Madame Callista Chapola-Chimombo (Callista Mutharika) is a Malawian politician and the widow of President Bingu wa Mutharika. She served as the First Lady of the Republic of Malawi from 2010 to 2012. Chimombo is a previous member of the Cabinet of Malawi as a National Coordinator of Maternal, Infant and Child Health and HIV/Nutrition/Malaria and Tuberculosis.
Callista Louise Gingrich, née Bisek, is an American author, musician, photographer, president of Gingrich Productions and wife of former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (R-GA). Her marriage to Gingrich was his third marriage.
I think Callista is one of the most beautiful names. I am a huge Star Wars fan, so I of course first saw it as the name of the character Callista Ming. I also like Callisto, pronounced CAH-LEE-STO, but prefer Callista to be pronounced CAH-LIS-TAH.
This name is so beautiful & elegant, without being overly common. My favorite name used to be Aurora, but I think this one just knocked it off its pedestal!
― Anonymous User 6/15/2008
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Callista Ming, from Star Wars. She was a girlfriend of Luke Skywalker for a while (this is expanded universe info). I like the name; it's pretty and sounds nice.