Poston may refer to:

Events

Murder of Ryan Poston On October 12, 2012, Ryan Carter Poston, an American attorney from Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, was shot to death by his on-again off-again girlfriend Shayna Michelle Hubers. After a trial in the Campbell County circuit court, Hubers was convicte ...

, a 2012 crime that occurred in Kentucky

People

* Bryan A. Poston (1924–2009), American politician in Louisiana *

Charles Debrille Poston Charles Debrille Poston (April 20, 1825 – June 24, 1902) was an American explorer, prospector, author, politician, and civil servant. He is referred to as the "Father of Arizona" due to his efforts lobbying for creation of the territory. ...

(1825–1902), American politician in Arizona * Charles M. Poston (1898–1968), American politician in Louisiana *

Elizabeth Poston Elizabeth Poston (24 October 1905 – 18 March 1987) was an English composer, pianist and writer. Early life and career Poston was born in Highfield House in Pin Green, which is now the site of Hampson Park in Stevenage. In 1914, she moved ...

(1905–1987), English composer *

Ersa Poston Ersa Hines Poston ( née Ersa Elizabeth Hines; March 3, 1921 — January 7, 2009) was an American anti-poverty activist and civil service reformer. She was the first African American woman appointed to the Civil Service Commission. She then becam ...

(1921-2009), American anti-poverty activist and civil service reformer * Freddie L. Poston (1925–2016), American lieutenant general *

Jim Poston James Poston, CBE (19 June 1945 – 13 October 2007) was a British diplomat who was Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 2002 to 2005. Poston succeeded acting Governor Cynthia Astwood on 16 December 2002. Poston was born in 1945 in St A ...

(1945–2007), governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands *

Lucilla Poston Lucilla Poston is a physiologist specialising in problems during pregnancy. She is a professor of maternal and fetal health at King's College London. Personal life and education Poston attended Felsted School in 1970, one of the first girls ...

, British physiologist and academic *

Robert Lincoln Poston Robert T. Lincoln Poston (February 25, 1891 – March 16, 1924) was an African-American newspaper editor and journalist, who was an activist in Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). He died at sea as he returned from a UNI ...

(1891–1924), American journalist *

Ted Poston Ted Poston (July 4, 1906 – January 11, 1974) was an American journalist and author. He was one of the first African-American journalists to work on a mainstream white-owned newspaper, the ''New York Post''. Poston is often referred to as the "De ...

(1906-1974), American journalist and author *

Tim Poston Timothy Poston (19 June 1945 – 22 August 2017) was an English mathematician and polymath best known for his work on catastrophe theory. His early childhood was in Moscow where his father served in the British Embassy for 18 months. When his ...

(1945–2017), British mathematician *

Tom Poston Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

(1921–2007), American actor

Places

Poston, Arizona Poston is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in La Paz County, Arizona, United States, in the Parker Valley. The population was 285 at the 2010 census, down from 389 in 2000. During World War II, Poston was the site o ...

, United States **

Poston War Relocation Center The Poston Internment Camp, located in Yuma County (now in La Paz County) in southwestern Arizona, was the largest (in terms of area) of the ten American concentration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority during World War II. The sit ...

, a World War II era internment camp {{disambiguation, surname