Lester
Encyclopedia
Lester is a Scottish and Irish surname of Gaelic origin, which is a variant of the surname Lister.
Lester may refer to:
Lester may refer to:
Given name
- Lester BangsLester BangsLeslie Conway "Lester" Bangs was an American music journalist, author and musician. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines, and was known for his leading influence in rock 'n' roll criticism....
(1948-1982), American music critic - Lester Gillis (1908-1934), otherwise known as Baby Face Nelson, American gangster
- Lester Holt (born 1959), American television journalist and host of weekend editions of The Today Show and NBC Nightly NewsNBC Nightly NewsNBC Nightly News is the flagship daily evening television news program for NBC News and broadcasts. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is located in the center...
- Lester MaddoxLester MaddoxLester Garfield Maddox was an American politician who was the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971....
(1915-2003), former Governor of Georgia - Lester PatrickLester PatrickCurtis Lester "The Silver Fox" Patrick born in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, was a professional ice hockey player and coach associated with the Victoria Aristocrats/Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association , and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League...
(1883-1960), former professional ice hockey player - Lester B. PearsonLester B. PearsonLester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis...
(1897-1972), fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada - Lester PiggottLester PiggottLester Keith Piggott is a retired English professional jockey, popularly known as "The Long Fellow". With 4,493 career wins, including nine Epsom Derby victories, he is one of the most well-known English flat racing jockeys of all time....
(born 1935), English jockey - Lester SpeightLester SpeightLester Rasta Speight is a former American football player who has had subsequent careers as a professional wrestler and then actor...
(born 1971), American actor, former football player and wrestler; known for his portrayal as Terry Tate, Office Linebacker - Lester YoungLester YoungLester Willis Young , nicknamed "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. He also played trumpet, violin, and drums....
(1909-1959), American jazz tenor saxophonist
Surname
- Adrian LesterAdrian Lester-Personal life:Lester was born in Birmingham, England, the son of Jamaican immigrants Monica, a medical secretary, and Reginald, a manager for a contract cleaning company. He sang as a boy treble in the choir of St. Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham...
(born 1984), British actor - Albert LesterAlbert LesterAlbert Lester was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:Lester removed from Litchfield, Connecticut to Canandaigua....
(c. 1803 – 1867), New York politician - Brad LesterBrad LesterBrad Lester was an Canadian football running back who plays for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He was born to Phillis Miller and Calvin Lester.-Early years:Brad Lester was born to Phillis Miller and Calvin Lester...
(born 1985), collegiate American football player - Gavin Lester, Australian rugby league footballer
- Jack LesterJack LesterJack William Lester is an English professional footballer, currently playing for English Football League One side Chesterfield. He plays either as a striker or an attacking midfielder...
(born 1975), professional English football (soccer) player - John LesterJohn LesterJohn Ashby Lester was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Lester was one of the Philadelphian cricketers who played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I...
(1871–1969), American cricketer - Jon LesterJon LesterJonathan Tyler Lester is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball...
(born 1984), Major League Baseball pitcher - Mark L. LesterMark L. LesterMark L. Lester is an American writer, producer, and director, primarily of action films.After his debut in 1970 with the film Just Can't Reach, he went on to make his mark with such memorable drive-in fare as Truck Stop Women and Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw...
(born 1946), American Movie Producer - Paul LesterPaul LesterPaul Lester is a British music journalist, author and broadcaster from Elstree, North London.- Career :He began his career as a freelance, writing for Melody Maker in the early 1990s, as well as City Limits, 20/20 , Sky Magazine and The Jewish Chronicle...
, British music journalist - Paul Martin LesterPaul Martin LesterPaul Martin Lester is a tenured, full professor of Communications at California State University, Fullerton.Lester was born in Flushing, Queens...
(born 1953), communications professor and author - Richard LesterRichard LesterRichard Lester is an American film director based in Britain. Lester is notable for his work with The Beatles in the 1960s and his work on the Superman film series in the 1980s.-Early years and television:...
(born 1932), British film director - Seán LesterSeán LesterSeán Lester was an Irish diplomat and the last Secretary General of the League of Nations, from 31 August 1940 to 18 April 1946.-Early life:...
(1880-1959), Irish diplomat - Sonny LesterSonny LesterSonny Lester is a Grammy-award winning music producer from New York City. He started his career as a musician in a big band jazz ensemble before being drafted into the U.S. Army. During the war he earned a Purple Heart and worked under Henry Kissinger, who was an intelligence officer at time...
(born 1924), American record producer - Brett Lester (born 1969), Operations Manager Newcastle Master Builders Association
In fiction
- Lester, puppet comedian/dummy performed by Willie TylerWillie TylerWillie Tyler is an American ventriloquist, comedian and actor. Most of the time, he is credited as Willie Tyler and Lester or Willie Tyler & Lester. He has appeared in many television commercials, sitcoms, and movies. He got his first big break in 1972 on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.-Personal...
(often billed as "Willie Tyler and Lester") - Lesterfarr, fictional character in the webcomic Grey LegacyGrey LegacyGrey Legacy is a science fiction webcomic by Wayne Wise and Fred Wheaton that was originally published in print form. The comic is hosted on Drunk Duck. The comic was among the first ever to win a Xeric Award in 1992.-Cast:...
- Lester Burnham, fictional character in the 1999 film American BeautyAmerican Beauty (film)American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, a middle-aged magazine writer who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, Angela...
- Lester Krinklesac, fictional character from the television show The Cleveland ShowThe Cleveland ShowThe Cleveland Show is an American animated television series that premiered on September 27, 2009, as a part of the "Animation Domination" lineup on Fox in the United States...
- Lester Patel, fictional character from the NBC show ChuckChuck (TV series)Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...
- Lester, a fictional character from Jeff LemireJeff LemireJeff Lemire is a Canadian comics artist and writer. He is the author of the Essex County Trilogy, Sweet Tooth and The Nobody. Lemire is known for a his moody, humanistic stories and sketchy, cinematic, black-and-white art....
's Essex County graphic novels - Lester FreamonLester FreamonLester Freamon is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Clarke Peters. Freamon is a detective in the Baltimore Police Department's Major Crimes Unit...
, a fictional character from the television show The WireThe WIREthe WIRE is the student-run College radio station at the University of Oklahoma, broadcasting in a freeform format. The WIRE serves the University of Oklahoma and surrounding communities, and is staffed by student DJs. The WIRE broadcasts at 1710 kHz AM in Norman, Oklahoma... - James Lester, a fictional character from the television series PrimevalPrimevalPrimeval or primæval may refer to:* Primeval, a British science fiction television series.* Primeval , a 2007 film* Primeval , a score of music from the BBC TV series Doctor Who...
- Lester Knight Chaykin, the protagonist of the 1991 game Another World (video game)Another World (video game)Another World, also known as Out of This World in North America and Outer World in Japan, is a 1991 cinematic platformer designed and developed by Eric Chahi...
Places
- In the United States:
- Lester, AlabamaLester, AlabamaLester is a town in Limestone County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 107.-Geography:Lester is located at ....
- Lester, IowaLester, IowaLester is a city in Lyon County, Iowa, United States. The population was 251 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lester's longitude and latitude coordinatesin decimal form are 43.437475, -96.333322...
- Lester, WashingtonLester, WashingtonLester was a small town near Stampede Pass, just south of Snoqualmie Pass in King County, founded in 1892 by the Northern Pacific Railway ....
- Lester, West VirginiaLester, West VirginiaLester is a town in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 322 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lester is located at ....
- The Lester RiverLester RiverThe Lester River, is a short tributary of Lake Superior, about 15 mi long, in northeastern Minnesota in the United States. It drains an area of 58 sq mi .-Course:...
, which flows through Duluth, Minnesota
- Lester, Alabama
Other uses
- Lester's theoremLester's theoremIn Euclidean plane geometry, Lester's theorem, named after June Lester, states that in any scalene triangle, the two Fermat points, the nine-point center, and the circumcenter are concyclic.- References :...
in geometry - Lester the UnlikelyLester the UnlikelyLester the Unlikely, known in Japan as , is a platform video game developed by Visual Concepts Entertainment for the Super NES. It was published in Japan by Asmik Ace Entertainment and in North America by DTMC in 1994.-Plot:...
, a 1994 adventure game for the SNES