Chastain (surname) explained

Chastain is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Brandi Chastain (born 1968), American soccer player
• David Chastain (born 1963), American guitarist
• Don Chastain (1935–2002), American actor, singer and screenwriter
• Elijah Webb Chastain (1813–1874), American politician, soldier and lawyer
• James Garvin Chastain Sr., cofounder of the National Baptist Convention of Mexico
• Jane Chastain (born 1943), sports announcer and conservative political writer and commentator
• Jessica Chastain (born 1977), American actress and film producer
• Ken Chastain (born 1964), musician, engineer, and producer
• Michael Chastain (born 1955), blind athlete who played high school football in Troy, Michigan
• Nick Chastain (born 1981), American actor
• Ross Chastain (born 1992), American professional stock car racing driver
• Thomas Chastain (1921–1994), American author of crime fiction

Fictional characters

• Misery Chastain, protagonist of fictitious romance novels in Stephen King's book Misery
• Darryl Louise (DL) Chastain, character in Thomas Pynchon's book Vineland.