Chester (surname)
Chester is a surname. Its Romance (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Galician) equivalent is Castro. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Chester (1886–1943), English footballer
- Art Chester (1899–1949), American air racer
- Bob Chester (1908–1977), American jazz and pop music bandleader and tenor saxophonist.
- Charlie Chester (1914–1997), British stand-up comedian
- Craig Chester (born 1965), American actor and screenwriter
- Elroy Chester (1969–2013), American murderer
- Frank Chester (politician) (1901–1966), Canadian politician in Manitoba
- Frank Chester (umpire) (1895–1957), English first-class cricketer and notable international cricket umpire
- Gary Chester (1924–1987), American session drummer and drum teacher
- George Randolph Chester (1869–1924), American writer and screenwriter
- Major F. G. L. Chester (1899–1946), also known as Gort Chester, British soldier and member of Z Special Unit in Borneo
- Harry Chester (1806–1868), British civil servant
- Ilan Chester (born 1952), Venezuelan singer, keyboardist, arranger and composer; he was born in Israel as Ilan Czenstochowski
- James Chester (born 1989), Welsh footballer who plays for Hull City
- John Chester (disambiguation), several people
- Joseph Lemuel Chester, American genealogist
- Norman Chester (1907–86), British political economist associated with Nuffield College, Oxford
- Peter Chester, English convicted murderer and paedophile
- Peter Chester (governor), Governor of West Florida between August 10, 1770 and May 9, 1781
- Raymond Chester (born 1948), retired American football tight end
- Robert Chester (disambiguation), multiple people
- William Chester (disambiguation), multiple people
Categories:
- Surnames
- English toponymic surnames