Best is a surname. In England the surname is of Anglo-Norman origin meaning the beast (beste). People with this surname:
Adolfo "Fito" Best (1891–1964), Mexican painter, film director and screenwriterAdam Best (born 1983), actorAhmed Best (born 1973), American voice actorAlan Best (animator) (born 1959), Canadian animatorAlan Best (sculptor) (1910–2001), Canadian sculptorAlfred M. Best (1876–1958), American actuaryAlonzo L. Best (1854-1923), American politicianAndy Best (born 1959), former British footballerArt Best (1953–2014), American football playerBen Best (cryonicist)Ben Best (actor)Calum Best (born 1981), TV personality, son of George BestCarlisle Best (born 1959), former West Indian cricketerCharles Alexander "Sandy" Best (1931–1978), Canadian politicianCharles Herbert Best (1899–1978), American/Canadian physiologistClarence Leo Best (1878–1951), founder and chairman of Caterpillar Tractor CompanyClyde Best (born 1951), former Bermudan footballerDaniel Best (1838–1923), founder of Best Manufacturing Company that made tractors and combine harvesting machinesDavid Best (sculptor) (born 1945), American sculptorDavid Best (footballer) (born 1943), former English footballerDavid Best (Manitoba politician) (1880–??)Denzil Best (1917–1965), American jazz percussionistEarl Best (born 1947), American community organizer known as the "Street Doctor"Elsdon Best (1856–1931), New Zealand ethnographerEve Best (born 1971), British stage actressGeorge Best (1946 – 2005), Northern Irish football playerGreg Best (born 1964), American equestrian competitor and coachGreg Best (American football) (born 1960), American football defensive backHarold Best (born 1937), British Labour Party politicianJames Best (1926–2015), American actorJacob Best, (1786–1861), family patriarch and founder of the Pabst Brewing CompanyJohn William Best (1912–2000), Royal Air Force pilot who was a POW in Colditz Castle during World War IIJohn Best (politician) (1821–1865), British politicianJohn Best (soccer) (1940–2014), former US/English soccer playerJohn Best (guard captain), Captain of the Yeomen of the GuardJohn Best (bishop) (died 1570), Bishop of Carlisle 1560–70John Best (basketball), New Jersey Nets playerJohn Best (Canadian politician) (1861–1923), Canadian politicianJohn Best (rugby), New Zealand All Blacks playerKeith Best (born 1949), British Conservatiove party politicianLeon Best (born 1986), Irish international footballerMarion Best, Canadian church leaderMarjorie Best (1903–1997), American Hollywood costume designerMartin Best (born 1942) musician in ballads and early musicMary Ellen Best (1809–1891), artistMatthew Best (Royal Navy officer) (1878–1940), Royal Navy officerMatthew Best (conductor) (born 1957), English bass and conductorNeil Best (born 1979), Irish rugby union internationalPaul Best (cricketer) (born 1991), English cricketerPete Best (born 1941), original drummer for The BeatlesPeter Best (born 1943), Australian film composerRichard Irvine Best (1872–1959), Irish scholarRichard Stuart Best (born 1945), member of House of LordsRobert Henry Best (1896–1952), convicted of treason in 1948Rory Best (born 1982), Irish rugby union internationalSigismund Payne Best (1885–1978), British Secret Intelligence Service agentSimon Best (born 1978), Irish rugby union internationalSkeeter Best (1914–1985), American jazz guitaristStephanie Best (born 1969), American track and field athleteSteven Best (born 1955), American animal rights activistTommy Best (born 1920), Welsh footballerTino Best (born 1981), West Indian cricketerTravis Best (born 1972), American professional basketball playerWerner Best (1903–1989), German jurist, police chief and SS–ObergruppenführerWilliam Best, 1st Baron Wynford (1767–1845), British politician and judgeOrigins:
Irish, English, French, Dutch
History:
Derived from the Old English/Old French word "beste", or the Latin "bestia", meaning beast. The surname Best may be a metonym referring to one employed as a herdsman. First found in Kent, they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest of 1066. Some of the first settlers to the Americas were Christopher Best, who settled in Virginia in 1623, John Best, who settled in New England in 1634, Thomas Best, who settled in Virginia in 1635, and William Best, who settled in Virginia in 1643.
