Banister (surname)
Banister is a French surname, and may refer to;
Banister comes from the Old French or Old Norman banastre which was a type of wicker basket also related to the Modern French and to Occitan banasta.
- Barbara Banister, English artist
- Frederick Banister, English civil engineer
- Guy Banister, a career employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a private investigator
- Henry Banister, English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and in 1625
- Henry Charles Banister English author, composer and professor at Royal Academy of Music
- Jeff Banister, American professional baseball player and current manager
- Joe Banister, former special agent of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service and IRS whistleblower
- John Riley Banister, American law officer, cowboy and Texas Ranger
- Richard Banister, English oculist of Stamford, Lincolnshire
- Roger Bannister, English former athlete, physician and academic
- Scott Banister, American entrepreneur and angel investor
