List of Famous people named Cal

Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr., nicknamed "The Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). One of his position's most offensively productive players, Ripken compiled 3,184 hits, 431 home runs, and 1,695 runs batted in during his career, and he won two Gold Glove Awards for his defense. He was a 19-time All-Star and was twice named American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP). Ripken holds the record for consecutive games played, 2,632, surpassing Lou Gehrig's streak of 2,130 that had stood for 56 years and that many deemed unbreakable. In 2007, he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility with 98.53% of votes, the sixth-highest election percentage ever.

James Calvin "Cal" Cunningham III is an American lawyer, politician, and retired military officer. A member of the Democratic Party and a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve, he served one term as a North Carolina state senator from 2001 to 2003. Having previously run for United States Senate in a 2010 primary, Cunningham was the Democratic nominee for the 2020 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina, losing to incumbent Republican Thom Tillis.

James Calloway "Cal" Bowdler II is a retired Irish American professional basketball player. A 6 ft 10 in, 245 lb power forward from Old Dominion University, Bowdler was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1st round of the 1999 NBA Draft and played for the Hawks for three seasons from 1999 to 2002. He has last played professionally in Italy for Kinder Bologna (2002), Montepaschi Siena (2002–2003), Lottomatica Roma (2003–2004) and Casti Group Varese (2004–05).

Cal Crutchlow is an English former road racer of motorcycles, who competed in the MotoGP World Championship. He ended regular competitions as a Honda rider in late 2020, having a contract to become a test development rider for Yamaha Motor Racing during 2021, with possible occasional appearances as a wild card or replacement rider.

Calvin Joseph Johnson is an American film stuntman and stunt coordinator and film actor, who has been a stunt double for many of Hollywood's A-list actors.

Cal MacAninch is a Scottish actor, who is known for portraying the character of DI John Keenan in police drama HolbyBlue on BBC1. Other notable appearances were his roles as Mr Thackeray in the ITV period drama, Mr Selfridge, and Henry Lang in Downton Abbey, but he has played many leading roles in British television and film over the last 30 years.

Cal Dodd ; is an Irish-Canadian voice actor and singer, who is best known for his portrayal of the Marvel Comics character Wolverine in X-Men: The Animated Series and the Marvel vs. Capcom series of video games. Cathal also provided the voice of the hero/villain Random Virus in the BBC series Ace Lightning. He recorded with producer Bob Hahn in Canada, which consisted of demos and material to be submitted to major labels. His recordings ended up on the RCA label, with a full-length album release New Horizons on Hahn's own Rising Records label in 1975. He co-hosted the Canadian TV series Circus on CTV with Sherisse Laurence from 1978 to 1983.

Callum James Henderson-Begg, known as Cal Henderson, is a British computer programmer and author based in San Francisco.