* Alphonso, Earl of Chester, first son of Edward I of England, who died at the age of ten.

As the eldest living son of the sovereign, Charles automatically gained several titles ( including Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay ), and subsequently was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester in November 1616.

* 1273 – Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England ( d. 1284 )

The brothers had supporters in England, ready to rise up ; led by Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester, the rebellion in England from Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester, and William I of Scotland.

Unfortunately, the powerful Ranulf, Earl of Chester, considered himself to hold the traditional rights to Carlisle and Cumberland and was extremely displeased to see them being given to the Scots.

* November 9 – The Prince George, Duke of Cornwall ( later George V ) becomes Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester.

* Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester ( d. 1153 )

* August 19 – Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England ( b. 1273 )

* Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester ( d. 1181 )

** Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester ( d. 1232 )

* Richard d ' Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester ( b. 1094 )

* January – Ranulph le Meschin, 1st Earl of Chester

* Hugh d ' Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester

* December 16 – Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester ( b. c. 1100 )

* June 30 – Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician ( b. 1147 )

* November 24 – Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England ( d. 1284 )

His other titles were Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester, and Duke of Aquitaine.

Following the reversion of the Earldom of Chester to the crown, in 1254 Henry III passed the Lordship of Chester ( but not the title of Earl ) to his son Edward, who as Edward I bestowed the Earldom of Chester on his son Edward when he created him the first Prince of Wales in 1301.

To further bolster the independent prestige of the young prince, the king had him created Earl of Chester at only twelve days of age.

In 1081 Gruffudd ap Cynan, who had just won the throne of Gwynedd from Trahaearn ap Caradog at the Battle of Mynydd Carn was enticed to a meeting with the Earl of Chester and Earl of Shrewsbury and promptly seized and imprisoned, leading to the seizure of much of Gwynedd by the Normans.

Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe, III, at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas.

Lackey was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania and has also lived throughout the US and Europe, Anguilla, Sealand, Dubai, and Iraq.

McKean was born in New London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of William McKean and Letitia Finney.

Garfield worked as a janitor, bell ringer, and carpenter to support himself financially at the Geauga Seminary, at Chester, Ohio., Garfield later said of this early time, " I lament that I was born to poverty, and in this chaos of childhood, seventeen years passed before I caught any inspiration ... a precious 17 years when a boy with a father and some wealth might have become fixed in manly ways.

* Chester Bennington ( born 1976 ), the lead vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park

* Chester Brown ( born 1960 ), Canadian alternative cartoonist and, since 2008, the Libertarian Party of Canada's candidate for the riding of Trinity-Spadina in Toronto, Canada

* Chester Conn ( born 1896 ), American composer of popular music

* Chester Crocker ( born 1941 ), American diplomat

* Chester Taylor ( born 1979 ), American football running back of the National Football League who is currently on the Arizona Cardinals

* Chester Thompson ( born 1948 ), American drummer and session musician

* Chester Williams ( born 1970 ), former South African rugby union rugby player

* Craig Chester ( born 1965 ), American actor and screenwriter

* Ilan Chester ( born 1952 ), Venezuelan singer, keyboardist, arranger and composer ; he was born in Israel as Ilan Czenstochowski

* James Chester ( born 1989 ), English footballer who plays for Hull City

* Raymond Chester ( born 1948 ), retired American football tight end

* Chester Drescher ( 1982 – 2000 ), a performing dog born Queens, New York, USA

* David Thompson ( footballer born 1962 ), former English football player with Rochdale, Notts County, Wigan, Preston and Chester

* 1885 Chester W. Nimitz, future Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, is born in Fredericksburg.

* Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was born in a house that still stands on Main Street in Fredericksburg.

* John Adair, ( 1757 – 1840 ), born in Chester County ( although at the time it was believed to be part of Anson County, North Carolina ), would become a member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, and governor of Kentucky

Lopez was born in Port Chester, New York and raised in Southern California and New York City.

Price ( 21 February 1821-25 July 1908 ) was born in Chester Valley, Pennsylvania.

Chester Atwood was born in July 1862 in Central Texas, to natives of Tennessee who migrated to Texas before the American Civil War.

Enos Hawley, born in Chester County, was one of the first citizens to Lycoming County to publicly state an opposition to slavery.