Caleb (disambiguation)
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Caleb (Hebrew: כָּלֵב, presumably from the Ugarithic meaning "Servant of the Lord" [1]), Standard Hebrew Kalev, Tiberian Hebrew Kālēḇ) is a male given name.
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[edit] In the Bible
- Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, an important figure in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament
- Caleb (son of Hezron), one of the three sons of Hezron, mentioned in the Book of Chronicles
[edit] People
- Caleb Atwater (1778–1867), American archaeologist, historian, and politician
- Caleb Banks (1659-1696), English politician, member of the House of Commons
- Caleb Bradham (1867-1934), inventor of Pepsi-Cola
- Caleb Carr (born 1955), American author
- Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck (died 1665 or 1666), first Native American graduate of Harvard University
- Caleb Cushing (1800–1879), American statesman and diplomat, Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General
- Joseph Caleb Deschanel (born 1944), Franco-American cinematographer
- Caleb Finch, professor studying aging in human beings
- Caleb Folan (born 1982), English footballer
- Caleb Followill (born 1982), lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Kings of Leon
- Caleb Hanie (born 1985), American football player
- Caleb Lewis (born 1978), Australian playwright
- Caleb Powers (1869–1932), United States Representative from Kentucky and Secretary of State of Kentucky, convicted as an accessory to murder
- Caleb Pusey, (c. 1650–1727), friend and business partner of William Penn, provincial supreme court justice
- Caleb Ralph (born 1977), New Zealand rugby union footballer
- Caleb Strong (1745–1819), lawyer and politician, sixth and tenth Governor of Massachusetts
[edit] Fictional characters
- Caleb, a major character in the John Steinbeck novel East of Eden
- Caleb Lambert, the son of Gary and Caroline Lambert in Jonathan Franzen's novel The Corrections
- Caleb Bradley, a corporate swindler in Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead
- Caleb Temple, main character in the 1995 television series American Gothic
- Caleb (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a villain in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series
- Caleb Nichol, in The O.C. 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 Morley, vampire in the soap opera Port Charles
- Caleb Lansing-Gant, part-human part-machine protagonist of the UK game show Mission: 2110.
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[edit] Other uses
- NOTS-EV-2 Caleb, an American space launcher of the 1950s
- "Caleb", a song on the album Unia by Finnish metal band Sonata Arctica
[edit] See also
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