# Best (surname)

Best is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adam Best (actor) (born 1983), British actor
* Ahmed Best (born 1973), American voice actor
* Alan Best (filmmaker) (born 1959), Canadian animator
* Alan Best (sculptor) (1910–2001), Canadian sculptor
* Alfred M. Best (1876–1958), American insurance executive
* Alonzo L. Best (1854–1923), American politician
* Andy Best (born 1959), British footballer
* Art Best (1953–2014), American football player
* C. L. Best (1878–1951), American entrepreneur, founder and chairman of Caterpillar Tractor Company
* Calum Best (born 1981), American TV personality, son of George Best
* Carlisle Best (born 1959), West Indian cricketer
* Charles Best (medical scientist) (1899–1978), American/Canadian physiologist
* Charles Alexander Best (1931–1978), Canadian politician
* Carrie Best (1903–2001), the first black owner and publisher of a Nova Scotia newspaper
* Clyde Best (born 1951), Bermudan footballer
* Daniel Best (1838–1923), American businessman, founder of Best Manufacturing Company which made tractors and combine harvesting machines
* David Best (footballer) (born 1943), English footballer
* David Best (politician) (1880–1949), Manitoba politician
* David Best (sculptor) (born 1945), American sculptor
* Denzil Best (1917–1965), American jazz percussionist
* Earl Best (1947–2021), American community organizer known as the "Street Doctor"
* Edna Best (1900–1974), British actress
* Eike Best (born 1951), German computer scientist
* Eleanor Best (1875–1958), British artist
* Elsdon Best (1856–1931), New Zealand ethnographer
* Eva Best (1851–1925), American story writer, poet, music composer, dramatist
* Eve Best (born 1971), British stage actress
* George Best (1946–2005), Northern Irish football player
* George Newton Best (1846–1926), American botanist
* Greg Best (born 1964), American equestrian competitor and coach
* Greg Best (American football) (born 1960), American football defensive back
* Harold Best (1937–2020), British Labour Party politician
* James Best (1926–2015), American actor
* Jacob Best (1786–1861), German-American brewer, founder of the Pabst Brewing Company
* Jerry Best (footballer, born 1901) (1901–1975), English footballer
* Jerry Best (bassist) (born 1963), American musician
* Jerry Best (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1955), English footballer
* John Best (bishop) (died 1570), Bishop of Carlisle from 1560 to 1570
* John Best (Canadian politician) (1861–1923), Canadian politician
* John Best (guard captain) (16th century), English Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
* John Best (soccer) (1940–2014), US/English soccer player
* John William Best (1912–2000), Royal Air Force pilot who was a POW in Colditz Castle during World War II
* Keith Best (born 1949), British Conservative Party politician
* Korban Best (born 2003), American Paralympic sprinter
* Leon Best (born 1986), Irish international footballer
* Margarett Best, Canadian politician
* Marion Best, Canadian church leader
* Marjorie Best (1903–1997), American Hollywood costume designer
* Martin Best (born 1942), British musician in ballads and early music
* Mary Ellen Best (1809–1891), English artist
* Matthew Best (Royal Navy officer) (1878–1940), Royal Navy officer
* Matthew Best (conductor) (born 1957), English bass and conductor
* Meagan Best (born 2002), Barbadian squash player
* Nellie Geraldine Best (1905–1990), American artist, muralist, and sculptor
* Nicky Best, British statistician
* Neil Best (born 1979), Irish rugby union international
* Paul Best (cricketer) (born 1991), English cricketer
* Pete Best (born 1941), British musician, original drummer for The Beatles
* Peter Best (composer) (born 1943), Australian film composer
* Richard Irvine Best (1872–1959), Irish scholar
* Richard Stuart Best (born 1945), British charity director and life peer
* Richard Halsey Best (1910–2001), US Navy pilot
* Robert Henry Best (1896–1952), American journalist convicted of treason in 1948
* Rory Best (born 1982), Irish rugby union international
* S. T. C. Best "Canon Best" (1864–1949), Anglican priest in South Australia
* Sigismund Payne Best (1885–1978), British Secret Intelligence Service agent
* Simon Best (born 1978), Irish rugby union international
* Skeeter Best (1914–1985), American jazz guitarist
* Sonja M. Best, Australian-American virologist
* Stephanie Best (born 1969), American track and field athlete
* Steven Best (born 1955), American animal rights activist
* Tino Best (born 1981), West Indian cricketer
* Tommy Best (1920–2018), Welsh footballer
* Travis Best (born 1972), American professional basketball player
* Werner Best (1903–1989), German jurist, police chief and SS–Obergruppenführer
* William Best, 1st Baron Wynford (1767–1845), British politician and judge
* William Thomas Best (1826–1897), English organist and composer
* Adolfo Best Maugard (1891–1964), Mexican painter, film director, and screenwriter