Editing Lester (section)

===Given name===
* [[Lester Bangs]] (1948–1982), American music critic
* [[Lester Oliver Bankhead]] (1912–1997), American architect
* [[Lester W. Bentley]] (1908–1972), American artist from Wisconsin
* [[Lester Bird]] (1938–2021), second prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda (1994–2004)
* [[Lester D. Boronda]] (1886–1953), American painter, furniture designer, sculptor
* [[Lester Cotton]] (born 1996), American football player
* [[Lester del Rey]] (1915–1993), American science fiction author and editor
* [[Lester Ellis]] (born 1965), Australian former professional boxer
* [[Lester Flatt]] (1914–1979), American bluegrass musician
* [[Lester Gillis]] (1908–1934), better known as Baby Face Nelson, American gangster
* [[Les Gold]] (born 1950), American pawnbroker and reality TV star
* [[Lester Holt]] (born 1959), American television journalist
* [[Lester Charles King]] (1907–1989), English geomorphologist
* [[Lester Lanin]] (1907–2004), American jazz and pop music bandleader
* [[Lester Lockett]] (1912–2005), American Negro League baseball player
* [[Lester Maddox]] (1915–2003), governor and lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Georgia
* [[Lester Martínez]] (born 1995), Guatemalan professional boxer
* [[Lester Julian Merriweather]] (born 1978), American visual artist, collagist, painter
* [[Lester Patrick]] (1883–1960), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
* [[Lester B. Pearson]] (1897–1972), fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada
* [[Lester Piggott]] (1935–2022), English jockey
* [[Lester Prosper]] (born 1988), Indonesian basketball player
* [[Lester Quiñones]] (born 2000), Dominican-American basketball player
* [[Lester Speight]] (born 1963), American actor, former football player and wrestler; known for his portrayal as Terry Tate, Office Linebacker
* [[Lester Thurow]] (1938–2016), American economist
* [[Lester Young]] (1909–1959), American jazz tenor saxophonist