John (1509—64), French Protestant theologian and reformer. On becoming a Protestant he fled to Switzerland, where he attempted to reorder society on reformed Christian principles and established the first Presbyterian government, in Geneva. His Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536) was the first systematic account of reformed Christian doctrine.

加尔文，约翰（１５０９—１５６４，法国新教神学家和改革家，一成为新教徒之后便逃到瑞士，在那里试图根据改革后的基督教原则重整社会，并在日内瓦建立了第一个长老会政府，其《基督教原理》　［１５３６］ 　是首部系统阐述改革后的基督教教义之著作）。

Melvin (1911—97), American biochemist, who investigated photosynthesis and discovered the cycle of reactions (the Calvin cycle) which constitute the dark reaction. Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1961).

卡尔文，梅尔文（１９１１—１９９７，美国生物化学家，研究光合作用并发现了构成暗反应的反作用循环，即卡尔文氏循环；１９６１年获诺贝尔化学奖）。