Callender is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
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Arthur Callender, assistant to Howard Carter during the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb
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Charles Callender, owner of blackface minstrel shows in 19th century America
Claire Callender, British academic
Clarence Callender, athlete
Colin Callender, English television producer
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Drake Callender, American soccer player
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Emmanuel Callender, athlete
Eugene Callender (1926–2013), American pastor and activist
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James T. Callender, late 18th and early 19th century journalist
Jamie Callender, American politician
John Callender, Scottish psychiatrist and philosopher
John Callender, English footballer
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Mary Pauline Callender, author of puberty and menstruation advice booklets in the 1920s and 1930s used to promote Kotex products