Best (surname)

Best is a surname. In England the surname is of Anglo-Norman origin meaning the beast (beste). People with this surname:

• 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), founder and chairman of Caterpillar Tractor Company
• Calum Best (born 1981), 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), 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
• 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), family patriarch and 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
• 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) musician in ballads and early music
• Mary Ellen Best (1809–1891), 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), 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), member of House of Lords
• Richard Halsey Best (1910–2001), US Navy pilot
• Robert Henry Best (1896–1952), 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