# 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
* List of people named Esther or Ester
* Esther (surname)

## 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

## Media
### 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
* Esther Winchester, an anthropomorphic cowgirl boss character from the video game, Cuphead

### 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)
* Esther, a song by American jam band Phish

### 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)
* Project Esther, from The Heritage Foundation