Alistair is a male given name. It is an

anglicised Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

form of the Scottish Gaelic '' Alasdair''. The latter is most likely a Scottish Gaelic variant of the Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexander, which was incorporated into English in the same form as Alexander. The deepest etymology is the Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (man-repeller): ἀλέξω (repel) + ἀνήρ (man), "the one who repels men", a warrior name. Another, not nearly so common, Anglicization of ''Alasdair'' is ''Allaster''. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 399.

People

Alastair

* Alastair Bray, Australian footballer * Alastair Aiken, British YouTuber * Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former director of communications * Alastair Clarkson, head coach of Hawthorn Football Club * Alastair Cook, English cricketer * Alastair Fothergill, British film producer, best known for BBC nature documentaries * Alastair Gillespie, former Canadian politician who held several cabinet positions in the 1970s * Alastair Mackenzie, Scottish actor most famous for playing Archie MacDonald in ''Monarch of the Glen'' * Alastair Reynolds, Welsh science fiction author * Alastair Robinson, Anglo-American field botanist * Alastair Sim (1900–1976), comedy actor * Alastair Sooke (born 1981), English art critic and broadcaster *

Al Stewart Alastair Ian Stewart (born 5 September 1945) is a Scottish born singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a unique style of combining folk-rock so ...

, Scottish singer-songwriter * Alastair Stewart, ITV News presenter * Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, a great-grandson of Queen Victoria

Alistair

* Alistair Abell, Canadian voice actor * Alistair Appleton, television presenter *

Alistair Begg Alistair Begg (born May 22, 1952) is the senior pastor of Cleveland's Parkside Church (located in Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio), a position he has held since 1983. He is the voice behind the Truth For Life Christian radio preaching a ...

, American pastor, author, and speaker *

Alistair Brownlee Alistair Edward Brownlee MBE (born 23 April 1988) is a British triathlete. He is the only athlete to hold two Olympic titles in the triathlon event, winning gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He is also a four-time World Champion ...

, British triathlete and Olympic gold medalist * Alistair Campbell, Zimbabwean cricketer * Alistair Carmichael, British politician * Alistair Cooke (1908–2004), journalist and broadcaster * Alistair Darling, British politician * Alistair Hargreaves, South African rugby player * Alistair Hinton, Scottish composer * Alistair MacLean (1922–1987), Scottish novelist * Alistair MacLeod (1936–2014), Canadian novelist, short story writer and academic *

Alistair McGowan Alistair Charles McGowan (born 24 November 1964) is an English impressionist, comic, actor, singer and writer best known to British audiences for ''The Big Impression'' (formerly ''Alistair McGowan's Big Impression''), which was, for four years ...

, English impressionist and comedian * Alistair McGregor, Scottish field hockey goalkeeper * Alistair Overeem, Dutch MMA fighter *

Alistair Sinclair :' Alistair Sinclair (born 1960) is a British computer scientist and computational theorist. Sinclair received his B.A. in mathematics from St. John’s College, Cambridge in 1979, and his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Edinbu ...

, computer scientist * Alistair Taylor (1935–2004), personal assistant to the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein *

Ally MacLeod Alistair Reid "Ally" MacLeod (26 February 1931 – 1 February 2004) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He is perhaps best known for his time as the Scotland national football team manager, including their appearance at t ...

(1931–2004) Scottish footballer and national team manager * Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer

Allister

* Allister Brimble, British video game composer * Allister Coetzee (born 1963), South African rugby union coach and former player *

Allister de Winter Allister de Winter (born 12 March 1968) is an Australian retired first class cricketer who played for the Tasmanian Tigers from 1986 until 1993. Following his retirement, de Winter pursued a career as a junior development coach. In 2002 he coa ...

(born 1968), Australian retired cricketer * Allister Grosart (1906–1984), Canadian politician * Allister Heath (born 1978), British business journalist and commentator * Allister Hogg (born 1983), Scottish rugby union footballer *

Allister Miller Lieutenant-Colonel Allister Miller (1892–1951) was a South African aviation pioneer, who contributed significantly to both military and civil aviation in South Africa during the first half of the twentieth century. He originally qualified a ...

(1892–1951), South African aviation pioneer, First World War pilot, politician and entrepreneur * Allister Surette (born 1961), Canadian politician *

Allister Carter Allister Carter (born 25 July 1979) is an English professional snooker player. He has twice been the World Championship runner-up, in 2008 and 2012, losing both finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan. He has won four ranking titles and briefly reached numb ...

(born 1979), English snooker player * Allister Sparks (1933–2016), South African writer

Alister

* Alister Jack (born 1963), Scottish politician * Alister MacKenzie (1870–1934), British golf course designer * Alister McGrath (born 1953), Northern Irish theologian, priest, intellectual historian, scientist and Christian apologist

Aleister

* Aleister Black, Dutch professional wrestler * Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), British occultist

Pseudonym

* Alastair (artist), pseudonym of Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt, a German artist

In fiction

Alastair Alistair is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic ''Alasdair''. The latter is most likely a Scottish Gaelic variant of the Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexander, which was incorporated into English in the sam ...

, a demon on the television series ''

Supernatural Supernatural refers to phenomena or entities that are beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin (above, beyond, or outside of) + (nature) Though the corollary term "nature", has had multiple meanings si ...

'' * Alastair Caine, a demon on the television series ''

Charmed ''Charmed'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as showrunner. The series was originally broadcast ...

'' * Alastair Carstairs, a Shadowhunter in Cassandra Clare's ''The Last Hours'' trilogy * Alistair Cheng, a character in the '' Crazy Rich Asians'' novel as well as the film adaptation * Alistair Deacon, a character in the British sitcom ''As Time Goes By'' * Alistair Theirin, a character from the '' Dragon Age'' video game series * Sir Alistair Hammerlock, a character from the ''Borderlands'' video game series * Alistair Leslie Graham, better known as

Ali G Alistair Leslie Graham, better known as Ali G, is a satirical fictional character created and performed by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. A faux-streetwise poseur from Staines, Ali G speaks in rude boy-style Multicultural London English a ...

, one of three fictional characters created and portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen * Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Brigadier of UNIT on British science fiction show ''Doctor Who'' * Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, a character in the ''

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...

'' series by J. K. Rowling * Alistair Smythe, a Spider-Man villain * Alistair Crane, a villainous patriarch and businessman on TV's ''Passions'' *

Alistair Oh This is the list of fictional and non-fictional characters who appeared in The 39 Clues franchise. They may appear in The 39 Clues books and audiobooks, cards, or the seriesofficial website Introduced in The Clue Hunt Clue Hunters Amy ...

, the Uncle from the ''39 Clues'' series * Alistair Ryle, a character in the play '' Posh'' and film '' The Riot Club'' * Alistair Krei, a '' Big Hero 6'' character * Alastair, family name of characters in three Georgette Heyer romance novels, ''

These Old Shades ''These Old Shades'' (1926) is a Georgian (set around 1755–56) romance novel written by British novelist Georgette Heyer (1902–1974). It was an instant success, and established her as a writer. It falls into the category of historical roman ...

'', ''

Devil's Cub ''Devil's Cub'' is a Georgian romance novel written by Georgette Heyer. Set in 1780, it is the sequel to ''These Old Shades'' (1926). The book was published in 1932, and has not been out of print since. It is one of Heyer's most popular novels ...

'' and ''

An Infamous Army ''An Infamous Army'' is a novel by Georgette Heyer. In this novel Heyer combines her penchant for meticulously researched historical novels with her more popular period romances. So in addition to being a Regency romance, it is one of the most ...

'' * Alistair, a character from the ''Twilight'' book and film series * General Alister Azimuth, a character from ''Ratchet & Clank'' * Allister, the ghost type gym leader of Stow-on-Side in ''Pokémon Shield'' * Aleister, a mage-type character in '' Arena of Valor'' * Aleister, Sterling Archer's butler in Season 11 of FXX's '' Archer'' * Ser Alliser Thorne, master-of-arms in the Night's Watch in the ''

A Song of Ice and Fire ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. He began the first volume of the series, ''A Game of Thrones'', in 1991, and it was published in 1996. Martin, who init ...

'' book series and ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...

'' television series * Alistar, a minotaur in the '' League of Legends'' game * Alistair, a character in the film '' Wonder Woman 1984''

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