title: Banister (surname)
text: # 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 banne and to Occitan banasta.
  
  * Barbara Banister, English artist
  * Cyan Banister (born 1977), American investor and entrepreneur
  * Frederick Banister, English civil engineer
  * Guy Banister (1901–1964), 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 (1831–1897) English author, composer and professor at Royal Academy of Music
  * Jeff Banister (born 1964), American professional baseball player and coach
  * John Riley Banister, American law officer, cowboy and Texas Ranger
  * Richard Banister, English oculist of Stamford, Lincolnshire
  * Scott Banister (born 1975), American entrepreneur
  