Modest may refer to: * A number of saints, see under

Saint Modest (disambiguation) Modestus was a Roman cognomen. It may refer to: * Julius Modestus (1st century BC), Roman freedman and grammarian * Marcus Mettius Modestus (procurator) (1st century AD), Roman governor of Egypt * Aufidius Modestus (1st century AD), Roman phil ...

Michael Modest Michael K. Cariglio (born July 19, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his stage name, Michael Modest (sometimes shortened to Mike Modest). Modest ran the promotion Pro Wrestling IRON with tag partner Donovan Morgan and Fr ...

(born 1971), semi-retired American professional wrestler *

Modest (email client) Modest is a free, open-source, email client developed by Nokia's maemo project. Small and lightweight, it is intended for use on hardware with “modest” resources, in particular Nokia's N800 and N810 Internet Tablets running Internet Table ...

, a free, open source, e-mail client People with the given name Modest or Modesty: *

Modest Altschuler Modest (Moisei Isaacovich) Altschuler (February 15, 1873September 12, 1963) was a cellist, orchestral conductor, and composer.Leonard Slatkin, ''Conducting Business: Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Maestro'' (2012), Amadeus Press, p. 32. . Acces ...

(1873–1963), cellist, orchestral conductor, and composer *

Modest Isopescu Modest Isopescu (30 November 1895 – 17 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian officer, administrator and convicted war criminal. Born in Frătăuții Vechi, in Austrian-ruled Bukovina,Octavian Roske (ed.), ''Mecanisme represive ...

(1895–1948), soldier, administrator and convicted war criminal *

Modest Morariu Modest Morariu (; August 11, 1929 – April 15, 1988) was a poet, essayist, prose writer and translator from Romania. Morariu was born in Chernivtsi, Cernăuți. He was a Executive director, director of the ''Meridiane'' publishing house, and trans ...

(1929–1988), poet, essayist, prose writer and translator *

Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...

(1839–1881), Russian composer *

Modest Romiszewski Modest Romiszewski (29 July 1861, in Warsaw – 7 October 1930, in Warsaw) was a Polish general, son of Imperial Russian Army general Władysław Romiszewski and Anna Dżakeli. Reached the rank of general in 1913. Since 29 December 1918 general ...

(1861–1930), military theorist * Modest Schoepen (

Bobbejaan Schoepen Bobbejaan Schoepen (a pseudonym of Modest Schoepen; 16 May 1925 – 17 May 2010) was a Flemish pioneer in Belgian pop music, vaudeville, and European country music. Schoepen was a versatile entertainer, entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, guit ...

) (1925–2010), Belgian singer-songwriter, entertainer and founder of the Bobbejaanland amusement park *

Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (russian: Моде́ст Ильи́ч Чайко́вский; –) was a Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator. Early life Modest Ilyich was born in Alapayevsk, Verkhotursky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, the ...

(1850–1916), Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator *

Modest Urgell Modest Urgell i Inglada, also known by the nickname Katúfol (13 June 1839, Barcelona - 3 April 1919, Barcelona) was a Spanish landscape painter and comic playwright. He used his nickname for cartoons and illustrations. Biography He was born to ...

(1839–1919), Spanish painter, illustrator, and playwright *

Modesty Napunyi Modesty Napunyi (13 March 1957 — 20 December 2002 (aged 45)) born in Nairobi, was a Kenyan amateur featherweight and professional super bantam/ feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1970s, '80s and '90s who made his international amateur d� ...

(1957–2002), boxer In fiction: *

Modesty Blaise ''Modesty Blaise'' is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway in 1963. The strip follows Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents ...

, character of the eponymous comic strip

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