Lester


Gender:
Origin: English
399 famous people named Lester found on Wikipedia.
129887 male, 1359 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 1691-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 52-th in year 1906
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.

Lester is an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname, first found in Cheshire, England. It originated from an original family living in Leicester, England and is derived from the concatenation of an Old English tribal name "Ligore" and the Old English word "ceaster" meaning "Roman Town or Walled City".

From Leicester: city in England.

Famous People: 399 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Lester Holt 1959 American journalist
2 Jon Lester 1984 Major League Baseball pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization
3 Phil Lester 1987 English YouTube vlogger and radio personality
4 Ron Lester 1970 American actor
5 Mark Lester 1958 British actor
6 Lester B. Pearson 1897 14th Prime Minister of Canada
7 Adrian Lester 1968 British actor, director, and writer
8 Lester Bangs 1948 American music critic and journalist
9 Lester Young 1909 American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometime clarinetist
10 Lester Speight 1963 American football player, wrestler, actor
11 Lester Maddox 1915 Georgia politician
12 Lester Piggott 1935 British jockey and tax evader
13 Tom Lester 1938 American actor and evangelist
14 Lester Freamon Character from The Wire
15 Lester C. Hunt 1892 American politician
16 Lester Hayes 1955 Player of American football
17 Lester Flatt 1914 American musician
18 Lester Crown 1925 American businessman
19 Terry Lester 1950 American actor
20 Ketty Lester 1934 American actress
21 Lester Hudson 1984 American basketball player
22 Loren Lester 1960 American actor
23 Lester Sumrall 1913 American minister
24 Lester Horton 1906 American dancer, choreographer, and teacher
25 Mark L. Lester 1946 American film director
26 Lester Bowie 1941 American jazz trumpeter
27 Tim Lester 1977 American football player
28 Lester Cole 1904 American politician
29 Lester Frank Ward 1841 American sociologist
30 Lester del Rey 1915 Novelist, short story writer, editor
31 Robie Lester 1925 American actress
32 Alex Lester 1956 British radio broadcaster
33 Lester R. Brown 1934 American environmental analyst
34 Lester Patrick 1883 Ice hockey player and coach
35 Buddy Lester 1917 American comedian and actor
36 Jeff Lester 1955 American actor
37 Lester Grinspoon 1928 American physician
38 Lester Thurow 1938 American journalist and MIT professor of management and economics
39 Lester Allan Pelton 1829 American mechanical engineer
40 Lester Roloff 1914 American Baptist preacher
41 Julius Lester 1939 American author
42 Lester Wire 1887 American inventor of the electric traffic light
43 Lester Barrie American comedian
44 Robert Lester 1988 American football defensive back
45 Shallon Lester 1972 American writer
46 Lester Dent 1904 American writer
47 Robert Squirrel Lester 1942 American musician
48 Seán Lester 1888 Irish diplomat
49 Lazy Lester 1933 American blues harmonica player
50 Lester Kinsolving 1927 American journalist
51 Lester James Peries 1919 Sri Lankan film director
52 Lester L. Wolff 1919 American politician
53 Seb Lester 1972 British typographer
54 Ronnie Lester 1959 American basketball player
55 Lester Ellis 1965 Australian boxer
56 Lester Matthews 1900 British actor
57 Lester Chambers 1940 American musician
58 Lester Peltier 1988 Trinidad and Tobago footballer
59 Bill Lester 1961 American racing driver
60 Jerry Lester 1910 American singer
61 Lester Mendez American musician
62 Elliott Lester 2000 British film director
63 Lester Strode 1958 American baseball player
64 Lester Bird 1938 Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
65 Lester Beall 1903 American artist
66 Lester Brain 1903 Australian aviaton pioneer
67 Lester Wunderman 1920 Creator of modern-day direct marketing
68 Bruce Lester 1912 Actor
69 Lester Conner 1959 American basketball player-coach
70 Lester Germer 1896 American physicist
71 Lester Moré 1977 Cuban footballer
72 Lester Square 1954 Canadian musician
73 Alison Lester 1952 Author and illustrator
74 Lester Harrison 1904 American basketball player, coach, team owner
75 Lester Gaba 1907 American artist
76 Lester Estelle II 1981 American musician
77 Lester Lanin 1907 American musician
78 Jason P. Lester 1974 American triathlete and distance runner
79 Lester Butler 1959 American blues harmonica player and singer
80 Paul Lester British journalist and writer
81 Lester Wilson 1942 American dancer and choreographer
82 Lester Abrams 1945 Singer-songwriter, musician, producer
83 The Great Lester 1878 Polish entertainer
84 Lester Crawford 1938 American government official
85 Lester Cuneo 1888 American actor
86 Lester Lewis 1966 American screenwriter
87 CN Lester 1984 Musician and activist
88 Lester Persky 1925 Film, television and theatre producer
89 Lester Allen 1891 American actor
90 Lester Sill 1918 American music executive
91 Gillian Lester 1964
92 W. Howard Lester 1935 American businessman
93 Colin Lester 1960 British talent agent
94 Lester Sterling 1936 Jamaican musician
95 Lester Alvarez 1988 Basketball player
96 Lester L. Grabbe 1945 Emeritus Professor
97 Lester Coleman American writer
98 Lester Shum
99 Jason Lester American poker player
100 Lester Rawlins 1924 American actor
101 Lester Melrose 1891 American record producer
102 Lester Salamon 1943 American academic
103 Albert Lester 1803 American politician
104 Lester J. Dickinson 1873 American politician
105 Lester Mondale 1904 American humanist
106 Lester Holmes 1969 American football player
107 Lester Archambeau 1967 Professional football player
108 Kate Lester 1857 British actress
109 Lester Kasai American skateboarder
110 Chris Lester 1994 Northern Irish footballer
111 Lester Brickman 1940 American legal scholar
112 Brad Lester 1985 Player of American and Canadian football
113 Helen Lester 1936 American children's writer
114 Roy Lester 1923 College and high school American football coach
115 Lester Rodney 1911 Journalist
116 Lester R. Ford 1886 American mathematician
117 Paul Martin Lester 1953 American academic
118 Spike Lester
119 Bob Lester 1913
120 Lester Spence 1969
121 Lester Ricard 1983 American football player
122 Lester Novros 1909 American film director
123 Ryan Lester 1992 Australian rules footballer
124 Lester Morgan 1976 Costa Rican footballer
125 Lester Davenport 1932 American Chicago blues harmonica player and singer
126 Gideon Lester 1972 British academic
127 Lester Lefton 1946 American psychologist
128 Lester Lane 1932 Basketball player
129 Sonny Lester 1924 American record producer
130 Jonathan Lester 1989 New Zealand racing driver
131 Lester G. Telser 1931 American economist
132 Lester W. Weber 1948 Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
133 Louise Lester 1867 Actress
134 Lester J. Maitland 1899 United States general
135 Lester Williams 1920 American Texas blues guitarist and singer
136 Lester Towns 1977 American football player
137 Muriel Lester 1885 British activist
138 Charles Edwards Lester 1815 American historian
139 Lester Stoefen 1911 US tennis player
140 Lester G. Jackson American politician
141 Yami Lester 1949 Australian activist
142 Jim Lester 1932 British politician
143 Lester Abram 1983 Basketball player
144 Lester Dubins 1920 Mathematician
145 Lester Granger 1896 American civic leader
146 Normand Lester 1945 Canadian journalist
147 Heddy Lester 1950 Dutch actress
148 Lester Dragstedt 1893 American surgeon
149 Lester McClain 1949 American American football player
150 Lester Asheim 1914 American librarian
151 Lester Carney 1934 American sprinter
152 Lester Finch 1909 English football player and manager
153 Lester S. Hill 1891 American mathematician
154 Lester Oliveros 1988 Venezuelan baseball player
155 Lester Hogan 1920 American physicist
156 Darrell Lester 1914 American football center
157 Lester Caslow 1984 Mixed martial artist
158 Lester Fernandez 1986 Footballer
159 Lester Charles King 1907 British geologist
160 Lester Quitzau 1964 Canadian musician
161 Gabriel Lester 1972 Visual artist
162 Lester Vail 1899 American actor
163 Lester Holtzman 1913 American politician
164 Fred Faulkner Lester 1926 United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
165 Lester DeVoe
166 Lester Strong American television reporter
167 Lester W. Grau Research Coordinator for the Foreign Military Studies Office and author
168 Mike Lester 1954 English footballer
169 Lester Luborsky 1920 American academic
170 Gabrielle Lester British musician
171 John Lester 1982 Irish footballer
172 Lester L. Bond 1829 American politician
173 Toby Lester 1964 Journalist, scholar, author
174 Lester Smith 1970 Player of American and Canadian football
175 Lester Johnson 1901 American politician (Democrat)
176 Lester Cook 1984 American tennis player
177 Justin Lester 1983 Wrestler
178 Lester S. Willson 1839 Officer in the Union Army, merchant and politician
179 Lester Breslow 1915 American physician
180 Edwin Lester 1895 American theatre director
181 Marsha I. Lester American physicist
182 Lester Martínez López 1955 United States general
183 Frank Lester 1896 Recipient of the Victoria Cross
184 Lester Carpenter 1970 Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
185 Lester Hammond, Jr. 1931 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
186 Lester Eugene Siler Convicted drug dealer; torture victim
187 Lester W. Smith
188 Lester Markel 1894 Journalist
189 Lester Atwell 1909 US Novelist
190 Lester Brown 1958 Player of American and Canadian football
191 Lester Spangler 1906 American racing driver
192 Alfred Lester 1874 English music hall performer and stage actor
193 Lester D. Volk 1884 American politician
194 Lester Ryan Irish hurler
195 Lester W. Bentley 1908 American artist
196 Lester Shubin 1925 American researcher
197 Lester Hyman American political sctivist
198 Lester Walton 1882 American diplomat
199 Lester W. Sharp 1887 American botanist
200 Lester Reiff 1877 American jockey