Dame Elizabeth Anne Loosemore Esteve-Coll DBE FRSA (née Kingdon; 14 October 1938 – 16 September 2024) was a British academic, museum director and librarian.

Esteve-Coll was born in Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, the daughter of Percy Kingdon, a bank clerk, and his wife Nora Rose.

"[10][11] She served as Chancellor of University of Lincoln for seven years,[12] as well as being a Trustee of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures since its foundation in January 1999.

[2] Esteve-Coll was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 1995.

She received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (3rd class) in November 2005 in recognition of her "outstanding contribution to the promotion of Japanese culture and studies to British people".