Lester (name)
Lester is an English masculine first name and surname .
Origin and meaning
The first name Lester comes from a local family name, which was derived from the name of the English city of Leicester and originally referred to a person from Leicester.
The family name Lester is a variant of Lister , which in turn is the Anglicized form of a Scottish given name.
A short form of the first name derived from Lester or Leslie is Les .
Name bearer
First name Lester
- Lester Bangs (1948–1982), American music journalist, author and musician
- Lester Bird (born 1938), Antiguan politician
- Lester Boone (1904–1989), American jazz musician
- Lester Bowie (1941–1999), American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer
- Lester Flatt (1914–1979), American country singer and guitarist
- Lester C. Hunt (1892–1954), American politician
- Lester Germer (1896–1971), American physicist
- Lester Habegger (1924–2017), American basketball coach and manager
- Lester Patrick (1883-1960), Canadian ice hockey player
- Lester Pearson (1897–1972), 14th Prime Minister of Canada
- Lester Pelton (1829–1908), American inventor (Pelton turbine)
- Lester Piggott (born 1935), English jockey
- Lester Robertson (* ≈1925), American jazz trombonist
- Lester C. Thurow (1938-2016), American economist
- Lester Young (1909-1959), American jazz tenor saxophonist
First name Les
- Les Blank (1935–2013), American documentary filmmaker
- Les Brown senior (1912–2001), American big band leader in swing
- Les Claypool (* 1963), American bass player and rock singer
- Les Elgart (1917–1995), American jazz trumpeter and band leader
- Les Humphries (1940-2007), English pop musician
- Les McCann (* 1935), American jazz pianist, singer and composer
- Les Paul (1915–2009), American guitarist
- Les Reed (1935–2019), English songwriter and musician
family name
- Adrian Lester (* 1968), British television and theater actor
- Albert Lester († 1867), American lawyer and politician
- Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill (born 1936), British liberal democratic politician and member of the House of Lords
- Billy Lester (* 1946), American jazz musician
- Bobby Lester (1930–1980), American singer
- Buddy Lester (1916 / 17–2002), American actor and comedian
- Carrie Lester (* 1981), Australian triathlete
- Connie Lester (1931–2019), American jazz saxophonist
- Conrad H. Lester (1907–1996), Austrian entrepreneur
- Dominic Lester , American sound engineer
- Elliott Lester (Author) (1893–1951), American screenwriter
- Elliott Lester (director) (born around 1970), British film director
- Gabriel Lester (* 1972), Dutch artist
- George Nelson Lester (1824–1892), American lawyer and politician and officer in the Confederate Army
- Heddy Lester (* 1950), Dutch singer and actress
- Hilary Lester , British singer, see Renée and Renato
- JJ Lester (* 1968), American country musician and producer
- Jerry Lester (1910–1995), American comedian and entertainer
- Jon Lester (* 1984), American baseball player
- Joyce Lester (* 1958), Australian softball player
- Justin Harry Lester (born 1983), American wrestler
- Ketty Lester (born 1934), American singer
- Keiana Lester (* 1997), cyclist from Trinidad and Tobago
- Mark Lester (born 1958), British actor
- Mark L. Lester (* 1946), American film director, writer and producer
- Phil Lester (* 1987), British Youtuber, video blogger and radio host
- Posey G. Lester (1850-1929), American politician
- Richard Lester (* 1932), American film director, producer and author
- Richard Neville Lester (1937-2006), British botanist
- Ron Lester (1970-2016), American actor
- Rufus E. Lester (1837–1906), American politician
- Seán Lester (1888–1959), Irish journalist, politician and diplomat
- Sonny Lester (* 1924), American music producer
- Terry Lester (1950–2003), American actor
- Tim Lester (born 1968), American football player
- Toby Lester (* 1964), American journalist and author
stage name
- Lazy Lester (1933-2018), American harmonica player