) (1790–1854), political figure in Upper Canada * Angus Chisholm (1908–1979), Cape Breton fiddler * Arthur Murray Chisholm (1871–1960), Canadian author of Western fiction * Bob Chisholm (born 1947), Canadian politician * Brock Chisholm (1896–1971), physician * Christopher P. Chisholm (1854–?), Canadian lawyer and political figure * Daniel Black Chisholm (1832–1899), Canadian farmer, lawyer and politician * Donald Chisholm (politician) (1822–1890), Canadian Member of Parliament * George King Chisholm (1814–1874), politician * Joseph Andrew Chisholm (1863–1950), politician and jurist * Kenneth Chisholm (1829–1906), Canadian businessman and politician * Marie-Hélène Chisholm (born 1979), judoka *

Robert Chisholm (Canadian politician) Robert Lawrence Chisholm (born August 31, 1957 in Kentville, Nova Scotia) is a former trade unionist and politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented the Halifax Atlantic riding in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1991 to 2003. He ...

(born 1957), former politician * Robert Kerr Chisholm (1819–1899), politician * William Chisholm (Nova Scotia politician) (1870–1936), politician * William Chisholm (Upper Canada politician) (1788–1842), founder of Oakville, Ontario

In the United Kingdom

* Aeneas Chisholm (vicar apostolic of the Highland District) (1759–1818), Roman Catholic bishop in Scotland * Aeneas Chisholm (Bishop of Aberdeen) (1836–1918), Scottish prelate who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Aberdeen * Alastair Chisholm ( 2023), Scottish children's writer *

Alex Chisholm Sir Alexander James Chisholm (born 2 January 1968) is a British civil servant and former regulator, who served as Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary and the chief operating officer of the Civil Service (United Kingdom), United Kingdom's Civil ...

(born 1968), British civil servant * Alexander Chisholm (1792?–1847), British portrait and historical painter * Alexander William Chisholm, 25th of Chisholm (1810–1838) Scottish landowner, clan chief and MP *

(1808–1877), English humanitarian * Catherine Chisholm (1878–1952), British physician * Cecil Chisholm (1888–1961), British journalist, publisher and author * David Chisholm (1937–1998), Scottish rugby union footballer * Duncan Chisholm (born 1968), Scottish fiddle player and composer * Erik Chisholm (1904–1965), Scottish composer and conductor * Geoffrey Duncan Chisholm (1931–1994), British urologist * George Chisholm (geographer) (1850–1930), author of first English-language economic geography textbook * George Chisholm (musician) (1915–1997), jazz trombonist * Gordon Chisholm (born 1960), Scottish footballer *

Grace Chisholm Young Grace Chisholm Young (née Chisholm, 15 March 1868 – 29 March 1944) was an English mathematician. She was educated at Girton College, Cambridge, England and continued her studies at Göttingen University in Germany, where in 1895 she receiv ...

(1868–1944), mathematician (maiden name 'Chisholm') *

Hugh Chisholm Hugh Chisholm ( ; 22 February 1866 – 29 September 1924) was a British journalist. He was the editor of the 10th, 11th and 12th editions of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Life He was born in London, England, a son of Henry Williams Chisho ...

(1866–1924), journalist and editor of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' * Iain Chisholm (born 1985), Scottish footballer * Janet Chisholm (1929–2004), MI6 agent * John Chisholm (soldier), 16th-century Comptroller and Prefect of the Scottish artillery * John Chisholm (vicar apostolic of the Highland District) (1752–1814), Roman Catholic bishop in Scotland * John Chisholm (engineer) (born 1946), engineer, chairman of the Medical Research Council and QinetiQ * John Stephen Roy Chisholm (1926–2015), English mathematical physicist * Ken Chisholm (1925–1990), Scottish footballer * Malcolm Chisholm (born 1949), Scottish politician * Mairi Chisholm (1896–1981), Scottish nurse and ambulance driver in the First World War * Melanie Chisholm (better known as Melanie C), British singer * Michael Chisholm (geographer) (1931–2024), British human geographer * Robert Chisholm (architect) (1838–1915), architect of the Indo-Saracenic Senate House of the University of Madras * William Chisholm (died 1564), bishop of Dunblane * William Chisholm (died 1593), bishop of Dunblane and of Vaison, nephew to the above

In the United States

* Anthony Chisholm (actor), (1943–2020), American actor * Henry Chisholm (1822–1881), Scottish American businessman * Hugh J. Chisholm (1847–1912), industrialist * Jesse Chisholm (died 1868), American Indian trader, guide, and interpreter for whom the Chisholm Trail is named * John Chisholm (born 1963), American prosecutor * Jori Chisholm (born 1975), bagpiper * Kari Chisholm (born 1973), United States politician * Linda Chisholm (born 1957), United States volleyball player * Malcolm H. Chisholm (1945–2015), chemist *

Roderick Chisholm Roderick Milton Chisholm ( ; November 27, 1916 – January 19, 1999) was an American philosopher known for his work on epistemology, metaphysics, free will, value theory, deontology, deontic logic and the philosophy of perception. Richard and ...

(1916–1999), philosopher * Sallie W. Chisholm (born 1947), scientist who discovered the cyanobacterium ''Prochlorococcus'' *

Shirley Chisholm Shirley Anita Chisholm ( ; ; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional dist ...

(1924–2005), politician * Thomas Chisholm (songwriter), American songwriter who wrote several prominent Christian hymns including "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" * Tim Chisholm (born 1969), player of real tennis * Tanya Chisholm (born 1984), American actress * William Chisholm (died 1877), victim of the Chisolm Massacre * Terrance Jamel Chisolm American songwriter, Composer, Army Veteran (Born 1982)

Elsewhere

* Jamel Chisholm (born 1995), Jamaican international rugby league footballer playing in England * Jazz Chisholm Jr. (born 1998), Bahamian baseball player * Lael Chisholm, New Zealand children's picture book illustrator

Chisholme

* John James Scott-Chisholme (1851–1899), British cavalry officer who died in the Second Anglo-Boer War

Chisolm

* Garrett Chisolm, American NFL player * Richard Chisolm, cinematographer and film-maker based in Baltimore, Maryland

Chisum

* David Chisum (born 1970), American actor * Donald S. Chisum, American legal scholar * Gloria Chisum (born 1930), American psychologist * John Chisum (1824–1884), American cattle baron, depicted in the 1970 Western film ''Chisum'' * John Chisum (baseball) (1915–1982), American baseball player

References

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