Bannister is a variant spelling of banister. However, it is a relatively common proper name as well.

People

People whose

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is or was Bannister include: *

Alan Bannister (cyclist) Alan Bannister MBE (3 November 1922 – 18 May 2007) was an English cyclist. Cycling career He was born in Manchester and won a silver medal, representing Great Britain, in the tandem event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, together ...

(1922–2007), British silver medallist at the 1948 Summer Olympics *

Alan Bannister Alan Bannister (born September 3, 1951) is an American former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies Chicago White Sox (1976–80), Cleveland Indians Houston Astros (1984) and Texas Rang ...

(born 1951), American baseball player * Alex Bannister (born 1979), American football player *

Arthur Bannister Arthur Frederick Bannister (18 June 1875 – 17 November 1958) was an English cricketer: a right arm slow bowler who played 38 times for Worcestershire between 1900 and 1902. Born in Somers Town, London, Bannister made his first-class debut o ...

(1875–1958), English cricketer * Billy Bannister (1879–1942), English footballer *

Brian Bannister Brian Patrick Bannister (born February 28, 1981) is an American director of pitching for the Chicago White Sox. He is a former professional baseball starting pitcher who played for the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball ...

(born 1981), American baseball player *

Brown Bannister Elliott Brown Bannister III (born August 15, 1951) is a contemporary Christian music (CCM) producer and songwriter. Biography Bannister released one album of his own, ''Talk to One Another'', in 1981 on NewPax Records. It was reissued on the Reuni ...

, music producer and songwriter * Bruce Bannister (born 1947), British football player * Calvin Bannister (born 1984), Canadian football player * Carys Bannister (1935–2010), British neurosurgeon *

Charles Bannister Charles Bannister Comedian Charles Bannister (1738–1804) was an English actor, comedian and singer. Origins and debut Bannister was born in Gloucestershire. When he was seven his father moved to Deptford. He was possessed of 'a manly form, a ...

(1738–1804), British stage actor *

Charlie Bannister Charles Bannister (1879 – August 1952) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Manchester City and Lincoln City and in the Southern League for Swindon Town and Reading. A centre half, he was born in Burton upon Trent, ...

(1879–1952), English footballer * Clive Bannister (born 1958), British, Chair Museum of London * Drew Bannister (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player * Edward Bannister QC, British judge *

Edward Mitchell Bannister Edward Mitchell Bannister (November 2, 1828January 9, 1901) was a Canadian–American oil painter of the American Barbizon school. Born in colonial New Brunswick, he spent his adult life in New England in the United States. There, along with h ...

(c.1828–1901), Canadian-American painter * Ernest Bannister, English footballer *

Floyd Bannister Floyd Franklin Bannister (born June 10, 1955) is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros (–), Seattle Mariners (–), Chicago White Sox (–), Kansas City R ...

(born 1955), American baseball player * Freddy Bannister, British concert promoter * Gary Bannister (born 1960), English football player * Geoffrey Bannister (born 1946), English-American educator and geographer * Grace Bannister (died 1986), Northern Ireland politician * Harry Bannister (1889–1961), American actor *

Jack Bannister John David Bannister (23 August 1930 – 23 January 2016) was an English cricket commentator and former first-class cricketer who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He was, for many years, a BBC television cricket commentator and late ...

(1930–2016), English cricketer and sports reporter *Jack Bannister, Australian actor in the 2023 film '' Birdeater'' * Jack Bannister (footballer) (born 1942), English footballer * Jarrod Bannister (born 1984), Australian javelin thrower *

Jenny Bannister Jenny Bannister is an Australians, Australian fashion designer, based in Melbourne. Early life Bannister was born in 1954 in Mildura, Victoria to parents Owen and Peg. As a teenager she moved to Melbourne with her sister Wendy. Bannister studied ...

Australian fashion designer * Jim Bannister (1929–2007), English footballer *

Jimmy Bannister James Bannister (20 September 1880 – 18 December 1953) was an English footballer. Bannister was purchased by Manchester United from Manchester City in 1906. He helped the club win the 1908 league championship. He left United in 1909 to go to ...

(1880–1953) English football player * Jo Bannister (born 1951), British crime fiction novelist * John Bannister (disambiguation) * Jordan Bannister (born 1982), Australian rules football umpire and former player * Joseph Bannister, English pirate * Keith Bannister (footballer, born 1923), English footballer * Keith Bannister (footballer, born 1930), English footballer *

Ken Bannister Kenneth Darnell Bannister (born April 1, 1960) is a retired American professional basketball player, from Baltimore, Maryland. At 6' 9" tall he was a power forward- center. College career Bannister played college basketball at Trinidad State ...

(born 1960), American basketball player *

Matthew Bannister Richard Matthew Bannister (born 16 March 1957) is a British media executive and broadcaster. Early career After attending King Edward VII School, Sheffield, he graduated in law at the University of Nottingham in 1978, and joined BBC Radio N ...

(born 1957), British media executive and broadcaster. *

Matthew Bannister (musician) Matthew Bannister (born 1962) is a Scottish-born New Zealand musician, journalist and academic. Musical career Bannister had a stint as a teenager in the late 1970s playing rhythm guitar in working men's clubs and other unlicensed venues with ...

(born 1962), New Zealand musician, journalist, and academic * Michael Bannister, Scottish musician * Mike Bannister (born 1949), chief pilot of British Airways' Concorde fleet * Miriam Bannister (1817–1928), English-American supercentenarian * Monica Bannister (1910–2002), American actress * Neil Bannister (born 1973), English cricketer * Neville Bannister (born 1937), English footballer * Nonna Bannister (1927–2004), Soviet-born American author * Paul Bannister (born 1947), English footballer *

Reggie Bannister Reginald Horace Bannister (born September 29, 1945) is an American musician, actor, producer, writer, and activist. He is known for his role as Reggie in the ''Phantasm'' film series. Career Bannister is known for playing the gun-toting, ex- ...

(born 1945), American actor and musician * Richard Bannister Hughes (1810–1875), British businessman, active in Uruguay *

Roger Bannister Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub- 4-minute mile. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres and ...

(1929–2018), British athlete, the first man to run a four-minute mile *

Saxe Bannister Saxe Bannister (1790 – 16 September 1877) was a writer and the first Attorney-General of New South Wales, Australia. Early life and education Bannister was born in Steyning, Sussex, son of John Bannister. He matriculated at The Queen's Colleg ...

(1790–1877), British-Australian lawyer and writer * Steve Bannister (born 1987), English rugby player * Thomas Bannister (1799–1874), British-Australian soldier and explorer *

Trevor Bannister Trevor Gordon Bannister (14 August 193414 April 2011) was a British actor. He was best known for having played the womanising and wisecracking junior salesman Mr Lucas in the sitcom ''Are You Being Served?'' from 1972 to 1979, and for his role ...

(1934–2011), English actor * Turpin Bannister (1904–1982), American architectural historian

Places

* Bannister, Michigan * Bannister, Missouri * Bannister, Western Australia *

North Bannister, Western Australia North Bannister is a locality in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-southeast of the state capital, Perth along Albany Highway between Armadale and Williams. The locality's name honours Thomas Bannister who discovered the nea ...

* Bannister River, Western Australia * Bannister Green, Essex, England

Ships

, British coaster previously named ''Empire Lundy''

People

Places

Ships

See also