Esther (disambiguation)

Esther is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther.

Esther may also refer to:

People

• Esther (given name), a feminine given name
• Colin Esther (born 1989), a Seychellois footballer
• Frédéric Esther (born 1972), a French boxer

Places

• Esther, Missouri, the former name of Park Hills, Missouri, a city
• Esther, Alberta, an unincorporated community
• Esther, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
• Esther Township, Polk County, Minnesota, a township
• Estherville, Iowa, a city
  • Estherville Township, Emmet County, Iowa
• Esther Mountain
• Esther Park, a suburb of Kempton Park, Gauteng
• Esther Harbour, a harbor on the coast of King George Island, South Shetland Islands
• Esther Island (Alaska), an island

Media

Literature

• Book of Esther, one of the books of the Hebrew Bible
• Esther (play), a play by Jean Racine (1689)
• Esther (novel), a novel by Henry Adams (1884)
• Esther, a novel by Rosa Nouchette Carey (c. 1907)
• Esther, a character in the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
• Esther Lyon, a character in the novel Felix Holt, the Radical
• Esther McQueen, a character in the Honorverse novel series
• Esther Van Gobseck, a character in the novel Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes

Film, TV, and gaming

• Esther (1916 film), a silent film
• Esther (1986 film), an Israeli film
• Esther (1999 film), a television film starring Louise Lombard and F. Murray Abraham
• Esther, the lead character from The Book of Esther (2013 film)
• Esther (TV series), a British talk show
• Esther, the main character from the film Orphan (2009) and Orphan: First Kill , the latter of which was previously titled Esther.
• Esther, a character from the video game Dear Esther
• Esther ('Esta'), a character played by Sara Asiya in the British web-series Corner Shop Show
• Esther Anderson (Sanford and Son), a character from the television series Sanford and Son
• Esther Blanchett, a major character in the anime Trinity Blood
• Esther Bloom, a character from the soap opera Hollyoaks
• Esther Clavin, a character from the sitcom Cheers
• Esther Drummond, a character from the television programme Torchwood
• Esther Greenwood, the protagonist in Sylvia Plath's semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar
• Esther Hayes, a character from the soap opera Coronation Street
• Esther Samuels, a character from the soap opera Shortland Street
• Esther Valentine, a character from the soap opera The Young and the Restless

Music

• Esther, an opera by Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1680)
• Esther (Handel), an oratorio by George Frideric Handel (1718)
• Esther (Meyerowitz opera), 1956
• Esther (Weisgall opera), an opera composed by Hugo Weisgall (c. 1993)
• Little Esther (album), a jazz piano album by Horace Parlan
• "Esther", a song by Sara Groves from the album The Other Side of Something
• Esther, the Beautiful Queen, sometimes referred to as Esther, a cantata by William Batchelder Bradbury (1856)

Other media

• Esther (Millais painting), an 1865 painting by Millais
• Queen Esther (painting), an 1878 painting by Edwin Long
• Mural called Xola located in Tribeca (Manhattan), inspired by Esther Mahlangu, detailing intricate designs of the Ndebele tribe in South Africa

Science and technology

• Hypagyrtis esther , a species of moth
• Olivella esther , a species of sea snail
• Geckobia estherae , a species of gecko parasite
• Hurricane Esther, a 1961 hurricane that affected the East Coast of the United States
• Tropical Storm Esther (1957)
• Cyclone Esther (1983)
• 622 Esther, a main-belt asteroid
• Esther (C5J), a CPU core used in the low-power VIA C7 CPU

Other uses

• Fast of Esther, a fast observed on Purim eve
• Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act (2006)
• Lady Esther, a trademark of a cosmetic manufacturing company
• Esther (1794 ship)

See also

• Ester (disambiguation)
• Hadassah (disambiguation)
• Queen Esther (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Esther
• All pages with titles containing Esther