Lanchester may refer to:
Places
- Lanchester, County Durham, a village in England
- Lanchester Polytechnic, former name of Coventry University
People
- Ann Margaret Lanchester (fl. 1803), British fashion designer
- John Lanchester (born 1962), British journalist and novelist
- William Forster Lanchester (1875–1953), British zoologist
Lanchester family
- Henry Jones Lanchester (1834–1914), English architect; father of:
- Henry Vaughan Lanchester (1863–1953), architect and brother of Frederick W
- Frederick W. Lanchester (1868–1946), his son, engineer who devised Lanchester's laws (mathematical formulae for calculating the strength of military forces) and founded Lanchester Motor Company
- Edith Lanchester (1871–1966), English socialist and suffragette; mother of:
- Waldo Lanchester (1897–1978), British puppeteer
- Muriel Lanchester (née Bell) (1902–1992), British ceramicist and wife of Waldo
- Elsa Lanchester (1902–1986), Oscar-nominated English character actress
- George Lanchester (1874–1970), British engineer
Other uses
- Lanchester Motor Company, a now defunct Birmingham car manufacturer
- Lanchester armoured car, of World War I
- Lanchester 6×4 armoured car, post World War I
- Lanchester submachine gun, used primarily by the Royal Navy in the Second World War
See also
- Lancaster (disambiguation)