List of people named Esther or Ester

The given name "Esther" or its common variant, "Ester", may refer to the following notable people:

Mononymous

This section is for people who are predominantly known by their first name.

• Esther, the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther
• Ester (footballer)
• Baby Esther, American singer and child entertainer
• Comandanta Esther, nom de guerre of a revolutionary in the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) of Chiapas, Mexico

Esther

• Esther Abrahams (1771–1846), Australian female convict
• Esther Aghatise (born 1980), Nigerian long jumper
• Esther Saville Allen (1837–1913), American writer
• Esther Anderson
• Esther E. Baldwin (1840–1910), American missionary, teacher and writer
• Esther Baxter (born 1984), American model
• Esther Bejarano (1924–2021), German concentration camp survivor
• Esther Bell, American film director
• Esther Benbassa (born 1950), French historian and politician
• Esther de Berdt (1746–1780), American colonist and civic leader
• Esther Blake (1897–1979), U. S. Air Force Staff Sergeant
• Esther Barbara Bloemart (1651–1733), German art collector
• Esther Boise van Deman (1862–1937), American archaeologist
• Esther Brand (1922–2015), South African former athlete
• Esther Brandeau, Canadian settler
• Esther Brann (1899–1998), American writer and illustrator
• Esther Brimmer, American civil servant
• Esther Bubley (1921–1998), American photographer
• Esther Cailingold (1925–1948), Haganah member
• Esther Cañadas (born 1977), Spanish actor and model
• Esther Cardoso, Cuban actress
• Esther Clark Wright (1895–1990), Canadian historian
• Esther Clayson (1869–1967), American physician and public health pioneer
• Esther Cleveland (1893–1980), second child of American president Grover Cleveland
• Esther Cohen, Mexican writer
• Esther Dankwah (born 1982), Ghanaian sprinter
• Esther David (born 1945), Indian Jewish author, artist and sculptor
• Esther Dean (born 1982), American singer and songwriter
• Esther Delisle, French-Canadian historian
• Esther Duflo (born 1972), French-American economist
• Esther Dyson (born 1951), Swiss-American journalist
• Esther Earl (1994–2010), American author, internet vlogger, online personality, and activist
• Esther Edler (1884–1908), Norwegian actress
• Esther Edwards (disambiguation)
• Esther Egger-Wyss (born 1952), Swiss politician
• Esther Eneutseak (1877–1961), Inuk performer and actor
• Esther Erlich, Australian artist
• Esther Farbstein, Israeli historian, researcher, author, and lecturer
• Esther Fernández (1915–1999), Mexican actress
• Esther Ferrer (born 1937), Spanish artist
• Esther Fischer-Homberger (1940–2019), Swiss medical historian and psychotherapist
• Esther Flesch (born 1967), Brazilian lawyer
• Esther Forbes (1891–1967), American novelist, historian and children's writer
• Esther G. Frame (1840–1920), American minister and evangelist
• Esther Freud, British actress and novelist
• Esther Friesner (born 1951), American writer
• Esther Geller (1921–2015), American painter and watercolorist
• Esti Ginzburg (born 1990), Israeli model
• Esther Golar (1944–2015), American politician
• Esther Goris (born 1960), Argentine actress
• Esther Haase (born 1966), German photographer
• Esther Hahn (born 1985), American surfer
• Esther Hall (born 1970), English television and theatre actress
• Esther Hamerman (1886–1977), Polish-born American painter
• Esther Handali (died 1588), Jewish Ottoman businesswoman
• Esther Hart (singer) (born 1970), Dutch singer
• Esther Hart (Titanic survivor) (1863–1928), survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic
• Esther Hasson (1867–1942), first Superintendent of the United States Navy Nurse Corps
• Esther Hautzig (1930–2009), American writer
• Esther Haywood (1940–2024), American politician
• Esther Hermitte (1921–1990), Argentine anthropologist
• Esther Hicks, American author
• Esther Hnamte (born 2016), Indian child singer and prodigy
• Esther Hobart Morris (1814–1902), American judge
• Esther Aberdeen Holm (1904–1984), American geologist and paleontologist
• Esther Studholme Hope (1885–1975), New Zealand artist
• Esther Housh (1840–1898), American social reformer, author, and newspaper editor
• Esther Howard (1892–1965), American actress
• Esther Howland (1828–1904), American artist and businesswoman
• Esther Hunt (1751–1802), American pioneer
• Esther Inglis (1571–1624), Scottish painter, translator and calligrapher
• Esther James (1900–1990), New Zealand model and land developer
• Esther John (1929–1960), Pakistani nurse
• Esther Johnson (1681–1728), friend of Jonathan Swift
• Esther Jolobala, Malawian politician
• Esther Jones (disambiguation)
• Esther Jungreis (1936–2016), American author and public speaker
• Esther Kamatari (born 1951), Burundian princess
• Esther Kellner (1908–1998), American writer
• Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse (1857–1944), British artist

• Esther Kiaʻāina (born 1963), Guam-born Hawaii politician
• Esther Koplowitz (born 1953), Spanish businesswoman
• Esther Kreitman (1891–1954), Jewish writer
• Esther K. Richardson (1901–1963), Hawaiian Republican Representative
• Esther Ku, American comedian
• Esther Kwan (born 1964), Hong Kong actress
• Esther Lachmann (1819–1884), French courtesan
• Esther Lanz, American politician
• Esther Lederberg (1922–2006), American microbiologist and bacterial genetics
• Esther Lekain (1870–1960), Belgian singer
• Esther Levine, American photographer
• Esther J. Trimble Lippincott (1838–1888), American educator, reformer and author
• Esther Liu (born 1988), Taiwanese actress, singer and television host
• Esther Marly Conwell (1922–2014), American physicist
• Esther Margolis founder of Newmarket Press
• Esther Maria Lewis Chapin (1871–1959), American socialite
• Esther Martinez (1912–2006), New Mexican Tewa language activist and linguist
• Esther McCoy (1904–1989), American writer
• Esther McCracken (1902–1971), British actress and playwright
• Esther Mcheka Chilenje, Malawian politician
• Esther Lord McNeill (1812–1907), leader in the temperance movement of the United States
• Esther McVey (born 1967), British politician
• Esther Muir (1903–1995), American actress
• Esther Murugi Mathenge, Kenyan politician
• Esther Mwikali (died 2019), Kenyan land rights activist
• Esther Newberg, American literary agent
• Esther Newton, American anthropologist
• Esther Nisenthal Krinitz, Polish artist
• Esther Afua Ocloo (1919–2002), Ghanaian entrepreneur
• Esther Ofarim (born 1941), Israeli singer
• Esther Orozco (born 1945), Mexican biologist, researcher and politician
• Esther Ouwehand (born 1976), Dutch politician and marketing manager
• Esther Oyema (born 1982), Nigerian powerlifter
• Esther Peterson (1906–1997), American consumer rights activist
• Esther Phillips (1935–1984), American singer
• Esther Pohl Lovejoy (1869–1967), American physician, public health pioneer, suffrage activist, congressional candidate, and central figure
• Esther D. du Pont (1908–1984), American philanthropist
• Esther Porter, Ukrainian Jewish anarchist
• Esther Tuttle Pritchard (1840–1900), American minister and editor
• Esther Pugh (1834–1908), American temperance reformer
• Esther Rahim (1904–1963), Pakistani painter
• Esther Ralston (1902–1994), American actress
• Esther Rantzen (born 1940), English television presenter
• Esther Raziel Naor (1911–2002), Israeli politician
• Esther Rochon (born 1948), Canadian writer
• Esther Rolle (1920–1998), American actress
• Esther Rome (1945–1995), American author
• Esther Roper (1868–1938), English suffragist and editor
• Esther Rose (disambiguation)
• Esther Roth Shahamorov (born 1952), Israeli athlete
• Esther Sandoval (1925–2006), Puerto Rican actress
• Esther Schipper, German art dealer
• Esther Schweins (born 1970), German actress
• Esther Scott (1953–2020), American actress
• Esther Shimazu, American artist
• Esther Shiner (1924–1987), Canadian politician
• Esther Snyder (1920–2006), American businesswoman
• Esther Somerfeld-Ziskind (1901–2002), American neurologist and psychiatrist
• Esther Baker Steele (1835–1911), American educator, author, editor and philanthropist
• Esther Sumner Damon (1814–1906), American Revolutionary War widow
• Esther Szekeres-Klein (1910–2005), Hungarian-American mathematician
• Esther W. Taylor (1826–1904), American physician
• Esther Termens (born 1984), Spanish field hockey player
• Esther Vanhomrigh (died 1723), Irish poet
• Esther Valiquette (1962–1994), Canadian artist and documentary film director
• Esther Vergeer (born 1981), Dutch wheelchair tennis player
• Esther Vilar (born 1935), Argentine writer
• Esther Vilenska (1918–1975), Israeli politician
• Esther Walker (1894–1943), American actress
• Esther Wanjiru (born 1977), Kenyan athletics competitor
• Esther Wertheimer (1926–2016), Canadian sculptor
• Esther Wheelwright (1696–1780), Ursuline nun
• Esther Williams (1921–2013), American competitive swimmer and actress
• Esther Wojcicki, American journalist and educator
• Esther Wong (1917–2005), American music promoter
• Esther Yu (born 1995), Chinese singer, dancer and actress

Ester

• Ester Andujar (born 1976), Spanish musician
• Ester Aparecida dos Santos (born 1982), Brazilian association football player
• Ester Balassini (born 1977), Italian athletics competitor
• Ester Blenda Nordström (1891–1948), Swedish writer and explorer
• Ester Böserup (1910–1999), Danish economist
• Elisa Colberg (1903–1976), known as Ester Colberg, founder of the Puerto Rican Girl Scouts
• Ester Exposito (born 2000), Spanish actress and model
• Ester Fanous (1895–1990), Egyptian feminist
• Ester Haikola-Sakaria, Namibian politician
• Ester Hernandez (born 1944), American artist
• Ester Larsen (1936–2025), Danish politician
• Ester Ledecká (born 1995), Czech snowboarder and skier
• Ester Mägi (1922–2021), Estonian composer
• Ester Peony (born 1993), Romanian singer and songwriter
• Ester H. Segal, Israeli nanotechnology researcher
• Ester Toivonen (1914–1979), Finnish model
• Ester Wier (1910–2000), American children’s writer
• Ester Workel, Dutch rower

See also

• Esta (given name)
• Eszter, Hungarian spelling of the name