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 (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, the "Chief Lizard Wrangler" and the President of the Mozilla Corporation *

Winifred, Countess of Dundonald Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald (Welsh: Winifred, Iarlles Dundonald) was born on 16 April 1859. She was a philanthropist, a Lady of Grace of the Order of St John, Marchioness of Maranham, and was known within Wales by her bardic name, ...

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

Winifred Copperwheat Winifred May Copperwheat (10 October 190523 February 1976) was an English classical music, classical viola player and teacher. She studied under English violist Lionel Tertis at the Royal Academy of Music. Tertis later said after one of her rec ...

(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, 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 Winifred Gertrude Helmes (March 6, 1913 – July 24, 2005) was an American educator, historian, public servant, and author. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Helmes graduated from the University of Minnesota where she earned her Bachelor of Science, M ...

, 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 (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 (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 Winifred W. Logan (1931)is a British Nurse theorist who is co-author of the Roper–Logan–Tierney model of nursing, Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing, and became an executive director of the International Council of Nurses, and Chief Nurse in ...

(1931-) was a British Nurse theorist who was co-author of the Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing * Winifred Edgerton Merrill (1862–1951), the first American female to receive a PhD in mathematics * Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981), a painter * Winifred Rushforth (1885–1983), a Jungian psychoanalyst * Winifred Spooner (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 Parliame ...

(born 1947), a politician * Winifred Todhunter (1877–1961), the founder of the Todhunter School for girls * Winifred Tumim (1936–2009), English charity administrator * Winifred "Freda" Utley (1898-1978), English scholar, political activist and best-selling author * Winifred Wagner (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 Winifred Mary Ward (12 October 1884 – 26 January 1979) was a pioneering British speech therapist. Early life Winifred was born on 12 October 1884 in Victoria Street, Old Charlton, London to parents Harry Marshall Ward and Selina 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 } Winifred is a small town in rural north-central Fergus County, Montana, United States, founded in 1913 and providing services for its region's populace. The town population was 172 at the 2020 census. History Winifred was founded in 1913 as the ...

, 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'' * 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, 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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