Cheatham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Benjamin F. Cheatham (1820–1886), Tennessee aristocrat, Confederate general and California gold minerBoyd M. Cheatham, Tennessee state congressmanCharles Cheatham Cavanah (1871–1953), United States federal judgeDave Cheatham, Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing the 69th District since 2006Doc Cheatham (1905–1997), jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleaderDonna Cheatham, the winningest coach in Indiana girls' high school basketball historyEdward Saunders Cheatham (1818-1878), Tennessee state congressman and senator.Eugene Calvin Cheatham Jr. (1915–2005), one of the Tuskegee Airmen and a career officerHenry P. Cheatham (1857–1935), African American Republican member of the United States House of RepresentativesJimmy Cheatham (1924–2007), American jazz trombonist and teacherKarla Cheatham Mosley (born 1981), American actressKitty Cheatham (1864–1946), American singer and actressMaree Cheatham (born 1942), American actressOliver Cheatham (1948–2013), American singerOwen Robertson Cheatham (1902-1970), founder of Georgia-PacificRichard Boone Cheatham (1824–1877), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee during the opening years of the Civil WarRichard Cheatham (1799–1845), American politician who represented Tennessee 's eleventh districtTeresa Cheatham, vocal instructor from Wellington, Alabama who was named Miss Alabama 1978