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Esther (given name)
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Esther is a feminine given name
. It may derive from the Old Persian
stāra (NPer.
ستاره - setāra, meaning "star
") or - more likely - from the name of the Babylonian goddess of love, Ištar
(cf. Mordecai
<--> Marduk
). It was adopted as an English
name in the 17th Century. The Biblical Queen Esther
is associated with the Hebrew
word ḥadaṣah ("myrtle").
The name was the sixth most popular name that white mothers gave to baby girls born in New York City
in 2006. It has remained a popular name in some Jewish communities there.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. It may derive from the Old Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
stāra (NPer.
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
ستاره - setāra, meaning "star
Star
A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...
") or - more likely - from the name of the Babylonian goddess of love, Ištar
Ishtar
Ishtar is the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex. She is the counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to the cognate north-west Semitic goddess Astarte.-Characteristics:...
(cf. Mordecai
Mordecai
Mordecai or Mordechai is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He was the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin.-Biblical account:...
<--> Marduk
Marduk
Marduk was the Babylonian name of a late-generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon, who, when Babylon became the political center of the Euphrates valley in the time of Hammurabi , started to...
). It was adopted as an English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
name in the 17th Century. The Biblical Queen Esther
Esther
Esther , born Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Biblical Book of Esther.According to the Bible, she was a Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus...
is associated with the Hebrew
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
word ḥadaṣah ("myrtle").
The name was the sixth most popular name that white mothers gave to baby girls born in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
in 2006. It has remained a popular name in some Jewish communities there.
Variant forms
Alternate forms of Esther are:- Eistir (IrishIrish languageIrish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
) - Esfir (RussianRussian languageRussian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
) - Essie (EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
) - Esta (EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
) - Estée (FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
) - Ester (CatalanCatalan languageCatalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
), (CzechCzech languageCzech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
), (FinnishFinnish languageFinnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
), (PortuguesePortuguese languagePortuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
), (Scandinavian), (SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
) - Estera (PolishPolish languagePolish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
), (Slovakian) - Esteri (FinnishFinnish languageFinnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
) - Eszter (HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
) - Eszti (HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
) - Ettie (EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
) - Etty (EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
) - Hester (EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
) - Hettie (EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
) - Yesfir (RussianRussian languageRussian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
) - EssiEssiEssi is Finnish first name.Essi is abbreviation from Persian name Ester, which means star. By May 2010, name Essi is given to 6 507 people, whence one is man.- Famous Essis :* Essi Paunisaari, MY Camper 2011 - Parth Vaidya's Dearest Sis...
(FinnishFinnish languageFinnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
)
As a given name
- Esther AbrahamsEsther AbrahamsEsther Abrahams was a Londoner sent to Australia as a convict on the First Fleet. She later married George Johnston, who was briefly governor of the colony after leading the Rum Rebellion.- Transportation :...
- Esther Afua OclooEsther Afua OclooEsther Afua Ocloo was a Ghanaian entrepreneur and pioneer of microlending. She was born Esther Afua Nkulenu....
- Esther AghatiseEsther Aghatise- Achievements :* 2006 Commonwealth Games - seventh place* 2003 All-Africa Games - gold medal* 2002 Commonwealth Games - eighth place* 2002 World Junior Championships - bronze medal-References:*...
- Esther AndersonEsther AndersonEsther Winfield Anderson, known and feared as "Aunt Esther", is a fictional character from the television series, Sanford and Son. She was played by actress LaWanda Page, a long-time friend of the series' star, Redd Foxx...
- Esther BaxterEsther BaxterEsther Baxter is a model and aspiring actress from Miami, Florida.-Biography:Esther Baxter rose to prominence after being featured in the music video for Petey Pablo's single "Freek-A-Leek" in 2004...
- Esther BéjaranoEsther BéjaranoEsther Béjarano , Violette Jacquet, and Anita Lasker Wallfisch are among the last survivors of the Girl orchestra of Auschwitz.- Biography :...
- Esther BellEsther BellEsther Bell is an American film director. Her two feature films, Godass and Exist, have received critical acclaim in The New York Times and Variety for their tones of social and political relevance....
- Esther Benjamins TrustEsther Benjamins TrustThe Esther Benjamins Trust is a UK-registered charity which rescues and rehabilitates Nepali child trafficking victims, provides residential refuge to street children and dependents of prisoners and supports education programmes for deaf and disabled young people in Nepal.Its two main programmes...
- Esther Blake
- Esther Boise van DemanEsther Boise Van DemanEsther Boise Van Deman was a leading archaeologist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was born in South Salem, Ohio to Joseph Van Deman and his second wife Martha Millspaugh. She was the youngest of six children including two boys by her father's first marriage.- Education and career...
- Esther BrandEsther BrandEsther Cornelia Brand was a South African athlete, who was born as Esther van Heerden. She attended Maitland High School in Cape Town, South Africa. She mainly competed in the high jump, and won the gold medal for South Africa at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland.-References:*...
- Esther BrandeauEsther BrandeauEsther Brandeau, , was the first Jewish girl to set foot in Canada, or New France, in 1738. She was born c. 1718, probably at Saint-Esprit , in the diocese of Dax....
- Esther BrannEsther BrannEsther Brann was an American children’s author and illustrator.- Education :Brann was born in New York City. She attended the Art Students League of New York, Cooper Union, the National Academy of Design, and the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts in France...
- Esther BrimmerEsther BrimmerEsther Brimmer is an American foreign policy expert and current Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.-Education:...
- Esther BubleyEsther BubleyEsther Bubley was an American photographer who specialized in expressive photos of ordinary people in everyday lives.-Biography:...
- Esther CailingoldEsther CailingoldEsther Cailingold was a British-born schoolteacher of Polish extraction, who fought with the Jewish forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and died of wounds received in the battle for the Old City of Jerusalem...
- Esther CañadasEsther CañadasEsther Cañadas is a Spanish actress and model.- Biography :Originally, Cañadas wanted to pursue a career as a criminologist, but her mother persuaded her to give modeling a try....
- Esther CardosoEsther CardosoEsther Cardoso is a Cuban film and theater actress, producer, director and educator.A graduate of the Instituto Superior de Arte, she holds a doctorate in Stage Arts. Cardoso was a co-founder of two of Cuba's leading theater companies, Teatro Buendia and Argos Teatro...
- Esther Clark WrightEsther Clark WrightEsther Isabelle Clark Wright, was a notable Atlantic Canadian historian who at the end of her life received the Order of Canada for her lifetime contributions to Canadian scholarship...
- Esther Clayson
- Esther ClevelandEsther ClevelandEsther Cleveland was the daughter of the President of the United States Grover Cleveland.Esther Cleveland is the first — and as of 2011 the only — presidential child born in the White House. She contracted measles when it spread through the White House, leading to a quarantine. Five years later,...
- Esther D. du PontEsther D. du PontEsther Driver du Pont was an American philanthropist who created the Thouron Award with her husband, John R. H. Thouron....
- Esther DankwahEsther DankwahEsther Dankwah is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. She lives in the Netherlands since 2003.She won the bronze medal with the African 4 x 100 metres relay team at the 2006 IAAF World Cup...
- Esther DavidEsther DavidEsther David is a Jewish-Indian author, an artist and a sculptor. She was born into a Bene Israel Jewish family in Ahmedabad, Gujarat....
- Esther de BerdtEsther de BerdtEsther de Berdt Reed was active in the American Revolutionary War as a civic leader for soldiers' relief, who formed and led the Ladies Association of Philadelphia to provide aid for George Washington's troops during the war.-Early life:Esther de Berdt was born in London, into a family descended...
- Esther Dean
- Esther Deans
- Esther Deason Shield
- Esther DelisleEsther DelisleEsther Delisle Ph.D. is a French Canadian historian and author of historical works from Quebec.Born and raised in Quebec City, she completed her BA and MA in political science at Université Laval in Sainte-Foy, Quebec, and taught political theory at a Quebec CEGEP and worked as a researcher for...
- Esther DufloEsther DufloEsther Duflo is a French economist, currently the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is also co-founder and the Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab...
- Esther DysonEsther DysonEsther Dyson is a former journalist and Wall Street technology analyst who is a leading angel investor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and commentator focused on breakthrough innovation in healthcare, government transparency, digital technology, biotechnology, and space...
- Esther Earl
- Esther Edwards
- Esther ErlichEsther ErlichEsther Erlich is a Melbourne based Australian artist who has been exhibiting since 1985. She won the 1998 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize with her painting, "Gaunt and Glorious" a portrait of Steve Moneghetti....
- Esther FernándezEsther FernándezEsther Fernández was a Mexican film actress of the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s....
- Esther FerrerEsther FerrerEsther Ferrer is a Spanish interdisciplinary artist and performance art teacher. She is regarded as one of the major Spanish artists of her generation...
- Esther ForbesEsther ForbesEsther Louise Forbes was an American novelist, historian andchildren's writer who received the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal.-Life:...
- Esther FreudEsther FreudEsther Freud is a British novelist.-Life and career:Born in London, Freud is the daughter of painter Lucian Freud and Bernadine Coverley and is a great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud. She travelled extensively with her mother as a child, and returned to London at the age of sixteen to train as an...
- Esther FriesnerEsther FriesnerEsther Mona Friesner-Stutzman, née Friesner is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for her humorous pieces.- Life :...
- Esther Geller
- Esther GolarEsther GolarEsther Golar is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 6th District since her appointment in 2006.- Early life :Before her appointment, Golar worked as a civilian employee of the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy...
- Esther GorisEsther GorisEsther Goris is an Argentine actress. Her film career started in 1983 with Los enemigos and Gracias por el fuego...
- Esther Gough
- Esther HahnEsther HahnEsther Kyung-Joo Kaulana Hahn is a professional surfer and action sports personality. Before attending Yale University , Hahn built up an extensive surfing resume with wins and titles in the NSSA , the USSF , the ESA , and the ASP Esther Kyung-Joo Kaulana Hahn (born December 17, 1985) is a...
- Esther HallEsther HallEsther Hall is an English actress who has had high profile roles in a number of television dramas.Born in Manchester in 1970 and brought up in Cheshire, she took A levels in Manchester before training in Theatre Arts for three years at the University of Leeds Bretton Hall College where she gained a...
- Esther HandaliEsther HandaliEster Handali , was an Ottoman Jeweler and the kira of the Valide Sultan Nur Banu.Handali originally acted as the intermediary of her spouse, Eliya Handali. His business was to provide jewelry, expensive clothing, and cosmetics to the harem of the Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent...
- Esther HartEsther HartEsther Hart is a Dutch singer. She entered BBC TV's A Song for Europe contest in 2003 with the song "Wait For Moment". She withdrew from that contest as participating for two countries would not have been acceptable for both BBC and NOS...
- Esther HassonEsther HassonEsther Voorhees Hasson was the first Superintendent of the United States Navy Nurse Corps. Prior to and after serving in the United States Navy Nurse Corps, she served as an Army nurse.-Early life:...
- Esther HautzigEsther HautzigEsther Hautzig was an American writer, best known for her award-winning book The Endless Steppe .She was born in Vilna, Poland . Her childhood was interrupted by the beginning of World War II and the conquest in 1941 of eastern Poland by Soviet troops...
- Esther Hayes
- Esther HermitteEsther HermitteMaría Esther Álvarez de Hermitte , best known as Esther Hermitte, was a recognized social anthropologist from Argentina.- Biography :...
- Esther HicksEsther HicksEsther Hicks is an American inspirational speaker and best-selling author. She has co-authored nine books with her husband Jerry Hicks, presented workshops on the Law of Attraction and appeared in the first release of the film The Secret...
- Esther (Etty) Hillesum
- Esther Hillman House
- Esther Hobart MorrisEsther Hobart MorrisEsther Hobart Morris , a Tioga County, New York native, distinguished herself as the first female Justice of the Peace in the United States. A mother of three boys, she began her tenure as justice in South Pass City, Wyoming, on February 14, 1870, and served a term of less than nine months...
- Esther Hodge
- Esther HowardEsther HowardEsther Howard was a film character actress who played a wide range of supporting roles, from man-hungry spinsters to amoral criminals, appearing in over 100 movies in her 23-year film career.-Career:...
- Esther HowlandEsther HowlandEsther Howland was an artist and businesswoman who is responsible for popularizing Valentine's Day greeting cards in America.After her graduation from Mount Holyoke College in 1847, Howland received an ornate English Valentine from a business associate of her father when she was 19 years old...
- Esther HuntEsther HuntEsther Hunt was a pioneer who lived on America's frontier as a wife, a mother and a leader in her Quaker faith.-Early life at Moorestown:...
- Esther InglisEsther InglisEsther Inglis was a Scottish miniaturist, embroiderer, calligrapher, translator and writer. Of Huguenot origin , her family had escaped to Scotland to escape persecution...
- Esther JamesEsther JamesEsther Marion Pretoria James was one of New Zealand's first professional fashion models and a keen supporter of "buy nz made." James walked the length of New Zealand in 1931-2 to raise awareness of New Zealand-made goods and improve trade during the depression...
- Esther JensenEsther Jensen-History:Built in 1939 in Denmark, the Esther Jensen was used as a fishing boat initially.In 1992, she was bought by Theo van Tricht, and restored and modernised. She now sails in European and Polar waters as a sail training vessel, offering escorted sailing holidays. She is eligible to take part...
- Esther JohnEsther JohnEsther John was a Pakistani Christian nurse who was allegedly killed by a Muslim radical. Since her death she was honored by the Anglican church among ten notable Christian martyrs of the twentieth century demonstrated in a series of statues above one of the doorways of Westminster Abbey.-...
- Esther JohnsonEsther JohnsonEsther Johnson was the English friend of Jonathan Swift, known as "Stella".Newfoundland-born author Trudy J. Morgan-Cole wrote a novel in 2006 detailing fictionalized portions of the Swift/Johnson friendship in The Violent Friendship of Esther Johnson...
- Esther JonesEsther JonesEsther Jones is a former sprinter who won an Olympic gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Barcelona 1992. -References:-External links:...
- Esther JungreisEsther JungreisEsther Jungreis is the founder of the international Hineni movement in America. A Holocaust survivor, she has made it her life's mission to bring back Jews to Orthodox Judaism.-Biography:...
- Esther KamatariEsther KamatariPrincess Esther Kamatari is a writer, model, and exiled Burundian princess.Esther Kamatari grew up in Burundi as a member of the royal family. Following independence in 1962, the king was overthrown in a military coup d'etat, and the monarchy abolished in 1966. Kamatari fled the country in 1970...
- Esther Kapiolani KawānanakoaEsther Kapiolani KawananakoaEsther Kapiolani Kawānanakoa Marignoli dei Marchese di Montecorona is related to the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii.-Life:...
- Esther Kapiolani Napelakapuokakai
- Esther KellnerEsther KellnerEsther Kellner was an author, animal lover, and director of Wayne County, Indiana Civil Defense.She was born in New Lisbon, Indiana and graduated from Morton High School in Richmond, Indiana in 1926...
- Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse
- Esther Koplowitz
- Esther KreitmanEsther KreitmanHinde Ester Singer Kreytman , known in English as Esther Kreitman, was a Yiddish-language novelist and short story writer. She was born in Biłgoraj, Poland to a rabbinic Jewish family. Her younger brothers Israel Joshua Singer and Isaac Bashevis Singer also became writers.Kreitman had an unhappy...
- Esther KuEsther KuEsther Ku is a Korean-American comic. Ku was chosen as one of the ten best comedians for the 2006 NBC Stand-up for Diversity Showcase in New York City. Ku has also been a featured regular performer in the Boston International Comedy Festival and the New York Underground Festival. She has been...
- Esther KwanEsther KwanEsther Kwan Wing-ho , born 16 July 1964 is a Hong Kong actress contracted to TVB.-Career:Kwan began her acting career after high school at ATV from 1988 to 1993. She moved over to TVB in 1993 and has been at the broadcaster on and off ever since. She is married to fellow actor Nick Cheung. They...
- Esther Lachmann
- Esther LederbergEsther LederbergEsther Miriam Zimmer Lederberg was an American microbiologist and immunologist and pioneer of bacterial genetics...
- Esther LekainEsther LekainEsther Lekain, née Ernestine Nickel, was a Belgian singer. She was born at Brussels and had a very long singing career for 70 years...
- Esther LevineEsther LevineEsther Levine is a German born, New York based photographer. After studying photography at the City College of New York from 1994 to 1996 she enrolled in the documentary photography program at the International Center of Photography in New York City in 1996...
- Esther Liu
- Esther Marly Conwell
- Esther MargolisEsther MargolisEsther Margolis is president and majority owner of Newmarket Publishing and Communications and Newmarket Press. Prior to Newmarket, Margolis spent 17 years at Bantam Books where she served as its first senior vice president for marketing, publicity and communications.-Early and Personal...
- Esther Maria Lewis ChapinEsther Maria Lewis ChapinEsther Maria "Lili" Lewis Chapin was an American socialite. She was a direct descendant of Betty Washington Lewis, the sister of George Washington. An evening gown she wore in 1888 set a world auction record when sold in 2001.-Biography:Esther Maria Lewis was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1871...
- Esther MartinezEsther MartinezEsther Martinez was a linguist and storyteller for the Tewa people of New Mexico. Martinez was given the Tewa name P'oe Tsawa and was also known by various affectionate names, including "Ko'oe Esther" and "Aunt Esther."Martinez grew up in the southwest...
- Esther McCoyEsther McCoyEsther McCoy was an author and architectural historian who was instrumental in bringing to the attention of the world the modern architecture of California.-Early life and education:...
- Esther McCrackenEsther McCracken-Biography:She was born Esther Helen Armstong in Newcastle upon Tyne on 25 June 1902 and was educated at the Central Newcastle High School, where she won the cricket-ball throwing competition every year....
- Esther McQueenEsther McQueenCitizen Admiral Esther McQueen is a fictional character in the Honorverse, a series of military science fiction novels written by David Weber....
- Esther McVeyEsther McVeyEsther Louise McVey is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Wirral West since May 2010. She has also been a television presenter and business woman.-Biography:...
- Esther MuirEsther MuirEsther Muir was a character actress on Broadway and in Hollywood films.-Theatrical Reviews:Muir was born in Andes, New York and began modeling in New York City while still a high school student. She soon won a role in a show called Greenwich Village Follies...
- Esther MuncasterEsther MuncasterEsther Muncaster, of Montgomery, Alabama, a former U.S. political prisoner known for her protests against the un-declared Vietnam War as well as the collective control via the United Nations succumbed to pancreatic cancer on Jan 12th, 1989. She was best known for her outgoing personality and genius...
- Esther Murugi MathengeEsther Murugi MathengeEsther Murugi Mathenge is a Kenyan politician. She belongs to the Party of National Unity and was elected to represent the Nyeri Town Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007.-References:...
- Esther NewbergEsther NewbergEsther Newberg is an American literary agent and former aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy during his 1968 presidential campaign.-Political career:...
- Esther NewtonEsther NewtonEsther Newton is an American cultural anthropologist best known for her pioneering work on the ethnography of lesbian and gay communities in the United States. Newton was born in New York...
- Esther Nisenthal KrinitzEsther Nisenthal KrinitzEsther Nisenthal Krinitz was a Polish artist.-The Final Solution:In September 1939, as a 12-year-old, Esther watched German soldiers arrive in her village of Mniszek, strategically located along the east bank of the Vistula River...
- Esther Ofarim
- Esther Oosterbeek
- Esther OrozcoEsther OrozcoMaría Esther Orozco Orozco is a Mexican biologist, researcher and politician. She has received the UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal , the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science and has run for governor of Chihuahua representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution .Orozco received a bachelor's...
- Esther OuwehandEsther OuwehandEsther Ouwehand is a Dutch politician and former marketing manager. She is one of the two Members of Parliament for the Party for the Animals .- Personal life :...
- Esther PetersonEsther PetersonEsther Eggertsen Peterson was a lifelong consumer and women's advocate.-Background:The daughter of Danish immigrants, Esther Eggertsen grew up in a Mormon family in Provo, Utah. She graduated from Brigham Young University in 1927 with a degree in physical education. She moved to New York City...
- Esther PhillipsEsther PhillipsEsther Phillips was an American singer. Phillips was known for her R&B vocals, but she was a versatile singer, also performing pop, country, jazz, blues and soul music.-Early life:...
- Esther Pohl LovejoyEsther Pohl LovejoyEsther Pohl Lovejoy was a physician, public health pioneer, suffrage activist, congressional candidate, and a central figure in early efforts to organize international medical relief work. She was born Esther Clayson in a lumber camp near Seabeck, Washington, and received almost no formal early...
- Queen Esther (painting)Queen Esther (painting)"Esther" is the name of a painting by Edwin Long.The painter drew upon travelogue illustrations in the British Museum in order to produce this vision of Queen Esther in Ahasuerus' palace at Susa.The painting was first displayed in 1878 at the Royal Academy....
- Esther Rabba
- Esther RahimEsther RahimEsther Rahim , also known as Esmet Rahim, was a significant Pakistani painter.-Early life and education:...
- Esther RalstonEsther RalstonEsther Ralston was an American movie actress whose greatest popularity came during the silent era.-Early life and career:...
- Esther RantzenEsther RantzenEsther Louise Rantzen CBE is an English journalist and television presenter who is best known for presenting the BBC television series That's Life!, and for her work in various charitable causes. She is founder of the child protection charity ChildLine, and also advocates the work of the Burma...
- Esther Raziel Naor
- Esther RochonEsther RochonEsther Rochon is a Canadian science fiction writer.Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the daughter of a scriptwriter and a composer, at the age of 16 she won the Governor General First Prize for a short story in the Young Author's contest of Radio Canada...
- Esther RolleEsther RolleEsther Rolle was an American actress. She was perhaps best known for her portrayal of Florida Evans on the CBS television sitcom Maude and its spin-off series Good Times.-Biography:...
- Esther RoperEsther RoperEsther Roper was an English suffragist who was one of the first women to graduate and gain her BA at Owens College in Manchester.Esther was the daughter of a Manchester factory worker who later became a missionary in Africa....
- Esther RoseEsther RoseEsther Elvira Rose , an American painter, worked in oils, collage, silkscreen and watercolors.-Biography:Esther Holbeck, whose parents arrived at Ellis Island, separately, from Sweden and Norway, was born in Two Harbors, Minnesota, and at 20 married Frank Rose, an amateur photographer and a sports...
- Esther Roth Shahamorov
- Esther SandovalEsther SandovalEsther Sandoval was an actress and a pioneer in Puerto Rico's television.-Early years:Sandoval was born Esther Maria Gonzalez in Ponce where she received her primary and secondary education...
- Esther ScottEsther ScottEsther Scott is an American actress. She has had regular spots in shows such as The Geena Davis Show, City Guys and The Tracy Morgan Show. She has guest starred in Ellen, Less Than Perfect and 7th Heaven. She lives in Los Angeles....
- Esther ShimazuEsther ShimazuEsther Shimazu is an American sculptor who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1957. Her grandparents were immigrant laborers from Japan. She attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa before transferring to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Art in 1980...
- Esther ShinerEsther ShinerEsther Shiner was a municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She served on the North York city council from 1973 until her death, and was also a member of the Metropolitan Toronto council. She served as North York's Deputy Mayor in the 1980s.-Early life and career:Shiner's parents were...
- Esther Short ParkEsther Short ParkEsther Short Park is a public park and town square located in downtown Vancouver, Washington. Established in 1853, it is the oldest public park in the state of Washington. It has been called the "oldest public park in the West" by some, but was created after Lafayette Park in St. Louis, Missouri. ...
- Esther SnyderEsther SnyderEsther Lavelle Snyder founded In-N-Out Burger, with her husband Harry Snyder, in 1948.-Early life:Snyder was born and raised in Sorento, Illinois as one of eight children...
- Esther Somerfeld-ZiskindEsther Somerfeld-ZiskindEsther Somerfeld-Ziskind was an American neurologist and psychiatrist.She conducted pioneering research into the use of insulin, lithium, and electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of psychiatric disorders....
- Esther Sumner DamonEsther Sumner DamonEsther Sumner Damon of Vermont was the last Revolutionary War widow. She married Noah Damon on September 6, 1835. Upon his death, on July 2, 1853, she applied for a pension, and it was granted on October 25, 1855. This pension was increased by Congress on February 28, 1905. She died November 11,...
- Esther Szekeres-Klein
- Esther Termens
- Esther ValentineEsther ValentineEsther Valentine is a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actress Kate Linder since April 1982...
- Esther VanhomrighEsther VanhomrighEsther Vanhomrigh , an Irish woman of Dutch descent, was a longtime lover and correspondent of Jonathan Swift. Swift's letters to her were published after her death...
- Esther VergeerEsther VergeerEsther Vergeer is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Combining singles and doubles, she has won 39 Grand Slams, 22 year-end championships and 5 Paralympics titles. Vergeer has been the world number one wheel chair tennis player since 1999. In singles, she has not been beaten since January 2003 and...
- Esther VilarEsther VilarEsther Vilar, born Esther Margareta Katzen is a German-Argentinian writer. She trained and practised as a medical doctor before establishing herself as an author...
- Esther VilenskaEsther VilenskaEsther Vilenska was an Israeli communist politician, journalist and author who served as a member of the Knesset for Maki between 1951 and 1959 and then again from 1961 to 1965.-Biography:...
- Esther WalkerEsther WalkerEsther Walker was an American musical comedy performer. She was born Esther Thomas in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Adopting the stage name of Esther Walker, she appeared on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre in a 1919 production of Monte Cristo, Jr., and later that year performed at the 44th Street...
- Esther WanjiruEsther WanjiruEsther Wanjiru Maina is a retired female long-distance runner from Kenya.She is from Kahuhia, Murang'a District.On January 15, 1999 she finished second at a half marathon race in Tokyo...
- Esther WatersEsther WatersEsther Waters is a novel by George Moore first published in 1894.-Introduction:Set in England from the early 1870s onward, the novel is about a young, pious woman from a poor working class family who, while working as a kitchen maid, is seduced by another employee, becomes pregnant, is deserted by...
- Esther WertheimerEsther WertheimerEsther Wertheimer , a Canadian sculptor.She was born in Łódź, Poland, and grew up in Montreal, Canada...
- Esther WilliamsEsther WilliamsEsther Jane Williams is a retired American competitive swimmer and MGM movie star.Williams set multiple national and regional swimming records in her late teens as part of the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team...
- Esther WojcickiEsther WojcickiEsther Hochman 'Woj' Wojcicki is an American journalist, educator, and vice chair of the Creative Commons board of directors. Wojcicki has been a pioneer in exploring the interface between education and technology.- Education and career :...
- Esther WongEsther WongEsther Wong was born August 13, 1917 in Shanghai, China, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1949.After fierce initial resistance, she became a punk rock and New Wave music promoter. She got started in the early 1970s as the owner of “Madame Wong’s," a Los Angeles Chinatown restaurant with a floorshow --...
Middle name
- Alicia MastandreaAlicia MastandreaAlicia Ester Mastandrea is an Argentine Radical Civic Union politician, formerly representing Chaco Province in the Argentine Senate, now a provincial deputy in that Province....
, born as Alicia Ester Mastandrea - Elba Esther GordilloElba Esther GordilloElba Esther Gordillo Morales is a Mexican politician, formerly affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party until 2006...
- Fylgia ZadigFylgia ZadigFylgia Ester Zadig was a Swedish actress. Born in Malmö, Zadig was employed with the Uppsala stadsteater and the Nya teatern in Stockholm. She also had roles in numerous Swedish films. She was married to actor Bengt Eklund and is the mother of economist Klas Eklund.-External links:...
, born as Fylgia Ester Zadig - Thomas BrinkmannThomas BrinkmannThomas Brinkmann is a highly regarded German producer of experimental minimal techno music. Although experimenting with records since the early eighties, he gained wide reputation with his re-workings of material by fellow artists Mike Ink and Richie Hawtin released in the second half of the 90s...
, born as Ester Brinkmann - Mabel Esther AllanMabel Esther AllanMabel Esther Allan was a British author of about 130 children's books.Mabel Esther Allan was born at Wallasey on the Wirral Peninsula. She decided to be an author at the age of eight; her father bought her a writing desk and taught her how to type...
- Maria Ester Audion Bueno
- María Esther Herranz GarcíaMaría Esther Herranz GarcíaMaría Esther Herranz García is a Spanish politician andMember of the European Parliament with the People's Party,part of the European People's Party and sits on...
- Marie-Louise EkmanMarie-Louise EkmanMarie-Louise Ester Maude Ekman, née Fuchs, and known during her first marriage under the surname De Geer, and during and after her second as De Geer Bergenstråhle is a Swedish painter and film director...
, born as Marie-Louise Ester Maude Ekman - Marta Ester Rocafort-AltazarraMarta Ester Rocafort-AltazarraMarta Esther Rocafort y Altuzarra, later hyphenated Rocafort-Altuzarra was the second wife of the Count of Covadonga ....
- Mary Esther HardingMary Esther HardingMary Esther Harding was an American Jungian analyst who was the first significant Jungian psychoanalyst in the United States.-Personal life:...
- Queen Esther MarrowQueen Esther Marrow-Biography:Queen Esther Marrow was born in Newport News, Virginia. She began her career at the age of 22 when her talent and vocal gifts were discovered by Duke Ellington and made her debut as a featured artist in his "Sacred Concert" world tour. Marrow and Ellington formed a long life friendship...
- María Ester Varela de Marín, real name of Rubén MarínRubén MarínRubén Hugo Marín is a former Argentine Senator for La Pampa Province. He was also a governor of the province on two occasions.Marín, a lawyer by profession, is a member of the Argentine Justicialist Party....
- Silvia GiustiSilvia GiustiSilvia Ester Giusti is a former Argentine Senator for Chubut Province. She is a member of the Argentine Justicialist Party.Giusti was born in Arrecifes, Buenos Aires Province and studied to be a teacher of Literature and Spanish. In 1975 she moved to Chubut and continued her studies in Education at...
, born as Silvia Ester Giusti - Silvia GallegoSilvia GallegoSilvia Ester Gallego de Soto is a former Argentine Senator for La Pampa Province. She is a member of the Justicialist Party. She was part of the majority Front for Victory parliamentary group, supporting the national government of President Néstor Kirchner...
, born as Silvia Ester Gallego de Soto
Derivative name
- Ester AndujarEster AndujarEster Andujar , born 1976 in Valencia, is a Spanish jazz singer notable among the younger generation of Spanish jazz musicians....
- Ester Aparecida dos SantosEster Aparecida dos SantosEster Aparecida dos Santos, or simply Ester is a Brazilian women's soccer player, who plays for Sky Blue FC.- Career :...
, known as Ester - Aster AwekeAster AwekeAster Aweke is an Ethiopian singer who lives in the United States. She is sometimes referred to as Ethiopia’s Aretha Franklin.Aweke was born in 1961 in Gondar, Ethiopia, and was raised in the capital city of Addis Ababa...
- Ester BalassiniEster BalassiniEster Balassini is an Italian hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 73.59 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Brixen.-Achievements:-References:...
- Ester Blenda NordströmEster Blenda NordströmEster Blenda Nordström was a Swedish journalist, author and explorer. She often published here writings under the signature Bansai. In 1914 she published En piga bland pigor which was an early form of investigative journalism and received a lot of attention. She continued with investigative...
- Ester BöserupEster BöserupEster Boserup , born Ester Børgesen in Copenhagen, was a Danish economist, writer. She studied economical and agricultural development, worked at the United Nations as well as other international organizations, and she wrote several books...
- Ester Cordet
- Ester DrangEster DrangEster Drang is an experimental, post rock musical group from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The band was formed in 1995, with guitarist Bryce Chambers recruiting drummer James McAlister and bass player Kyle Winner....
- Ester FanousEster FanousEster Akhnoukh Fanous or Esther Fanous, also known as Ester Wissa was an Egyptian Christian feminist and the daughter of doctor Akhnoukh Fanous and Balsam Wissa....
- Ester HernandezEster Hernandez' is a Chicana visual artist known for her pastels, paintings and prints primarily depicting Chicanas/Latinas. Her artwork captures time, and makes sense of the complex world we live in...
- Etty HillesumEtty HillesumEsther "Etty" Hillesum was a young Jewish woman whose letters and diaries, kept between 1941 and 1943 describe life in Amsterdam during the German occupation...
- Elisa ColbergElisa ColbergElisa Colberg was the founder of the Puerto Rican Girl Scouts, the first troop of which formed in 1926 in Cabo Rojo, aptly named Hijas de Betances. She continued as head of the Girl Scout organisation in Puerto Rico for 27 years...
, known as Ester Colberg - Ester MägiEster MägiEster Mägi is an Estonian composer, widely regarded as the First Lady of Estonian Music.Much of her work consists of choral and chamber music, but her few symphonic pieces are also highly regarded. She trained initially under Mart Saar at the Tallinn Conservatory, then from 1951-54 at the Moscow...
- Duo VelaDuo VelaThe Duo Vela is a musical duo consisting of sisters Eulàlia Vela López and Ester Vela López . The sisters are known for their classical piano performances and have recorded three albums.-Career:...
born as Ester Vela - Ester ToivonenEster ToivonenEster Toivonen was elected Miss Finland in 1933. She was 19 and working in a bread shop in Helsinki when she was discovered by the director of the Helsinki Golf-Casino, where the Finnish pageant was to be held. She also won the Miss Europe Contest in Great Britain 1934. Later she became a...
- Ester WierEster WierEster Wier was an American writer.- Works :* The Loner, 1963* Gifts of the Mountains, 1963* The Rumptydoolers, 1964* Easy Does It, 1965* The Barrel, 1966* The Space Hut, 1967...
- Ester WorkelEster WorkelEster Workel is a rowing cox from the Netherlands.With the Dutch eights she qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and she led her team mates rowing to the bronze medal. They won another bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Gifu...
- Esterina TartmanEsterina TartmanEsterina Tartman is an Israeli politician. She served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2006 and 2009.-Political career:...
- Esterio Segura MoraEsterio Segura MoraEsterio Segura Mora is a Cuban artist.-Education:From a very young age, Mora had an immense interest in visual arts. From 1982 to 1985 he studied at the Escuela Elemental de Artes Plásticas of Camaguey, Cuba, andnext studied at the Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Ballet, also in Camaguey...
- Ettie Annie RoutEttie Annie RoutEttie Annie Rout was a Tasmanian-born New Zealander whose work among servicemen in Paris and the Somme during World War I made her a war hero among the French, yet through the same events she became persona non grata in New Zealand. She married Fred Hornibrook on 3 May 1920, after which she was...
- Ettie Mae GreeneEttie Mae GreeneEttie Mae Greene née Thomas was an American supercentenarian who was recognized by Guinness World Records as the 'oldest living American' in 1991 . She was born in Wayside, West Virginia, and worked as a seamstress and a farmer...
- Etty DarwinEtty DarwinHenrietta Emma "Etty" Darwin, was a daughter of Charles Darwin and his wife Emma Wedgwood.Etty was born in Down House, Downe in 1843. She was Darwin's third daughter and the eldest daughter to reach adulthood after the eldest Annie died aged 10, and second daughter Mary died before becoming a...
- Etty Lau FarrellEtty Lau FarrellEtty Lau Farrell is a vocalist for the band Satellite Party and one of the stars of the show Married to Rock. She also works as a professional dancer in the film and music industry.-Early life:...
- Aster GannoAster GannoAster Ganno was an Ethiopian Bible translator who worked with the better known Onesimos Nesib as a translator of the Oromo Bible, published in 1899.She was born free, but was later enslaved by the king of Limmu-Ennarea...
- Aster Phoenix
- Aster YohannesAster YohannesAster Yohannes is the wife of detained Eritrean politician Petros Solomon. She is a veteran of Eritrean People's Liberation Front .She has been in prison held in an undisclosed place by the Eritrean government since December 2003...
- Essie CoffeyEssie CoffeyEssie Coffey , OAM , was born at Essiena Goodgabah in southern Queensland. She was a Muruwari woman and the co-founder of the Western Aboriginal Legal Service and served on a number of government bodies and Aboriginal community organisations....
- Essie DavisEssie DavisEssie Davis is an Australian actress. Born and raised in Hobart, Tasmania, she is the daughter of locally famed artist George Davis.She emerged from the Old Nick Company at the University of Tasmania in the late 1980s and has gone on to appear in Hollywood movies. She is a graduate of the National...
- Essie GarrettEssie GarrettEssie Garrett is an American ultramarathon runner and instructor at Emily Griffith Opportunity School in Denver, Colorado.-Biography:Raised in Riesel, Texas, Garrett joined the Army at age 16 and served for three years before settling in Denver....
- Essie JainEssie JainEssie Jain is an English indie singer-songwriter born and raised in London, who is now based out of New York City.-Biography:Her first published work was a single track, "Why", on the album The Sound the Hare Heard, which contains a single track each from a large number of artists including Sufjan...
- Essie Mae Washington
- Essie SummersEssie SummersEssie Summers was a New Zealand author who wrote so vividly of the people and landscape of her native country that she was offered The Order Of the British Empire for her contributions to New Zealand tourism.-Biography:Ethel Snelson Summers was born on on 24 July 1912 to a...
- Hester AdrianHester AdrianHester Agnes Adrian, Baroness Adrian, DBE was a British mental health worker. In 1965, the year before her death, she was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her contributions....
- Hester ChaponeHester ChaponeHester Chapone , writer of conduct books for women, was born on 27 October 1727 at Twywell, Northamptonshire,The daughter of Thomas Mulso , a gentleman farmer, and his wife , a daughter of Colonel Thomas, Hester wrote a romance at the age of nine, 'The Loves of Amoret and Melissa', which earned...
- Hester SantlowHester SantlowHester Santlow was a noted British dancer and actress, who has been termed "England's first ballerina." She was influential in many spheres of theatrical life.-Life:...
- Hester ShawHester ShawHester Shaw is a fictional character from Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines Quartet who has terrible facial scarring, due to an attack from Thaddeus Valentine when Hester was a child.-Personality:...
- Hester SiteHester SiteHester Site, with two components known as Hester-Standifer Creek Site and Beachum-Harrison Site , is an archaeological site in Monroe County, Mississippi...
- Hester ThraleHester ThraleHester Lynch Thrale was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and 18th-century life.-Biography:Thrale was born at Bodvel Hall, Caernarvonshire, Wales...
- Hester Booth
- Esfir ShubEsfir ShubEsfir Ilyichna Shub , also referred as Esther Shub, was a pioneering Soviet filmmaker.Born in Surazh, Chernigov Governorate, part of Left-bank Ukraine within the Russian Empire, Shub began her career in film as a re-editor for Goskino; she edited several Western films according to Goskino...
- Eszter BalintEszter BalintEszter Balint is a singer, songwriter, violinist, and actress. She first emerged as a child member of the avant-garde Squat Theatre troupe before making her cinematic debut in 1984 in director Jim Jarmusch's independent film Stranger Than Paradise...
- Eszter HargittaiEszter HargittaiEszter Hargittai is a sociologist at Northwestern University. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from Smith College and a Ph.D...
- Eszter MattioniEszter MattioniEszter Mattioni was a prominent twentieth century Hungarian painter.For five years she attended the Applied Arts Vocational School, then continued her studies for six years at the High School of Fine Arts as a student of Gyula Rudnay...
- Estée Lauder (person)Estée Lauder (person)Estée Lauder was an American businesswoman who was the co-founder, along with her husband Joseph Lauder, of Estée Lauder Companies, a pioneering cosmetics company. Lauder was the only woman on TIME magazine's 1998 list of the 20 most influential business geniuses of the 20th century. She was the...
- Esta SpaldingEsta SpaldingEsta Alice Spalding is a Canadian author, screenwriter and poet who won the Pat Lowther Award in 2000 for Lost August. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Phillip Spalding and Linda Spalding, she grew up in Hawaii and currently resides in Guelph, Ontario....
- Esta TerBlancheEsta TerBlancheEsta TerBlanche , is a South African actress of Huguenot descent, best known for her roles on television soap operas in both South Africa and the United States.-Career:TerBlanche was born in Rustenburg, North West Province...
- Lovisa AugustiLovisa AugustiLovisa Sofia Augusti, , was a Swedish opera singer. She was a court singer and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.- Biography :...
, born as Ester Salomon - Etti AnkriEtti AnkriEsther "Etti" Ankri is an Israeli singer-songwriter. She is a former Female Singer of the Year in Israel, and has also performed in the United States, England, and India. Ankri has been called a "rock genius", the "poet of Israeli spirituality," and "the contemporary voice of.....
- Etti Jundiai
- Etti PleschEtti PleschEtti Plesch, , Austro-Hungarian countess, huntress, racehorse owner and socialite. Plesch lost two of her six husbands to the same woman, Louise de Vilmorin, a French literary figure, and owned two winners of the Epsom Derby, in Psidium in 1961 and Henbit in1980.Born Maria Anna Paula Ferdinandine...
- Maria Hester ParkMaria Hester ParkMaria Hester Park was a British composer, pianist, and singer. She was also a noted piano teacher who taught many students in the nobility, including the Duchess of Devonshire and her daughters....
- Julia Ettie CraneJulia Ettie CraneJulia Ettie Crane , also known as Julia Etta Crane, was an American music educator, and the first person to set up a school, the Crane School of Music, specifically for the training of public school music teachers...
As a surname
- Gulshan EstherGulshan EstherGulshan Esther is a Pakistani Christian, a convert from Islam, and the author of the book The Torn Veil.-Early life:...
- Maoz Ester
- Pauline EsterPauline EsterPauline Ester is a French singer.-Biography:Her album Le Monde est fou, certified Gold disc, met success by the general public between 1989 and 1991 thanks to the songs "Le Monde est fou", "Il fait chaud", "Une Fenêtre ouverte", and particularly "Oui, j'l'adore", which was a hit in 1990...
- Sofia EsterSofia EsterSofia Ester was born in 1978, in Lisbon. Her first book, Adozinda, was published in 1995. Sofia Ester finished writing this book in 1993.The book Adozinda is about the adventures of a sixteen year old sorceress who lives in Portugal, in the present time. Because, most of the time, her parents work...
- Swan EstherSwan EstherSwan Esther is a musical based on the bible story of Esther.It was written in 1982 by Jack Edward Oliver and Nick Munns .A professional production was staged by the Young Vic in January 1984 and it has also been performed by a number of amateur companies, most recently by Swanley Light Opera Group...
- William EttyWilliam EttyWilliam Etty was an English painter, best known for his paintings of nudes.-Beginnings:In accordance with the wishes of his father, Etty served seven years of apprenticeship to a printer in Hull...
- Frédéric EstherFrédéric EstherFrédéric Esther is a boxer from France, competing in the middleweight division. He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinales of the light middleweight division by eventual silver medalist Marian Simion of...
Places
- Esther MountainEsther MountainEsther Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. The mountain is the northernmost of the High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains and its 28th highest peak...
- Mary Esther, FloridaMary Esther, FloridaMary Esther is a city in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. The population was 4,055 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 4,115...
- Esther Township, Polk County, Minnesota
- Esther Short ParkEsther Short ParkEsther Short Park is a public park and town square located in downtown Vancouver, Washington. Established in 1853, it is the oldest public park in the state of Washington. It has been called the "oldest public park in the West" by some, but was created after Lafayette Park in St. Louis, Missouri. ...