title: Chesnut
text: # 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
  