People with the given name Preston include: *

Preston Bassett Preston Rogers Bassett (March 20, 1892 – April 30, 1992) was an inventor, engineer, and pioneer in instruments for aviation. Biography Preston Rogers Bassett was born in Buffalo, New York, son of urban planner Edward Murray Bassett and Anni ...

(1892–1992), American inventor and engineer *

Preston Blair Preston Erwin Blair (October 24, 1908 – April 19, 1995) was an American character animator, best remembered for his work at Walt Disney Productions and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. A native of Redlands, California, Blair began his a ...

(1908–1995), American animator * Preston J. Bradshaw (1884–1952), American architect *

Preston Brooks Preston Smith Brooks (August 5, 1819 – January 27, 1857) was an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina, serving from 1853 until his resignation in July 1856 and again from August 1856 until his ...

(1819–1857), American politician * Preston Brown (disambiguation), multiple people * Preston M. Burch (1884–1978), American racehorse trainer *

Preston Burpo Preston Burpo (born September 26, 1972 in Bethesda, Maryland) is a retired American soccer player who is currently the goalkeeper coach for Austin FC in Major League Soccer. College Burpo played collegiate soccer at Southern New Hampshire ...

(born 1972), American soccer player *

Preston Bynum Preston Conrad Bynum (June 8, 1939 – October 31, 2018) was a lobbyist in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, who served as a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from January 1969 to December 1980. Political career Byn ...

(1939-2018), American politician and businessman *

Preston Campbell Preston Campbell, (born 7 June 1977) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League. A New South Wales Country and Indigenous Dreamtime team representative or , h ...

(born 1977), Australian rugby league footballer *

Preston W. Campbell Preston White Campbell (January 24, 1874 – July 2, 1954) was a Virginia lawyer who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Born in Abingdon, Virginia, he was educated by tutors and at the Abingdon Male Academy. He read l ...

(1874–1954), American lawyer *

Preston Carpenter Verba Preston Carpenter (January 24, 1934 – June 30, 2011)Neiswanger, R"Football: Arkansas Great Carpenter Dies at 77", ''Arkansas News''. June 30, 2011. was an American football player. He played professionally as an end, halfback, tight en ...

(1934–2011), American football player * Preston Carrington (born 1949), American athlete * Preston C. Clayton (1903–1996), justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama *

Preston Cloud Preston Ercelle Cloud, Jr. (September 26, 1912 – January 16, 1991) was an American earth scientist, biogeologist, cosmologist, and paleontologist. He served in the United States Navy (in which he was a bantamweight boxing champion), and led s ...

(1912–1991), American paleontologist and geologist *

Preston Scott Cohen Preston Scott Cohen is a professor of Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). In 2004, he established a partnership with two registered architects, Amit Nemlich and Gilles Quintal, and became the Design Principal of Preston Scott Cohen, Inc. base ...

, American architect * Preston Corderman (1904–1998), American army officer *

Preston Covey Preston K. Covey, Jr. (29 August 1942 - 18 September 2006) was the head of the philosophy department at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, during the later part of the twentieth century. Covey, who earned his ...

, American philosopher * Preston Daniels, American politician and first African-American mayor of

Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...

Preston Davie Preston Davie (January 31, 1881 – May 21, 1967) was an American lawyer and colonel during World War I. Davie received a Distinguished Service Medal for his efforts. Early life Davie was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 31, 1881, a s ...

(1881–1967), American lawyer and colonel *

Preston Davis (American football) Preston Davis (born March 10, 1962) is a former American football defensive back who played three seasons with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Baylor University Baylor University ...

(born 1962), American football player *

Preston Davis (politician) Preston B. Davis (May 19, 1907 – November 13, 1990) was a former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving from 1963 to 1972. He was first elected on February 19, 1963. References Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators 19 ...

(1907–1990), American politician *

Preston Delano Preston Brady Delano (April 2, 1886 – August 31, 1961) was a United States Comptroller of the Currency from October, 1938 to 1953. He inherited this Office from an Acting Comptroller of the Currency from April 1938 to September 1938 named Ma ...

(c.1886–1961), American businessman *

Preston Dennard Preston Jackson Dennard (born November 28, 1955, in Cordele, Georgia) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams, Buffalo Bills and Green Bay Packers. He played college football at the Unive ...

(born 1955), American football player *

Preston Dickinson William Preston Dickinson (September 9, 1889 – November 25, 1930) was an American modern artist, best known for his paintings of industrial subjects in the Precisionist style. Biography William Preston Dickinson was born on September 9, 1 ...

(1889–1930), American artist *

Preston Doerflinger Preston Doerflinger (born 1973) is an American businessman and politician who was the Oklahoma Secretary of Finance and Revenue. Doerflinger was appointed by then Governor of Oklahoma Mary Fallin on January 19, 2011. Prior to his appointment, ...

(born 1973), American businessman and politician *

Preston Edwards Preston Matthew Edwards (born 5 September 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cheshunt. Club career On 4 September 2007, Edwards made his first professional appearance for Millwall when coming on as a sub against Swa ...

(born 1989), English footballer *

Preston Elliott Preston Elliott (May 1, 1875 – January 12, 1939) was a Canadian farmer and politician from Ontario. Born in Chesterville, Ontario to William Elliott and Mary Agnes Rae, he served in the House of Commons of Canada for the Dundas electoral distri ...

(1875–1939), Canadian farmer and politician *

Preston Epps Preston Eugene Epps (July 19, 1930 – May 9, 2019) was an American percussionist. Career Epps was born in Mangum, Oklahoma. He learned to play percussion instruments, including the bongos, while he was stationed in Okinawa during the Korean ...

(1930–2019), American musician *

Preston Estep Preston "Pete" Wayne Estep III is an American biologist and science and technology advocate. He is a graduate of Cornell University, where he did neuroscience research, and he earned a Ph.D. in Genetics from Harvard University. He did his doctora ...

, American biologist *

Preston Fleet Preston Mitchell Fleet (February 26, 1934 – January 31, 1995), nicknamed Sandy, was the founder of Fotomat. Fotomat was a once-widespread retail chain of photo development drive-thru kiosks located in shopping center parking lots. He was a son of ...

(1934–1995), American businessman *

Preston Foster Preston Stratton Foster (August 24, 1900 – July 14, 1970), was an American actor of stage, film, radio, and television, whose career spanned nearly four decades. He also had a career as a vocalist. Early life Born in Ocean City, New Jersey ...

(1900–1970), American actor *

Preston Glass Preston Glass (born January 9, 1960) is an American musician, songwriter and producer. Glass is the winner of six BMI Awards. He has also worked several famous artists such as Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, Kenny G, Natalie Cole and ...

(born 1960}, American songwriter and producer * Preston Gothard (born 1962), American football player *

Preston Griffall Preston Griffall (born June 6, 1984) is an American luger who has competed since 1995. He finished 8th and 14th in the doubles event at the 2006 and 2014 Olympics, respectively. Griffall's best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 6th ...

(born 1984), American luger *

Preston Gómez Preston Gómez (April 20, 1923 – January 13, 2009) was a Cuban-born infielder, manager, coach and front-office official in Major League Baseball best known for managing three major league clubs: the San Diego Padres (1969–72), Houston Astros ( ...

(1923–2009), Cuban-born baseball player *

Preston Hanna Preston Lee Hanna (born September 10, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or parts of eight seasons in the major leagues from 1975 until 1982. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American ...

(1954–2023), American baseball player * Preston Hanson (1921–2008), American actor * Preston Haskell (born 1938), American businessman *

Preston Henn Preston B. Henn (January 20, 1931 – April 30, 2017) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop in 1963. Business career Henn opened what became the Swap Shop as a drive-in movie theater in 1963. He shortly thereaft ...

(1931–2017), American entrepreneur *

Preston Heyman Preston Heyman is a British record producer, drummer and percussionist. He is credited on the Kate Bush album ''Never for Ever''. He played Oriental percussion instruments on the track "Blood Sucking" of Mike Oldfield's soundtrack for the fil ...

, British drummer *

Preston Holder Preston Holder (September 10, 1907, Wabash, Indiana – June 3, 1980, Lincoln, Nebraska) was an American archaeologist and photographer. In 1930 he entered the University of California, Berkeley, to study anthropology. While there he met photograp ...

(1907–1980), American archaeologist and photographer *

Preston Jackson James Preston McDonald, better known by his stage name Preston Jackson (January 3, 1902 – November 12, 1983) was an American jazz trombonist. Biography Jackson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, and moved to Chicago, Illino ...

(1902–1983), American musician * Preston Jones (disambiguation), multiple people *

Preston Keat ''The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing'' (Oxford University Press: 2009) is a book by political scientists Ian Bremmer and Preston Keat. Bremmer and Keat are President and Research Director, respectively, of Eu ...

(born 1966), American political scientist * Preston King (disambiguation) (1806–1865), American politician * Preston Knowles (born 1989), American basketball player *

Preston Lacy Preston Lacy (born August 14, 1969) is an American stunt performer, actor, comedian and one of the stars of the reality stunt show '' Jackass''. Career Lacy was born on August 14, 1969, in either Sarcoxie or Carthage, Missouri. He worked as a ...

(born 1969), American actor *

Preston Lea Preston Lea (November 12, 1841 – December 4, 1916) was an American businessman and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served as Governor of Delaware. Early life and family Le ...

(1841–1916), American businessman and politician *

Preston Leslie Preston Hopkins Leslie (March 8, 1819 – February 7, 1907) was the 26th Governor of Kentucky from 1871 to 1875, and territorial governor of Montana from 1887 to 1889. He ascended to the office of governor by three different means. First, he su ...

(1819–1907), American politician *

Preston Lockwood Reginald Herbert Lockwood (30 October 1912 – 24 April 1996), known professionally as Preston Lockwood, was an English radio and television actor. The only son of bus driver Herbert Lewis Lockwood and his wife Ethel May (née Preston), Lockwood ...

(1912–1996), English actor *

Preston Love Preston Haynes Love (April 26, 1921 – February 12, 2004) was an American saxophonist, bandleader, and songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska, United States, best known as a sideman for jazz and rhythm and blues artists like Count Basie and Ray Char ...

(1921–2004), American jazz musician *

Preston McAfee Randolph Preston McAfee (born July 7, 1956) is an American economist and distinguished scientist at Google. Previously, he served as chief economist at Microsoft. He has also served as an economist at Google, vice president and research fellow ...

(born 1956), American economist *

Preston McGann Preston McGann is an American football wide receiver for the Orlando Rage. He played college baseball at Seminole Community College and attended Groves High School in Garden City, Georgia. He has also been a member of the Columbus Lions and Pit ...

, American football player *

Preston Manning Ernest Preston Manning (born June 10, 1942) is a Canadian retired politician. He was the founder and the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into the Canadian Alliance in 2000 which in tur ...

(born 1942), Canadian politician *

Preston Martin Preston Martin (December 5, 1923 – May 30, 2007) was an American economist and banker who served as the 12th Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve from 1982 to 1986. Education Preston Martin graduated from the University of Southern California in ...

(1923–2007), American banker * Preston Mattingly (born 1987), American baseball executive * Preston D. Miller, periodontist * Preston Mitchell, American football coach *

Preston Mommsen Preston Luke Mommsen (born 14 October 1987) is a South African-born Scottish cricketer and former captain in international limited over formats. Having represented South Africa at under 19 level he played his first game for Scotland in a first ...

(born 1987), South African born Scottish cricketer *

Preston Nash Preston Nash is an American musician, drummer, music educator, composer/songwriter, music producer, and former radio personality and producer. Prior to working with established artists, Nash gigged heavily, including shows at CBGB and througho ...

, American musician *

Preston Nibley Preston Nibley (May 26, 1884 – January 2, 1966) was an American religious leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and wrote several books on the church, including several pieces of devotional literature. Biography ...

(1884–1966), American religious leader * Preston Nichols (born 1946), American author * Preston Ware Orem (1865–1938), American composer, pianist and writer * Preston Parker (born 1987), American football player *

Preston Parks Preston Parks was a faithless elector during 1948 United States presidential election. A member of Tennessee Democratic Party, Parks was chosen by his Party as elector for Democratic nominees - Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley. He, however, ac ...

, American politician * Preston Parsons (born 1979), American football player * Preston Pearson (born 1945), American football player * Preston E. Peden (1914–1985), American politician *

Preston B. Plumb Preston Bierce Plumb (October 12, 1837December 20, 1891) was a United States senator from Kansas, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Biography Born in Delaware County, Ohio, at 9 his family removed to Marysv ...

(1837–1891), American politician *

Preston Powers Preston Powers (1843 – 1931) was an American sculptor, painter, and teacher, born in Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy. He is also known as William Preston Powers. Biography Powers studied with his father, Hiram Powers, a well known Neocl ...

(1842–1904), American sculptor, painter and teacher *

Preston Quick Preston Quick (born March 10, 1978 in Colorado) is a professional male squash player who represented the United States during his career. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 97 in January 2003 after having joined the Professional ...

(born 1978), American squash player *

Preston Reed Preston Reed (born April 13, 1955) is an American fingerstyle guitarist. He is noted for a two-handed playing style and compositional approach that uses the guitar's body as a percussion instrument. Biography Reed learned guitar as a child on ...

(born 1955), American guitarist * Preston Richards (1881-1952), American lawyer *

Preston Ridd Preston Ridd (born 28 October 1953 from Christchurch) is a former New Zealand professional darts player. He won the New Zealand Open three times and the New Zealand Masters once. Career He qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship as ...

(born 1953), New Zealand darts player * Preston Ridlehuber (born 1943), American football player *

Preston Ritter Preston James Ritter (April 24, 1949 – March 30, 2015) was an American drummer, drum teacher and author of drum methods. He joined The Electric Prunes in 1966, and played on their debut studio album, ''The Electric Prunes'', and two hit singl ...

(1949–2015), musician *

Preston Shumpert Preston Anthony Shumpert (20 August 1979), also known by his Turkish name of Mert Shumpert, is an American-born, naturalised-Turkish professional basketball player. He was twice named to the All-Big East first team while playing college basketball ...

(born 1979), American-Turkish basketball player * Preston Singletary (born 1963), American glass artist * Preston Smith (disambiguation), multiple people *

Preston Strother Preston Strother (born January 28, 1999) is an American teen actor born in Dallas, Texas. He is best known for playing the Fox in ''Ni Hao, Kai-Lan'', Arthur Junior in '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', and several television shows and movies. ...

(born 1999), American actor *

Preston Sturges Preston Sturges (; born Edmund Preston Biden; August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. In 1941, he won the Academy Awards, Oscar for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Origina ...

(1898–1959), American writer and director *

Preston Stutzman Preston Stutzman is a film producer and actor. He produced the 1999 independent film ''Chillicothe'', which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival and the 2005 independent computer-animated film ''Hoodwinked!'', which was one of the first ...

, American film producer and actor *

Preston Robert Tisch Preston Robert Tisch (April 29, 1926 – November 15, 2005) was an American businessman who was the chairman and—along with his brother Laurence Tisch—was part owner of the Loews Corporation. From 1991 until his death, Tisch owned 50 ...

(1926–2005), American businessman *

Preston Tucker Preston Thomas Tucker (21 September 1903 – 26 December 1956) was an American automobile entrepreneur. He is most remembered for his Tucker 48 sedan, initially nicknamed the "Tucker Torpedo", an automobile which introduced many features ...

(1903–1956), American automobile designer and entrepreneur * Preston Valien (1914-1995), African-American sociologist *

Preston Ward Preston Meyer Ward (July 24, 1927 – June 2, 2013) was an American professional baseball first baseman who appeared in 744 games over nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1948 and 1959 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Pitts ...

(1927–2013), American baseball player *

Preston Ware Preston Ware Jr. (August 12, 1821 – January 29, 1890) was a US chess player. He is best known today for playing unorthodox chess openings. Ware was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, and died in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston Mandarins Ware was a ...

(1821–1890), American chess player *

Preston Washington Preston Robert Washington (August 26, 1948 – June 25, 2003) was a prominent minister of Memorial Baptist Church in Harlem, New York. He was a co-founder of the Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement and held leadership positions f ...

(1948–2003), American religious leader * Preston Watson (1880–1915), Scottish aviator * Preston A. Whitmore II, American screenwriter, producer and director *

Preston Wilson Preston James Richard Wilson (born July 19, 1974) is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played all or parts of ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1998 to 2007 for the New York Mets, Florida Marlins, Colorado ...

(born 1974), American baseball player * Preston Williams (born 1997), American football player *

Preston Young Preston Young (born July 14, 1954) was a football player in the CFL for eight years. Preston played defensive back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Concordes from 1978 to 1985. He played coll ...

(born 1954), Canadian football player * Preston Zimmerman (born 1988), American soccer player {{div col end

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