Winston (name)

Winston may be a family name of English origin, 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

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".