Hester

Hester é tanto um nome próprio feminino quanto um sobrenome. Como nome próprio Hester é uma variante de Esther. Como sobrenome é de origem italiana e significado incerto. Na Ireland, particularmente County Mayo, o sobrenome Hester é encontrado como uma forma anglicizada do gaélico Ó hOistir descendente de Oistir, que provavelmente foi um imigrante do início do século XIII da Tuscany. Given name Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian (1899—1966), British mental health worker Hester Bateman (bap. 1708–1794), English silversmith Hester A. Benedict (1838-1921), American poet and writer Hester Biddle (c. 1629–97), English Quaker writer Hester Chapone (1727–1801), British author Hester A. Davis (1930–2014), American archaeologist Hester Dowden (1868–1949), Irish spiritualist medium Hester Dunn (b. 1940), Northern Irish former loyalist activist and writer Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith (1764-1857), British literary correspondent and intellectual Hester Goodsell (born 1984), British rower Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple (c. 1690–1752), English noblewoman Hester Jane Haskins (fl. 1860–75), American madam, procuress, and underworld figure Hester Kaplan, American author Hester Maclean (1859–1932), New Zealand nurse, editor and writer Maria Hester Park (1760–1813), British composer, pianist, and singer Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham (1720–1803), wife of William Pitt (the Elder), 1st Earl of Chatham, who was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768 Lady Hester Pulter (1605–1678), British writer Catherine Hester Ralfe (c. 1831–1912), New Zealand dressmaker, teacher, storekeeper, housekeeper and diarist Hester Dorsey Richardson (1862-1933), American author Hester Santlow (c. 1690–1773), British dancer and actress Lady Hester Stanhope (1776–1839), British socialite, adventurer and traveler Hester Thrale (1741–1821), British diarist, author, and patron of the arts Hester van Eeghen (1958–2021), Dutch designer Surname Bart Hester (b. 1977), American politician Benny Hester (b. 1948), American music artist and songwriter Betty Hester (1923-1998), American correspondent Carolyn Hester (b. 1937), American folk singer and songwriter Dave Hester, star of A&E TV's Storage Wars Devin Hester (b. 1982), American football player Drew Hester (b. 1969), American percussionist and record producer Eric Hester (b. 1974), American composer Frank Hester (b. 1966), British businessman Hugh B. Hester (1895-1983), American army officer Jack W.