Chester (given name)
Chester is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
- 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 Cruikshank (1913–1970), American athlete
- 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
Fictional characters:
- Chester Alluri, an character from the Warner Brothers series, Devan and Jasmine & Timothy
- Chester Barklight, playable character from the role-playing game Tales of Phantasia
- Chester Goode, Gunsmoke character
- Chester McBadbat, The Fairly OddParents character
- Chester the Molester, cartoon character from Hustler magazine