Winston (name)
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People with the family name
- Arthur WinstonArthur WinstonArthur Winston was a Los Angeles Metro employee for 76 years. He is best known for being honored as the "Employee of the Century" because he was never late to work and only took one day off during his entire career .-Biography:As a boy Winston was born and grew up in Oklahoma before it became a...
(1906–2006), U.S. centenarian, "Employee of the Century" - Charlie WinstonCharlie WinstonCharlie Winston is an English singer-songwriter.-Music Career:Early Career...
(born 1978), English singer and songwriter - Eric WinstonEric WinstonEric Winston is an American football offensive tackle for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was selected by the Texans with the 66th overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Miami.- High school career :Winston played high school...
(born 1983), U.S. football player - David WinstonDavid WinstonDavid Winston RH is an American herbalist and ethnobotanist. He has been in practice and teaching since 1977 and has written several books on the subject. He works in the Cherokee, Chinese and the Western eclectic herbal traditions...
(born 1956), U.S. herbalist - Diane WinstonDiane WinstonDiane Grisham Winston is a businesswoman from Covington, Louisiana, who served as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1996 until term-limited in 2008. Her District 77 includes parts of St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes in suburban New Orleans. In 2012, the district...
(born 1948), Louisiana politician - Francis D. WinstonFrancis D. WinstonFrancis Donnell Winston was a North Carolina politician and judge who served as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1905 to 1909....
(1857–1941), Lt. Governor of North Carolina - George WinstonGeorge WinstonGeorge Winston is an American pianist who was born in Michigan, and grew up mainly in Miles City, Montana as well as Mississippi and Florida. He attended Stetson University in Deland, Florida and lives in Santa Cruz, California.-Background:...
(born 1949), U.S. pianist - George T. WinstonGeorge T. WinstonGeorge Tayloe Winston 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 Francis D. Winston. He attended the University of North Carolina from 1866 to 1868, where he...
(1852–1932), U.S. educator - Harry WinstonHarry WinstonHarry Winston was an American jeweler. He donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958 after owning it for a decade, and traded the Portuguese Diamond to the Smithsonian in 1963.-History:...
(1896–1978), U.S. jeweller - Hattie WinstonHattie WinstonHattie Mae Winston is an American television, film and Broadway actress best known for her role as Margaret on Becker and as a prominent cast member of the PBS children's series The Electric Company.-Early career:...
(born 1945), U.S. actress - Jimmy WinstonJimmy WinstonJimmy Winston was the original Keyboard player with Small Faces who rehearsed in the large function room above the Ruskin Arms, Manor Park, of which Jimmy's father Bill Langwith was the landlord. Steve Marriott and the rest of the band replaced Winston with Ian McLagan...
(born 1945), British organist - John Winston (disambiguation), various
- Joseph WinstonJoseph WinstonCol. Joseph Winston was an American pioneer, planter and Revolutionary War hero from North Carolina, and the first cousin of statesman and Virginia governor Patrick Henry...
(1746–1815), U.S. politician - Matt WinstonMatt WinstonMatthew "Matt" Winston is an American actor, the son of late special effects artist Stan Winston. He attended Yale, is married to Amy Smallman and has two small children....
(born 1970), U.S. actor - Nat T. WinstonNat T. WinstonNat T. Winston was a prominent Tennessee businessman. Winston was the founder and president of Johnson City Home Federal Savings and Loan Association as well as serving on the Federal Savings and Loan League Committee. Winston was unique as an author of environmental poetry.He is the father of...
(1895–1961), Tennessee businessman - Nat T. Winston, Jr., U.S. psychiatrist
- Patrick WinstonPatrick WinstonPatrick Henry Winston is an American computer scientist, and is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Winston was director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 1972 to 1997, succeeding Marvin Minsky, who left to found the MIT Media Lab and succeeded by Rodney Brooks...
, U.S. computer scientist - Peter WinstonPeter WinstonPeter Jonathan Winston was an American chess player. He shared first prize in the 1974 U.S. Junior Chess Championship. Winston disappeared in mysterious circumstances in January 1978. His last published FIDE rating was 2220....
(born 1958), U.S. chess player - Robert WinstonRobert WinstonRobert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston is a British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and politician.-Early life and education :...
(born 1940), British scientist, politician and TV presenter - Stan WinstonStan WinstonStanley Winston was an American visual effects supervisor, makeup artist, and film director. He was best known for his work in the Terminator series, the Jurassic Park series, Aliens, the Predator series, Iron Man, Edward Scissorhands, and Avatar...
(1946–2008), U.S. special effects and makeup artist
Fictional characters
- Alicia Winston, a sniper in the Lukano Liberation Army in Time Crisis 3Time Crisis 3Time Crisis 3 is the third installment of the Time Crisis arcade series. Like its previous predecessor, Time Crisis II, it allows for two players to cooperate in a link play environment and has the Time Crisis signature pedal system for hiding and advancing and the first in the series to change...
- Dallas Winston
- Ezra WinstonEzra WinstonEzra Winston is an Argentine comic book character created in 1962 by the writer Héctor Germán Oesterheld and artist Alberto Breccia.Ezra Winston appeared for the first time on July 20, 1962 in the magazine Misterix...
- Randall Winston
- Piney WinstonPiney WinstonPiermont "Piney" Winston was a fictional character on the FX television series Sons of Anarchy, played by William Lucking. He was a member of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, and was one of the Club's founders .-Character biography:...
, biker gang member from Sons of Anarchy
People with the given name
- Winston ChurchillWinston ChurchillSir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
(1874–1965), British politician - Winston FaerberWinston FaerberWinston Faerber is a Dutch-Surinamese former professional footballer.-Career:Faerber began his career at ADO Den Haag, although he did not make his league debut for the club until the age of 23 when he played in a 3-1 defeat against TOP Oss...
(born 1971), Dutch footballer - Winston PetersWinston PetersWinston Raymond Peters is a New Zealand politician and leader of New Zealand First, a political party he founded in 1993. Peters has had a turbulent political career since entering Parliament in 1978. He served as Minister of Maori Affairs in the Bolger National Party Government before being...
(born 1945), New Zealand politician - Winston Reid (footballer), New Zealand born footballer
Fictional characters
- Winston (Dennis the Menace), a fictional bully in the 1980s Dennis the Menace animated television series
- Winston (EastEnders)
- Winston, a Peter TinniswoodPeter TinniswoodPeter Tinniswood was an English radio and TV comedy scriptwriter, and author of a series of popular cricketing novels...
character - Winston, the Bash St. Kids' Janitor's cat
- Winston Ingram, a fictional pensioner in BBC's Still Game
- Winston SmithWinston SmithWinston Smith is a fictional character and the protagonist of George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The character was employed by Orwell as an everyman in the setting of the novel, a "central eye ... [the reader] can readily identify with"...
, from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell - Winston Wolf, a fictional character in the film Pulp FictionPulp Fiction (film)Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who co-wrote its screenplay with Roger Avary. The film is known for its rich, eclectic dialogue, ironic mix of humor and violence, nonlinear storyline, and host of cinematic allusions and pop culture references...
, played by Harvey Keitel - Winston ZeddemoreWinston ZeddemoreWinston Zeddemore is a fictional character appearing in the Ghostbusters films, TV series, and video games. He was played by Ernie Hudson in both movies and was voiced by Arsenio Hall in the first two seasons of The Real Ghostbusters. Buster Jones provided Winston's voice in the remaining seasons,...
, a fictional character in Ghostbusters