Best (surname)

Best is a surname. In England the surname is of Anglo-Norman origin meaning the beast (beste). People with this surname:

Adam Best (actor) (born 1983), British actor
Ahmed Best (born 1973), American voice actor
Alan Best (filmmaker) (born 1959), Canadian animator
Alan Best (sculptor) (1910–2001), Canadian sculptor
Alfred M. Best (1876–1958), American insurance executive
Alonzo L. Best (1854–1923), American politician
Andy Best (born 1959), British footballer
Art Best (1953–2014), American football player
C. L. Best (1878–1951), founder and chairman of Caterpillar Tractor Company
Calum Best (born 1981), TV personality, son of George Best
Carlisle Best (born 1959), West Indian cricketer
Charles Best (medical scientist) (1899–1978), American/Canadian physiologist
Charles Alexander Best (1931–1978), Canadian politician
Carrie Best (1903-2001), the first black owner and publisher of a Nova Scotia newspaper
Clyde Best (born 1951), Bermudan footballer
Daniel Best (1838–1923), founder of Best Manufacturing Company which made tractors and combine harvesting machines
David Best (footballer) (born 1943), English footballer
David Best (politician) (1880–1949), Manitoba politician
David Best (sculptor) (born 1945), American sculptor
Denzil Best (1917–1965), American jazz percussionist
Earl Best (1947–2021), American community organizer known as the "Street Doctor"
Edna Best (1900–1974), British actress
Eike Best (born 1951), German computer scientist
Eleanor Best (1875–1958), British artist
Elsdon Best (1856–1931), New Zealand ethnographer
Eve Best (born 1971), British stage actress
George Best (1946–2005), Northern Irish football player
George Newton Best (1846–1926), American botanist
Greg Best (born 1964), American equestrian competitor and coach
Greg Best (American football) (born 1960), American football defensive back
Harold Best (1937–2020), British Labour Party politician
James Best (1926–2015), American actor
Jacob Best, (1786–1861), family patriarch and founder of the Pabst Brewing Company
Jerry Best (footballer, born 1901) (1901–1975), English footballer
Jerry Best (bassist) (born 1963), American musician
Jerry Best (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1955), English footballer
John Best (bishop) (died 1570), Bishop of Carlisle from 1560 to 1570
John Best (Canadian politician) (1861–1923), Canadian politician
John Best (guard captain) (16th century), English Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
John Best (soccer) (1940–2014), US/English soccer player
John William Best (1912–2000), Royal Air Force pilot who was a POW in Colditz Castle during World War II
Keith Best (born 1949), British Conservative Party politician
Leon Best (born 1986), Irish international footballer
Margarett Best, Canadian politician
Marion Best, Canadian church leader
Marjorie Best (1903–1997), American Hollywood costume designer
Martin Best (born 1942) musician in ballads and early music
Mary Ellen Best (1809–1891), artist
Matthew Best (Royal Navy officer) (1878–1940), Royal Navy officer
Matthew Best (conductor) (born 1957), English bass and conductor
Meagan Best (born 2002), Barbadian squash player
Nellie Geraldine Best (1905–1990), American artist, muralist, and sculptor
Nicky Best, British statistician
Neil Best (born 1979), Irish rugby union international
Paul Best (cricketer) (born 1991), English cricketer
Pete Best (born 1941), original drummer for The Beatles
Peter Best (composer) (born 1943), Australian film composer
Richard Irvine Best (1872–1959), Irish scholar
Richard Stuart Best (born 1945), member of House of Lords
Richard Halsey Best (1910–2001), US Navy pilot
Robert Henry Best (1896–1952), convicted of treason in 1948
Rory Best (born 1982), Irish rugby union international
S. T. C. Best "Canon Best" (1864–1949), Anglican priest in South Australia
Sigismund Payne Best (1885–1978), British Secret Intelligence Service agent
Simon Best (born 1978), Irish rugby union international
Skeeter Best (1914–1985), American jazz guitarist
Sonja M. Best, Australian-American virologist
Stephanie Best (born 1969), American track and field athlete
Steven Best (born 1955), American animal rights activist
Tino Best (born 1981), West Indian cricketer
Tommy Best (1920–2018), Welsh footballer
Travis Best (born 1972), American professional basketball player
Werner Best (1903–1989), German jurist, police chief and SS–Obergruppenführer
William Best, 1st Baron Wynford (1767–1845), British politician and judge
William Thomas Best (1826–1897), English organist and composer
Adolfo Best Maugard (1891–1964), Mexican painter, film director, and screenwriter

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