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 (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 ...

(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 perso ...

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 uni ...

situation comedy '' Red Dwarf'', portrayed by

Craig Charles Craig Joseph Charles (born 11 July 1964) is an English actor, comedian, television and radio presenter. He is best known for his roles as Dave Lister in the science fiction sitcom ''Red Dwarf'' and Lloyd Mullaney in the soap opera ''Coronation ...

Places

Lister, British Columbia Lister, British Columbia is a small community in the Kootenays region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Creston and is just north of the Canada–US border. Originally known as Camp Lister, it was es ...

, 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 north ...

, Canada, a municipality * Lyster Lake (Estrie, Canada), Estrie, in Quebec, Canada *

Lister Region Lister Region ( no, Listerregionen) is a region in Southern Norway. It consist of the municipalities Farsund, Flekkefjord, Hægebostad, Kvinesdal, Lyngdal, and Sirdal. The region borders to Kristiansand Region in the east, Setesdal to the north ...

, comprising the western parts of Vest-Agder county, Norway *

Luster, Norway Luster is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative centre is the village of Gaupne. Other villages in Luster include Fortun, Hafslo, Indre ...

, formerly called Lyster, a municipality * Lister Hundred, 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) Lister is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member ...

, 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 Man ...

, 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 D ...

, 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, in east London, England *

Lister District Court Lister District Court ( no, Lister tingrett) was a district court in Agder county, Norway. The court was based in the town of Farsund. The court existed from 2005 until 2021. It had jurisdiction over the southwestern part of the county which inc ...

, in Vest-Agder, Norway *

Lister Hospital (disambiguation) Lister Hospital can refer to: * Lister Hospital, Stevenage, an NHS hospital on the outskirts of Stevenage, Herefordshire, England * Lister Hospital, Chelsea, a private hospital in London See also * Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine The Lis ...

* 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 is an important English tort law, contract law and labour law, which concerns vicarious liability and an ostensible duty of an employee to compensate the employer for torts he commits in the course of employment. Facts Martin Lister and his fat ...

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Lister D The Lister D is a 1.5 - 2.5hp stationary engine on petrol or petrol/paraffin (fuel) built between 1926-1965 by R A Lister and Company of Dursley. It is popular with newcomers to the stationary engine hobby with un-restored examples available for ...

, 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