Famous People with Name Chester

Chester McGlockton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Chester McGlockton: A poor small town in the eastern part of North Carolina. And is a former American Football defensive tackle who played for four different teams in his thirteen year National Football League career from 1992 to 2003. Due to his penchant for late hits on opposing QBs, he became known to some as "Chester the Molester".

Chester Wetterlund            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Chester Wetterlund: a former American football wide receiver in the NFL. Westbrook spent seven seasons with the Washington Redskins from 1995 to 2001 and the 2002 season with the Cincinnati Bengals before retiring.Westbrook was taken as the fourth overall pick by the Washington Redskins in the 1995 NFL Draft[2], and played for seven seasons in Washington, before playing the 2002 season with the Cincinnati Bengals.In August 1997, the Redskins fined Westbrook $50,000 for punching teammate Stephen Davis, an incident caught by local TV news cameras.

Chester Floyd Carlson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Chester Floyd Carlson: was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington.He is best known for having invented the process of electrophotography, which produced a dry copy rather than a wet copy, as was produced by the mimeograph process. Carlson's process was subsequently renamed to xerography, a term that literally means "dry copy."Carlson began thinking about reproducing print early in his career. When asked by author A. Dinsdale why he chose this field, Carlson said, "Well, I had had a fascination with the graphic arts from childhood. One of the first things I wanted was a typewriter—even when I was in grammar school. Then, when I was in high school I liked chemistry and I got the idea of publishing a little magazine for amateur chemists.

Chester Greenwood            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Chester Greenwood: of Farmington, Maine.invented the earmuff in 1873, at the age of 15.[1] He reportedly came up with the idea while ice skating, and had his grandmother sew tufts of fur between loops of wire.[2] His patent was for improved ear protectors. He manufactured these ear protectors, providing jobs for people in the Farmington area, for nearly 60 years.[1]Chester also patented a tea kettle, a steel tooth rake, an advertising matchbox, and a machine used in producing wooden spools for wire and thread.[1] He invented, but did not patent an umbrella holder for mail carriers. He no doubt invented many other items, but only patented the above mentioned items.

Chester William Nimitz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Chester William Nimitz: held the dual command of Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet ("CinCPac" pronounced "sink-pack"), for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas (CinCPOA), for U.S. and Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II.[1] He was the leading U.S. Navy authority on submarines, as well as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation in 1939. He served as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 1945 until 1947. He was the United States' last surviving Fleet Admiral.

Raymond Tucker Chester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Raymond Tucker Chester: was an American football tight end. He was drafted in the first round of the 1970 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. He played twelve years in the NFL for the Raiders and Colts. He started for the Raiders Super Bowl XV winning team.

Larry Travis Chester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Larry Travis Chester: is a former American football defensive tackle who played for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League. He also played for the Indianapolis Colts and Carolina Panthers during his NFL career

Eric Thomas Chester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eric Thomas Chester: is an American author, socialist political activist, and former economics professor. Chester was a member of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) while at the University of Michigan in the 1960s, when he opposed the war in Vietnam. He was a member of N

Frank Leslie Chester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frank Leslie Chester: was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1949 to 1953. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1949 provincial election, in the constituency of Winnipeg North, which elected four members by a single transferable ballot. Chester finished third on the first count, and was declared elected on the eighth and final count. He served as a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell's government during his time in the legislature. He did not seek re-election in the 1953 provincial election, but instead ran as a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada for Winnipeg North in the 1953 federal election. He lost to CCF candidate Alistair Stewart by 5,911 votes.