Lankester

Lankester is an English surname. Notable people with the name include:


 * Edwin Lankester (1814–1874), English surgeon and naturalist
 * Ray Lankester (1847–1929), British zoologist
 * Tim Lankester (born 1942), British civil servant and college president
 * Lankester Merrin (1890s-1970s), a fictional character in The Exorcist (novel) (1971), and one of the two main protagonists in the 1973 film adaptation, and several sequel films