Bannister is a variant spelling of banister. However, it is a relatively common proper name as well.

People whose surname is or was Bannister include:

• Alan Bannister (cyclist) (1922–2007), British silver medallist at the 1948 Summer Olympics
• Alan Bannister (born 1951), American retired professional baseball player
• Alex Bannister (born 1979), American former football player
• Arthur Bannister (1875–1958), English cricketer
• Billy Bannister (1879–1942), English professional footballer
• Brian Bannister (born 1981), American baseball player
• Brown Bannister, music producer and songwriter
• Bruce Bannister (born 1947), British retired professional football player
• Calvin Bannister (born 1984), Canadian football player
• Carys Bannister (1935–2010), British neurosurgeon
• Charles Bannister (1738–1804), British stage actor
• Charlie Bannister (1879–1952), English footballer
• Clive Bannister (born 1958), British, Chair Museum of London
• Drew Bannister (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
• Edward Bannister QC, British judge
• Edward Mitchell Bannister (c.1828–1901), Canadian-American painter
• Ernest Bannister, English footballer
• Floyd Bannister (born 1955), American former baseball player
• Freddy Bannister, British concert promoter in the 1960s and 1970s
• Gary Bannister (born 1960), English former football player
• Geoffrey Bannister (born 1946), English-American educator and geographer
• Grace Bannister (died 1986), Northern Ireland politician
• Harry Bannister (1889–1961), American stage, film and television actor
• Jack Bannister (1930–2016), English cricketer and sports reporter
• Jack Bannister, Australian actor in the 2023 film Birdeater
• Jack Bannister (footballer) (born 1942), English footballer
• Jarrod Bannister (born 1984), Australian javelin thrower
• Jenny Bannister Australian fashion designer
• Jim Bannister (1929–2007), English footballer
• Jimmy Bannister (1880–1953) English football player
• Jo Bannister (born 1951), British crime fiction novelist
• John Bannister (disambiguation)
• Jordan Bannister (born 1982), Australian rules football umpire and former player
• Joseph Bannister, English pirate
• Keith Bannister (footballer, born 1923), English former professional footballer
• Keith Bannister (footballer, born 1930), English former professional footballer
• Ken Bannister (born 1960), American retired professional basketball player
• Matthew Bannister (born 1957), British media executive and broadcaster.
• Matthew Bannister (musician) (born 1962), New Zealand musician, journalist, and academic
• Michael Bannister, Scottish musician
• Mike Bannister (born 1949), former chief pilot of British Airways' Concorde fleet
• Miriam Bannister (1817–1928), English-American supercentenarian
• Monica Bannister (1910–2002), American actress
• Neil Bannister (born 1973), English former cricketer
• Neville Bannister (born 1937), English former footballer
• Nonna Bannister (1927–2004), Soviet-born American author
• Paul Bannister (born 1947), English former footballer
• Reggie Bannister (born 1945), American actor and musician
• Richard Bannister Hughes (1810–1875), British businessman, active in Uruguay
• Roger Bannister (1929–2018), British athlete, the first man to run a four-minute mile
• Saxe Bannister (1790–1877), British-Australian lawyer and writer
• Steve Bannister (born 1987), English rugby league player
• Thomas Bannister (1799–1874), British-Australian soldier and explorer
• Trevor Bannister (1934–2011), English actor
• Turpin Bannister (1904–1982), American architectural historian

• Bannister, Michigan
• Bannister, Missouri
• Bannister, Western Australia
• North Bannister, Western Australia
• Bannister River, Western Australia
• Bannister Green, Essex, England

MV Bannister, British coaster previously named Empire Lundy

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