Pister
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Pister is a surname of German origin. It is an occupational surname derived from the Middle High German word phister, meaning baker, which is based on the Latin word for baker, pistor.[1]
The name later evolved into the more common surname Pfister via the High German consonant shift that transformed the "p" into "pf".
Notable people with the name
- Hermann Pister (1885–1948), German war criminal, SS-Oberführer & commandant of Buchenwald concentration camp
- Karl S. Pister (1925–2022), American academic in engineering
- Kristofer Pister, American university professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences
- Phil Pister (1929–2023), American fishery biologist
- Thierry Pister (born 1965), Belgian football player and manager
See also
- Bresler–Pister yield criterion, function devised to predict the strength of concrete under multiaxial stress states