Coster
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Coster is a surname, and may refer to:
- Anne Vallayer-CosterAnne Vallayer-CosterAnne Vallayer-Coster was an 18th-century French painter. Known as a prodigy artist at a young age, she achieved fame and recognition very early in her career, being admitted to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1770, at the age of twenty-six.Despite the negative reputation that...
(1744-1818), French painter - Charles CosterCharles CosterCharles R. Coster was an American soldier and public official, who is best known for commanding a brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life and service:Coster was born in New York City, New York...
(1837-1888), American soldier and public official - Charles De CosterCharles De CosterCharles-Theodore-Henri De Coster was a Belgian novelist whose efforts laid the basis for a native Belgian literature....
(1827-1879), Belgian novelist - Dirk CosterDirk CosterDirk Coster , was a Dutch physicist. He was a Professor of Physics and Meteorology at the University of Groningen....
(1889–1950), Dutch physicist - Elizabeth Coster, New Zealand swimmer
- Francis CosterFrancis Coster-Biography:He was born at Mechlin on 16 June 1532 . He died at Brussels, 16 December 1619. He was received into the Society of Jesus by St. Ignatius on 7 November 1552. While still a young man he was sent to Cologne to lecture on Sacred Scripture and astronomy...
(1532-1619), Flemish Jesuit theologian - Laurens Janszoon CosterLaurens Janszoon CosterLaurens Janszoon Coster , or Laurens Jansz Koster, is the name of an inventor of a printing press from Haarlem...
(c. 1370-c. 1440), Dutch printer - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (born 1970), Danish actor
- Nicolas CosterNicolas CosterNicolas Coster is a British-born American actor, most known for his work in daytime drama and as a character actor on nighttime television series.-Biography:...
(born 1934), British-born American actor - Salomon CosterSalomon CosterSalomon Coster is a Dutch clockmaker of the Hague, who in 1657 was the first clockmaker to make a pendulum clock, which had been invented by Christiaan Huygens . Costers' earliest pendulum clocks were signed "Samuel Coster Haghe met privilege" indicating that he had been authorized by the inventor...
(c. 1620-1659), clockmaker - Stan CosterStan CosterStan Coster OAM was an Australian country music singer-songwriter. His songs were regularly performed by Slim Dusty and other singers. He is the father of country music singer Tracy Coster.-Life and career:...
(1930-1997), Australian country musician - Tom CosterTom CosterTom Coster is an American keyboardist and composer. Detroit-born and San Francisco-raised, Coster played piano and accordion as a youth, continuing his studies through college and a productive five-year stint as a musician in the U.S...
, American musician - Alexandre Coster, Brazilian computer scientist