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Hester is only a female given name and a surname. As a given name Hester is a variant of Esther. As a surname it is of Italian origin and uncertain meaning. In Ireland, particularly County Mayo, the surname Hester is found as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó hOistir descendant of Oistir, who was likely an early 13th century immigrant from Tuscany.




Given name


Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian (1899—1966), British mental health worker
Hester Bateman (bap. 1708–1794), English silversmith
Hester A. Benedict (1838-1921), American poet and writer
Hester Biddle (c. 1629–97), English Quaker writer
Hester Chapone (1727–1801), British author
Hester A. Davis (1930–2014), American archaeologist
Hester Dowden (1868–1949), Irish spiritualist medium
Hester Dunn (b. 1940), Northern Irish former loyalist activist and writer
Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith (1764-1857), British literary correspondent and intellectual
Hester Goodsell (born 1984), British rower
Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple (c. 1690–1752), English noblewoman
Hester Jane Haskins (fl. 1860–75), American madam, procuress, and underworld figure
Hester Kaplan, American author
Hester Maclean (1859–1932), New Zealand nurse, editor and writer
Maria Hester Park (1760–1813), British composer, pianist, and singer
Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham (1720–1803), wife of William Pitt (the Elder), 1st Earl of Chatham, who was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768
Lady Hester Pulter (1605–1678), British writer
Catherine Hester Ralfe (c. 1831–1912), New Zealand dressmaker, teacher, storekeeper, housekeeper and diarist
Hester Dorsey Richardson (1862-1933), American author
Hester Santlow (c. 1690–1773), British dancer and actress
Lady Hester Stanhope (1776–1839), British socialite, adventurer and traveler
Hester Thrale (1741–1821), British diarist, author, and patron of the arts
Hester van Eeghen (1958–2021), Dutch designer
Hester Veltman-Kamp (born 1973), Dutch politician




Surname


Bart Hester (b. 1977), American politician
Benny Hester (b. 1948), American music artist and songwriter
Betty Hester (1923-1998), American correspondent
Bianca Hester, Australian artist, winner of the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture in 2005 and 2011
Carolyn Hester (b. 1937), American folk singer and songwriter
Dave Hester, star of A&E TV's Storage Wars
Devin Hester (b. 1982), American football player
Drew Hester (b. 1969), American percussionist and record producer
Eric Hester (b. 1974), American composer
Frank Hester (b. 1966), British businessman
Hugh B. Hester (1895-1983), American army officer
Jack W. Hester (1929-1999), American politician
Jacob Hester (b. 1985), American football player
James McNaughton Hester (1924-2014), American educator
Jessie Hester (b. 1963), American football player
Joan Hester (1932–2019), American politician
John Hester (b. 1983), American baseball player
Joy Hester (1920-1960), Australian artist
Laurel Hester (1956–2006), American police officer and advocate of rights of domestic partners
Leigh Ann Hester (b. 1982), American soldier and Silver Star recipient
Lex Hester (1935–2000), American public administrator
Marc Hester (b. 1985), Danish professional bicycle racer
Michael Hester (b. 1972), Australian-born New Zealand association football referee
Paul Hester (1959–2005), Australian musician
Paul V. Hester (b. 1947), American Air Force officer
Phil Hester (comics) (b. 1966), comic book artist and writer
Phillip Doyce Hester (1955–2013), former chief technology officer of Advanced Micro Devices
Randolph T. Hester American professor, sociologist, and landscape architect
Ray Hester (1949–1977), American football player
Rita Hester (d. 1998), transgender African American murder victim
Sandra Hester, American activist and former television host
Stephen Hester (b. 1960), CEO of RSA Insurance Group
Treyvon Hester (b. 1992), American football player
Wallace Hester (1866-1942), British caricaturist for Vanity Fair
William Hester, also known as Slew Hester (1912-1993), American tennis official




Fictional characters


Hester Argyle, a character in Agatha Christie's novel Ordeal by Innocence
Hester Latterly, main character of Anne Perry's Monk detective series
Hester Prynne, main character of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
The Character and Death of Mrs. Hester Ann Rogers, a 1794 Methodist tract
Hester Shaw, a character from Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines Quartet
Hester Ulrich, a character from the 2015 American horror comedy television series, Scream Queens.
Hester Crane, mother of Frasier Crane of Cheers and Frasier television shows.
Hester, the daemon companion of Lee Scoresby in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series.
Hester Sherwood, one of the four characters from the Australian 2002 play Wicked Sisters by Alma De Groen.
Hester, the daughter of the witch from Hansel and Gretel in School for Good and Evil




See also


All pages with titles containing Hester
Hessy, a related name and nickname

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