"Modest" is an adjective describing the quality of

Modesty Modesty, sometimes known as demureness, is a mode of dress and deportment which intends to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. The word ''modesty'' comes from the Latin word ''wikt:modestus, modestus'' which means 'keeping with ...

and may refer to: * A number of saints, see under

Saint Modest (disambiguation) Modestus was a Roman cognomen. It may refer to: * Julius Modestus (1st century BC), Roman freedman and grammarian * Marcus Mettius Modestus (procurator) (1st century AD), Roman governor of Egypt * Aufidius Modestus (1st century AD), Roman philol ...

Michael Modest Michael K. Cariglio (born July 19, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name, Michael Modest (sometimes shortened to Mike Modest). Modest ran the promotion Pro Wrestling Iron with tag partner Donovan Morgan and F ...

(born 1971), semi-retired American professional wrestler * Modest (email client), a free, open source, e-mail client * ''Modest'' (play), a 2023 play by Ellen Brammar People with the given name Modest or Modesty: *

Modest Altschuler Modest (Moisei Isaacovich) Altschuler (February 15, 1873September 12, 1963) was a cellist, orchestral conductor, and composer. He was born in Mogilev, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Belarus, into a Jewish family. He studied at the Mosco ...

(1873–1963), cellist, orchestral conductor, and composer * Modest Isopescu (1895–1948), soldier, administrator and convicted war criminal *

Modest Morariu Modest Morariu (; August 11, 1929 – April 15, 1988) was a poet, essayist, prose writer and translator from Romania. Morariu was born in Cernăuți. He was a director of the ''Meridiane'' publishing house, and translated, amongst others, works b ...

(1929–1988), poet, essayist, prose writer and translator *

Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (; ; ; – ) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five (composers), The Five." He was an innovator of Music of Russia, Russian music in the Romantic music, Romantic period and strove to achieve a ...

(1839–1881), Russian composer *

Modest Romiszewski Modest Romiszewski (29 July 1861, in Warsaw – 7 October 1930, in Warsaw) was a Polish general, son of Imperial Russian Army general Władysław Romiszewski and Anna Dżakeli. Reached the rank of general in 1913. Since 29 December 1918 general in ...

(1861–1930), military theorist * Modest Schoepen (

Bobbejaan Schoepen Bobbejaan Schoepen (a pseudonym of Modest Schoepen; 16 May 1925 – 17 May 2010) was a Flemish pioneer in Belgian pop music, vaudeville, and European country music. Schoepen was a versatile entertainer, entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, guit ...

) (1925–2010), Belgian singer-songwriter, entertainer and founder of the Bobbejaanland amusement park *

Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (; –) was a Russian people, Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator. Early life Modest Ilyich was born in Alapayevsk, Verkhotursky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, the younger brother of the composer Pyotr Ilyich ...

(1850–1916), Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator *

Modest Urgell Modest Urgell i Inglada, also known by the nickname Katúfol (13 June 1839, Barcelona - 3 April 1919, Barcelona) was a Spanish landscape painter and comic playwright. He used his nickname for cartoons and illustrations. Biography He was born to ...

(1839–1919), Spanish painter, illustrator, and playwright *

Modesty Napunyi Modesty Napunyi (13 March 1957 — 20 December 2002 (aged 45)) born in Nairobi, was a Kenyan amateur featherweight and professional super bantam/ feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1970s, '80s and '90s who made his international amateur dé ...

(1957–2002), boxer In fiction: *

Modesty Blaise ''Modesty Blaise'' is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway in 1963. The strip follows Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talen ...

, character of the eponymous comic strip

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