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Ostap Ostap ( uk, Остап) is a Ukrainian male given name. Its Russian counterpart is Evstafiy. It derives from the Greek name Eustathius. People with this name include: * Ostap Bender, a fictional character from the Russian novel ''The Twelve Cha ...

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Eustachy Eustachy is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko (1768–1844), Polish general and politician *Eustachy Sapieha (1881–1963), Polish nobleman, prince, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs and deputy to t ...

(Polish), Yevstaphiy (Russian), Eustachio (Italian), Eustache or Eustathe (French), Eustaquio (Spanish), Eustáquio (Portuguese), Eustàquio (Valencian), Ustes (Guyanese) and Eustice (English). The originally

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or Eitan can also mean "steadfast" or "stable". The Greek ''Eústachys'' is no longer used; ''Eustáthios/Ευστάθιος'' (usually transliterated ''Efstáthios'') on the other hand is still popular and often used in the informal or diminutive Στάθης (''Státhis'').

Notable people with the name

Given name

Ancient era

Saint Eustace Saint Eustace (Latinized Eustachius or Eustathius, Greek Εὐστάθιος Πλακίδας ''Eustathios Plakidas'') is revered as a Christian martyr. According to legend, he was martyred in AD 118, at the command of emperor Hadrian. Eusta ...

(died 118), Christian martyr *Eustace or

Eustathius of Mtskheta Eustathius or Eustace of Mtskheta (Evstat'i Mtskhet'eli; ka, ევსტათი მცხეთელი) (died 550) is an Orthodox Christian saint, executed for his apostasy from Zoroastrianism by the Sasanian military authorities in Caucasi ...

(died c. 550), Orthodox Christian saint *

Eustace of Luxeuil Eustace of Luxeuil (c. 560 – c. 626), also known as Eustasius, was the second abbot of Luxeuil from 611. He succeeded his teacher Columbanus, to whom he had been a favorite disciple and monk. He had been the head of the monastic school. Life ...

(Eustasius) (c. 560 – c. 629), saint and Abbot of Luxeuil

Medieval era

Eustace I of Boulogne Eustace I, Count of Boulogne, was a nobleman and founder of the Boulogne branch of the House of Flanders. He held the county of Boulogne from 1024 until his death in 1047. Life Eustace was the elder son of Count Baldwin II of Boulogne and Adeli ...

(died 1049), father of Eustace II *

Eustace II of Boulogne Eustace II, (), also known as Eustace aux Grenons ("Eustace with long moustaches"),Heather J. Tanner, 'Eustace (II), count of Boulogne (d. c.1087)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. was Count of Boulogne fro ...

(c. 1015–1020 – c. 1087), companion of William the Conqueror, fought at the Battle of Hastings *

Eustace III of Boulogne Eustace III (c. 1050 – c. 1125) was the count of Boulogne from 1087 succeeding his father, Eustace II. He joined the First Crusade, being present at Nicaea, Dorylaeum, Antioch, and Jerusalem. After fighting in the battle of Ascalon, he retur ...

(before 1060 – c. 1125), rebelled against King William II of England, son of Eustace II *

Eustace IV of Boulogne Eustace IV (c. 1129/1131 17 August 1153) ruled the County of Boulogne from 1146 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Stephen of England and Countess Matilda I of Boulogne. When his father seized the English throne on Henry I's death in ...

(c. 1129 – 1153), eldest son of King Stephen of England *

Eustace (Bishop of Ely) Eustace (died 1215) was the twenty-third Lord Chancellor of England, from 1197 to 1198. He was also Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of Ely. Early life Eustace was probably French or Norman by birth, and was educated at Paris. He was a student with ...

(died 1215), Lord Chancellor of England *

Eustace de Balliol Eustace de Balliol (or Eustace de Helicourt) (died c. 1209) was the cousin and successor of Bernard II de Balliol, lord of Balliol and Barnard Castle. He was the lord of Hélicourt in Picardy, an estate near the chief seat of the main Balliol l ...

(died c. 1209), Lord of Balliol *

Eustace Chapuys Eustace Chapuys (; c. 1490/92 – 21 January 1556), the son of Louis Chapuys and Guigonne Dupuys, was a Savoyard diplomat who served Charles V as Imperial ambassador to England from 1529 until 1545 and is best known for his extensive and detail ...

(c. 1490/2 – 1556), Ambassador for the Holy Roman Empire in the English Court during the reign of Henry VIII *

Eustace of Fauconberg Eustace of Fauconberg was a medieval English Bishop of London from 1221 to 1228 and was also Lord High Treasurer. Biography Eustace was the son of Walter de Fauconberg of Rise-in-Holderness in the East Riding of the English county of Yorkshire. ...

(died 1228), Bishop of London and Lord High Treasurer *

Eustace Folville Eustace Folville (died 1347 aged almost 60) is credited with killing/assassinating the unpopular Sir Roger de Beler, Baron of the Exchequer and henchman of the despised Hugh le Despencer and ineffective King Edward II. He was the most active mem ...

(died 1346), English outlaw *

Eustace fitz John Eustace fitz John (died 1157), Constable of Chester, was a powerful magnate in northern England during the reigns of Henry I, Stephen and Henry II. From a relatively humble background in South East England, Eustace made his career serving Henry I ...

(died 1157), magnate in northern England *

Eustace Grenier Eustace I Granier, also known as Eustace Grenier or Eustace Garnier, called in Latin ''Eustachius Granarius'' in the charters (born around 1070 and died on 15 June 1123), was a Flemish crusader who took part in the First Crusade. He became lord o ...

(died 1123), crusader lord and Constable of the Kingdom of Jerusalem *

Eustace the Monk Eustace the Monk ( fro, Eustache le Moine; c. 1170 – 24 August 1217), born Eustace Busket,Knight 1997,. was a mercenary and pirate, in the tradition of medieval outlaws. The birthplace of Eustace was not far from Boulogne. A 1243 document m ...

(c. 1170–1217), mercenary and pirate *

Eustace de Vesci Eustace de Vesci (1169–1216) was an English lord of Alnwick Castle, and a ''Magna Carta'' surety. He also held lands in Sprouston, Roxburghshire, Scotland as brother in-law to King Alexander II of Scotland. Eustace was a leader during the Bar ...

(1169–1216), English lord of Alnwick Castle, leader of the First Baron's War against King John I of England *

Eustace of Vilnius Anthony, John, and Eustathius (''Eustathios, Eustace''; Russian: Антоний, Иоанн and Евстафий; Lithuanian: Antanas, Jonas ir Eustachijus) are saints and martyrs (died 1347) of the Russian Orthodox Church. Their feast day is ...

(died 1347), saint and martyr of the Russian Orthodox Church * Eustathius of Ethiopia (1273-1352), Ethiopian saint who advocated for Sabbath observance

Modern era

Eustace Akwei Eustace Akwei (3 December 1913 – ?) was a Ghanaian medical doctor. He was the first Ghanaian to be appointed Chief Medical Officer in the Gold Coast. Early life Akwei was born on 3 December 1913. He was educated at Achimota School in Accra ...

, Ghanaian doctor and politician *

Lord Eustace Cecil Lord Eustace Brownlow Henry (Gascoyne-)Cecil (24 April 1834 – 3 July 1921) was a British, Conservative Party politician. Cecil was the youngest son of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury by his first wife Frances Gascoyne and was ...

(1834–1921), British politician * Eustace Conway, American naturalist *

Eustace John Eustace Llewellyn John CMG (1939 – 27 July 2017) was the Deputy Governor-General of Nevis from 1992 to 2017. He was the second person to have served as deputy Governor-General of Nevis, preceded only by Weston Parris (died 1992), who serve ...

, Governor-General of Nevis * Eustace Lycett (1914–2006), British special effects artist *

Eustace Miles Eustace Hamilton Miles (22 September 1868 – 20 December 1948) was a Great Britain, British real tennis player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, restaurateur, and a diet guru who made his name selling health products and health a ...

(1868–1948), British real tennis player *

Eustace Mullins Eustace Clarence Mullins Jr. (March 9, 1923 – February 2, 2010) was an American white supremacist, antisemitism, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, propagandist, Holocaust denial, Holocaust denier, and writer. A disciple of the poet Ezra Pou ...

, American writer *

Eustace George Willis Eustace George Willis (7 March 1903 – 2 June 1987) was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North at the 1945 general election The following elections occurred in the year 1945. Africa ...

, British politician

Surname

Eustace is a

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surname. * Adam Eustace (born 1979), English rugby union player *

Alan Eustace Robert Alan Eustace (born 1956/1957) is an American computer scientist who served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google until retiring in 2015. On October 24, 2014, he made a free-fall jump from the stratosphere, breaking Felix Baum ...

, American computer scientist *

Arnhim Eustace Arnhim Ulric Eustace (born 5 October 1944) is a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Vincentian retired politician and economics, economist. He served as the List of Prime Ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, third Prime Minister of Saint ...

(born 1944), Vincentian politician, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *

Arthur Eustace Arthur Richard Paton Eustace (22 April 1926 – 24 April 2018) was a New Zealand sprinter, athletics coach, and national and International track and field administrator. Biography In 1944, Eustace was the athletics champion of Takapuna Grammar ...

(born 1926), New Zealand former sprinter, athletics coach and administrator * Bartholomew J. Eustace (1887–1956), American Roman Catholic bishop * Cristina Eustace (born 1979), Mexican singer * Dudley Eustace, English businessman, director of Dutch companies * Frank Eustace (1873–1932), American baseball player *

James Eustace, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass James FitzEustace of Harristown, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass (1530–1585) James FitzEustace, the eldest son of Rowland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass and Joan, daughter of James Butler, 8th Baron Dunboyne. He was born in 1530 and died in Spain ...

(1530–1585), Anglo-Irish Catholic noble rebel *

Jean Eustache Jean Eustache (; 30 November 1938 – 5 November 1981) was a French filmmaker. During his short career, he completed numerous short films, in addition to a pair of highly regarded features, of which the first, '' The Mother and the Whore'', is ...

(1938–1981), French filmmaker *

John Chetwode Eustace John Chetwode Eustace (c. 1762 in Ireland – 1 August 1815 at Naples, Italy) was an Anglo-Irish Catholic priest and antiquary. Life His family was English, his mother being one of the Chetwodes of Cheshire. He was educated at Sedgley Park Scho ...

(c.1762–1815), Anglo-Irish Catholic priest and antiquary *

John Eustace John Mark Eustace (born 3 November 1979) is an English professional football coach and former player who is head coach of club Birmingham City. During his playing career, he played as a central midfielder for Coventry City, Stoke City, Watford ...

(born 1979), English football player *

John Thomas Eustace Lieutenant Colonel John Thomas Eustace (March 9, 1825 – December 25, 1919) was an influential conservative member of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope. Early life, military and business Born in 1825 at Grosvenor Place, London, he was th ...

(1825-1919), politician of the

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* Sir Joseph Lambert Eustace (1908–1996), Vincentian educator, businessman and politician * Katharine Eustace (born 1975), New Zealand skeleton racer *

Mary Jo Eustace Mary Josephine "Mary Jo" Eustace (born May 1, 1962) is a Canadian actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, model, author, and sous-chef best known as co-host of the Canadian cooking TV series '' What's for Dinner?''. Early life Eustace was born and ...

(born 1962), Canadian actress, singer and sous

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Peter Eustace Peter Eustace (born 31 July 1944) is an English former football player and manager. As a player, he made 340 appearances in the Football League representing Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United, Rotherham United and Peterborough United. As a ma ...

(born 1944), English football player * Robert Eustace, pen name of Eustace Robert Barton (1854–1943), English doctor and author *

Rowland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass Roland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass of Harristown, County Kildare, Ireland, was born in 1505 and died in 1578. He was the son of Sir Thomas Eustace (1480–1549), 1st Viscount Baltinglass and Margaret Talbot, daughter of Sir Peter Talbot of ...

(1505–1578), Anglo-Irish Catholic noble * Scott Eustace (born 1975), English footballer *

Stuart Eustace Stuart Malcolm Eustace, born 3 May 1979 in Birmingham, is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper who started playing Twenty20 cricket in 2005 for Warwickshire. He has also played Minor Counties cricket for Devon ...

(born 1979), English cricketer *

Thomas Eustace, 1st Viscount Baltinglass Thomas Eustace, 1st Viscount Baltinglass (-1549) was an Anglo-Irish noble who achieved wealth and influence by prudently remaining loyal to the English Crown. He was born circa 1480 at Caslemartin, County Kildare. Family He was the son of Ri ...

(c.1480–1549), Anglo-Irish Catholic noble loyalist * Tim Eustace (born 1956), American chiropractor and politician

Fictional characters

* Eustace Bagge, the farmer from the 1999

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'' * Sir Eustace Brackenstall, ''

The Adventure of the Abbey Grange "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as '' The Return of Sherlock Holmes'' (1905). It was first published in '' The St ...

'' by Arthur Conan Doyle * Eustace Caradoc, Lord Miltoun, in John Galsworthy's novel ''The Patrician'' (1911) *Commissioner Eustace Dolan, ''

The Spirit The Spirit is a fictional masked crimefighter created by cartoonist Will Eisner. He first appeared June 2, 1940, as the main feature of a 16-page, tabloid-sized, newsprint comic book insert distributed in the Sunday edition of Register and Tri ...

'' 1940s comic strip character * Ethne Eustace, ''

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'' * Eustace Clarence Scrubb, from ''

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'' *Eustace Strytch, from '' The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' * Eustace Tilley, ''The New Yorker'' magazine character * Eustace Wooster, cousin of

Bertie Wooster Bertram Wilberforce Wooster is a fictional character in the comedic Jeeves stories created by British author P. G. Wodehouse. An amiable English gentleman and one of the "idle rich", Bertie appears alongside his valet, Jeeves, whose intelligen ...

, in

P.G. Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, ( ; 15 October 188114 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeve ...

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