Chester (disambiguation)

Chester is a city and is also the county town of Cheshire, England. The name comes from Old English ceastre, city, ultimately from Latin castra, camp.

Chester may also mean the following places:

Places

Canada

• Chester, Nova Scotia
• Chester (TTC), a subway station in Toronto

England

• Chester (district), former local government area containing the city of Chester

United States of America

• Chester, Arkansas
• Chester, California, in Plumas County
• Chester, Merced County, California
• Chester, Connecticut
• Chester, Georgia
• Chester, Illinois
• Chester, Iowa
• Chester, Maine
• Chester, Maryland
• Chester, Massachusetts
• Chester, Minnesota
• Chester, Montana
• Chester, Nebraska
• Chester, New Hampshire
• Chester (town), New York, in Orange County
  • Chester (village), New York, within the town in Orange County
• Chester, Warren County, New York
• Chester, Ohio
• Chester, Pennsylvania
• Chester, South Carolina
• Chester, South Dakota
• Chester, Texas
• Chester, Vermont
• Chester, Virginia
• Chester (Homeville, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Virginia
• Chester, West Virginia
• Chester, Wisconsin

Related place names

• Chester Borough, New Jersey
• Chester City (disambiguation)
• Chester County (disambiguation)
• Chester Heights, Pennsylvania
• Chester Hill, Pennsylvania
• Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
• Chester Township (disambiguation)
• Chester-Chester Depot, Vermont
• New Chester, Wisconsin
• Port Chester, New York

Ships

• HMS Chester, disambiguation page
• The USS Chester (CL-1), a light cruiser in service from 1908 to 1921
• The USS Chester (CA-27), a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1930

People

Given name

• Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886), the 21st president of the United States
• Chester Bennington (b. 1976), the lead vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park
• Chester Brown (b. 1960), Canadian alternative cartoonist and, since 2008, the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate for the riding of Trinity-Spadina in Toronto, Canada
• Chester Burnett (1910–1976), known as Howlin' Wolf, American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
• Chester Carlson (1906–1968), American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney
• Chester Conklin (1886–1971), American comedian and actor
• Chester Conn (b. 1896), American composer of popular music
• Chester Crocker (b. 1941), American diplomat
• Chester Gould (1900–1985), American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip
• Chester Himes (1909–1984), American writer, author of If He Hollers Let Him Go
• Chester Holifield (1903–1995), United States Representative from California
• Chester Kallman (1921–1975), American writer
• Chester Ludgin (1925–2003), American operatic baritone
• Chester Manifold (1867–1918), Australian politician and philanthropist.
• Chester Morris (1901–1970), American actor, who starred in the Boston Blackie detective series of the 1940s
• Chester W. Nimitz (1885–1966), American five-star admiral
• Chester Taylor (b. 1979), American football running back of the National Football League who is currently on the Arizona Cardinals
• Chester Thompson (b. 1948), American drummer and session musician
• Chester Williams (b. 1970), former South African rugby union rugby player
• Chester Sidney Williams (1907-1992), American educator and author who wrote extensively about education and freedoms

Surname

• 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 (b. 1965), American actor and screenwriter
• Frank Chester (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
• Major F. G. L. Chester (1899–1946), also known as Gort Chester, British soldier and member of Z Special Unit in Borneo
• Ilan Chester (b. 1952), Venezuelan singer, keyboardist, arranger and composer; he was born in Israel as Ilan Czenstochowski
• James Chester (b. 1989), English footballer who plays for Hull City
• Raymond Chester (b. 1948), retired American football tight end
• William Chester, disambiguation page

Fictional

• Chester McBadbat, The Fairly OddParents character
• Chester the Molester, cartoon character from Hustler magazine

Animals

• Chester Cheetah, mascot for the snack food Cheetos
• Chester Drescher (1982-2000), a performing dog born Queens, New York, USA
• Chester (horse) (1874–1888), a good Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire
• Chester White, a breed of domestic pig which originated in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Other uses

• The Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, Republic of Ireland
• The Chester River, a tributary of Chesapeake Bay
• Chester (song), an American Revolutionary War anthem composed by William Billings
• Chester (album), by Josh Rouse
• Chester Barklight, a playable character from the role-playing game Tales of Phantasia
• Chester, a prison slang term for a child molester (see Child sex abuse)
• Chester F.C. a football (soccer) club based in Chester, England
• Chester French, an American pop music group

See also

• Chesterfield (disambiguation)
• Chestertown (disambiguation)
• Chesterville (disambiguation)

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