Ketchum (surname)

Ketchum is a surname that originated in England. Notable people and fictional characters with the surname include:

Real people

Annie Chambers Ketchum (1824–1904; (religious name, Sister Amabilis), American educator, lecturer, writer
Daniel Ketchum (born 1981), former American swimmer
Gerald Ketchum (1908–1992), commanded the icebreaker USS Burton Island (AG-88)
Gus Ketchum (1897–1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Hal Ketchum (1953–2020), American country music singer-songwriter
Henry Ketchum (1839–1886), Canadian engineer
Jack Ketchum (1946–2018), American horror writer
James S. Ketchum (1931–2019), American psychiatrist
Jesse Ketchum (1782–1867), tanner and political figure in Upper Canada
Menis E. Ketchum, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Morris Ketchum (1796–1880), American banker and financier of the 19th century
Richard Ketchum (1773–1845), political figure in New Brunswick
Richard M. Ketchum (1922–2012), American historian and magazine editor
Robert Glenn Ketchum (born 1947), landscape and nature photographer
Rosemary Ketchum, American politician and community organizer
Tom Ketchum (1863–1901), a.k.a. "Black Jack" Ketchum, U.S. Western outlaw
Wesley Harrington Ketchum (1878–1968), medical doctor, introduced Edgar Cayce to the national medical community in a 1910 presentation to the American Association for Clinical Research
William Ketchum (mayor), mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York
William M. Ketchum (1921–1978), U.S. Representative
William Scott Ketchum (1813–1871), U. S. Army officer before and during the American Civil War