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occupational surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

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Anne Vallayer-Coster Anne Vallayer-Coster (21 December 1744 – 28 February 1818) was a major 18th-century French painter best known for still lifes. She achieved fame and recognition very early in her career, being admitted to the Académie Royale de Peinture e ...

(1744–1818), French painter * Arnold Coster (born 1976), Dutch mountaineers *

Charles Coster Charles Robert Coster (December 23, 1888) was an American soldier and public official, who is best known for commanding a brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg. Early life Coster was born in New York City. He was the son of John H. Coster and Sara ...

(1837–1888), American soldier and public official *

Charles De Coster Charles-Theodore-Henri De Coster (20 August 1827 – 7 May 1879) was a Belgian novelist whose efforts laid the basis for a native Belgian literature. Early life and education He was born in Munich; his father, Augustin De Coster, was a n ...

(1827–1879), Belgian novelist *

Dick Coster Benedictus Antonius Maria "Dick" Coster (born 19 June 1946 in Leiden) is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Coster represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in T ...

(born 1946), Dutch sailor, father of Sven and Kalle Coster *

Dirk Coster Dirk Coster (5 October 1889 – 12 February 1950) was a Dutch physicist. He was a professor of physics and meteorology at the University of Groningen. Coster is known as the co-discoverer of hafnium (element 72) in 1923, along with George de ...

(1889–1950), Dutch physicist **

Coster–Kronig transition The Coster–Kronig transition is a special case of the Auger process in which the vacancy is filled by an electron from a higher subshell of the same shell. If, in addition, the electron emitted (the "Auger electron") also belongs to the same s ...

named after him * Elizabeth Coster (born 1982), New Zealand swimmer * Francis Coster (1532–1619), Flemish Jesuit theologian * Henry Arnold Coster (c1840-1917), prominent American included in

Ward McAllister Samuel Ward McAllister (December 28, 1827 – January 31, 1895) was a popular arbiter of social taste in the Gilded Age of America, widely accepted as the authority to which families could be classified as the cream of New York society ( The Fou ...

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Four Hundred 400 (four hundred) is the natural number following 399 and preceding 401. Mathematical properties A circle is divided into 400 grads. Integers from 401 to 499 400s 401 401 is a prime number, tetranacci number, Chen prime, prime index p ...

" * Herman Coster (1865–1899), Dutch lawyer and soldier *

Howard Coster Howard Sydney Musgrave Coster (27 April 1885 – 17 November 1959) was a British photographer, opening a London studio in 1926. He was a self-styled 'Photographer of Men'. Collections After a childhood in the Isle of Wight, he was introduced t ...

(1885–1959), British photographer * Janet Coster, English operatic mezzo-soprano *

John Gerard Coster John Gerard Coster (August 1762 – August 8, 1844) was a Dutch-American merchant who served as president of the Bank of the Manhattan Company. Early life Coster was born in August 1762 in Haarlem, Holland. He was a son of John Henry Coster (d. 17 ...

(1762–1844), Dutch-American merchant * John Coster (1838–1886), New Zealand politician * Kalle Coster (born 1982), Dutch sailor, son of Dick Coster * Keith Coster (1920–2012), South African army officer *

Laurens Janszoon Coster Laurens Janszoon Coster (; in Haarlem – ), or Laurens Jansz Koster, is the purported inventor of a printing press from Haarlem. He allegedly invented printing simultaneously with Johannes Gutenberg and was regarded by some in the Netherl ...

(c. 1370–c. 1440), Dutch printer * Moses Elias Coster (c.1791–1848), Dutch diamond cutter * Nick Coster (born 1985), Dutch footballer *

Nicolas Coster Nicolas Dwynn Coster (December 3, 1933 – June 26, 2023) was an American actor, most known for his work in daytime drama and as a character actor with his role on series '' Santa Barbara'' and daytimes Another World as Robert Dulaney and on ni ...

(1934–2023), British-born American actor *

Ritchie Coster Ritchie Coster (born 1 July 1967) is an English character actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Dietrich Banning in ''The Tuxedo'' (2002), the Chechen in ''The Dark Knight'' (2008), Elias Kassar in '' Blackhat'' (2015), Mayor Austin ...

(born 1967), English actor *

Salomon Coster Salomon Coster (c. 1620–1659) was a Dutch clockmaker of the Hague, who in 1657 was the first to make a pendulum clock, which had been invented by Dutch mathematician Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695). Coster died a sudden death in 1659. Christ ...

(c. 1620–1659), Dutch clockmaker * Samuel Coster (1579–1665), Dutch playwright *

Stan Coster Stan Coster (27 May 193025 March 1997) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter. His songs were regularly performed by Slim Dusty and other singers. He is the father of country music singer Tracy Coster. Early life Stan Coster was bo ...

(1930–1997), Australian country musician * Sven Coster (born 1978), Dutch sailor, son of Dick Coster *

Tom Coster Tom Coster (born August 21, 1941) is an American keyboardist, composer, and longtime backing musician for Carlos Santana. Early years Detroit-born and San Francisco-raised, Coster played piano and accordion as a youth, continuing his studies t ...

(born 1941), American musician, father of Tommy * Tracy Coster (born 1966), Australian country music singer *

Willem Jacobszoon Coster Willem Jacobszoon Coster ( – 21 August 1640) was a Dutch Empire, Dutch colonial governor who served as the first Governor of Dutch Ceylon from 13 March until 17 August 1640. He was succeeded by Jan Thyszoon Payart. Ceylon In ...

(1590–1640), Dutch Governor of Ceylon ;Coster-Waldau *

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film ''Nightwatch (1994 film), Night ...

(born 1970), Danish actor * Nukaaka Coster-Waldau (born 1971), Greenlandic singer, actress, and model

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