Cheatham (surname)

CheathamLanguage(s)| English

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Origin
Language(s)| English
Word/name| Cheetham, Manchester
Meaning| "homestead or village by the wood called Chet"
Other names
Variant form(s)| Chetham, Cheetham, Chatan, Chitham, Chitson

Cheatham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* Benjamin F. Cheatham (1820–1886), Confederate general and California gold miner
* Boyd M. Cheatham (c. 1838–1876), Tennessee state congressman
* Charles Cheatham Cavanah (1871–1953), United States federal judge
* Dave Cheatham, Democratic member, Indiana House of Representatives (representing 69th District since 2006)
* Doc Cheatham (1905–1997), American jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader
* Donna Cheatham, the winningest coach in Indiana girls' high school basketball history
* Edward Saunders Cheatham (1818–1878), Tennessee state congressman and senator.
* Eugene Calvin Cheatham Jr. (1915–2005), one of the Tuskegee Airmen and a career officer
* Henry P. Cheatham (1857–1935), African American Republican member, US House of Representatives
* Jack Cheatham (1894 – 1971), American character actor
* Jimmy Cheatham (1924–2007), American jazz trombonist and teacher
* John Cheatham (1855–1918), American firefighter
* Karla Cheatham Mosley (born 1981), American actress
* Kitty Cheatham (1864–1946), American singer and actress
* Kwan Cheatham (born 1995), American basketball player for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israel Basketball Premier League
* Maree Cheatham (born 1942), American actress
* Oliver Cheatham (1948–2013), American singer
* Owen Robertson Cheatham (1902–1970), American founder of Georgia-Pacific
* Richard Boone Cheatham (1824–1877), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee during the opening years of the Civil War
* Richard Cheatham (1799–1845), American politician who represented Tennessee 's eleventh district
* Teresa Cheatham (born 1957), vocal instructor from Wellington, Alabama who was named Miss Alabama 1978

## See also

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* Chetham
* Cheetham (surname)
* Chitham (surname)

Surname list

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