Winifred is a feminine given name, an anglicization of

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''Gwenffrewi'', from ''gwen'', "fair", and ''ffrew'', "stillness". It may refer to:

People

* Saint Winifred *

Winifred Atwell Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April 1910 or 1914There is some uncertainty over her date and year of birth. Many sources suggest 27 February 1914, but there is a strong suggestion that her birthday was 27 April. Most sources give her ye ...

(1914–1983), a pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain in the 1950s with a series of boogie woogie and ragtime hits * Winifred Mitchell Baker (born 1957), better known simply as

Mitchell Baker Winifred Mitchell Baker (born 1957) is the Executive Chairwoman and CEO of the Mozilla Foundation and of Mozilla Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates development of the open source Mozilla Internet applications ...

, the "Chief Lizard Wrangler" and the President of the Mozilla Corporation * Winifred, Countess of Dundonald, wife of Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald * Winifred Brunton (1880-1959), a painter from South Africa most famous for her haunting portraits of Egyptian pharaohs *

Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland Winifred Anna Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (''née'' Dallas-Yorke; 7 September 1863 – 30 July 1954) was a British humanitarian and animal welfare activist. Background Born at Murthly Castle, Perthshire, she was the only daughter ...

(née ''Dallas-Yorke;'' 1863–1954), wife of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland * Winifred Copperwheat (19051976), English violist *

Winifred Starr Dobyns Winifred Starr Dobyns (October 21, 1886 – December 30, 1963) was an American suffragist and landscape designer. Early life Winifred Ursula Starr was born in Cook County, Illinois, the daughter of Merritt Starr and Leila Whadock Starr. Her f ...

(18861963), American suffragist and landscape designer * Dr. Winifred Margaret 'Winnie' Ewing (born 1929), commonly known as

Winnie Ewing Winifred Margaret Ewing (' Woodburn; born 10 July 1929) is a Scottish politician, lawyer and figure within the independence movement who served as President of the Scottish National Party from 1987 to 2005. Ewing was a Member of the Scottish ...

, a prominent Scottish National Party (SNP) politician *

Winifred Greenwood Winifred Greenwood (January 1, 1885 – November 23, 1961) was an American silent film actress. Born in 1885 in Geneseo, New York, Greenwood studied to be a teacher but left New York Normal School to perform in vaudeville in the United St ...

, American silent film actress * Winifred G. Helmes, American academic *

Winifred Herbert {{Infobox noble, type , name = Winifred Maxwell , title = Countess of Nithsdale , image = File:Winifred Maxwell, Countess of Nithsdale.jpg , caption = , alt = , CoA ...

(1680–1749), best known for arranging the daring escape of her husband from the Tower of London in 1716 *

Winifred Holtby Winifred Holtby (23 June 1898 – 29 September 1935) was an English novelist and journalist, now best known for her novel '' South Riding'', which was posthumously published in 1936. Biography Holtby was born to a prosperous farming family in ...

(1898–1935), an English novelist and journalist * Winifred Jordan (née ''Jeffrey;'' born 1920), an English athlete who competed in the 1938 British Empire Games and the 1948 Summer Olympics *Lady Winifred Kamit, Papua New Guinean lawyer * Winifred Lamb (1894-1963, an English archaeologist of the early 20th century *

Winifred Lawson Winifred Lawson (15 November 1892 – 30 November 1961) was an English opera and concert singer in the first half of the 20th century. She is particularly remembered for her performances in the soprano roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas a ...

(1892-1961), an English opera and concert singer *

Winifred Lewellin James Winifred Lewellin James (20 March 1876 – 27 April 1941) was an Australian writer. As a novelist, travel writer and journalist, James's career began with her first novel published in 1907. During her time in London, she lost her Australian ...

(1876–1941), an Australian writer * Winifred Mary Letts (1882–1972), an English writer, with strong Irish connections, known for her novels, plays and poetry * Winifred W. Logan (1931-) was a British Nurse theorist who was co-author of the Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing *

Winifred Edgerton Merrill Winifred Edgerton (September 24, 1862 – September 6, 1951) was born in Ripon, Wisconsin. She was the first woman to receive a degree from Columbia University and the first American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics.Kelly, S. E. and R ...

(1862–1951), the first American female to receive a PhD in mathematics *

Winifred Nicholson ''From Bedroom Window, Bankshead'', date unknown, private collection. Typical of Nicholson's impressionist work, combining still life with landscape. Rosa Winifred Nicholson (née Roberts; 21 December 1893 – 5 March 1981) was a British p ...

(1893–1981), a painter *

Winifred Rushforth Margaret Winifred Rushforth (née Bartholomew; 21 August 1885 – 29 August 1983) was a Scottish medical practitioner and Christian missionary in India who, influenced by Hugh Crichton-Miller and his friend, Carl Jung, became the founder of a fa ...

(1885–1983), a Jungian psychoanalyst *

Winifred Spooner Winifred Evelyn Spooner (11 September 1900 – 13 January 1933), the daughter of Major Walter B. Spooner and Annie Spooner, was an English aviator of the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of the Harmon Trophy as the world's outstanding female a ...

(1900–1933), an aviator of the 1920s and 1930s * Winifred, Lady Strickland (1645–1725), English courtier, member of the Jacobite court in exile * Winifred

Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton Winifred Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, (born 2 July 1947) is a British politician and life peer who served as Minister for International Defence and Security from 2008 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliamen ...

(born 1947), a politician * Winifred Todhunter (1877–1961), the founder of the Todhunter School for girls *

Winifred Tumim Winifred Letitia Tumim, Lady Tumim ( Borthwick; 3 June 19365 November 2009) was an English charity administrator and reform campaigner. As chairperson of the Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) from 1985 to 1992, she led a reform of its ...

(1936–2009), English charity administrator * Winifred "Freda" Utley (1898-1978), English scholar, political activist and best-selling author *

Winifred Wagner Winifred Marjorie Wagner ( Williams; 23 June 1897 – 5 March 1980) was the English-born wife of Siegfried Wagner, the son of Richard Wagner, and ran the Bayreuth Festival after her husband's death in 1930 until the end of World War II in 19 ...

(1897–1980), head of the Wagner family from 1930 to 1945 and a close friend of German dictator Adolf Hitler * Winifred Ward (1884–1975), a professor at Northwestern College most notable for having done significant work in the field of children's theatre * Winifred Mary Ward (1884–1975), one of the founders of modern speech therapy * Winifred "Winnie" Mandela (born 1936), former wife of South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela

Places

* Winifred, Montana, a town in the United States * Winifred Beach, a beach in Jamaica

Fictional characters

* Dora-Winifred "D.W." Read, a character from the animated series ''

Arthur Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more w ...

'' * Winifred Banks (Mrs. Banks), a character from ''Mary Poppins'' who appears as a suffragette in the 1964 Disney film and as a fashionable housewife in the Broadway musical *

Winifred Burkle Winifred "Fred" Burkle is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon and introduced by Shawn Ryan and Mere Smith on the television series ''Angel''. The character is portrayed by Amy Acker. Biography Character history Fred was born in San An ...

, known as "Fred", a main character in the 1999 television series ''Angel'' * Winifred "Winnie" Sanderson, the main antagonist in the 1993 film ''Hocus Pocus'' * Winifred "Winnie" Foster, a main character from the American book and movie '' Tuck Everlasting'' * Winifred "Wendy" Torrance, a main character from the American book and movie '' The Shining'' *Winifred Brooks, a character in the TV series “A Different World”

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* , a Uganda Railway Lake Victoria ferry scuttled in 1936 * , a United States Navy tanker and cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919

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