Chesnut
# Chesnut

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

* Eleanor Chesnut (1868–1905), American Christian missionary
* James Chesnut Jr. (1815–1885), planter, lawyer, United States Senator, and general
* Jerry Chesnut (1931–2018), American songwriter
* Mary Boykin Chesnut (1823–1886), South Carolina author
* Victor King Chesnut (1867–1938), American botanist and chemist
* William Calvin Chesnut (1873–1962), American judge
