Colhoun, a surname of Scottish origin, is a variant of the surname ''
Colquhoun Colquhoun ( ) is a surname of Scottish origin.
Phonetically, MacOlquhoun is similar to MacElhone/MacIlhone and therefore may derive from the name the Gaelic name ''Mac Giolla Còmhghan''. ''Còmhghan'' is derived from ''comh'' ("together") and ''g ...
''. Colhoun may refer to:
People
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Edmund Colhoun
Edmund Ross Colhoun (6 May 1821 – 17 February 1897) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican War and the American Civil War, in which he was commended for his participation in the bombardment and capture of F ...
(1821–1897), admiral in the U.S. Navy
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John E. Colhoun
John Ewing Colhoun (1749October 26, 1802) was a United States Senator and lawyer from South Carolina.
Colhoun, was born in Staunton, Virginia where he attended common schools before graduating from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton Univ ...
(1750–1802), U.S. senator and lawyer from South Carolina
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John Colhoun (plant pathologist) John Colhoun (born 15 May 1913, Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland – 5 January 2002, Stockport, Cheshire, England) was a British mycologist, phytopathologist, and professor of cryptogamic botany. (with a comprehensive list of Colhoun's ...
(1913–2002), British mycologist, phytopathologist, and professor of cryptogamic botany
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Mabel Colhoun
Mabel Colhoun (2 November 19051992), was a Derry-based pioneering photographer, teacher and archaeologist.
Biography
Mabel Remington Colhoun was born on 2 November 1905 in Derry to John Colhoun and Lizzie Johnston Gordon. Her family were orig ...
(1905–1992), Irish photographer, teacher and archaeologist
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Ossie Colhoun (born 1938), Irish cricketer
Places
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Lumsden (Colhoun) Airport, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Calhoun College
John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) was the 7th vice president of the United States.
Calhoun can also refer to:
Surname
*Calhoun (surname)
Inhabited places in the United States
*Calhoun, Georgia
* Calhoun, Illinois
*Calhoun, Kansas
*Calhoun, Kentucky
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, a college of Yale University
Ships
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USS ''Colhoun'' (DD-85), a U.S. Navy destroyer 1918-1942
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USS ''Colhoun'' (DD-801), a U.S. Navy destroyer 1944-1945
See also
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Calhoun (disambiguation), variant name
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Colquhoun Colquhoun ( ) is a surname of Scottish origin.
Phonetically, MacOlquhoun is similar to MacElhone/MacIlhone and therefore may derive from the name the Gaelic name ''Mac Giolla Còmhghan''. ''Còmhghan'' is derived from ''comh'' ("together") and ''g ...
, variant name
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