Chester (given name)
Chester is a masculine given name of English origins with Latin roots. It comes from the word "castrum", which means fort or encampment.
Notable people with this name
- Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States
- Chester Alan Arthur II, son of Chester A. Arthur
- Chester "Gavin" Alan Arthur III, American astrologer and sexologist and a grandson of Chester A. Arthur
- Chester "Chet" Atkins, American musician
- Chester Baker Slawson, Professor of mineralogy
- Chester W. Barrows, Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
- Chester Bennington, the lead vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park
- Chester Brown, Canadian alternative cartoonist and, since 2008, the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate for the riding of Trinity-Spadina in Toronto, Canada
- Chester Burnett, known as Howlin' Wolf, American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
- Chester Carlson, American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney
- Chester C. Chattin, Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
- Chester Coco, American politician and lawyer
- Chester Conklin, American comedian and actor
- Chester Conn, American composer of popular music
- Chester B. Clapp, American screenwriter
- Chester Crocker, American diplomat
- Chester Cruikshank, American athlete
- Chester Dale, American banker, major donor to the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
- Chester Gillette, American murderer
- Chester Gould, American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip
- Chester Himes, American writer, author of If He Hollers Let Him Go
- Chester E. Holifield, United States Representative from California
- Chester Kallman, American writer
- Chester Ludgin, American operatic baritone
- Chester Manifold, Australian politician and philanthropist
- Chester Morris, American actor, who starred in the Boston Blackie detective series of the 1940s
- Chester W. Nimitz, American five-star admiral
- Chester Rapkin, American urban planner
- Chester Novell Turner, African-American filmmaker
- Chester See, American musician, actor and YouTube personality
- Chester Stiles Filmed himself molesting a three-year-old girl and was sentenced to 21 terms of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 140 years
- Chester Taylor, American football running back of the National Football League who is currently on the Arizona Cardinals
- Chester Thompson, American drummer and session musician
- Chester Williams, former South African rugby union rugby player
- Chester Sidney Williams, American educator and author who wrote extensively about education and freedoms
Fictional characters
- Chester Barklight, playable character in the role-playing game Tales of Phantasia
- Chester Cheetah, mascot for cheese-flavored snack brand Cheetos
- Chester Goode in TV series Gunsmoke
- Chester McBadbat in The Fairly OddParents
- Chester McTech, a character in the American animated children's television program Beverly Hills Teens
- Chester Tate, a character in TV series Soap
- Chester V, CEO of inventing company Live Corp in the film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
- Chester, also known as Kid Rot, a character in Grossology
- Chester the Molester, cartoon character in Hustler magazine
- Chester the Terrier, cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes/''Merrie Melodies series
- Marvelous Chester, is a character that appears in the DLC Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss
- Chester, a character from Bunnicula
- Chester, a jester character from Brawl Stars''