Ballester

Ballester is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Antonio Ballester (died 1387), Archbishop of Athens, appointed by Pope Urban VI
• Arturo Ballester Marco (1892–1981), Spanish artist and illustrator known for his Spanish Civil War posters
• Bernabé Ballester (born 1982), Spanish footballer who plays as a central defender
• Biel Ballester (born 1974), guitarist from Mallorca, Spain
• Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910–1999), Spanish Galician writer in Spanish language
• Inés Ballester (born 1958), Spanish journalist and presenter
• Jean-François Ballester (born 1965), French figure skating coach
• Jordi Carbonell i de Ballester (born 1924), Spanish politician and philologist
• José Luis Ballester (sailor) (born 1968), Spanish sailor and Olympic Champion
• José Luis Ballester (swimmer) (born 1969), former butterfly swimmer from Spain
• Juan Ballester Carmenates (born 1966), Cuban painter
• Lorenzo Campins y Ballester (1726–1785), Spanish born physician, founded formal studies of modern medicine in Venezuela
• Manuel Ballester (born 1919), award-winning Spanish chemist
• Manuel Méndez Ballester (1909–2002), writer who worked in journalism, radio broadcasting, television and teaching
• Pierre Ballester (1959) is a French sports journalist
• Simó Ballester (born 1457), nicknamed Simó Tort, leading figure in the social conflicts in Mallorca
• Thomas Ballester (born 1987), American professional wrestler
• Vicenç Albert Ballester (1872–1938), Spanish politician, Catalan nationalist, may be the designer of the "estelada"
• Vicente Ballester (born 1980), former Spanish racing cyclist
• Xaverio Ballester (Spanish transcription: Francisco Javier Ballester Gomez), Spanish linguist

Fictional characters

• Pierre Ballester of L. A. Confidentiel, a book by David Walsh and Pierre Ballester

See also

• Ballester Point, in Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
• Ingeniero Ballester Dam, a dam on the Neuquén River, in the Argentine Patagonia
• Ballester–Molina, a pistol designed and built by Argentine company Hispano Argentina Fábrica de Automotores SA
• Central Ballester, an Argentine football club, based in General San Martín Partido in Greater Buenos Aires
• Villa Ballester, a city located in the General San Martín Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
• Balesta
• Balestra (disambiguation)
• Balestrero (disambiguation)
• Ballesteros (disambiguation)
• Baluster