Nestor (given name)
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Nestor is a given name
of Greek
origin. It comes from that of the son of Neleus
, the King of Pylos and Chloris in Greek mythology
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Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
of Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
origin. It comes from that of the son of Neleus
Neleus
Neleus was the son of Poseidon and Tyro and brother of Pelias. Tyro was married to Cretheus but loved Enipeus, a river god. She pursued Enipeus, who refused her advances. One day, Poseidon, filled with lust for Tyro, disguised himself as Enipeus and from their union was born Pelias and Neleus,...
, the King of Pylos and Chloris in Greek mythology
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
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People with the name
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- Nestor the ChroniclerNestor the ChroniclerSaint Nestor the Chronicler was the reputed author of the Primary Chronicle, , Life of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Caves, Life of the Holy Passion Bearers, Boris and Gleb, and of the so-called Reading.Nestor was a monk of the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev from 1073...
(c.1056-c.1114), reputed author of the earliest East Slavic chronicle - Nestor Gianaclis, 19th century founder of the Egyptian cigarette industryEgyptian cigarette industryThe Egyptian cigarette industry, during the period between the 1880s and the end of the First World War, was a major export industry that influenced global fashion...
- Nestor SerranoNestor SerranoNestor Serrano is an American film and television actor. He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law.Serrano began his acting career in off-Broadway plays in the late 1970s. His first film was the 1986 Tom Hanks comedy The Money Pit...
(born 1955), American actor - Nestor of Magydos or Saint Nestor, Christian saint
- Nestor of ThessalonikiNestor of ThessalonikiNestor of Thessaloniki was a companion of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki . St. Nestor's feast day is celebrated on October 27.Having been moved to act against the mighty Lyeios , a most feared gladiator who mocked and tormented the Christians in the arena, Nestor went to see the imprisoned St....
, another saint - Nestor CarbonellNestor CarbonellNestor Gastón Carbonell is an American actor, known for portraying Richard Alpert in ABC's drama Lost and Mayor Anthony Garcia in the film The Dark Knight...
(born 1967), American actor - Néstor GarcíaNéstor GarcíaNéstor Ariel García Rivero is a male marathon runner from Uruguay.Garcia won the 2000 edition of the Buenos Aires Marathon in Argentina...
(born 1975), Uruguayan marathon runner - Néstor KirchnerNéstor KirchnerNéstor Carlos Kirchner was an Argentine politician who served as the 54th President of Argentina from 25 May 2003 until 10 December 2007. Previously, he was Governor of Santa Cruz Province since 10 December 1991. He briefly served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations ...
(1950-2010), Former President of Argentina - Nestor KukolnikNestor KukolnikNestor Vasilievich Kukolnik was a Russian playwright and prose writer of Carpatho-Rusyn origin. Immensely popular during the early part of his career, his works were subsequently dismissed as sententious and sentimental. Today, he is best remembered for having contributed to the libretto of the...
(1809-1868), Russian writer - Nestor MakhnoNestor MakhnoNestor Ivanovych Makhno or simply Daddy Makhno was a Ukrainian anarcho-communist guerrilla leader turned army commander who led an independent anarchist army in Ukraine during the Russian Civil War....
(1888-1936), 20th-century Ukrainian anarcho-communist - Nestor J. ZaluzecNestor J. ZaluzecNestor J. Zaluzec is an American scientist and inventor who works at Argonne National Laboratory. He invented and patented the Scanning Confocal Electron Microscope...
(born 1952), American Scientist - NestoriusNestoriusNestorius was Archbishop of Constantinople from 10 April 428 to 22 June 431.Drawing on his studies at the School of Antioch, his teachings, which included a rejection of the long-used title of Theotokos for the Virgin Mary, brought him into conflict with other prominent churchmen of the time,...
(c.386–c.451), Patriarch of Constantinople, 428-431
- Nestor the Chronicler