Estes
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Estes is a popular surname derived from the House of Este
. It is also said to derive from Old English and have the meaning "of the East." As a surname, it has been traced to southern England in the region of Kent
, as early as the mid-16th century.
People named Estes:
Places named Estes:
Other uses of Estes:
Este
The House of Este is a European princely dynasty. It is split into two branches; the elder is known as the House of Welf-Este or House of Welf historically rendered in English, Guelf or Guelph...
. It is also said to derive from Old English and have the meaning "of the East." As a surname, it has been traced to southern England in the region of Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, as early as the mid-16th century.
People named Estes:
- Billie Sol EstesBillie Sol EstesBillie Sol Estes is an American former financier best known for his association with U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Mr. Estes currently lives in Granbury, Texas.-Fraud charges:...
, Texas politician - Bob EstesBob EstesBob Alan Estes is an American professional golfer.Estes was born in Graham, Texas and reared in Abilene, Texas. He first played golf at age 4 and decided to become a professional golfer at age 12. Estes attended the University of Texas from 1984–1988, and was a member of the golf team...
, U.S. professional golf player - Eleanor EstesEleanor EstesEleanor Estes was an American children's author.She was born in West Haven, Connecticut as Eleanor Ruth Rosenfield.She worked as a children's librarian in New Haven, Connecticut, and New York....
, U.S. children's author - Estes KefauverEstes KefauverCarey Estes Kefauver July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963) was an American politician from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S...
(1903–1963), U.S. politician - Angie EstesAngie EstesAngie Estes is an American poet, and professor at Ashland University.She graduated from the University of Oregon with an M.A. and Ph.D. in English.She taught at California Polytechnic State University, and at Oberlin College, and at The Ohio State University...
, U.S. poet - John EstesJohn EstesJohn Estes is an American football center. He graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a degree in Communications in December 2009....
, U.S. poet - John Adam EstesSleepy John EstesJohn Adam Estes , best known as Sleepy John Estes or Sleepy John, was a American blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, born in Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee.-Career:...
, also known as "Sleepy John" Estes, U.S. blues musician - Patrick EstesPatrick EstesPatrick Brion Estes is an American football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Virginia.-High school career:Estes played high school football in Richmond,...
, U.S. football player - Richard EstesRichard EstesRichard Estes is an American artist, best known for his photorealist paintings. The paintings generally consist of reflective, clean, and inanimate city and geometric landscapes. He is regarded as one of the founders of the international photo-realist movement of the late 1960s, with such painters...
, U.S. photorealist painter - Richard Despard EstesRichard Despard EstesRichard Despard Estes is a biologist specialising in the behaviour of mammals in mainland Africa. He is particularly interested in studying wildebeest...
, Biologist - Rob EstesRob EstesRobert Estes is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Harry Wilson on the Teen drama 90210, as Sgt. Chris Lorenzo on the Crime drama Silk Stalkings, and as Kyle McBride on the Primetime Soap opera Melrose Place.-Career:Estes first became interested in an acting career while training...
, U.S. actor - Shawn EstesShawn EstesAaron Shawn Estes is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. After he attended Douglas High School in Minden, Nevada, he was offered a scholarship by Stanford University...
, Major League Baseball player - Simon EstesSimon EstesSimon Estes is an operatic bass-baritone of African-American descent who had a major international opera career since the 1960s...
, U.S. bass-baritone singer - Vernon EstesVernon EstesVernon Estes , born January 4, 1930, is the founder and namesake of Estes Industries, the highly-recognized model rocket production company, headquartered in Penrose, Colorado....
, U.S. businessman - Wayne EstesWayne EstesWayne Vernon Estes was a 6'6" forward All-American basketball player for Utah State University from 1963 to 1965. Wayne is the third-leading scorer in Utah State history with 2,001 points and the fourth-leading rebounder...
, U.S. basketball player - Will EstesWill EstesWill Estes is an American actor best known for his role as JJ Pryor, on the NBC drama American Dreams. In 2010, he joined the cast of Tom Selleck's new CBS police drama Blue Bloods...
, U.S. actor - William Kaye Estes, U.S. mathematical psychologist
- Yusuf EstesYusuf EstesYusuf Estes is an American Muslim preacher and teacher who converted to Islam in 1991. He was the National Muslim Chaplain for the United States Bureau of Prisons through the 1990s. He became the Muslim Delegate to the United Nations World Peace Conference for Religious Leaders held at the U.N....
, U.S. former Christian minister, now convert to Islam
Places named Estes:
- Estes Park, a town in Colorado, U.S.
Other uses of Estes:
- Estes Express LinesEstes Express Lines-Background:Estes Express Lines is a full-service freight transportation provider based in Richmond, Virginia, in the United States. Founded in 1931 by W.W. Estes, the company is still owned and operated by the Estes family. Robey W...
, United States shipping company founded by W.W. Estes in 1931 - Estes IndustriesEstes IndustriesEstes Industries is a company based in Penrose, Colorado, USA that designs and builds model rocket and model aircraft engines and kits. They were the best known model rocket company during the "golden age of rocketry" in the 1970s and early 1980s, competing primarily with Centuri Engineering and a...
, U.S. company specializing in model aircraft and model rockets - USS Estes (AGC-12)USS Estes (AGC-12)USS Estes was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship, officially named after "A mountain peak and national park in Colorado."....
, U.S. Navy