Winston (name)

Winston is a surname derived from Winstone, near Cirencester in Gloucestershire. Later, it developed as a male Christian name with the Churchill family, starting with Sir Winston Churchill in 1620, named for his mother Sarah's surname.

People with the surname

Annie Steger Winston, American short story writer
Arthur Winston, American centenarian, "Employee of the Century"
Brian Winston, British journalist
Cassius Winston, American basketball player
Charles Winston, English historian
Charlie Winston, English singer and songwriter
Dallas Winston, fictional character from S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders
Easop Winston, American football player
Eric Winston, American football player
Francis D. Winston, Lt. Governor of North Carolina
George Winston, American pianist
George T. Winston, American educator
Harry Winston, American jeweller
Henry Winston,, American civil rights activist
Hattie Winston, American actress
Jameis Winston, American football quarterback
James Brown Winston, first medical officer of Los Angeles, California
Jimmy Winston, British organist
John A. Winston, American politician, governor of Alabama
Joseph Winston, American politician
Kevin Winston Jr., American football player
Louis L. Winston, justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
Matt Winston, American actor
Nat T. Winston Jr., American psychiatrist
Patrick Henry Winston
Peter Winston, American chess player
Piney Winston, fictional biker gang member from Sons of Anarchy
Randall Winston, American television producer
Robert Winston, Baron Winston, British scientist, politician and TV presenter
Robert Winston (coach), American football coach
Robert Watson Winston, North Carolina lawyer and historian
Roland Winston, American scientist in the field of nonimaging optics
Roy Winston, American football player
Roy Winston (poker player), American poker player
Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist

People with the given name

Actors

Winston Rekert, Canadian actor
Winston Duke, Tobagonian actor
Winston Ntshona, South African playwright and actor
Winston Saunders, Bahamian actor
Winston Doty, child actor
Winston Chao, Taiwanese actor
Winston Miller, American actor
Winston Hibler, American actor
Winston Spear, Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
Winston Stona, Jamaican actor and businessman
Winston Severn, American former cricketer and child screen actor

Musicians

Winston Blake, Jamaican sound system operator
Winston Francis, Jamaican singer
Winston Giles, Australian musician
Winston Grennan, Jamaican drummer
Winston Hauschild, Canadian record producer
Winston Jarrett, Jamaican reggae singer
Winston Marshall, British musician
Winston McAnuff, Jamaican singer
Winston Hubert McIntosh, Jamaican musician, stage name Peter Tosh
Winston Mankunku Ngozi, South African tenor saxophone player
Winston Reedy, Jamaican reggae singer
Winston Riley, Jamaican singer
Winston Stewart, stage name Delano Stewart
Winston Tong, American singer-songwriter
Winston Walls, American jazz player
Winston Wright, Jamaican keyboardist

Politicians

Winston Baker, Canadian politician
Winston Cenac, civil servant and politician from Saint Lucia
Winston Chitando, Zimbabwean politician
Winston Churchill (1620–1688), English soldier, historian, politician
Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister and statesman
Winston Churchill (1940–2010), member of British Parliament; grandson of the former Prime Minister
Winston Crane, Australian politician
Winston Dang, Taiwanese politician
Winston Dookeran, Trinidadian politician and economist
Winston Field, Rhodesian politician
Winston Garcia, Filipino politician
Winston Green, Jamaican politician and dentist
Winston Jessurun, Surinamese politician
Winston V. Jones, Jamaican politician
Winston Lackin, Surinamese politician and diplomat
Winston Lord, American diplomat
Winston McKenzie, British political activist
Winston Peters, New Zealand politician
Winston Pond, geothermal activist and politician from Montserrat

Sports

Winston Abraham, Australian footballer
Winston Anglin, Jamaican international footballer
Winston Bakboord, Dutch footballer
Winston Bogarde, Dutch retired footballer
Winston Craig, American football player
Winston DeLattiboudere III, American football player and coach
Winston DuBose, retired American soccer goalkeeper
Winston Earle, retired Jamaican footballer
Winston Faerber, Dutch-Surinamese former professional footballer
Winston Foster, English former footballer
Winston Griffiths, Jamaican footballer
Winston Justice, American NFL football player
Winston Kalengo, Zambian footballer
Winston Lee, Jamaican-born American former collegiate athlete
Winston Mhango, Zimbabwean footballer
Winston October, Canadian football player
Winston Parks, Costa Rican former footballer
Winston Reid (cricketer), Barbadian cricket player
Winston Reid, New Zealand born footballer
Winston Roberts, Antigua and Barbudan football player
Winston Santos, Venezuelan wrestler
Winston Santos (baseball), Dominican baseball player
Winston Smith, Jamaican track and field sprinter
Winston Stanley, Canadian rugby union footballer
Winston Stanley, Australian-born Samoan former rugby union footballer
Winston Watkins, American football player
Winston Watts, member of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team
Winston Wright Jr., American football player

Other

Winston Chu, Hong Kong lawyer and activist
Winston Churchill (novelist), American novelist
Winston Chow, American student activist
Winston De Ville, American historian
Winston Graham, English novelist
Winston Groom, American novelist, author of Forrest Gump
Winston Churchill Rea, former leader of the Red Hand Commando loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland
Winston E. Scott, American astronaut
Winston M. Scott, American CIA officer
Winston L. Shelton, American inventor and entrepreneur
Winston Smith, 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, a character in Unicorn: Warriors Eternal
Winston Bishop, a character in New Girl
Winston Chu (Degrassi character) in Degrassi: The Next Generation
Winston Frost, Emma Frost's father in Marvel Comics
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
Winston Wolf, a character in the film Pulp Fiction, played by Harvey Keitel
Winston Zeddemore, a character in ''Ghostbusters''

Animals

Winston (horse), 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".