Winston may be a family name of English origin, ^[1] or a masculine given name.

People with the surname

• Arthur Winston (1906–2006), American centenarian, "Employee of the Century"
• Brian Winston (1941–2022), British journalist
• Cassius Winston (born 1998), American basketball player
• Charles Winston (1814–1864), English historian
• Charlie Winston (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 (born 1983), American football player
• Francis D. Winston (1857–1941), Lt. Governor of North Carolina
• George Winston (1949–2023), American pianist
• George T. Winston (1852–1932), American educator
• Harry Winston (1896–1978), American jeweller
• Henry Winston, (1911–1986), American civil rights activist
• Hattie Winston (born 1945), American actress
• Jameis Winston (born 1994), American football quarterback
• James Brown Winston (1820–1884), first medical officer of Los Angeles, California
• Jimmy Winston (1945–2020), British organist
• John A. Winston (1812–1871), American politician, governor of Alabama
• Joseph Winston (1746–1815), American politician
• Kevin Winston Jr., American college football player
• 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 Henry Winston
• Peter Winston (1958–78), American chess player
• Piney Winston, fictional biker gang member from Sons of Anarchy
• Randall Winston, American television producer
• Robert Winston, Baron Winston (born 1940), British scientist, politician and TV presenter
• Robert Winston (coach) (1847–1913), American football coach
• Robert Watson Winston (1860–1944), North Carolina lawyer and historian
• Roy Winston (1940–2022), American football player
• Roy Winston (poker player), American poker player
• Stan Winston (1946–2008), American special effects and makeup artist

People with the given name

Actors

• Winston Rekert (1949–2012), Canadian actor
• Winston Duke (born 1986), Tobagonian actor
• Winston Ntshona (1941–2018), South African playwright and actor
• Winston Saunders (1941–2006), Bahamian actor
• Winston Doty (1914–1934), child actor
• Winston Chao (born 1960), Taiwanese actor
• Winston Miller (1910–1994), American actor
• Winston Hibler (1910–1976), American actor
• Winston Spear (born 1965), Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
• Winston Stona (1940–2022), Jamaican actor and businessman
• Winston Severn (born 1942), American former cricketer and child screen actor

Musicians

• Winston Blake (1940–2016), Jamaican sound system operator
• Winston Francis (born 1948), Jamaican singer
• Winston Giles (born 1974), Australian musician
• Winston Grennan (1944–2000), Jamaican drummer
• Winston Hauschild (born 1973), Canadian record producer
• Winston Jarrett (born 1940), Jamaican reggae singer
• Winston Marshall (born 1988), British musician
• Winston McAnuff (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 (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, American jazz player
• Winston Wright (1944–1993), Jamaican keyboardist

Politicians

• Winston Baker (born 1939), 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 (1874–1965), British Prime Minister and statesman
• Winston Churchill (1940–2010), member of British Parliament; grandson of the former Prime Minister
• Winston Crane (born 1941), Australian politician
• Winston Dang (born 1943), Taiwanese politician
• Winston Dookeran (born 1943), Trinidadian politician and economist
• Winston Field (1904–1969), Rhodesian politician
• Winston Garcia (born 1958), Filipino politician
• Winston Green ( (1958/1959–2017), Jamaican politician and dentist
• Winston Jessurun (born 1952), Surinamese politician
• Winston V. Jones (born 1917), Jamaican politician
• Winston Lackin (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 (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 (born 1941), English former footballer
• Winston Griffiths (1978–2011), Jamaican footballer
• Winston Justice (born 1984), American NFL football player
• Winston Kalengo (born 1985), Zambian footballer
• Winston Mhango (born 1988), Zimbabwean footballer
• Winston October (born 1976), Canadian football player
• Winston Parks (born 1981), Costa Rican former footballer
• Winston Reid (cricketer) (born 1962), Barbadian cricket player
• Winston Reid (born 1988), New Zealand born footballer
• Winston Roberts (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 (born 1967), member of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team

Other

• Winston Chu (born 1940), Hong Kong lawyer and activist
• Winston Churchill (novelist) (1871–1947), American novelist
• Winston Chow, American student activist
• Winston Graham (1908–2003), English novelist
• Winston Groom (1943–2020), American novelist, author of Forrest Gump
• Winston Churchill Rea, former leader of the Red Hand Commando (RHC) loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland
• Winston E. Scott (born 1950), American astronaut
• Winston M. Scott (1909–1971), American CIA officer
• Winston L. Shelton (1922-2019), American inventor and entrepreneur
• 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) 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
• 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".

See also

• Whinston
• Winston (disambiguation)
• Winstone (surname)

References

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