Nestor
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Nestor may refer to:
- Nestor (mythology), the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris in Greek mythology
- Nestor (given name)
- Nestor Gianaclis, 19th Century founder of the Egyptian cigarette industry
- Nestor (genus), a genus of parrots in ornithology
- Nestor (solitaire), a card game
- NESTOR Project, an international scientific collaboration for the deployment of a neutrino telescope
- Nestor Studios, first-ever motion picture studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey, a Christmas television program
- Nestoras, Messenia, Greece
- Nestorianism, a doctrine that Jesus exists as two persons, one divine and the other human
- NESTOR, a family of voice encryption devices used by the United States during the Vietnam War era.
A fictional character:
- Nestor (Tintin character), from The Adventures of Tintin series of comic books by Hergé
- Nestor Burma, created by French crime novelist Léo Malet
- Nestor, a character in the animated television series Shorty McShorts' Shorts
- Néstor, a fictional penguin from the film Happy Feet
- A nickname of NS-series robots in the series of short-stories and film I, Robot
- Prince Nestor in the animated television series World of Quest
Nestor may also be:
- A chapter in the novel Ulysses by James Joyce
- A West Cornwall Railway steam locomotive
- A fictional race in the movie Battle Beyond the Stars
People with the name Nestor:
- Nestor the Chronicler (c.1056-c.1114), reputed author of the earliest East Slavic chronicle
- Nestorius (c.386–c.451), Patriarch of Constantinople, 428-431
- Nestor Serrano (born 1955), American actor
- Saint Nestor, Christian saint
- Nestor of Thessalonika, another saint
- Nestor Carbonell (born 1967), American actor
- Nestor García (born 1975), Uruguayan marathon runner
- Néstor Kirchner (born 1950), President of Argentina
- Nestor Makhno (1888-1936), 20th-century Ukrainian anarcho-communist
- Daniel Nestor, (born 1972), Canadian grand slam winning tennis player
- Kelly Nestor, (born 1969), Australian Newsreader
- Scott Nestor, (born 1984), Baseball player
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