Winston (name)
Winston may be a family name of English origin,[1] or a masculine given name.
People with the surname
- Arthur Winston (1906–2006), American centenarian, "Employee of the Century"
- Brian Winston (1941–2022), British journalist
- Cassius Winston (born 1998), American basketball player
- Charles Winston (1814–1864), English historian
- Charlie Winston (born 1978), English singer and songwriter
- Dallas Winston, fictional character from S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders
- Easop Winston (born 1996), American football player
- Eric Winston (born 1983), American football player
- Francis D. Winston (1857–1941), Lt. Governor of North Carolina
- George Winston (1949–2023), American pianist
- George T. Winston (1852–1932), American educator
- Harry Winston (1896–1978), American jeweller
- Henry Winston, (1911–1986), American civil rights activist
- Hattie Winston (born 1945), American actress
- Jameis Winston (born 1994), American football quarterback
- James Brown Winston (1820–1884), first medical officer of Los Angeles, California
- Jimmy Winston (1945–2020), British organist
- John A. Winston (1812–1871), American politician, governor of Alabama
- Joseph Winston (1746–1815), American politician
- Louis L. Winston (1784–1824), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
- Matt Winston (born 1970), American actor
- Nat T. Winston Jr., American psychiatrist
- Patrick Henry Winston
- Peter Winston (1958–78), American chess player
- Piney Winston, fictional biker gang member from Sons of Anarchy
- Randall Winston, American television producer
- Robert Winston, Baron Winston (born 1940), British scientist, politician and TV presenter
- Robert Winston (coach) (1847–1913), American football coach
- Robert Watson Winston (1860–1944), North Carolina lawyer and historian
- Roy Winston (1940–2022), American football player
- Roy Winston (poker player), American poker player
- Stan Winston (1946–2008), American special effects and makeup artist
People with the given name
Actors
- Winston Rekert (1949–2012), Canadian actor
- Winston Duke (born 1986), Tobagonian actor
- Winston Ntshona (1941–2018), South African playwright and actor
- Winston Saunders (1941–2006), Bahamian actor
- Winston Doty (1914–1934), child actor
- Winston Chao (born 1960), Taiwanese actor
- Winston Miller (1910–1994), American actor
- Winston Hibler (1910–1976), American actor
- Winston Spear (born 1965), Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
- Winston Stona (1940–2022), Jamaican actor and businessman
- Winston Severn (born 1942), American former cricketer and child screen actor
Musicians
- Winston Blake (1940–2016), Jamaican sound system operator
- Winston Francis (born 1948), Jamaican singer
- Winston Giles (born 1974), Australian musician
- Winston Grennan (1944–2000), Jamaican drummer
- Winston Hauschild (born 1973), Canadian record producer
- Winston Jarrett (born 1940), Jamaican reggae singer
- Winston Marshall (born 1988), British musician
- Winston McAnuff (born 1957), Jamaican singer
- Winston Hubert McIntosh (1944–1987), Jamaican musician, stage name Peter Tosh
- Winston Mankunku Ngozi (1943–2009), South African tenor saxophone player
- Winston Reedy (born 1950), Jamaican reggae singer
- Winston Riley (1943–2012), Jamaican singer
- Winston Stewart (born 1947), stage name Delano Stewart
- Winston Tong (born 1951), American singer-songwriter
- Winston Walls, American jazz player
- Winston Wright (1944–1993), Jamaican keyboardist
Politicians
- Winston Baker (born 1939), Canadian politician
- Winston Cenac, civil servant and politician from Saint Lucia
- Winston Chitando, Zimbabwean politician
- Winston Churchill (1620–1688), English soldier, historian, politician
- Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British Prime Minister and statesman
- Winston Churchill (1940–2010), member of British Parliament; grandson of the former Prime Minister
- Winston Crane (born 1941), Australian politician
- Winston Dang (born 1943), Taiwanese politician
- Winston Dookeran (born 1943), Trinidadian politician and economist
- Winston Field (1904–1969), Rhodesian politician
- Winston Garcia (born 1958), Filipino politician
- Winston Green ( (1958/1959–2017), Jamaican politician and dentist
- Winston Jessurun (born 1952), Surinamese politician
- Winston V. Jones (born 1917), Jamaican politician
- Winston Lackin (1954–2019), Surinamese politician and diplomat
- Winston Lord (born 1937), American diplomat
- Winston McKenzie (born 1953), British political activist
- Winston Peters (born 1945), New Zealand politician
- Winston Pond, geothermal activist and politician from Montserrat
Sports
- Winston Abraham (born 1974), Australian footballer
- Winston Anglin (1962–2004), Jamaican international footballer
- Winston Bakboord (born 1971), Dutch footballer
- Winston Bogarde (born 1970), Dutch retired footballer
- Winston Craig (born 1995), American football player
- Winston DuBose, retired American soccer goalkeeper
- Winston Earle, retired Jamaican footballer
- Winston Faerber (born 1971), Dutch-Surinamese former professional footballer
- Winston Foster (born 1941), English former footballer
- Winston Griffiths (1978–2011), Jamaican footballer
- Winston Justice (born 1984), American NFL football player
- Winston Kalengo (born 1985), Zambian footballer
- Winston Mhango (born 1988), Zimbabwean footballer
- Winston October (born 1976), Canadian football player
- Winston Parks (born 1981), Costa Rican former footballer
- Winston Reid (cricketer) (born 1962), Barbadian cricket player
- Winston Reid (born 1988), New Zealand born footballer
- Winston Roberts (born 1976), Antigua and Barbudan football player
- Winston Smith (born 1982), Jamaican track and field sprinter
- Winston Stanley (born 1974), Canadian rugby union footballer
- Winston Stanley (born 1989), Australian-born Samoan former rugby union footballer
- Winston Watts (born 1967), member of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team
Other
- Winston Chu (born 1940), Hong Kong lawyer and activist
- Winston Churchill (novelist) (1871–1947), American novelist
- Winston Chow, American student activist
- Winston Graham (1908–2003), English novelist
- Winston Groom (1943–2020), American novelist, author of Forrest Gump
- Winston Churchill Rea, former leader of the Red Hand Commando (RHC) loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland
- Winston E. Scott (born 1950), American astronaut
- Winston M. Scott (1909–1971), American CIA officer
- Winston L. Shelton (1922-2019), American inventor and entrepreneur
- Winston Smith (born 1952), American artist and illustrator
Fictional characters
- Winston (Dennis the Menace), a bully in the 1980s Dennis the Menace animated television series
- Winston (EastEnders)
- Winston (Overwatch)
- Winston, a Peter Tinniswood character
- Winston, the janitor's cat in The Bash Street Kids
- Winston, a track inspection vehicle in Thomas & Friends
- Winston Bishop, a character in New Girl
- Winston Chu (Degrassi character) in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Winston Ingram, a pensioner in BBC's Still Game
- Winston Schmidt, a character in New Girl
- Winston Smith, from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- Winston Williams, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Winston Wolf, a character in the film Pulp Fiction, played by Harvey Keitel
- Winston Zeddemore, a character in Ghostbusters
Animals
- Winston (horse), a British mounted police horse ridden by Queen Elizabeth II
- Winston, Princess Chelsea's cat featured in multiple music videos, in her album artwork for Lil' Golden Book, and vocals in her song "Winston Crying on the Bathroom Floor".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.