• Alton Lister, retired American professional basketball player
• Anne Lister, (1791–1840), Yorkshire landowner
• Anthony Lister, an Australian born painter and installation artist
• Aynsley Lister, English blues guitarist
• Charles J. Lister, (1820-1912), a central figure in the Restoration Movement in 19th century Canada
• Dave Lister, fictional television character in the BBC television sitcom Red Dwarf
• David Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton
• David Lister (Origami Historian)
• Dean Lister, an American mixed martial arts fighter and a former KOTC champion
• General Enrique Líster, Spanish Communist politician and military officer who took part in the Spanish Civil War and World War II
• Frank Lister, footballer, retired 1980
• Hugh Lister, (1901-1944), an Anglican priest, trade union organizer, and combatant officer in World War II
• Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, British surgeon and eponym of Listerine
• Joseph Jackson Lister (1786-1869), British amateur opticist and physicist; father of Joseph Lister
• Joseph Jackson Lister (naturalist) (1857-1927), British zoologist and plant collector
• Joseph Lister (VC), received VC for actions at the Third Battle of Ypres
• W. Lister Lister, (1859-1943), Australian artist
• Martin Lister, (c. 1638 - 1712), English naturalist and physician
• Moira Lister, British actress and writer
• Nicholas Cunliffe-Lister, 3rd Earl of Swinton
• Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton
• Samuel Lister, 1st Baron Masham
• Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton
• Thomas Henry Lister, (1800‑1842) English novelist and Registrar General
• Tom Lister, Jr., American actor

See also

• Lister Centre, a large student residence, at University of Alberta in Canada
• Lister Hundred, part of Blekinge in Sweden
• Lister Mills, is a large former silk factory and landmark in the Manningham district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
• Lister Hospital, in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
• Lister Park, an award-winning public park in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
• Baron Lister, a British noble title that existed from 1897 to 1912
• Lister Cars, a British sports car manufacturer
• R A Lister and Company, a maker of petrol and diesel engines, merged with Petters Limited to become Lister-Petter
• Lister, band from Iceland
• Lister, British Columbia
• lister, a type of plow/plough.