Chestnut (surname)
Chestnut is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Charles S. Chestnut, IV, American politician
- Cynthia M. Chestnut, American politician
- Cyrus Chestnut, American jazz pianist, composer and producer
- Harold Chestnut, American electrical engineer, control engineer and manager at General Electric and author
- J. L. Chestnut, African-American attorney and civil rights activist
- Jacob Chestnut, one of two Capitol police officers killed in the U.S. Capitol shooting incident
- Joey Chestnut, American competitive eater
- Morris Chestnut, American film and television actor
