Bannister is a variant spelling of banister. However, it is a relatively common proper name as well.
People
editPeople whose surname is or was Bannister include:
- Alan Bannister (cyclist) (1922–2007), British silver medallist at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Alan Bannister (born 1951), American retired professional baseball player
- Alex Bannister (born 1979), American former football player
- Arthur Bannister (1875–1958), English cricketer
- Billy Bannister (1879–1942), English professional footballer
- Brian Bannister (born 1981), American baseball player
- Brown Bannister, music producer and songwriter
- Bruce Bannister (born 1947), British retired professional football player
- Calvin Bannister (born 1984), Canadian football player
- Carys Bannister (1935–2010), British neurosurgeon
- Charles Bannister (1738–1804), British stage actor
- Charlie Bannister (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 (c.1828–1901), Canadian-American painter
- Ernest Bannister, English footballer
- Floyd Bannister (born 1955), American former baseball player
- Freddy Bannister, British concert promoter in the 1960s and 1970s
- Gary Bannister (born 1960), English former football player
- Geoffrey Bannister (born 1946), English-American educator and geographer
- Grace Bannister (died 1986), Northern Ireland politician
- Harry Bannister (1889–1961), American stage, film and television actor
- Jack Bannister (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 Australian fashion designer
- Jim Bannister (1929–2007), English footballer
- Jimmy Bannister (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 former professional footballer
- Keith Bannister (footballer, born 1930), English former professional footballer
- Ken Bannister (born 1960), American retired professional basketball player
- Matthew Bannister (born 1957), British media executive and broadcaster.
- Matthew Bannister (musician) (born 1962), New Zealand musician, journalist, and academic
- Michael Bannister, Scottish musician
- Mike Bannister (born 1949), former 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 former cricketer
- Neville Bannister (born 1937), English former footballer
- Nonna Bannister (1927–2004), Soviet-born American author
- Paul Bannister (born 1947), English former footballer
- Reggie Bannister (born 1945), American actor and musician
- Richard Bannister Hughes (1810–1875), British businessman, active in Uruguay
- Roger Bannister (1929–2018), British athlete, the first man to run a four-minute mile
- Saxe Bannister (1790–1877), British-Australian lawyer and writer
- Steve Bannister (born 1987), English rugby league player
- Thomas Bannister (1799–1874), British-Australian soldier and explorer
- Trevor Bannister (1934–2011), English actor
- Turpin Bannister (1904–1982), American architectural historian
Places
edit- Bannister, Michigan
- Bannister, Missouri
- Bannister, Western Australia
- North Bannister, Western Australia
- Bannister River, Western Australia
- Bannister Green, Essex, England
Ships
editMV Bannister, British coaster previously named Empire Lundy