Chester (surname)
Chester is a surname of English origin. Its Romance equivalent is Castro.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Chester, English footballer
- Art Chester, American air racer
- Beverly Chester-Burton, American politician
- Bob Chester, American jazz and pop music bandleader and tenor saxophonist.
- Charlie Chester, British stand-up comedian
- Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter
- Darren Chester, Australian politician
- Elroy Chester, American murderer
- Felicia Chester, American basketball player
- Frank Chester (politician), Canadian politician
- Frank Chester (umpire), English first-class cricketer and notable international cricket umpire
- Gary Chester, American session drummer and drum teacher
- George Randolph Chester, American writer and screenwriter
- Major F. G. L. Chester, also known as Gort Chester, British soldier and member of Z Special Unit in Borneo
- Harry Chester, British civil servant
- Ilan Chester, Venezuelan singer, keyboardist, arranger and composer; he was born in Israel as Ilan Czenstochowski
- James Chester, Welsh footballer who plays for Hull City
- John Chester (disambiguation), several people
- Joseph Lemuel Chester, American genealogist
- Nicola Chester, British nature writer
- Norman Chester, 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, retired American football tight end
- Robert Chester (disambiguation), multiple people
- William Chester (disambiguation), multiple people