Kalu may refer to:

Dalva de Oliveira or Vicentina de Paula Oliveira (May 5, 1917 - August 31, 1972) was a Brazilian singer and one of divas of the Radio Era.

De Oliveira was born in Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil. She was married to composer Herivelto Martins and mother of singer Pery Ribeiro. On August 31, 1972, Oliveira died in Rio de Janeiro as a victim of internal bleeding, probably caused by cancer.

Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche is the Supreme Head of the glorious Shangpa Kagyu lineage. He is the second in the line of incarnations in the name of Kalu Rinpoche, also considered an emanation of Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, Khyungpo Naljor and Vairocana.

The first Kalu Rinpoche was an eminent Tibetan master from Palpung monastery in Tibet. After a life of long solitary retreats in caves, he was appointed the retreat master of the two retreat centers, for both the Marpa Kagyu lineage as well as the Shangpa Kagyu lineage by the 11th Tai Situ Rinpoche. He left Tibet for Bhutan in the 1950s, in the 1970s established many dharma centers around the world. Rinpoche died May 10, 1989 in his monastery in Sonada.

The second Kalu Rinpoche was born September 17, 1990 to the former incarnation's secretary. Chamgon Tai Situ Rinpoche officially recognized Kalu Rinpoche’s yangsi (young reincarnation) on March 25, 1992. Tai Situ Rinpoche sent a letter of recognition with Lama Gyaltsen to the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, who immediately confirmed the recognition.