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L. Alan Winters Leonard Alan Winters CB (born 1950) is a professor of economics at the University of Sussex and former chief economist at the Department for International Development (DFID). His father is the composer Geoffrey Winters.'A Man With Music at his F ...
(born 1950), British development economist * Alex Winters (born 1977), Welsh children's television presenter and actor *
Ben H. Winters Benjamin Allen H. "Ben" Winters (born 1976) is an American author. Early life and education Winters was born in Maryland. In high school, he played in the punk band Corm, alongside John Davis, now of Title Tracks. In 1998, he graduated from Wash ...
(born 1976), American author, journalist, teacher and playwright * Bernie Winters (1930–1991), English comedian *
Bill Winters William Thomas Winters, Order of the British Empire, CBE (born September 1961) is an American banker who is the chief executive (CEO) of Standard Chartered, and was formerly co-head of JPMorgan Chase's investment bank. Early life William Thomas ...
(born 1961), American banker * Bob Winters (fl. 1940s–1970s), American comic juggler and occasional actor *
Brendan Winters Brendan Winters (born May 9, 1983) is an American former basketball player. He is best known for his All-American college career at Davidson College. He is also the son of former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and coach Brian Wint ...
(born 1983), American basketball player * Brian Winters (born 1952), American basketball player and coach *
Charles Winters Charles Thompson Winters (February 10, 1913 – October 29, 1984) was an American businessman who volunteered during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He was imprisoned for 18 months for helping smuggle three B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers to I ...
(1913–1984), American who smuggled B-17 bombers to Israel in 1948 *
Chet Winters Chester "Chet" Winters (born October 22, 1960) is an American former football running back. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners and later was a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers of the National Football Lea ...
(born 1960), running back in the National Football League * Chuck Winters (born 1974), Canadian footballer *
Clarence Winters Clarence John Winters (September 7, 1899 – June 29, 1945) was a professional baseball pitcher. He appeared in four games in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox during the 1924 season. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. Winters began h ...
(1899–1945), American baseball pitcher * Dan Winters (born 1962), American portrait photographer, illustrator, filmmaker, and writer * David Winters (disambiguation), several people * Dean Winters (born 1964), American television actor * Eddie Winters (fl. 2010s), American police officer and politician *
Frank Winters (ice hockey) Francis James "Coddy" Winters (January 29, 1884 – November 17, 1944) was an American ice hockey player from Duluth, Minnesota. Winters, a defenseman, played ice hockey mostly in the Cleveland, Ohio area, including with the Cleveland Indians in t ...
, known as Frank "Coddy" Winters (1884–1944), American ice hockey player * Frank Winters (born 1964), American NFL football player *
Fred Winters Frederic "Fred" Winters (born September 25, 1982) is a Canadian professional volleyball player. He was part of the Canada national team at the 2014 FIVB World Championship in Poland. In July 2016, Winters was named to Canada's 2016 Olympic te ...
(born 1982), Canadian male volleyball player *
Frederick Winters Frederick Winters (7 January 1873 – 26 April 1915) was an American weightlifter and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal at the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also kno ...
, American weightlifter and Olympic medalist * Ian Winters (1921–1994), Scottish footballer *
Jeffrey A. Winters Jeffrey A. Winters is an American political scientist at Northwestern University, specialising in the study of oligarchy. He has written extensively on Indonesia and on oligarchy in the United States. His 2011 book ''Oligarchy'' was the 2012 winn ...
, American political scientist * Jesse Winters (1893–1986), American baseball player *
John D. Winters John David Winters (December 23, 1916 – December 9, 1997)John D. Winters obituary, '' Ruston Daily Leader'', December 10, 1997 was an American historian at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana. He is known for his monograph ''T ...
(1916–1997), American historian * John Winters (footballer) (born 1960), English footballer *
Jonathan Winters Jonathan Harshman Winters III (November 11, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American comedian, actor, author, television host, and artist. Beginning in 1960, Winters recorded many classic comedy albums for the Verve Records label. He also h ...
(1925–2013), American comedic actor *
Joseph Winters Joseph Richard Winters (August 29, 1824 – November 29, 1916) was an African-American abolitionist and inventor who, on May 7, 1878, received U.S. Patent number 203,517 for a wagon-mounted fire escape ladder. On April 8, 1879, he received U.S. Pa ...
(1824–1916), African-American abolitionist and inventor *
Kenneth W. Winters Kenneth W. Winters (born June 24, 1934) is Kentucky politician who served in the Kentucky State Senate and as president of Campbellsville University. He graduated from Murray State University in 1957 with a Bachelor of Science degree in industr ...
(born 1934), Kentucky legislator *
Larry Winters Larry Winters (April 14, 1956 – January 27, 2015) was an American professional wrestler and trainer who competed in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and East Coast independent circuit during the 1980s and 90s. He has wrestled in the American Wrestlin ...
(1956–2015), American professional wrestler and trainer *
Lawrence Winters Lawrence Winters ''(né'' Lawrence Lafayette Whisonant; 15 November 1915 King's Creek, South Carolina – 24 September 1965 Hamburg, Germany), bass-baritone, was an American opera singer who had an active international career from the mid-1940s ...
(1915–1965), American opera singer *
Leo Winters Leo Winters (November 7, 1922 – March 5, 2005) was the ninth lieutenant governor of Oklahoma and the 11th State treasurer for the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Winters, a member of the Democratic Party, served alongside Oklahoma's first Republican ...
(1922–2005), Oklahoma politician *
Mark Winters Mark Winters (born 29 December 1971) is a former boxer from Northern Ireland. He was British light welterweight champion between 1997 and 1998. Career Born in Antrim, Winters first had success as an amateur, winning the Irish National senior l ...
(born 1971), boxer from Northern Ireland *
Matt Winters Matthew Littleton Winters (born March 18, 1960) is a former professional baseball player from Buffalo, New York. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball with the Kansas City Royals, and four seasons with the Nippon Ham Fighters in N ...
(born 1960), baseball player from Buffalo, New York *
Michael Sean Winters Michael Sean Winters is an American journalist and writer who covers politics and events in the Roman Catholic Church for the ''National Catholic Reporter'', where his blog "Distinctly Catholic" can be found. Bio "Distinctly Catholic" received th ...
, American journalist and writer * Michael Winters (disambiguation), several people *
Mike and Bernie Winters Mike and Bernie Winters were an English comedy double act, consisting of brothers Mike Winters, born Michael Weinstein (15 November 1926 – 24 August 2013) and Bernie Winters, born Bernard Weinstein (6 September 1930 – 4 May 1991). The act ...
(Mike born 1930, Bernie 1932–1991), double-act of British comedians *
Nathan Winters Nathan Winters (born in Thermopolis, Wyoming ) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing District 28 from January 8, 2013, until his successor, John Winter, was seated January 8, 2019. ...
(born 1978), American politician from Wyoming * Nip Winters (1899–1971), pitcher in Negro league baseball * Patrick Winters (1904–1994), Irish-born Pallottine priest *
Paul Winters (American football) Paul Winters (born October 3, 1958) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Wayne State University, a position he has held since 2004. Winters played college football at the University of Akron ...
(born 1958), American college football coach * Paul Winters (hurler) (born 1994), Irish hurler * Philip C. Winters (born 1937), Republican politician *
Ralph E. Winters Ralph E. Winters (June 17, 1909 – February 26, 2004) was a Canadian-born film editor who became one of the leading figures of this field in the American industry. After beginning on a series of B movies in the early 1940s, including several in ...
(1909–2004), Canadian-born film editor *
Richard Winters Richard Davis Winters (January 21, 1918January 2, 2011) was an American businessman and decorated war veteran who served as a U.S. Army officer during World War II. He is best known for having commanded Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th ...
(1918–2011), officer with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II * Robbie Winters (born 1974), Scottish footballer *
Robert Winters Robert Henry Winters, (August 18, 1910 – October 10, 1969) was a Canadian politician, businessman, and businessman. Life and career Born in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the son of a fishing captain, Winters went to Mount Allison University in Ne ...
(1910–1969), Canadian politician *
Robin Winters Robin Winters (born 1950 in Benicia, California) is an American conceptual artist and teacher based in New York. Winters is known for creating solo exhibitions containing an interactive durational performance component to his installations, somet ...
(born 1950), American conceptual artist and teacher * Roland Winters (1904–1989), American actor *
Roy Winters Royston "Roy" Winters (born 13 December 1975) is a former English rugby union player. A lock, Winters last played in the Aviva Championship for Bristol.
(born 1975), English rugby union player *
Scott William Winters Scott William Winters (born August 5, 1965) is an American actor. Winters is of Irish and Italian descent, and grew up on Long Island and in Scottsdale, Arizona. He attended Brophy College Preparatory, a Jesuit school in Phoenix, Arizona, Phoen ...
(born 1965), American actor *
Theodore H. Winters Jr. Theodore Hugh Winters Jr. (March 11, 1913 – April 25, 2008) was a highly decorated United States Navy Captain (United States O-6), captain. He was a flying ace credited with eight aerial victories and was awarded two Navy Cross, Navy Crosses dur ...
(1913–2008), American Navy flying ace during World War II *
Yvor Winters Arthur Yvor Winters (October 17, 1900 – January 25, 1968) was an American poet and literary critic. Life Winters was born in Chicago, Illinois and lived there until 1919 except for brief stays in Seattle and in Pasadena, where his grandparen ...
(1900–1968), American literary critic and poet


Women

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Amy Winters Amy Louise Winters, OAM (born 19 March 1978) is an arm amputee Australian Paralympic athlete. She won seven medals at three Paralympic Games, including five gold medals. Career She was born in Kempsey, New South Wales, and was born without ...
(born 1978), Australian Paralympic athlete *
Anne Winters (actress) Anne Christine Winters (born June 3, 1994) is an American actress. She has played roles in the FX (TV channel), FX's series ''Tyrant (TV series), Tyrant'' as Emma Al-Fayeed, American Broadcasting Company, ABC's series ''Wicked City (TV series), Wi ...
(born 1994), American actress * Anne Winters (poet), leftist American poet *
Charlotte Winters Charlotte Louise Berry Winters (November 10, 1897 – March 27, 2007) was, at age 109, the last surviving female American veteran of The First World War. Biography She was born Charlotte Louise Berry in Washington, D.C. to Mackell and Louise B ...
(1897–2007), last surviving female American veteran of The First World War * Deborah Winters (born 1953), American actress and realtor *
Gloria Winters Gloria Winters (November 28, 1931 – August 14, 2010) was an actress most remembered for having portrayed the well-mannered Nephew and niece, niece, Penny King, in the 1950s – 1960s United States, American Television show#Seasons/series, ...
(1931–2010), American television actress * Ivy Winters (born 1986), American drag performer, singer, and actor *
Jackie Winters Jackie Winters (April 15, 1937 – May 29, 2019) was an American Republican politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. She served as a state senator A state senator is a member of a state's senate in the bicameral legislature of 49 U.S. states, or ...
(1937–2019), American politician * Jane Winters (born 1970), British professor of digital humanities *
Joan Winters Joan Winters (December 8, 1909 – October 1933) was a Broadway dancer who was murdered in the Garden of Gethsemane, outside Jerusalem, in 1933. Although her birth name was Carol Vesta von Niedergesaess, her father changed the family surname to ...
(1909–1933), American Broadway dancer *
Kari-Lynn Winters Kari-Lynn Winters, née Moore (born 1969) is an award-winning Canadian children's author, playwright, drama educator, and literacy professor. She taught children's literacy, literature, dance and drama education at the University of British Colum ...
(born 1969), Canadian children's author and literacy researcher * Kathleen Winters (1949–2010), American author and aviator * Keelin Winters (born 1988), American footballer and daughter of Brian Winters *
Lisa Winters Lisa or LISA may refer to: People People with the mononym * Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam * Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer * Lisa Komine (born 1978), ...
(born 1937), American model and December 1956 Playmate of the Month *
Marian Winters Marian Winters (April 19, 1920 – November 3, 1978) was an American dramatist and actress of stage, film, and television. Biography Marian Winters was born Marian Weinstein, the eldest of four sisters born to Morris and Sophie Weinstein. Her ...
(1920–1978), American dramatist and actress *
Michelle Winters __NOTOC__ Michelle Winters is a Canadian writer, translator and artist. Winters was born in 1972 in Saint John, New Brunswick. As a founding member of ''Just in a Bowl Productions'',
, Canadian writer and artist * Mickey Winters (born 1940), American model and September 1962 Playmate of the Month * Pepper Winters, American novelist born in Hong Kong * Rebecca Winters, pseudonym of Rebecca Burton (born 1940), American novelist * Ruby Winters (1942–2016), American soul singer * Shelley Winters (1920–2006), American actress *
Topaz Winters Topaz Winters (born September 25, 1999) is the pen name of Singaporean writer Priyanka Balasubramanian Aiyer. Biography Winters was born in the United States and has lived in Singapore since she was seven years old. She attends Princeton Univer ...
(born 1999), Singaporean writer


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Cher Winters Cher McQueen (also Winters) is a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Bethannie Hare. Cher is introduced as the estranged daughter of Sylver McQueen (David Tag) and is welcomed into the established McQueen ...
, from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * David Winters, portrayed by Paul Petersen in the 1958 film ''
Houseboat A houseboat is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a home. Most houseboats are not motorized as they are usually moored or kept stationary at a fixed point, and often tethered to land to provide utilities. How ...
'' * David Winters, portrayed by Christopher Plummer in the 2008 film ''
Emotional Arithmetic ''Emotional Arithmetic'' is a 2007 Canadian drama film directed by Paolo Barzman, based on the novel by Matt Cohen, about the emotional consequences for three Holocaust survivors when they are reunited decades later. The film stars Gabriel Byrne, ...
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Delores Winters Delores Winters is a DC Comics character, originally named Dolores Winters. Until recently her main role in DC Universe history has been as a body occupied by the Ultra-Humanite in the 1940s, but she has made more significant appearances in current ...
, a DC Comics character * Drucilla Winters, from the American CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' *
Ethan Winters is a character in ''Resident Evil'' (''Biohazard'' in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by Japanese company Capcom. Ethan was introduced as one of the playable characters in the 2017 video game '' Resident Evil 7: Biohazard' ...
, from
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
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survival horror game Survival horror is a Video game genre, subgenre of Survival game, survival of the players as the game tries to frighten them with either horror graphics or scary ambience. Although combat can be part of the gameplay, the player is made to feel l ...
Resident Evil 7 ''Resident Evil 7: Biohazard'' is a 2017 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom. The player controls Ethan Winters as he searches for his long-missing wife in a derelict plantation occupied by an infected family, solving puzzle ...
& Resident Evil 8 *
Malcolm Winters Malcolm Winters is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera, ''The Young and the Restless''. Originally and most recently portrayed by Shemar Moore, Darius McCrary took over between December 29, 2009, and October 17, 2011. Moore rep ...
, from the American CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' *
Neil Winters Neil Winters is a fictional character from ''The Young and the Restless'', an American soap opera on the CBS network. Created and introduced by William J. Bell, the role was portrayed by Kristoff St. John from 1991 until St. John's death in 2019 ...
, from the American CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' *
Norah Winters Dorothy Walker Dorothy Walker is a fictional character in Marvel Comics. She was created by Stuart Little and Ruth Atkinson and first appeared in ''Miss America Magazine'' #2 (November 1944). She was reintroduced in '' The Defenders'' #89 (Novem ...
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Olivia Winters Olivia Winters is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera, ''The Young and the Restless''. The role was portrayed by Tonya Williams, on contract beginning in June 1990, until agreeing with the show to drop to recurring status in 2005 ...
, from the CBS Daytime soap opera, ''The Young and the Restless'' * Talia Winters, on the science fiction television show '' Babylon 5'' *
Victoria Winters Victoria "Vicki" Winters is a fictional character from the television Gothic soap opera ''Dark Shadows'' and its remakes of the same name. The role was originated by Alexandra Moltke on the ABC series from 1966 to 1968. After Moltke left to ra ...
, in the cult classic series ''
Dark Shadows ''Dark Shadows'' is an American gothic soap opera that aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show depicted the lives, loves, trials, and tribulations of the wealthy Collins family of Collinsport ...
'' * Arthur Coleman Winters, portrayed by Colin Stinton from the British Series, "
Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
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See also

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Vinters Vinters is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Edgars Vinters (born 1919), Latvian painter *Jānis Vinters (born 1971), Latvian rally racing motorcycle rider and farmer See also * Vinter * Vintner A winemaker or vintner is a pers ...
* Winter (surname) * Winterson *
De Winter De Winter is a Dutch surname.http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=de%20winter&gba_naam=de%20Winter&nfd_naam=Winter,%20de&operator=eq&taal= Notable people with the surname include: De Winter or de Winter: *Alfons De Winter (19 ...
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Winters (disambiguation) Winters may refer to: * Winters (name), a surname * Winters, California, a town in California, U.S. * Winters, Texas, a town in Texas, U.S. * Winter, a season See also * Winter (disambiguation) Winter is one of the four temperate seasons. Wi ...
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