title: Lankester
text: # Lankester
  
  Lankester is an English surname. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Edwin Lankester (1814–1874), English surgeon and naturalist
  * Ray Lankester (1847–1929), British zoologist
  * Tim Lankester (born 1942), British civil servant and college president
  * Lankester Merrin (1890s-1970s), a fictional character in The Exorcist (novel) (1971), and one of the two main protagonists in the 1973 film adaptation, and several sequel films
  