Chester (disambiguation)
Chester is a city and is also the county town of Cheshire, England. The name comes from Old English ceastre, city, ultimately from Latin castra, camp.
Chester may also mean the following places:
Places
Canada
England
United States of America
- Chester, Arkansas
- Chester, California, in Plumas County
- Chester, Merced County, California
- Chester, Connecticut
- Chester, Georgia
- Chester, Illinois
- Chester, Iowa
- Chester, Maine
- Chester, Maryland
- Chester, Massachusetts
- Chester, Minnesota
- Chester, Montana
- Chester, Nebraska
- Chester, New Hampshire
- Chester (town), New York, in Orange County
- Chester, Warren County, New York
- Chester, Ohio
- Chester, Pennsylvania
- Chester, South Carolina
- Chester, South Dakota
- Chester, Texas
- Chester, Vermont
- Chester, Virginia
- Chester (Homeville, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Virginia
- Chester, West Virginia
- Chester, Wisconsin
- Related place names
Ships
People
- Given name
- Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886), the 21st president of the United States
- Chester Bennington (born 1976), the lead vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park
- Chester Brown (born 1960), Canadian alternative cartoonist and, since 2008, the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate for the riding of Trinity-Spadina in Toronto, Canada
- Chester Burnett (1910–1976), known as Howlin' Wolf, American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
- Chester Carlson (1906–1968), American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney
- Chester Conklin (1886–1971), American comedian and actor
- Chester Conn (born 1896), American composer of popular music
- Chester Crocker (born 1941), American diplomat
- Chester Gould (1900–1985), American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip
- Chester Himes (1909–1984), American writer, author of If He Hollers Let Him Go
- Chester Holifield (1903–1995), United States Representative from California
- Chester Kallman (1921–1975), American writer
- Chester Ludgin (1925–2003), American operatic baritone
- Chester Manifold (1867–1918), Australian politician and philanthropist.
- Chester Morris (1901–1970), American actor, who starred in the Boston Blackie detective series of the 1940s
- Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966), American five-star admiral
- Chester Taylor (born 1979), American football running back of the National Football League who is currently on the Arizona Cardinals
- Chester Thompson (born 1948), American drummer and session musician
- Chester Williams (born 1970), former South African rugby union rugby player
- Chester Sidney Williams (1907–1992), American educator and author who wrote extensively about education and freedoms
- Surname
- Art Chester (1899–1949), American air racer
- Bob Chester (1908–1977), American jazz and pop music bandleader and tenor saxophonist.
- Charlie Chester (1914–1997), British stand-up comedian
- Craig Chester (born 1965), American actor and screenwriter
- Frank Chester (1901–1966), Canadian politician in Manitoba
- Frank Chester (umpire) (1895–1957), English first-class cricketer and notable international cricket umpire
- Gary Chester (1924–1987), American session drummer and drum teacher
- Major F. G. L. Chester (1899–1946), also known as Gort Chester, British soldier and member of Z Special Unit in Borneo
- Ilan Chester (born 1952), Venezuelan singer, keyboardist, arranger and composer; he was born in Israel as Ilan Czenstochowski
- James Chester (born 1989), English footballer who plays for Hull City
- Joseph Lemuel Chester, American genealogist
- Raymond Chester (born 1948), retired American football tight end
- William Chester, disambiguation page
- Fictional
Animals
- Chester Cheetah, mascot for the snack food Cheetos
- Chester Drescher (1982–2000), a performing dog born Queens, New York, USA
- Chester (horse) (1874–1888), a good Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire
- Chester White, a breed of domestic pig which originated in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Other uses
See also