List of Famous people born in Calhoun, United States of America
Stand Watie
Stand Watie, also known as Standhope Uwatie, Tawkertawker, and Isaac S. Watie, was a leader of the Cherokee Nation. The nation allied with the Confederacy, and he was the only Native American to attain a general's rank in the Civil War, Confederacy or Union. He commanded the Confederate Indian cavalry of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi, made up mostly of Cherokee, Muskogee and Seminole. He was the last Confederate general in the field to cease hostilities at war's end.
Elias Boudinot
Elias Boudinot was a writer, newspaper editor, and leader of the Cherokee Nation. He was a member of a prominent family, and was born and grew up in present-day Georgia. His Cherokee name reportedly means either 'male deer' or 'turkey.' Born to parents of mixed Cherokee and European ancestry and educated at a missionary school in Connecticut, Boudinot became one of several leaders who believed that acculturation was critical to Cherokee survival; he was influential in the period of removal to Indian Territory.
William Thompson
William Henry Thompson was an American archer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won two bronze medals in Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics in Missouri in the double York round, when Robert Williams won silver and his second bronze in the double American round. In the team competition he won the gold medal. He was born in Calhoun, Georgia and died in Seattle, Washington.