Calixte Explained

Calixte is a surname and unisex given name of French-origin, from the Latin Callistus. People with the name include:

Surname

• Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte, Haitian politician and military leader
• Marc Calixte, Canadian gridiron football player
• Orlando Calixte, Dominican baseball player
• Widlin Calixte, Haitian footballer

Given name

• Calixthe Beyala, Cameroonian novellist
• Calixte Dakpogan, Beninese sculptor
• Calixte Delmas, French wrestler and rugby player
• Calixte Duguay, Canadian artist
• Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier, Canadian politician
• Calixte Ganongo, Congolese politician
• Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American composer best known for composing O Canada, the national anthem of Canada
• Pierre-Calixte Neault, Canadian politician
• Calixte "Charles" Payot, French ice hockey player
• Calixte Savoie, Canadian businessman and politician
• Henri Serrur, French painter who often signed his paintings Calixte
• Calixte Zagré, Burkinabè football manager and coach

See also

• • Callistus (disambiguation) (also includes Calistus, Callixtus, Calixtus and Kallistos)