Best (surname)
Best is a surname. In England the surname is of Anglo-Norman origin meaning the beast (beste). People with this surname:
- Adolfo "Fito" Best (1891–1964), Mexican painter, film director and screenwriter
- Adam Best (1983), actor
- Ahmed Best (born 1973), American voice actor
- Alan Best (animator) (born 1959), Canadian animator
- Alan Best (sculptor) (1910–2001), Canadian sculptor
- Alfred M. Best (1876–1958), American actuary
- Alonzo L. Best (1854-1923), American politician
- Andy Best (born 1959), former British footballer
- Art Best (1953–2014), American football player
- Ben Best (cryonicist)
- Ben Best (actor)
- Calum Best (born 1981), TV personality, son of George Best
- Carlisle Best (born 1959), former West Indian cricketer
- Charles Alexander "Sandy" Best (1931–1978), Canadian politician
- Charles Herbert Best (1899–1978), American/Canadian physiologist
- Clarence Leo Best (1878–1951), founder and chairman of Caterpillar Tractor Company
- Clyde Best (born 1951), former Bermudan footballer
- Daniel Best (1838–1923), founder of Best Manufacturing Company that made tractors and combine harvesting machines
- David Best (sculptor) (born 1945), American sculptor
- David Best (footballer) (born 1943), former English footballer
- David Best (Manitoba politician) (1880–??)
- Denzil Best (1917–1965), American jazz percussionist
- Earl Best (born 1947), American community organizer known as the "Street Doctor"
- Elsdon Best (1856–1931), New Zealand ethnographer
- Eve Best (born 1971), British stage actress
- George Best (1946 – 2005), Northern Irish football player
- Greg Best (born 1964), American equestrian competitor and coach
- Greg Best (American football) (born 1960), American football defensive back
- Harold Best (born 1937), British Labour Party politician
- James Best (1926–2015), American actor
- Jacob Best, (1786–1861), family patriarch and founder of the Pabst Brewing Company
- John William Best (1912–2000), Royal Air Force pilot who was a POW in Colditz Castle during World War II
- John Best (politician) (1821–1865), British politician
- John Best (soccer) (1940–2014), former US/English soccer player
- John Best (guard captain), Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
- John Best (bishop) (died 1570), Bishop of Carlisle 1560–70
- John Best (basketball), New Jersey Nets player
- John Best (Canadian politician) (1861–1923), Canadian politician
- John Best (rugby), New Zealand All Blacks player
- Keith Best (born 1949), British Conservatiove party politician
- Leon Best (born 1986), Irish international footballer
- Marion Best, Canadian church leader
- Marjorie Best (1903–1997), American Hollywood costume designer
- Martin Best (born 1942) musician in ballads and early music
- Mary Ellen Best (1809–1891), artist
- Matthew Best (Royal Navy officer) (1878–1940), Royal Navy officer
- Matthew Best (conductor) (born 1957), English bass and conductor
- Neil Best (born 1979), Irish rugby union international
- Paul Best (cricketer) (born 1991), English cricketer
- Pete Best (born 1941), original drummer for The Beatles
- Peter Best (born 1943), Australian film composer
- Richard Irvine Best (1872–1959), Irish scholar
- Richard Stuart Best (born 1945), member of House of Lords
- Robert Henry Best (1896–1952), convicted of treason in 1948
- Rory Best (born 1982), Irish rugby union international
- Sigismund Payne Best (1885–1978), British Secret Intelligence Service agent
- Simon Best (born 1978), Irish rugby union international
- Skeeter Best (1914–1985), American jazz guitarist
- Stephanie Best (born 1969), American track and field athlete
- Steven Best (born 1955), American animal rights activist
- Tommy Best (born 1920), Welsh footballer
- Tino Best (born 1981), West Indian cricketer
- Travis Best (born 1972), American professional basketball player
- Werner Best (1903–1989), German jurist, police chief and SS–Obergruppenführer
- William Best, 1st Baron Wynford (1767–1845), British politician and judge
Origins:
Irish, English, French, Dutch
History:
Derived from the Old English/Old French word "beste", or the Latin "bestia", meaning beast. The surname Best may be a metonym referring to one employed as a herdsman. First found in Kent, they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest of 1066. Some of the first settlers to the Americas were Christopher Best, who settled in Virginia in 1623, John Best, who settled in New England in 1634, Thomas Best, who settled in Virginia in 1635, and William Best, who settled in Virginia in 1643.
See also
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