Esther Johnson

For the baseball player, see Esther Johnson (baseball). For the artist, see Esther Borough Johnson.
Esther Johnson
A middle aged woman, painted in profile. Her hair has some grey around the face and is swept back; she is wearing a white fichu over her dress.
Esther Johnson, from an 1893 publication.
Born(1681-03-13)13 March 1681
Richmond, Surrey, England
Died28 January 1728(1728-01-28) (aged 46)

Esther Johnson (13 March 1681 – 28 January 1728) was an Englishwoman known to have been a close friend of Jonathan Swift, known as "Stella". Whether or not she and Swift were secretly married, and if so why the marriage was never made public, is a subject of debate.