# Alistair

Alistair is a male given name. It is an anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic Alasdair. The latter is most likely a Scottish Gaelic variant of the Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexander, which was incorporated into English in the same form as Alexander. The deepest etymology is the Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (man-repeller): ἀλέξω (repel) + ἀνήρ (man), "the one who repels men", a warrior name. Another, not nearly so common, Anglicization of Alasdair is Allaster.

## People
### Alastair

* Alastair Adams (born 1969), English artist
* Alastair Aiken, British YouTuber
* Alastair Aird (1931–2009), British royal courtier
* Alastair Bellingham (1938–2017), British haematologist
* Alastair Bray, Australian footballer
* Alastair Bruce of Crionaich (born 1960), British journalist, British Army reservist and officer of arms
* Alastair Burnet (1928 – 20 July 2012), British journalist and broadcaster
* Alastair Caldwell (born 1943), British-New Zealand motorsports manager
* Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former director of communications
* Alastair Chalmers (born 2000), British track and field hurdler
* Alastair Clarkson, head coach of Hawthorn Football Club
* Alastair Cook, English cricketer
* Alastair Crooke (born 1949), British diplomat
* Alastair Denniston (1881–1961), Scottish codebreaker and hockey player
* Alastair Duncan, several people
* Alastair Dunnett (1908–1998), Scottish journalist and newspaper editor
* Alastair Forsyth (born 1976), Scottish professional golfer
* Alastair Fothergill, British film producer, best known for BBC nature documentaries
* Alastair Fowler (1930–2022), Scottish literary critic
* Alastair Gillespie, former Canadian politician who held several cabinet positions in the 1970s
* Alastair Goodlad (born 1943), British politician
* Alastair Greene (born 1971), American singer, guitarist, and songwriter
* Alastair Hannay (1932–2024), British-born Norwegian philosopher and academic
* Alastair Hignell (born 1955), English athlete and broadcaster
* Alastair Little (1950–2022), British chef, cookbook author and restaurateur
* Alastair Lynch (born 1968), Australian rules footballer
* Alastair Mackenzie, Scottish actor most famous for playing Archie MacDonald in Monarch of the Glen
* Alastair Morgan (born 1958), British diplomat
* Alastair Pilkington (1920–1995), British inventor, engineer, and businessman
* Alastair Redfern (born 1948), retired Church of England bishop
* Alastair Reid, several people
* Alastair Reynolds, Welsh science fiction author
* Alastair Riddell (born 1952), New Zealand singer-songwriter
* Alastair Robinson, Anglo-American field botanist
* Alastair Salvesen (1941–2024), British billionaire businessman and heir
* Alastair Scott, several people
* Alastair Sim (1900–1976), comedy actor
* Alastair Sooke (born 1981), English art critic and broadcaster
* Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter
* Alastair Stewart, ITV News presenter
* Alastair Storey (born 1953), Scottish businessman
* Alastair Taylor, several people
* Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, a great-grandson of Queen Victoria

### Alistair

* Alistair Abell, Canadian voice actor
* Alistair Appleton, television presenter
* Alistair Begg, American pastor, author, and speaker
* Alistair Brammer (born 1988), English actor
* Alistair Brownlee, British triathlete and Olympic gold medalist
* Alistair Bunkall (born 1982), British journalist
* Alistair Campbell, Zimbabwean cricketer
* Alistair Carmichael (born 1965), British politician
* Alistair Carns (born c. 1981), British politician and Royal Marines officer
* Alistair Cragg (born 1980), South African track and field athlete
* Alistair Cooke (1908–2004), journalist and broadcaster
* Alistair Darling (1953–2023), British politician
* Alistair Edwards (born 1968), Australian soccer player and coach
* Alistair Fruish, English filmmaker, writer and novelist
* Alistair Hargreaves, South African rugby player
* Alistair Hinton, Scottish composer
* Alistair Knox (1912–1986), Australian designer, builder and landscape architect
* Alistair MacLean (1922–1987), Scottish novelist
* Alistair MacLeod (1936–2014), Canadian novelist, short story writer and academic
* Alistair McGowan, English impressionist and comedian
* Alistair McGregor, Scottish field hockey goalkeeper
* Alistair Overeem, Dutch MMA fighter
* Alistair Petrie (born 1970), British actor
* Alistair Sinclair, computer scientist
* Alistair Strathern (born 1990), British politician
* Alistair Taylor (1935–2004), personal assistant to the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein
* Alistair Urquhart (1919–2016), Scottish businessman and the author
* Ally MacLeod (1931–2004) Scottish footballer and national team manager
* Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer

### Allister

* Allister Adel (1976–2022), American district attorney
* Allister Bain (born 1935), Grenadian actor, playwright, and screenwriter
* Allister Brimble, British video game composer
* Allister Carter (born 1979), English snooker player
* Allister Coetzee (born 1963), South African rugby union coach and former player
* Allister de Winter (born 1968), Australian retired cricketer
* Allister Grosart (1906–1984), Canadian politician
* Allister Heath (born 1978), British business journalist and commentator
* Ally Hogg (born 1983), Scottish rugby union footballer
* Allister MacGillivray (born 1948), Canadian singer/songwriter, guitarist, and music historian
* Allister Miller (1892–1951), South African aviation pioneer, First World War pilot, politician and entrepreneur
* Allister Sparks (1933–2016), South African writer
* Allister Surette (born 1961), Canadian politician
* Allister Whitehead (born 1969 or 1970), British DJ, musician, remixer and record producer

### Alister

* Alister Allan (born 1944), Scottish rifleman
* Alister Campbell (born 1959), Scottish rugby union player
* Alister Charlie (born 1977 or 1978), Guyanese politician
* Alister Clark (1864–1949), Australian rose breeder
* Alister Fraser Gordon (1872–1917), British general
* Alister Hardy (1896–1985), English marine biologist
* Alister Howden (1877–1938), New Zealand cricketer
* Alister Jack (born 1963), Scottish politician
* Alister MacKenzie (1870–1934), British golf course designer
* Alister McDermott (born 1991), Australian cricketer
* Alister McGrath (born 1953), Northern Irish theologian, priest, intellectual historian, scientist and Christian apologist
* Alister Watson (1908–1982), British mathematician

### Aleister

* Aleister Black, Dutch professional wrestler
* Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), British occultist

## Pseudonym

* Alastair (artist), pseudonym of Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt, a German artist

## In fiction

* Alastair, a demon on the television series Supernatural
* Alastair Caine, a demon on the television series Charmed
* Alastair Carstairs, a Shadowhunter in Cassandra Clare's The Last Hours trilogy
* Alistair Cheng, a character in the Crazy Rich Asians novel as well as the film adaptation
* Alistair Deacon, a character in the British sitcom As Time Goes By
* Alistair Theirin, a character from the Dragon Age video game series
* Sir Alistair Hammerlock, a character from the Borderlands video game series
* Alistair Leslie Graham, better known as Ali G, one of three fictional characters created and portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen
* Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Brigadier of UNIT on British science fiction show Doctor Who
* Alistaire Stuart, an ally of Excalibur in Marvel Comics
* Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, a character in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
* Alastor "The Radio Demon", a mysterious powerful overlord in the Hazbin Hotel series by Vivienne Medrano
* Alistair Scott, a fictional wheelchair-using student appearing in the British sitcom, The Inbetweeners
* Alistair Smythe, a Spider-Man villain
* Alistair Crane, a villainous patriarch and businessman on TV's Passions
* Alistair Oh, the Uncle from the 39 Clues series
* Alistair Ryle, a character in the play Posh and film The Riot Club
* Alistair Krei, a Big Hero 6 character
* Alastair, family name of characters in three Georgette Heyer romance novels, These Old Shades, Devil's Cub and An Infamous Army
* Alistair, a character from the Twilight book and film series
* General Alister Azimuth, a character from Ratchet & Clank
* Allister, a Ghost-type Gym Leader based in the town of Stow-on-Side in Pokémon Shield
* Aleister, a mage-type character in Arena of Valor
* Aleister, Sterling Archer's butler in Season 11 of FXX's Archer
* Ser Alliser Thorne, master-of-arms in the Night's Watch in the A Song of Ice and Fire book series and Game of Thrones television series
* Alistar, a minotaur in the League of Legends game
* Alistair, a character in the film Wonder Woman 1984’'

## Other use

* Cyclone Alistair, a moderate tropical cyclone that existed near Australia in April 2001.