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People with the surname

* Arthur Winston (1906–2006), American centenarian, "Employee of the Century" *

Brian Winston Brian Norman Winston (7 November 1941 – 9 April 2022) was a British journalist who was the first holder of the Lincoln Professorship at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom. He was a Pro Vice Chancellor for 2005–2006 and the former dea ...

(1941–2022), British journalist *

Cassius Winston Cassius Winston (born February 28, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans. High school car ...

(born 1998), American basketball player *

Charles Winston Charles Winston (10 March 1814 – 3 October 1864) was an English historian of stained glass. Early life Winston was born in 1814 in Lymington, Hampshire. His father, Reverend Benjamin Winston, was the rector of the parish of Farningham in Kent, ...

(1814–1864), English historian *

Charlie Winston Charlie Winston Gleave, better known as Charlie Winston, is an English singer-songwriter based in the South of France. Winston has so far had his most significant commercial success in France. Music career Early career Winston played bass guit ...

(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 Eric Joseph Winston (born November 17, 1983) is a former American football offensive tackle. He played in college at the University of Miami and was drafted by the Houston Texans in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Winston has also play ...

(born 1983), American football player *

Francis D. Winston Francis Donnell Winston (October 2, 1857 – January 26, 1941) was a North Carolina politician and judge who served as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1905 to 1909 under Governor Robert B. Glenn. Francis Winston, originally ...

(1857–1941), Lt. Governor of North Carolina * George Winston (born 1949), American pianist *

George T. Winston George Tayloe Winston (October 12, 1852 – August 26, 1932) was an American educator and university administrator. Early years Winston was born at Windsor, North Carolina, to Patrick Henry Winston and Martha Elizabeth Byrd, and the brother of F ...

(1852–1932), American educator *

Harry Winston Harry Winston (March 1, 1896December 8, 1978) was an American jeweler. He donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958 after owning it for a decade. He also traded the Portuguese Diamond to the Smithsonian in 1963 in exchang ...

(1896–1978), American jeweller *

Henry Winston Henry M. Winston (April 2, 1911December 13, 1986) was an African-American political leader and Marxist civil rights activist. Winston, committed to equal rights and communism, was an advocate of civil rights for African Americans decades before ...

, (1911–1986), American civil rights activist *

Hattie Winston Hattie Mae Winston (born March 3, 1945) is an American film, television and Broadway actress and voice artist. She is known for her roles as Margaret Wyborn on ''Becker'', Lucy Carmichael in ''Rugrats'', ''The Rugrats Movie'', and the spin off se ...

(born 1945), American actress *

Jameis Winston Jameis Lanaed Winston ( ; born January 6, 1994) is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida State, where he became the youngest player to win the He ...

(born 1994), American football quarterback * James Brown Winston (1820–1884), first medical officer of Los Angeles, California * Jimmy Winston (born 1945), British organist *

John A. Winston John Anthony Winston (September 4, 1812 – December 21, 1871) was a planter, military officer, and politician who became the List of Governors of Alabama, 15th Governor of Alabama, Governor of Alabama (1853 to 1857) after serving as president ...

(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 Winston (1943–2019), American computer scientist * Peter Winston (born 1958), American chess player *

Piney Winston The following is a list of characters from '' Sons of Anarchy'', and its spin-off '' Mayans M.C.'' Both are American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter. ''Sons of Anarchy'' aired from 2008 to 2014, ''Mayans M.C.'' since 2018. Ca ...

, fictional biker gang member from ''Sons of Anarchy'' *

Randall Winston Randall Keenan Winston is a television producer and director best known for his work on ''Spin City'' and '' Scrubs''. Career He has been an associate producer on such shows as '' Champs'', '' Day By Day'', '' Brooklyn Bridge'' and ''Spin City''. ...

, American television producer *

Robert Winston, Baron Winston Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston, (born 15 July 1940) is a British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and Labour Party politician. Early life Robert Winston was born in London to Laurence Winston and Rut ...

(born 1940), British scientist, politician and TV presenter * Robert Winston (coach) (1847–1913), American football coach *

Roy Winston Roy Charles Winston (September 15, 1940 – March 5, 2022) was an American professional football player. He played 15 seasons as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minnesota Vikings. Winston graduated from Louisiana St ...

(1940–2022), American football player * Roy Winston (poker player), American poker player *

Stan Winston Stanley Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) was an American television and film Prosthetic makeup, special make-up effects creator, best known for his work in the Terminator (franchise), ''Terminator'' series, the first three ''Jurassic Pa ...

(1946–2008), American special effects and makeup artist

People with the given name

Actors

Winston Rekert Winston Houghton Rekert (June 10, 1949 – September 14, 2012) was a Canadian actor. He was best known for starring in the television series ''Adderly'' and ''Neon Rider''. Career A Vancouver native, Rekert started acting at age 12, appearing i ...

(1949–2012), Canadian actor *

Winston Duke Winston Duke (born 15 November 1986) is a Tobagonian actor. He made his feature film debut in the role of M'Baku in ''Black Panther'' (2018) and is best known for portraying the character in two films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Duke w ...

(born 1986), Tobagonian actor * Winston Ntshona (1941–2018), South African playwright and actor * Winston Saunders (1941–2006), Bahamian actor *

Winston Doty Winston and Weston Doty (February 18, 1914 – January 1, 1934)Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica - records were twin child actors active for several years during the silent film era. The Doty twins were among the casualties of the Cresc ...

(1914–1934), child actor *

Winston Chao Winston Chao Wen-hsuan (born 9 June 1960) is a Taiwanese actor. He came to international attention for his performance in the 1993 film ''The Wedding Banquet'' and ''Kabali''. He is also known for his roles in ''Red Rose White Rose'' and ''Eat D ...

(born 1960), Taiwanese actor * Winston Miller (1910–1994), American actor *

Winston Hibler Winston Murray Hunt Hibler (October 8, 1910 – August 8, 1976) was an American screenwriter, film producer, director and narrator associated with Walt Disney Studios. Biography and career Hibler was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Octob ...

(1910–1976), American actor *

Winston Spear Winston Spear (born 1965) is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor originally from Montreal, Quebec. He is the winner of the 2003 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-up and was a member of the cast of sketch comedy shows '' Comedy Inc. ...

(born 1965), Canadian stand-up comedian and actor * Winston Stona (1940–2022), Jamaican actor and businessman *

Winston Severn Winston Franklin Severn (born Los Angeles, November 30, 1942) is an American former cricketer and child screen actor. Severn was the youngest son of Dr. Clifford Brill Severn (1890-1981). His parents had emigrated from South Africa to Los Angeles ...

(born 1942), American former cricketer and child screen actor

Musicians

Winston Blake Winston "Merritone" Blake OD (19 November 1940 – 27 February 2016) was a Jamaican sound system operator, record producer, nightclub owner, promoter, and occasional recording artist, working under the pseudonyms Blake Boy and Judge Wincheste ...

(1940–2016), Jamaican sound system operator *

Winston Francis Winston Francis (born 1943) aka Mr Fix It is a Jamaican singer whose career began in the 1960s. Biography Born in Kingston in 1943, Francis served an apprentice as a printer before relocating to Miami at the age of 16.Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The ...

(born 1948), Jamaican singer * Winston Giles (born 1974), Australian musician * Winston Grennan (1944–2000), Jamaican drummer *

Winston Hauschild Winston Hauschild (September 29, 1973) is the professional name of Canadian record producer Ryan Hauschild,

(born 1973), Canadian record producer *

Winston Jarrett Winston Jarrett (born 14 September 1940)Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , p. 423 is a Jamaican reggae singer who was part of Alton Ellis's group The Flames in the 1960s before recording with The Righteous Flam ...

(born 1940), Jamaican reggae singer *

Winston Marshall Winston Aubrey Aladar deBalkan Marshall (born 20 December 1987) is an English musician and podcaster. He is best known as the former banjoist and lead guitarist of the British folk rock band Mumford & Sons. Prior to this he was in the bluegrass ...

(born 1988), British musician *

Winston McAnuff Winston McAnuff, also known under the stage name Electric Dread (born 1957) is a Jamaican singer and composer of reggae and dub music. Life and career McAnuff was born in Manchester Parish, JamaicaCampbell-Livingston, Cecelia (2013)A New Day f ...

(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 Winston Reedy (born 13 July 1950, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica, West Indies) is a Jamaican reggae singer. Previously vocalist for the Cimarons from 1970, he is best known as a lovers rock vocalist with hits such as "Paradise in Your Eyes", "Moi ...

(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 Winston Walls (January 5, 1943 Ironton, Ohio – February 5, 2008 Fort Myers, Florida) was an American jazz musician who played the Hammond B3 organ. Career His father was Harry Van Walls, who played piano for Big Joe Turner. He grew up in Char ...

, American jazz player *

Winston Wright Winston Wright (19431993) was a Jamaican keyboardist. He was a member of Tommy McCook's Supersonics, and acknowledged as Jamaica's master of the Hammond organ. Winston was born in May Pen, Jamaica on September 5, 1943 and died in Kingston, Jamaica ...

(1944–1993), Jamaican keyboardist

Politicians

* Winston Baker (born 1939), Canadian politician *

Winston Cenac Winston Francis Cenac Q.C. (14 September 1925 – 22 September 2004) was a civil servant and politician from Saint Lucia. He was the third elected Prime Minister of independent Saint Lucia. He served as General Procurator for Saint Lucia, Saint ...

, civil servant and politician from Saint Lucia * Winston Chitando, Zimbabwean politician * Winston Churchill (1620–1688), English soldier, historian, politician *

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...

(1874–1965), British Prime Minister and statesman * Winston Churchill (1940–2010), member of British Parliament; grandson of the former Prime Minister *

Winston Crane Arthur Winston Crane (born 21 August 1941) was an Australian politician. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he was a farmer and grazier, and served as Senior Vice-President of the National Farmers' Federation. In 1990, he was elected to the Aus ...

(born 1941), Australian politician * Winston Dang (born 1843), Taiwanese politician * Winston Dookeran (born 1843), Trinidadian politician and economist * Winston Field (1904–1969), Rhodesian politician *

Winston Garcia Winston Fiel Garcia (born May 21, 1958) is a Filipino economist, lawyer, and corporate leader who was the general manager and president of Government Service Insurance System. He has served as the director and board member of several of the bigges ...

(born 1958), Filipino politician *

Winston Green Winston Green (1958/1959 – 14 August 2017) was a People's National Party member of the Parliament of Jamaica for Saint Mary South Eastern. Green was a dental surgeon A dentist, also known as a dental surgeon, is a health care profess ...

( (1958/1959–2017), Jamaican politician and dentist * Winston Jessurun (born 1952), Surinamese politician * Winston V. Jones (born 1917), Jamaican politician *

Winston Lackin Winston Guno Lackin (23 December 1954 – 11 November 2019) was a Surinamese politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Suriname in the cabinet of President Dési Bouterse between 13 August 2010 and 13 August 2015. Career Lackin was born o ...

(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 Winston Craig (born July 25, 1995) is a former American football defensive end. He played college football at Richmond. College career Over the course of his college career with the Spiders, Craig appeared in 52 games and recorded 166 tackles, ...

(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 Winston Arthur Foster (born 1 November 1941) is an English former professional footballer. He played more than 150 games in the top two divisions of the Football League for Birmingham City. Born in South Yardley, Birmingham, Foster joined B ...

(born 1941), English former footballer * Winston Griffiths (1978–2011), Jamaican footballer *

Winston Justice Winston Frederick Justice (born September 14, 1984) is a former American football offensive tackle. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round (39th overall pick) of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at USC. Cu ...

(born 1984), American NFL football player * Winston Kalengo (born 1985), Zambian footballer *

Winston Mhango Winston Mutulasoni Mhango (born 28 August 1988) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kabwe Warriors. He has been capped twice for the Zimbabwe national football team The Zimbabwe national football team (Nicknamed ''The W ...

(born 1988), Zimbabwean footballer *

Winston October Winston October (born July 12, 1976) is the wide receivers coach at his alma mater, Richmond. He was previously wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a former Canadian ...

(born 1976), Canadian football player *

Winston Parks Winston Antonio Parks Tifet (born 12 October 1981) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a striker. He previously played in Europe for Udinese, Ascoli, Slovan Liberec, Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Saturn Ramenskoe, Politehni ...

(born 1981), Costa Rican former footballer *

Winston Reid (cricketer) Winston Reid (born 29 September 1962 in Barbados) is a former West Indian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm spin bowler. In total, he played 100 first-class and List A matches for his native Barbados, including the cricket t ...

(born 1962), Barbadian cricket player * Winston Reid (born 1988), New Zealand born footballer *

Winston Roberts Winston Roberts (born January 28, 1976) is an Antigua and Barbudan football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form ...

(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 Winston Alexander Watts (born 8 December 1967) is a member of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team. He has competed in four Olympics, most recently the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Watts has five children - Neecia Watts, Remonia Watts, Romain W ...

(born 1967), member of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team

Other

Winston Chu Winston Chu Ka-sun (; born 1940) is a Hong Kong lawyer and activist. Early years and education Chu was born in Hong Kong and received his secondary school education at Wah Yan College there, after which he furthered his studies in the United Ki ...

(born 1940), Hong Kong lawyer and activist * Winston Churchill (novelist) (1871–1947), American novelist *

Winston Chow Winston K.H. Chow is a student leader and community activist from New York City known for strong advocacy of students’ rights in public higher education and involvement in Asian American and immigrant rights issues. From 2003-2004 he was electe ...

, American student activist * Winston Graham (1908–2003), English novelist *

Winston Groom Winston Francis Groom Jr. (March 23, 1943 – September 17, 2020) was an American novelist and non-fiction writer. He is best known for his novel '' Forrest Gump'' (1986), which became a cultural phenomenon after being adapted as a 1994 film of ...

(1943–2020), American novelist, author of ''Forrest Gump'' *

Winston Churchill Rea Winston Churchill Rea (born 1950 or 1951), known as Winkie Rea, is a Northern Irish former loyalist paramilitary commander who was the former leader of the Red Hand Commando (RHC) loyalist paramilitary organisation that was in Northern Ireland dur ...

, former leader of the Red Hand Commando (RHC) loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland *

Winston E. Scott Winston Elliott Scott (born August 6, 1950) is a retired United States Navy Captain (naval), Captain and former NASA astronaut. He served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-87 in 1997 logged a total of 24 days, 14 hours and 34 min ...

(born 1950), American astronaut * Winston M. Scott (1909–1971), American CIA officer * 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) ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television programme, television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. The series is now considered the first incarnation and premiered on CTV Television Network, CTV on October ...

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 ''13 Reasons Why'' is an American teen drama television series developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey and based on the 2007 novel ''Thirteen Reasons Why'' by author Jay Asher. The series revolves around high school student Clay Jensen (Dylan Mi ...

'' *Winston Wolf, a character in the film '' Pulp Fiction'', played by Harvey Keitel * Winston Zeddemore, a character in ''Ghostbusters''

Animals

Winston (horse) Winston (1937–1957) was a chestnut gelding ridden by both King George VI in 1947 and Queen Elizabeth II in the Trooping the Colour ceremony from 1949 to 1956. Biography Winston, whose sire was Erehwemos, was foaled in Yorkshire in 1937. In 194 ...

, 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".

References

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