People
As a surname:
- Augusta Webster (1837—1894), English poet, dramatist, essayist, and translator.
- Daniel Webster (1782—1852), American statesman, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, and U.S. Secretary of State
- Daniel Webster (Florida politician) (born 1949), former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
- John Webster (governor) (1590-1661), former governor and lieutenant governor of the Colony of Connecticut and progenitor of Noah Webster
- Noah Webster (1758-1843), an American known for creating Webster's Dictionary
- For other individuals with Webster as a last name, see Webster (surname)
As a given name:
- Webster Anderson, an American soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Webster Hubbell, an Arkansas lawyer and politician associated with Bill Clinton
- Webster Slaughter, a former American football player in the National Football League
- Webster Tarpley, an author, journalist, lecturer, and critic of US foreign and domestic policy
- Webster Young, an American jazz musician
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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“It’s even pleasant to be sick when you know that there are people who await your recovery as they might await a holiday.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“No people do so much harm as those who go about doing good.”
—Mandell Creighton (1843–1901)
“Lord, how long?”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah, 6:11.
Asking how long will the chastisement of the people last. God replies, “Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, and the Lord have removed man far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.”