Ketchum (surname)

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

• Annie Chambers Ketchum (1824–1904), religious name Sister Amabilis, American educator, lecturer and writer
• Daniel Ketchum (born 1981), American swimmer
• David Ketchum (1928–2025), American actor
• Gerald Ketchum (1908–1992), American US Navy officer
• Gus Ketchum (1897–1980), American baseball player
• Hal Ketchum (1953–2020), American 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), Canadian tanner and politician
• Menis E. Ketchum (born 1943), American politician and jurist
• Morris Ketchum (1796–1880), American banker and financier
• Richard Ketchum (1773–1845), American politician
• Richard M. Ketchum (1922–2012), American historian and magazine editor
• Robert Glenn Ketchum (born 1947), American photographer
• Rosemary Ketchum (born 1993), American politician and community organizer
• Tom Ketchum (1863–1901), a.k.a. "Black Jack" Ketchum, American outlaw
• Wesley Harrington Ketchum (1878–1968), American physician
• William Ketchum (mayor) (1798–1876), American politician
• William M. Ketchum (1921–1978), American businessman and politician
• William Scott Ketchum (1813–1871), US Army officer

• Ash Ketchum, a fictional Pokémon Trainer figure
  • Delia Ketchum, his mother
• Kevin Ketchum, an OZ prisoner