Cheatham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Benjamin F. Cheatham (1820–1886), Tennessee aristocrat, Confederate general and California gold miner
Boyd M. Cheatham, Tennessee state congressman
Charles Cheatham Cavanah (1871–1953), United States federal judge
Dave Cheatham, Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing the 69th District since 2006
Doc Cheatham (1905–1997), jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader
Donna Cheatham, the winningest coach in Indiana girls' high school basketball history
Edward Saunders Cheatham (1818-1878), Tennessee state congressman and senator.
Eugene Calvin Cheatham Jr. (1915–2005), one of the Tuskegee Airmen and a career officer
Henry P. Cheatham (1857–1935), African American Republican member of the United States House of Representatives
Jimmy Cheatham (1924–2007), American jazz trombonist and teacher
Karla Cheatham Mosley (born 1981), American actress
Kitty Cheatham (1864–1946), American singer and actress
Maree Cheatham (born 1942), American actress
Oliver Cheatham (1948–2013), American singer
Owen Robertson Cheatham (1902-1970), founder of Georgia-Pacific
Richard Boone Cheatham (1824–1877), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee during the opening years of the Civil War
Richard Cheatham (1799–1845), American politician who represented Tennessee 's eleventh district
Teresa Cheatham, vocal instructor from Wellington, Alabama who was named Miss Alabama 1978
