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Bestor is an Anglo-American surname, and may refer to:

Arthur E. Bestor president of the Chautauqua Institution

Arthur Eugene Bestor was an educator. He served as the President of Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York from 1915 to his death in 1944.

Arthur Eugene Bestor Jr. was a historian of the United States, and during the 1950s a noted critic of American public education.

Barbara Bestor is an American architect based in Los Angeles, California. She is the principal of Bestor Architecture, founded in 1992. Examples of her work include the Beats Electronics Headquarters in Culver City, the Nasty Gal Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea in Los Angeles, and the Toro Canyon House in Santa Barbara. In 2017 she was elected to the AIA's College of Fellows.

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