Chisholm (surname)

Chisholm ( ) is a Scottish surname. Although derived from a place near Hawick in southern Scotland, it later became established in the Highlands, where it was Gaelicised 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 (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 (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) (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 (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
• Caroline Chisholm (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 (1868–1944), mathematician (maiden name 'Chisholm')
• Hugh Chisholm (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 (1916–1999), philosopher
• Sallie W. Chisholm (born 1947), scientist who discovered the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus
• Shirley Chisholm (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

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

See also

• Chisholm (disambiguation)
• Aeneas Chisholm (disambiguation)
• Alexander Chisholm (disambiguation)
• Anthony Chisholm (disambiguation)
• Colin Chisholm (disambiguation)
• George Chisholm (disambiguation)
• John Chisholm (disambiguation)
• Margaret Chisholm (disambiguation)

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