Kister or Kisters is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: Gerry H. Kisters (1919–1986), American soldier Jack Kister, American electrical engineer, developer of VMEbus Jane Kister (1944–2019), British-American mathematician Kenneth Kister (1935–2022), American library scientist Meir Jacob Kister (1914–2010), Jewish Arabist from Poland Tim Kister (born 1986), German footballer