# Bannister

Bannister is a variant spelling of banister. However, it is a relatively common proper name as well.

## People

People whose surname is or was Bannister include:
* Alan Bannister (cyclist) (1922–2007), British silver medallist at the 1948 Summer Olympics
* Alan Bannister (born 1951), American retired professional baseball player
* Alex Bannister (born 1979), American former football player
* Arthur Bannister (1875–1958), English cricketer
* Billy Bannister (1879–1942), English professional footballer
* Brian Bannister (born 1981), American baseball player
* Brown Bannister, music producer and songwriter
* Bruce Bannister (born 1947), British retired professional football player
* Calvin Bannister (born 1984), Canadian football player
* Carys Bannister (1935–2010), British neurosurgeon
* Charles Bannister (1738–1804), British stage actor
* Charlie Bannister (1879–1952), English footballer
* Clive Bannister (born 1958), British, Chair Museum of London
* Drew Bannister (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
* Edward Bannister QC, British judge
* Edward Mitchell Bannister (c.1828–1901), Canadian-American painter
* Ernest Bannister, English footballer
* Floyd Bannister (born 1955), American former baseball player
* Freddy Bannister, British concert promoter in the 1960s and 1970s
* Gary Bannister (born 1960), English former football player
* Geoffrey Bannister (born 1946), English-American educator and geographer
* Grace Bannister (died 1986), Northern Ireland politician
* Harry Bannister (1889–1961), American stage, film and television actor
* Jack Bannister (1930–2016), English cricketer and sports reporter
* Jack Bannister, Australian actor in the 2023 film Birdeater
* Jack Bannister (footballer) (born 1942), English footballer
* Jarrod Bannister (born 1984), Australian javelin thrower
* Jenny Bannister Australian fashion designer
* Jim Bannister (1929–2007), English footballer
* Jimmy Bannister (1880–1953) English football player
* Jo Bannister (born 1951), British crime fiction novelist
* John Bannister (disambiguation)
* Jordan Bannister (born 1982), Australian rules football umpire and former player
* Joseph Bannister, English pirate
* Keith Bannister (footballer, born 1923), English former professional footballer
* Keith Bannister (footballer, born 1930), English former professional footballer
* Ken Bannister (born 1960), American retired professional basketball player
* Matthew Bannister (born 1957), British media executive and broadcaster.
* Matthew Bannister (musician) (born 1962), New Zealand musician, journalist, and academic
* Michael Bannister, Scottish musician
* Mike Bannister (born 1949), former chief pilot of British Airways' Concorde fleet
* Miriam Bannister (1817–1928), English-American supercentenarian
* Monica Bannister (1910–2002), American actress
* Neil Bannister (born 1973), English former cricketer
* Neville Bannister (born 1937), English former footballer
* Nonna Bannister (1927–2004), Soviet-born American author
* Paul Bannister (born 1947), English former footballer
* Reggie Bannister (born 1945), American actor and musician
* Richard Bannister Hughes (1810–1875), British businessman, active in Uruguay
* Roger Bannister (1929–2018), British athlete, the first man to run a four-minute mile
* Saxe Bannister (1790–1877), British-Australian lawyer and writer
* Steve Bannister (born 1987), English rugby league player
* Thomas Bannister (1799–1874), British-Australian soldier and explorer
* Trevor Bannister (1934–2011), English actor
* Turpin Bannister (1904–1982), American architectural historian

## Places

* Bannister, Michigan
* Bannister, Missouri
* Bannister, Western Australia
* North Bannister, Western Australia
* Bannister River, Western Australia
* Bannister Green, Essex, England

## Ships

MV Bannister, British coaster previously named Empire Lundy