Lester

Lester is a Scottish and Irish surname of Gaelic origin, which is a variant of the surname Lister.

Lester may refer to:

People

Given name

• Lester Bangs (1948-1982), American music critic
• Lester Gillis (1908-1934), otherwise known as Baby Face Nelson, American gangster
• Lester Holt (born 1959), American television journalist and host of weekend editions of The Today Show and NBC Nightly News
• Lester Maddox (1915-2003), former Governor of Georgia
• Lester Patrick (1883-1960), former professional ice hockey player
• Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972), fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada
• Lester Piggott (born 1935), English jockey
• Lester Speight (born 1971), American actor, former football player and wrestler; known for his portrayal as Terry Tate, Office Linebacker
• Lester Young (1909-1959), American jazz tenor saxophonist

Surname

• Adrian Lester (born 1984), British actor
• Albert Lester (c. 1803 – 1867), New York politician
• Brad Lester (born 1985), collegiate American football player
• Gavin Lester, Australian rugby league footballer
• Jack Lester (born 1975), professional English football (soccer) player
• John Lester (1871–1969), American cricketer
• Jon Lester (born 1984), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Mark L. Lester (born 1946), American Movie Producer
• Paul Lester, British music journalist
• Paul Martin Lester (born 1953), communications professor and author
• Richard Lester (born 1932), British film director
• Seán Lester (1880-1959), Irish diplomat
• Sonny Lester (born 1924), American record producer

In fiction

• Lester, puppet comedian/dummy performed by Willie Tyler (often billed as "Willie Tyler and Lester")
• Lesterfarr, fictional character in the webcomic Grey Legacy
• Lester Burnham, fictional character in 1999's American Beauty (film)
• Lester Krinklesac, fictional character from the television show The Cleveland Show
• Lester Patel, fictional character from the NBC show Chuck (TV series)
• Lester, a fictional character from Jeff Lemire's Essex County graphic novels
• Lester Freamon, a fictional character from the television show The Wire
• James Lester, a fictional character from the television series Primeval
• Lester Knight Chaykin, the protagonist of the 1991 game Another World (video game)

Places

• In the United States:
  • Lester, Alabama
  • Lester, Iowa
  • Lester, Pennsylvania
  • Lester, Washington
  • Lester, West Virginia
  • The Lester River, which flows through Duluth, Minnesota

Other uses

• Hurricane Lester (disambiguation)
• Lester's theorem in geometry
• Lester the Unlikely, a 1994 adventure game for the SNES

See also

• Leicester (disambiguation)