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

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)