Ballester

Ballester is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Antonio Ballester (died 1387), Archbishop of Athens, appointed by Pope Urban VI
 * Arturo Ballester Marco (1892–1981), Spanish artist and illustrator known for his Spanish Civil War posters
 * Bernabé Ballester (born 1982), Spanish footballer who plays as a central defender
 * Biel Ballester (born 1974), guitarist from Mallorca, Spain
 * Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910–1999), Spanish Galician writer in Spanish language
 * Inés Ballester (born 1958), Spanish journalist and presenter
 * Jean-François Ballester (born 1965), French figure skating coach
 * Jordi Carbonell i de Ballester (1924–2016), Spanish politician and philologist
 * José Luis Ballester (sailor) (born 1968), Spanish sailor and Olympic Champion
 * José Luis Ballester (swimmer) (born 1969), former butterfly swimmer from Spain
 * Juan Ballester Carmenates (born 1966), Cuban painter
 * Lorenzo Campins y Ballester (1726–1785), Spanish born physician, founded formal studies of modern medicine in Venezuela
 * Manuel Ballester (1919–2005), award-winning Spanish chemist
 * Manuel Méndez Ballester (1909–2002), writer who worked in journalism, radio broadcasting, television and teaching
 * Pierre Ballester (1959) is a French sports journalist
 * Simó Ballester (1457–?), nicknamed Simó Tort, leading figure in the social conflicts in Mallorca
 * Thomas Ballester (born 1987), American professional wrestler
 * Vicenç Albert Ballester (1872–1938), Spanish politician, Catalan nationalist, may be the designer of the "estelada"
 * Vicente Ballester (born 1980), former Spanish racing cyclist
 * Xaverio Ballester (Spanish transcription: Francisco Javier Ballester Gomez), Spanish linguist

Fictional characters

 * Pierre Ballester of L. A. Confidentiel, a book by David Walsh and Pierre Ballester