England

• Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement
  • The City of Preston, Lancashire
    City of Preston, Lancashire
    The City of Preston is a city and non-metropolitan district in Lancashire, England. It is located on the north bank of the River Ribble, and was granted city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign...
    
    , a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement
  • County Borough of Preston
    County Borough of Preston
    Preston was a local government district coterminate with the town of Preston in Lancashire, northwest England from 1835 to 1974.Preston was one of only a few industrial towns in Lancashire to have a functioning corporation in 1835, its charter dating to 1685, and was reformed as a municipal borough...
    
    , a local government district containing the settlement from 1835 to 1974
  • Preston (UK Parliament constituency)
    Preston (UK Parliament constituency)
    Preston is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
    
    
  • Preston railway station
    Preston railway station
    Preston railway station serves the city of Preston in Lancashire, England and is a major station on the West Coast Main Line.It is served by Northern Rail, Virgin Trains, and TransPennine Express services, plus First ScotRail overnight sleeper services between London and Scotland.-Station layout...
    
     in Preston, Lancashire
  • The PR postcode area, also known as the Preston postcode area
• Preston, Cotswold, Gloucestershire (near Cirencester)
• Preston, Devon
  Preston, Devon
  thumb|250px|Preston SandsPreston is a suburb located in the northern part of Paignton in Devon. Preston is a popular destination for family holidays and has two main beaches; Hollicombe, a red sandy beach with cliffs and rock pools, and Preston Sands with rock pools, beach huts and facilities...
  
   (in Paignton)
• Preston, Teignbridge, Devon
• Preston, Dorset
  Preston, Dorset
  Preston is a coastal village and suburb of Weymouth in south Dorset, England. It is approximately north-east of Weymouth town centre and west of the village of Osmington....
  
  
• Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire
  Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire
  Preston is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately east of Hull city centre it lies just north of the A1033 road on the crossroads between the B1240 and B1362 roads....
  
  , near Kingston upon Hull
• Preston, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire (near Ledbury)
• Preston, Hertfordshire
  Preston, Hertfordshire
  Preston is a village and civil parish about south of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England.The village grew up around the Templar holdings at Temple Dinsley, and Princess Helena College is now on the site...
  
  
• Preston, London
  Preston, London
  Preston is an area of northwest London, UK. It forms part of the London Borough of Brent. The area has a mid-sized park called Preston Park. The Preston Manor High School is located in the area.-Buses:...
  
  , near Wembley
• Preston, Northumberland
• Preston, Rutland
  Preston, Rutland
  Preston is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It lies north of Uppingham on the A6003 to Oakham....
  
  
• Preston, Somerset
• Preston, Tyne and Wear
• Preston, Aldbourne and Ramsbury, Wiltshire
• Preston, Lyneham, Wiltshire
• Preston Brook
  Preston Brook
  Preston Brook is a civil parish in the borough of Halton, a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located to the south-east of Runcorn and is adjacent to the M56 motorway. It contains the villages of Preston Brook and Preston on the Hill.In the 2001 Census, the...
  
  , Cheshire
• Preston Deanery
  Preston Deanery
  Preston Deanery is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hackleton in South Northamptonshire, England. It is south of Northampton town centre and by road to the M1 London to Yorkshire motorway junction 15...
  
  , a village in Northamptonshire
• Preston Gubbals
  Preston Gubbals
  Preston Gubbals is a small village in Shropshire, England. It lies on the A528 Shrewsbury-Ellesmere road and is in the parish of Pimhill.The name, spelt Preston Gubbalds in some historical sources, is derived from the Old English for "priest's settlement", along with the name of Godebold or...
  
  , a village in Shropshire
• Preston on Tees, Eaglescliffe, Teesside
• Preston on the Hill, Cheshire
• Preston St Mary
  Preston St Mary
  Preston St Mary is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located to the north-east of Lavenham, it is part of the Babergh district. The parish includes the hamlets of Rooksey Green and Whelp Street....
  
  , Suffolk
• Preston Village, Brighton
  Preston Village, Brighton
  Preston Village is a suburban area of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex to the north of the centre. Originally a village in its own right, it was eventually absorbed into Brighton with the development of the farmland owned by the local Stanford family, officially becoming a parish of the town in 1928...
  
  , Sussex
• Preston-next-Faversham, Kent
• Preston-next-Wingham, Kent

Australia

• Preston, Victoria
  Preston, Victoria
  Preston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Darebin. At the 2006 Census, Preston had a population of 27,892.-Settlement:...
  
  
• Electoral district of Preston
  Electoral district of Preston
  The Electoral district of Preston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is currently based around the northern Melbourne suburbs of Preston and Reservoir. It has always been a safe Labor Party seat....
  
  , an electoral district in Victoria
• Preston, Tasmania
• Preston, Queensland
  Preston, Queensland
  Preston is a locality south-east of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to the east of Hodgson Vale. It was named in 1999....
  
  

Canada

• Preston, Nova Scotia
  Preston, Nova Scotia
  Preston is an area in central Nova Scotia, Canada in the Halifax Regional Municipality, located on Trunk 7. The population in 2006 was 2,360 including East Preston and North Preston....
  
  
  • East Preston, Nova Scotia
    East Preston, Nova Scotia
    East Preston is an expansive rural area located in eastern Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, in Atlantic Canada.East Preston was founded in the 19th century. It is believed to have been named after Preston, Lancashire, England or Thomas Preston, a British army officer involved in the...
    
    
  • North Preston, Nova Scotia
    North Preston, Nova Scotia
    North Preston is a rural community in eastern Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, in Canada. North Preston has a population of about 3,700 people. The community is populated mainly by African Canadians. The community borders its sister community East Preston. The community traces its...
    
    
• Preston, Ontario
  Preston, Ontario
  Preston is a community in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Prior to its amalgamation with the city of Galt, the town of Hespeler and the village of Blair to form the new city in 1973, it was an independent town. It is located near the confluence of the Grand River and Speed River...
  
  

Scotland

• Preston, Scottish Borders
  Preston, Scottish Borders
  Preston is a small village in the pre-1975 ancient county of Berwickshire, now an administrative area of the Scottish Borders region of Scotland....
  
  , near Duns
• Preston, East Lothian
  Preston, East Lothian
  Preston is a village on the East Lothian coast of Scotland, to the south of Prestonpans, the east of Prestongrange, and the southwest of Cockenzie and Port Seton....
  
  , near Prestonpans
• Prestonkirk, near East Linton, East Lothian
• Preston Mill
  Preston Mill
  Preston Mill is a watermill on the River Tyne at the eastern edge of East Linton on the B1407 Preston Road, in East Lothian, Scotland, UK. It is situated close to Prestonkirk Parish Church, the Smeaton Hepburn Estate, Smeaton Lake, and Phantassie Doocot....
  
  , a watermill near East Linton, East Lothian

United States

• Preston, Connecticut
  Preston, Connecticut
  Preston is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 4,688 at the 2000 census. The town includes the villages of Long Society, Preston City, and Poquetanuck.-History:...
  
  
• Preston, Georgia
  Preston, Georgia
  Preston is a town in Webster County, Georgia, United States. The population was 453 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Webster County.-Geography:Preston is located at ....
  
  
• Preston, Idaho
  Preston, Idaho
  Preston is a city in Franklin County, Idaho, United States. The population was 4,682 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Franklin County. It is part of the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
  
   (location and setting for the film Napoleon Dynamite)
• Preston, Iowa
  Preston, Iowa
  Preston is a city in Jackson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 949 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Preston is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
  
  
• Preston, Kansas
  Preston, Kansas
  Preston is a city in Pratt County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 158.-19th century:In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a main line from Herington through Preston to Pratt. In 1888, this line was extended to Liberal. Later, it was...
  
  
• Preston, Kentucky
• Preston, Maryland
  Preston, Maryland
  Preston is a town in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. The population was 566 at the 2000 census. The ZIP code is 21655. The primary phone exchange is 673 and the area code is 410....
  
  
• Preston, Minnesota
  Preston, Minnesota
  Preston is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,325 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Fillmore County. The Root River runs through it, and Mystery Cave State Park is nearby...
  
  
• Preston, Mississippi
  Preston, Mississippi
  Preston is an unincorporated community in Kemper County, Mississippi, United States. It lies at the intersection of State Highways 21 and 397 northwest of the city of De Kalb, the county seat of Kemper County. Its elevation is 541 feet . Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office,...
  
  
• Preston, Nebraska
  Preston, Nebraska
  Preston is a village in Richardson County in Southeastern Nebraska, United States. It is located within the Sac and Fox Reservation. The population was 50 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Preston is located at ....
  
  
• Preston, New York
  Preston, New York
  Preston is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 928 at the 2000 census.The Town of Preston is an interior town of Chenango County. The town is west of the City of Norwich.- History :...
  
  
• Preston, North Carolina
  Preston, North Carolina
  Preston is a neighborhood located in Cary, North Carolina. With an estimated 5,000 residents as of 2009, it is the largest neighborhood in Cary, and one of the largest in Wake County.Preston was founded in 1993 by the SAS company...
  
  
• Preston, Oklahoma
  Preston, Oklahoma
  Preston is a small community located in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. The post office was established December 13, 1909. It was named for an Okmulgee oilman, Harry Preston....
  
  
• Preston, Texas
  Preston, Texas
  Preston, Texas, also known as Preston Bend was a prominent town located on the Red River in North Texas. It grew in the 19th century at the intersection of several military and trade roads and was an important crossing on the Shawnee cattle trail. Preston lost prominence after the MK&T railroad...
  
  
• Preston, Washington
• Preston County, West Virginia
  Preston County, West Virginia
  As of the census of 2000, there were 29,334 people, 11,544 households, and 8,357 families residing in the county. The population density was 45 people per square mile . There were 13,444 housing units at an average density of 21 per square mile...
  
  
• Preston, Adams County, Wisconsin
  Preston, Adams County, Wisconsin
  Preston is a town in Adams County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,360 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Cottonville is located in the town.-Geography:Preston is located at ....
  
  
• Preston, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
  Preston, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
  Preston is a town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 951 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 59.2 square miles , of which, 59.2 square miles of it is land and 0.02% is...
  
  
• Preston Road, important thoroughfare to the history and growth of Dallas, Texas, built over a historically important cattle trail

Surname

• Andrew Preston
  Andrew Preston
  Andrew Woodbury Preston was a prominent American businessman at the turn of the 20th century. In 1884, Preston and nine others formed the Boston Fruit Company, the birth of the modern banana business. Later, in 1899, Preston and Minor C. Keith combined ventures to form the United Fruit Company...
  
   (1846-1924), American businessman, founder of United Fruit Company
• Billy Preston
  Billy Preston
  William Everett "Billy" Preston was a musician who gained notoriety and fame, first as a session musician for the likes of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Beatles, and later finding fame as a solo artist with hits such as "Space Race", "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "Nothing from...
  
   (1946-2006), American musician
• Brian Preston
  Brian Preston
  Brian J. Preston is currently the Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales. He was appointed on 14 November 2005.Preston graduated from Macquarie University in 1982...
  
   (born 1958), Australian judge
• Carrie Preston
  Carrie Preston
  Carrie Preston is an American film and television actress, producer and director. Her husband is actor Michael Emerson, and her brother is actor John G. Preston.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1967), American actress
• Douglas Preston
  Douglas Preston
  Douglas Preston is an American author who has written seventeen popular techno-thriller and horror novels, four alone and the rest with Lincoln Child...
  
   (born 1956), American author
• Duke Preston
  Duke Preston
  Raymond Newton "Duke" Preston, III is a former American football center. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Illinois....
  
   (born 1982), American football player
• Duncan Preston
  Duncan Preston
  Duncan Preston is an English actor probably best known for his appearances in television productions written by Victoria Wood. His best remembered roles are Clifford in the Victoria Wood As Seen On TV soap opera parody Acorn Antiques , and Stan in dinnerladies.In July 2010, Preston revealed he was...
  
   (born 1946), British actor
• Edward Carter Preston
  Edward Carter Preston
  Edward Carter Preston was an English artist, born in Liverpool. He was a renowned sculptor and medallist. The artist designed the bronze memorial plaques presented to the families of British servicemen and women who died during the First World War...
  
   (1885-1965), British artist
• Frank W. Preston
  Frank W. Preston
  Frank W. Preston was an English-American engineer, ecologist, and conservationist. He helped found the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and worked to reclaim the land that is now Moraine State Park in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Preston was a leading expert in glass technology...
  
   (1896-1989), American ecologist, engineer, and conservationist
• Herbert Irving Preston
  Herbert Irving Preston
  Herbert I. Preston was an American private serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.-Biography:...
  
  , American Medal of Honor recipient
• Hubert Preston
  Hubert Preston
  Hubert Preston was a journalist and writer who was editor of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for eight years from the 1944 edition to the 1951 edition....
  
   (1868-1960), British journalist
• John Preston (author) (1945-1994), American author and editor
• John S. Preston
  John S. Preston
  John Smith Preston was a wealthy planter, soldier, and attorney who became prominent in South Carolina politics in the 19th century...
  
   (1809-1881), American general
• Johnny Preston
  Johnny Preston
  Johnny Preston was an American pop music singer, who was best known for his international number one hit in 1960, "Running Bear".-Life and career:...
  
   (born 1939), American singer
• Kelly Preston
  Kelly Preston
  Kelly Preston is an American actress and former model.- Early years :Preston was born Kelly Kamalelehua Smith in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother, Linda, was an administrator of a mental health center, and her father, who worked for an agricultural firm, drowned when Preston was three years old...
  
   (born 1962), American actress
• Kenneth Preston (born 1957), American soldier
• Margaret Preston
  Margaret Preston
  Margaret Preston was a well-known Australian artist. She was highly influential during the 1920s to 1940s for her modernist works as a painter and printmaker and for introducing Aboriginal motifs into contemporary art.-Early life:...
  
   (1875-1963), Australian artist
• Matt Preston
  Matt Preston
  Matt Preston is a British-Australian food journalist and restaurant critic. He is best known for his role as a judge on Network Ten's MasterChef Australia and his weekly food column in the Herald Sun 'Taste' supplement...
  
   (born 1961), Australian journalist
• Paul Preston
  Paul Preston
  Paul Preston CBE is a British historian and Hispanist, specialized in Spanish history, in particular the Spanish Civil War, which he has studied for more than 30 years....
  
   (born 1946), British historian
• Peter Preston
  Peter Preston
  Peter John Preston is a British journalist and author. He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School and St John's College, Oxford, where he edited the student paper Cherwell...
  
   (born 1938), British journalist
• Ray Preston (American football) (born 1954), American football player
• Richard Preston
  Richard Preston
  Richard Preston, born August 5, 1954 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., is a New Yorker writer and bestselling author perhaps best-known for his books about infectious disease epidemics and bioterrorism, although he has written other non-fiction works...
  
   (born 1954), American author
• Robert Preston (actor)
  Robert Preston (actor)
  -Early life:Preston was born Robert Preston Meservey in Newton, Massachusetts, the son of Ruth L. and Frank Wesley Meservey, a garment worker and billing clerk for American Express. After attending Abraham Lincoln High School in Los Angeles, California, he studied acting at the Pasadena Community...
  
   (1918-1987), American actor
• Rock Preston (born 1975), American football player
• Samuel Preston (singer) (born 1982), British singer
• Samuel Tolver Preston
  Samuel Tolver Preston
  Samuel Tolver Preston was an English Engineer and physicist.His parents were Daniel Bloom Preston and Mary Susannah Tolver. Preston was educated as a Telegraph-engineer. He went to Munich where he attained his Ph.D in 1894 with Ludwig Boltzmann...
  
   (1844-1917), British engineer and physicist
• Simon Preston
  Simon Preston
  Simon John Preston CBE is an English organist, conductor, and composer.- Early life :He attended the Canford School in Wimborne in Dorset. Originally a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, he studied the organ with C. H...
  
   (born 1938), British organist and composer
• Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara
  Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara
  Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara was an Irish soldier of the 17th century. He was a descendant of Sir Robert de Preston, who in 1363 purchased the lands of Gormanston, County Meath, and who was keeper of the Great Seal in Ireland some years later....
  
   (1585-1655), Irish soldier
• Thomas Preston (British Army officer) (1722-1798)
• William Preston (Freemason)
  William Preston (Freemason)
  William Preston was a Scottish author, born in Edinburgh, on the 7 August 1742. He died on April 1, 1818. With the death of his father, Preston left college and found a job as a secretary to Thomas Ruddiman, with whom he carried out extensive research, required by the same in his classical and...
  
   (1742-1818), Scottish author
• William Ballard Preston
  William Ballard Preston
  William Ballard Preston was a United States political figure. He served as the U.S. Secretary of the Navy between 1849 and 1850...
  
   (1805-1862), American politician
• William C. Preston
  William C. Preston
  William Campbell Preston was a senator from the United States and a member of the Nullifier, and later Whig Parties...
  
   (1794-1860), American politician

First name

• Preston Blair
  Preston Blair
  Preston Blair was an American character animator, most noted for his work at Walt Disney Productions and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation department...
  
   (1908-1995), American animator
• Preston Brooks
  Preston Brooks
  Preston Smith Brooks was a Democratic Congressman from South Carolina. Brooks is primarily remembered for his severe beating of Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate with a gutta-percha cane, delivered in response to an anti-slavery speech in which Sumner compared Brooks'...
  
   (1819-1857), American politician
• Preston Campbell
  Preston Campbell
  Preston Campbell, is an Indigenous Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League...
  
   (born 1977), Australian rugby league footballer
• Preston Edwards
  Preston Edwards
  Preston Matthew Edwards is an English footballer who plays for Ebbsfleet United as a goalkeeper.-Club career:On 4 September 2007, Edwards made his first professional appearance for Millwall when coming on as a sub against Swansea City in the Football League Trophy first round.In January 2009 he...
  
   (born 1989), English footballer
• Preston Foster
  Preston Foster
  Preston Foster was an American stage and film actor, and singer. Foster entered films in 1929 after appearing as a Broadway stage actor. He was appearing in Broadway plays as late as October 1931 when he acted in a play titled Two Seconds starring Edward J. Pawley...
  
   (1900-1970), American actor
• Preston Keat
  Preston Keat
  Preston Keat is an American political scientist specializing on global political risk. He is a director of research and head of the Europe Practice of Eurasia Group, the global political risk consultancy. He also is the head of the Europe & Eurasia practice group, focusing on emerging markets in...
  
   (born 1966), American political scientist
• Preston Love
  Preston Love
  Preston Haines Love was a renowned alto saxophonist, bandleader and songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska.-Biography:Preston Love grew up in North Omaha and graduated from North High....
  
   (1921-2004), American jazz musician
• Preston Manning
  Preston Manning
  Ernest Preston Manning, CC is a Canadian politician. He was the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into the Canadian Alliance...
  
   (born 1942), Canadian politician
• Preston Martin
  Preston Martin
  Dr. Preston Martin was an American banker and public official best known as the Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board between 1982 and 1986. -Education:...
  
   (1923-2007), American banker
• Preston Quick
  Preston Quick
  Preston Quick is a professional male squash player who represented the United States during his career. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 97 in January 2003 after having joined the Professional Squash Association in 2000.-References:*...
  
   (born 1978), American squash player
• Preston Reed
  Preston Reed
  Preston Reed is an American fingerstyle and tapping guitarist.- Biography :Preston Reed learned guitar as a child on his father's guitar and, for a short time, classical guitar with a too-severe teacher. When he was 16 his interest was rekindled by Jorma Kaukonen's acoustic guitar-playing in Hot...
  
   (born 1955), American guitarist
• Preston Shumpert
  Preston Shumpert
  Mert Shumpert or Preston Anthony Shumpert is an American-Turkish professional basketball player currently playing for Turkish club Galatasaray....
  
   (born 1979), American-Turkish basketball player
• Preston Smith (governor) (1912-2003), American politician, governor of Texas
• Preston Sturges
  Preston Sturges
  Preston Sturges , originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated playwright, screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois...
  
   (1898-1959), American writer and director
• Preston Tucker
  Preston Tucker
  Preston Thomas Tucker was an American automobile designer and entrepreneur.He is most remembered for his 1948 Tucker Sedan , an automobile which introduced many features that have since become widely used in modern cars...
  
   (1903-1956), American automobile designer and entrepreneur

Fictional characters

• Bill S. Preston Esq., one half of Bill and Ted, played by Alex Winter
• Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
• Dr. Preston Burke, Grey's Anatomy
  Grey's Anatomy
  Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
  
  
• Preston the robot dog in the Wallace and Gromit film A Close Shave
  A Close Shave
  A Close Shave is a 1995 British animated film directed by Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol, featuring his characters Wallace and Gromit. It was his third half-hour short featuring the eccentric inventor Wallace and his quiet but intelligent dog Gromit, following 1989's A Grand Day Out,...
  
  
• Preston of the Spaceways, a fictional character from the Honorverse
  Honorverse
  The Honorverse refers to the military science fiction book series and sub-series created by David Weber and published by Baen Books. The series is set primarily after Honor Harrington's October 1, 3961, birth; although she is the protagonist in most of the stories, more recent entries make only...
  
  
• Preston (played by Colin Hanks), Carl Denham's assistant in King Kong (2005 film)
  King Kong (2005 film)
  King Kong is a 2005 fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a remake of the 1933 film of the same name and stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody. Andy Serkis, through performance capture, portrays Kong....
  
  
• Cleric John Preston (played by Christian Bale), Equilibrium (film)
  Equilibrium (film)
  Equilibrium is a 2002 American science fiction action film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer. It stars Christian Bale as John Preston, a warrior-priest and enforcement officer in a future dystopia where both feelings and artistic expression are outlawed and citizens take daily injections of drugs...
  
  
• Preston Winthrop from MySims Agents
  MySims Agents
  MySims Agents is a mystery-solving adventure game for the Nintendo DS and Wii, in which the player must guide agents in an effort to stop the sinister plans of Morcubus, lord of the criminal underworld...
  
  
• John James Preston, the full name of Mr. Big (Sex and the City)
  Mr. Big (Sex and the City)
  "Mr. Big" is a fictional character in the HBO series Sex and the City, portrayed by Chris Noth. The character's name is mentioned in the pilot episode but not used throughout the series until the last episode, when his first name is shown on Carries mobile. His full name is John James Preston...
  
  , Carrie Bradshaw's love interest in the Sex and the City television series and ensuing films.

Other

• Preston Baronets
  Preston Baronets
  There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Preston, two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, one in the Baronetage of England and another in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom....
  
  , baronetcies created for persons with the surname Preston
• Preston Car Company
  Preston Car Company
  The Preston Car Company was a Canadian manufacturer of streetcars and other railway equipment, founded in 1908. The company was located in the town of Preston, Ontario...
  
  , a Canadian railway equipment builder
• Preston (METRORail station), Houston METRORail
• Preston Street, for streets by this name
• Preston University
  Preston University
  Preston University is the first private university of Pakistan with campuses in Karachi, Kohat, Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore, Faisalabad and Ajman...
  
  , controversial unaccredited institution
• Preston University Pakistan, a campus affiliated with Preston University
• WT Preston
  WT Preston
  The W.T. Preston is a specialized sternwheeler that operated as a snagboat, removing log jams and natural debris that prevented river navigation on several Puget Sound-area rivers. It is now the centerpiece of the Snagboat Heritage Center in Anacortes, Washington. It was designated a National...
  
  , a stern wheel snagboat operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers