Top Celebrity Names Starting With Lester

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   Lester Holt

   Age 53 Male
   

   Anchor, Musician, Journalist

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   Lester Steven Holt is an American news journalist who anchors the weekend editions of NBC's Today and Nightly News.

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   Lester Maddox

   1915 - 2003 Male
   

   Georgia Politician

   
   

   Lester Garfield Maddox, Sr., was an American politician who was the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. A populist governor, Maddox came to prominence as a staunch segregationist and maintained, to his death, that he never had any regrets.… read more

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   Lester Bowie

   1941 - 1999 Male
   

   Composer, Trumpeter, Musician

   
   

   Lester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago.

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   Lester B. Pearson

   1897 - 1972 Male
   

   Politician, Diplomat, Historian

   
   

   Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis. He was the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 22 April 1963 to 20 April 1968, as the head of two back-to-back minority governments following elections in 1963 and 1965.… read more

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   Lester Abrams

   Age 67 Male
   

   Singer-songwriter, Musician, Producer

   
   

   Lester Abrams is a singer, songwriter, musician and producer who has played with such artists as B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, Peabo Bryson, Quincy Jones, Manfred Mann, Brian Auger, The Average White Band, The Doobie Brothers, Rufus and many others. Two of his co-compositions appeared on the Grammy Award winning album "Minute by Minute". He has also composed songs for film and television; two of his works can be heard in the Oliver Stone-produced movie, "South Central".… read more

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   Lester Frank Ward

   1841 - 1913 Male
   

   Sociologist

   
   

   Lester F. Ward was an American botanist, paleontologist, and sociologist. He served as the first president of the American Sociological Association.

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   Lester J. Maitland

   1899 - 1990 Male
   

   Pilot, Brigadier, Guard

   
   

   Lester James Maitland was an aviation pioneer and career officer in the United States Army Air Forces and its predecessors. Maitland began his career as a Reserve pilot in the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I and rose to brigadier general in the Michigan Air National Guard following World War II. In 1927 Maitland and Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger completed the first transpacific flight from California to Hawaii.… read more

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   Lester Bird

   Age 74 Male
   

   Politician, Second, President

   
   

   -- 18:15, 23 February 2012 (UTLester Bryant Bird was the second Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004 and a well-known athlete. He was chairman of the Antigua Labour Party from 1971 to 1983, then became Prime Minister when his father, Vere Bird, the previous Prime Minister, resigned. Bird was born on February 21, 1938. Lester and his elder brother Vere Bird, Jr.… read more

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   Lester R. Brown

   Age 78 Male
   

   Analyst, Pioneer, Environmentalist

   
   

   Lester Russel Brown is a United States environmental analyst, founder of the Worldwatch Institute, and founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute, a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C. BBC Radio commentator Peter Day calls him "one of the great pioneer environmentalists. " Brown is the author or co-author of over 50 books on global environmental issues and his works have been translated into more than forty languages.… read more

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    Lester Coleman

    Male
    

    Terrorist

    
    

    Lester Knox Coleman II is an American who was the co-author of the 1993 book Trail of the Octopus, The Untold Story of Pan Am 103, in which he claimed that a secret drug sting enabled terrorists to evade airport security in the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan American World Airways Flight 103.… read more

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    Lester Brain

    1903 - 1980 Male
    

    Australian Aviaton Pioneer

    
    

    Lester Joseph Brain, AO, AFC was a pioneer Australian aviator and airline executive. Born in New South Wales, he trained with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) before joining Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services (Qantas) as a pilot in 1924. He was awarded the Air Force Cross in 1929, after locating the lost aircraft Kookaburra in northern Australia.… read more

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    Lester Young

    1909 - 1959 Male
    

    Musician

    
    

    Lester Willis Young, nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. He also played trumpet, violin, and drums. Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was one of the most influential players on his instrument, playing with a cool tone and using sophisticated harmonies. He invented or popularized much of the hipster ethos which came to be associated with the music.… read more

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    Lester Freamon

    Male
    

    Detective, Actor, Major

    
    

    Lester Freamon is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Clarke Peters. Freamon is a detective in the Baltimore Police Department's Major Crimes Unit. He is a wise, methodical detective who makes major contributions to the series investigations.… read more

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    Lester Bangs

    1948 - 1982 Male
    

    Music Critic and Journalist

    
    

    Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs was an American music journalist, author, and musician. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines and was known for his leading influence in rock music criticism.

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    Lester C. Hunt

    1892 - 1954 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Lester Callaway Hunt was a Democratic politician and dentist from the state of Wyoming. He served as the 19th Governor of Wyoming from 1943 to 1949 and as United States Senator from January 3, 1949 until his suicide on June 19, 1954.… read more