Famous People with Name Lester

Lester William Mccrabb            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lester William Mccrabb: (born November 9, 1915) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers (1938-1939) and Philadelphia Athletics (1940-1941). Listed at 5' 9". 170 lb.

Lester William (Buster) McCrabb            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lester William (Buster) McCrabb: (born November 4, 1914) is a former starting pitcher who played in Major League Baseball. He batted and threw right-handed.

Lester Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Lester Ellis: a boxer, who lives in Melbourne, Australia. He was world boxing champion in 1985 winning the IBF super lightweight world title and also won the WBF Welterweight division 1993, IBO Light Welterweight (aka Super Lightweight) division in 1994, IBO Lightweight division in 1995.

Lester Allen Conner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lester Allen Conner: is an assistant coach for the NBA Indiana Pacers[1], and is a former American professional basketball player, who played for numerous NBA teams. He played the point guard position.Conner played collegiately at Oregon State University under legendary coach Ralph Miller, and was on the 1980-1981 squad which spent most of the season at #1 in the polls, before losing in the NCAA basketball playoffs. He was drafted in 1982 as the 14th pick overall, by the Golden State Warriors, and played with the Warriors for 4 seasons. He would later play for the Houston Rockets, and serve two stints with both the New Jersey Nets and the Milwaukee Bucks, finishing his career with the Los Angeles Clippers, the Indiana Pacers, and the Los Angeles Lakers. He ended his NBA playing days in 1994.

Lester Rodney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lester Rodney: is an American journalist who helped break down the color barrier in baseball as sports writer for the Daily Worker.Rodney was born in Manhattan, New York, the third of four children of Isabel Cotton and Max Rodney. The Rodneys moved from the Bronx to Brooklyn when Lester was 6, where his lifelong love of the Dodgers developed. Rodney’s father lost his business, and then the family home, in the 1929 stock market crash that began the Great Depression, an era in which Communism and other radical social philosophies captured the attention of the intelligentsia. Rodney earned a partial track scholarship to Syracuse University, but his family could not afford the other half of his tuition so he did not complete his formal education. To supplement the family income, he took odd jobs, including helping his attorney brother-in-law and chauffeuring rich children to school.

Robie Lester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robie Lester: was an American Grammy-nominated voice actress and singer.Robie Lester was one of the busiest voice-over artists in early 1960s commercials, working in many commercials for Kelloggs breakfast cereal. She was first heard as both of Toucan Sam's infant neph

John Ashby Lester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Ashby Lester: was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Lester was one of the Philadelphian cricketers who played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I. His obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, described him as "one of the great figures in American cricket." He was playing a game in Yorkshire in 1892 when he met Dr. Isaac Sharpless. Sharpless was the president of Haverford College, and invited him to the United States to attend the school. In 1897 a schedule was prepared including all of the top county cricket teams, the Oxford and Cambridge University teams, the Marylebone Cricket Club, and two other sides, though only a few of the counties thought it worthwhile to put their best elevens onto the field.

Edward Ibson Lester            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Edward Ibson Lester: was a cricketer who played for Yorkshire. Ted Lester had a first-class cricket career lasting just 10 years for Yorkshire, but has remained a significant influence in the county cricket club's fortunes as scorer and committee man. He made his debut as an

Timothy Lester            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Timothy Lester: was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Hampstead. Lester made his cricketing debut in the Minor Counties Championship for Oxfordshire during the 1984 season, and played regularly for the team for eleven seasons. Lester mad

Jack Lester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jack Lester: was an American heavyweight boxer. Born in Calumet, Michigan but raised in Cle Elum, Washington, Lester was born to Polish parents and originally named Jack Jubeck.