# Caleb (given name)

Caleb is a masculine given name derived from Hebrew, meaning either "faithful" or "whole-hearted".

## People
### Artists and entertainers

* Caleb Crain, American novelist and writer
* Caleb de Casper, American singer and performing artist
* Caleb Deschanel (born 1944), Franco-American cinematographer
* Caleb Followill (born 1982), lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Kings of Leon
* Caleb Foote (born 1993), American actor
* Caleb Johnson (born 1991), American singer
* Caleb Landry Jones (born 1989), American actor
* Caleb Lewis (born 1978), Australian playwright
* Caleb Cain Marcus, American photographer
* Caleb McLaughlin (born 2001), American actor
* Caleb Pressley (born 1992), American comedian
* Caleb Quaye (born 1948), English guitarist
* Caleb Ross (born 1981), New Zealander film and television actor
* Caleb Shomo (born 1992), American musician
* Caleb Simper (1856–1942), English composer and church organist
* Caleb Spivak, American actor

### Athletes

* Caleb Aekins (born 1997), New Zealander rugby league footballer
* Caleb Agada (born 1994), Nigerian-Canadian basketball player
* Caleb Baldwin (boxer) (1769–1827), English boxer
* Caleb Biggers (born 1999), American football player
* Caleb Binge (born 1993), Australian professional rugby league footballer
* Caleb Brantley (born 1994), American football player
* Caleb Brousseau (born 1988), Canadian para-alpine skier
* Caleb Chakravarthi (born 1999), American tennis player
* Caleb Clarke (rugby union) (born 1999), New Zealand rugby union player
* Caleb Clarke (soccer) (born 1993), Canadian former soccer player
* Caleb Crone (1919–1958), Irish Gaelic footballer
* Caleb Daniel (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
* Caleb Dean (born 2001), American track and field athlete who competes as a hurdler
* Caleb Desnoyers (born 2007), Canadian junior ice hockey player
* Caleb Ekuban (born 1994), Italian footballer
* Caleb Ekwegwo (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
* Caleb Ewan (born 1994), Australian cyclist
* Caleb Fairly (born 1987), American former professional road racing cyclist
* Caleb Farley (born 1998), American football player
* Caleb Folan (born 1982), English footballer
* Caleb Foster (born 2004), American college basketball player
* Caleb Furst (born 2002), American basketball player
* Caleb Gaylard (born 1990), New Zealand cricketer
* Caleb Graham (born 2000), Australian rules footballer
* Caleb Hanie (born 1985), American football player
* Caleb Houstan (born 2003), Canadian basketball player
* Caleb Huntley (born 1998), American football player
* Caleb Jewell (born 1997), Australian cricketer
* Caleb Johnson (American football) (born 1998), American football player
* Caleb Jones (American football) (born 1999), American football player
* Caleb Jones (ice hockey) (born 1997), American professional ice hockey defenseman
* Caleb Lomavita (born 2002), American baseball player
* Caleb Love (born 2001), American basketball player
* Caleb Marchbank (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
* Caleb Martin (1924–1994), American football player
* Caleb Moore (1987–2013), American professional snowmobile racer
* Caleb Murphy (born 1999), American football player
* Caleb Patterson-Sewell (born 1987), American professional footballer
* Caleb Plant (born July 8, 1992) is an American professional boxer
* Caleb Ralph (born 1977), New Zealand rugby union footballer
* Caleb Ransaw (born 2002), American football player
* Caleb Richards (born 1998), English footballer
* Caleb Shepherd (born 1993), New Zealander rowing cox
* Caleb Shudak (born 1997), American football player
* Caleb Stanko (born 1993), American soccer player
* Caleb Surratt (born 2004), American professional golfer
* Caleb Swanigan (1997–2022), American professional basketball player
* Caleb Thielbar (born 1987), American professional baseball player
* Caleb Timu (born 1994), New Zealand-born Australian rugby footballer
* Caleb Williams (born 2002), American football player
* Caleb Wilson (born 1996), American football player
* Caleb Zady Sery (born 1999), Ivorian professional footballer

### Politicians

* Caleb J. Anderson (1910–1996), Swedish Social Democrat
* Caleb Atwater (1778–1867), American politician, historian, and early archaeologist
* Caleb Ayer (1813–1883), American politician
* Caleb Banks (1659–1696), English politician, member of the House of Commons
* Caleb P. Bennett (1758–1836), American soldier and politician
* Caleb Henry Buckland, Canadian politician
* Caleb Cushing (1800–1879), American statesman and diplomat, Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General
* Caleb Ellis (1767–1816), American politician and lawyer
* Caleb Frostman (born 1984), American politician
* Caleb Hanna (born 1999), American politician as a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
* Caleb C. Harris (1836–1904), American farmer, physician, and politician
* Caleb Claiborne Herbert (1814–1867), Confederate politician
* Caleb Hopkins (Upper Canada politician), (1786–1880), Canadian farmer and politician
* Caleb Jenner (1830–1890), English-born politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), member of the Victorian Legislative Council
* Caleb Jones (politician) (born 1980), American politician
* Caleb R. Layton (1851–1830), American politician
* Caleb Lomax (1695–1730), British landowner and politician
* Caleb J. McNulty (1816–1846), American lawyer, newspaper editor and politician
* Caleb Powell (1793–1881), Irish Repeal Association and Whig politician
* Caleb Powers (1869–1932), United States Representative from Kentucky and Secretary of State of Kentucky
* Caleb Rice (1792–1873), American politician and businessman
* Caleb Rodney (1767–1840), American merchant and politician
* Caleb Rowden, American politician
* Caleb B. Smith (1808–1864), United States Representative from Indiana
* Caleb Stark (1759–1838), American state senator
* Caleb Stetson (1801–1885), American businessman and politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
* Caleb Strong (1745–1819), lawyer and politician, sixth and tenth Governor of Massachusetts
* Caleb N. Taylor (1813–1887) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
* Caleb Walton West (1844–1909), American politician and Governor of Utah Territory
* Caleb Wright (1810–1898), English politician

### Religious figures

* Caleb Ashworth (1722–1775), English dissenting tutor
* Caleb Fleming (1698–1779), English dissenting minister and polemicist
* Caleb Rotheram (1694–1752), English dissenting minister and tutor

### Other

* Caleb Angas (1782–1860), English agriculturist
* Caleb Bonham (born 1986), American businessman and television personality
* Caleb Bradham (1867–1934), inventor of Pepsi-Cola
* Caleb Carr (born 1955), American military historian and author
* Caleb Chan, Hong Kong-born Canadian businessman and philanthropist
* Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck (died 1665 or 1666), the first Native American graduate of Harvard University
* Caleb Evans (geologist) (1831–1886), English geologist
* Caleb Finch, professor studying ageing in human beings
* Caleb Garling, American writer for Wired magazine
* Caleb V. Haynes (1895–1966), American Air Force major general
* Caleb Jeacocke (1706–1786), English baker and businessman
* Calev Myers (21st century), American-Israeli lawyer
* Caleb Hillier Parry (1755–1822), Anglo-Welsh physician
* Caleb Pusey (c. 1650–1727), friend and business partner of William Penn, provincial supreme court justice
* Caleb Saleeby (1878–1940), English physician, writer, and journalist
* Caleb Schaber (1973–2009), American artist and journalist
* Caleb Silver, American journalist
* Caleb Andrew Stewart (1888–1959), Scottish mathematician
* Caleb Whitefoord (1734–1810), Scottish merchant, diplomat, and political satirist
* Caleb Thomas Winchester (1847–1920), American English scholar

## Biblical figures

* Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, an important figure in the Hebrew Bible/Christian Old Testament
* Caleb, son of Hezron, one of the three sons of Hezron, mentioned in the Book of Chronicles

## Fictional characters

* Caleb (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a villain in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series
* Caleb (computer game character), protagonist of the computer game Blood and its sequel, Blood II: The Chosen
* Caleb (W.I.T.C.H.), in the comic book and animated television series W.I.T.C.H.
* Caleb Dume, birth name of Jedi Kanan Jarrus in the Star Wars universe
* Caleb Morley, a vampire in the soap opera Port Charles
* Caleb Nichol, in The O.C. television series
* Caleb Rivers, in the TV series Pretty Little Liars
* Caleb Hammer, a Pinkerton agent in stories published by Marvel Comics.
* Caleb Blackthorne, an Elizabethan privateer in stories written by Byron Roberts.