Lister or Lyster may refer to:

Names

Lister (surname) Lister or Lyster is an English occupational surname, and may refer to a textile dyer, from the Middle English word "litster", meaning to dye. It dates back to the 13th century in Scotland with the recording of Aleyn le Littester of Edinburghshir ...

, also Lyster and Litster *

Lyster Kirkpatrick Lyster Adam Kirkpatrick (11 July 1885 – 20 November 1921) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Austral ...

(1885–1921), Australian rules footballer *

Lyster Hoxie Dewey Lyster Hoxie Dewey (1865–1944) was an American botanist from Michigan. Lyster Dewey was born in Cambridge, Michigan on March 14, 1865. In 1888, he graduated from Michigan State Agricultural College where, for the next two years, he taught bot ...

(1865–1944), American botanist *

Joseph Lister Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, (5 April 182710 February 1912) was a British surgeon, medical scientist, experimental pathologist and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventative medicine. Joseph Lister revolutionised the craft of s ...

(1827–1912), British physician * David "Dave" Lister, commonly referred to simply as Lister, is a

fictional character In fiction, a character (or speaker, in poetry) is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game). The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person, ...

from the British

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

situation comedy A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ne ...

Red Dwarf ''Red Dwarf'' is a British science fiction comedy franchise created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following. T ...

'', portrayed by Craig Charles

Places

* Lister, British Columbia, Canada, a small community *

Lyster, Quebec Lyster is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northw ...

, Canada, a municipality *

Lyster Lake (Estrie, Canada) Lac Lyster is a lake located in the municipality of Coaticook (Baldwin Mills), in the Coaticook Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Québec, in Canada. Geography The lake is located to the south of ...

, Estrie, in Quebec, Canada * Lister Region, comprising the western parts of Vest-Agder county, Norway * Luster, Norway, formerly called Lyster, a municipality *

Lister Hundred Lister Hundred, or ''Listers härad'', was a hundred of Blekinge in Sweden. Parishes Parishes ordered by municipality: #Karlshamn Municipality #* Elleholm Parish #* Mörrum Parish #Olofström Municipality #* Jämshög Parish #* Kyrkhult Parish ...

, part of Blekinge in Sweden *

Lister Park Lister Park (also known as Manningham Park) is a picturesque public park in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, between Manningham, Heaton and Frizinghall. It has won various national awards. About the park It is situated about a mile outsid ...

, a public park in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England * Lister (river), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Businesses

Lister Cars The Lister Motor Company Ltd. is a British sports car manufacturer founded by Brian Lister in 1954 in Cambridge, England, which became known for its involvement in motorsport. After buying the company in 1986, Laurence Pearce produced variants ...

, a British sports car manufacturer *

Lister Mills Lister's Mill (otherwise known as Manningham Mills) was the largest silk factory in the world. It is located in the Manningham district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England and was built by Samuel Cunliffe Lister to replace the original Mann ...

, a large former silk factory and landmark in the Manningham district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England *

Lister Petter Lister Petter is a British company that manufactures internal combustion engines for industry, a subsidiary of Teignmouth, England based Sleeman and Hawken. History The company was formed in 1986, after owner Hawker Siddeley Group Plc merged Du ...

, manufacturer of industrial internal combustion engines in Gloucestershire, England *

R A Lister and Company R A Lister & Company was founded in Dursley, Gloucestershire, England, in 1867 by Sir Robert Ashton Lister (1845–1929), to produce agricultural machinery. History 1867–1906: Foundation and growth The founder of R A Lister and Company w ...

, an engineering company in Gloucestershire, England, merged with Petters Limited to become Lister Petter

Other uses

Lister Community School Lister Community School is a co-educational secondary school located at St Mary's Road, Plaistow, Newham, London. The school uses vertical tutoring to integrate the community of students across the range of ages and year groups. It is one of ...

, in east London, England * Lister District Court, in Vest-Agder, Norway * Lister Hospital (disambiguation) * Lister, title of a town tax appraiser (see

tax assessment Tax assessment, or assessment, is the job of determining the value, and sometimes determining the use, of property, usually to calculate a property tax. This is usually done by an office called the assessor or tax assessor. Governments need to ...

) in Vermont * '' Lister v Romford Ice and Cold Storage Co Ltd'' * Lister D, a stationary engine on petrol or petrol/paraffin (fuel) built between 1926-1965 * Corn lister, a type of

planter (farm implement) A two row planter featuring John Deere "71 Flexi" row units John Deere MaxEmerge XP Planter with Case IH AFS precision farming system which auto-steers using GPS A Kinze 2200 planter A planter is a farm implement, usually towed behind a tracto ...

no longer widely used

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