Winter (surname)

Winter is a surname.

Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 40.7% of all known bearers of the surname Winter were residents of Germany (frequency 1:992), 22.9% of the United States (1:7,932), 9.5% of England (1:2,952), 4.4% of Austria (1:974), 3.9% of Australia (1:3,034), 3.4% of Brazil (1:30,666), 3.0% of Canada (1:6,132), 1.7% of the Netherlands (1:4,879), 1.4% of South Africa (1:20,013) and 1.3% of France (1:26,529).

In Austria, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:974) in the following states:
 * 1. Lower Austria (1:671)
 * 2. Salzburg (1:798)
 * 3. Vienna (1:802)
 * 4. Styria (1:848)

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:992) in the following states:
 * 1. Bremen (1:674)
 * 2. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:695)
 * 3. Hesse (1:719)
 * 4. Saxony-Anhalt (1:737)
 * 5. Saarland (1:831)
 * 6. Saxony (1:839)
 * 7. Bavaria (1:887)
 * 8. Brandenburg (1:895)
 * 9. Thuringia (1:910)
 * 10. Lower Saxony (1:977)

In England, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:2,952) in the following counties:
 * 1. East Sussex (1:1,284)
 * 2. County Durham (1:1,291)
 * 3. Isle of Wight (1:1,470)
 * 4. Cumbria (1:1,521)
 * 5. Northumberland (1:1,597)
 * 6. East Riding of Yorkshire (1:1,637)
 * 7. Tyne and Wear (1:1,638)
 * 8. Somerset (1:1,698)
 * 9. Bristol (1:1,766)
 * 10. Lincolnshire (1:1,864)
 * 11. Hampshire (1:2,018)
 * 12. Dorset (1:2,102)
 * 13. Norfolk (1:2,143)
 * 14. Surrey (1:2,150)
 * 15. Rutland (1:2,232)
 * 16. Kent (1:2,259)
 * 17. Hertfordshire (1:2,270)
 * 18. Gloucestershire (1:2,288)
 * 19. Cambridgeshire (1:2,464)
 * 20. Bedfordshire (1:2,476)
 * 21. Wiltshire (1:2,581)
 * 22. Buckinghamshire (1:2,592)
 * 23. Berkshire (1:2,593)
 * 24. Devon (1:2,596)
 * 25. South Yorkshire (1:2,780)
 * 26. West Sussex (1:2,835)
 * 27. North Yorkshire (1:2,910)
 * 28. Nottinghamshire (1:2,922)

Disambiguation pages

 * Edward Winter (disambiguation), multiple people
 * John Winter (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Michael Winter (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ralph Winter (disambiguation), multiple people
 * William Winter (disambiguation), multiple people

Arts and entertainment

 * Agnes-Nicole Winter (born 1956), Swedish television personality
 * Alex Winter (born 1965), British-American actor and director
 * Amalie Winter (1802–1879), poet and novelist
 * Andrew Winter (1893–1958), American artist
 * Andy Winter, British comics writer
 * Ariel Winter (born 1998), American actress and voice actress
 * Carl Winter (1906–1966), British art historian and museum curator
 * Chelsea Winter, New Zealand celebrity chef, entrepreneur, food writer, and television personality
 * Claude Winter (1931–2011), actress
 * Cris Winter, radio personality
 * Damon Winter (born 1974), New York-based photographer
 * David Alexandre Winter (born 1943), Dutch-born pop singer
 * Donovan Winter (?–2015), British film director, actor, and writer
 * Dorothea Winter (1949–2012), German recorder player and recorder teacher
 * Edgar Winter (born 1946), American musician
 * Eric Winter (born 1976), American actor
 * Ethel Winter (1924–2012), American dancer and dance instructor
 * Ezra Winter (1886–1949), prominent American muralist
 * Faith Winter (artist) (1927–2017), British sculptor
 * Faye Winter (born 1995), English television personality
 * Fritz Winter (1905–1976), German painter
 * Glen Winter, Canadian television director, cinematographer, and producer
 * Guilherme Winter (born 1979), Brazilian actor
 * H. Edward Winter (1908–1976), American enamel artist
 * Harald Winter (born 1953), artist
 * Harry A. Winter (1889–1969), lawyer, journalist, judge, and political figure
 * Harry Winter (1914–2001), German-Austrian singer, musician, and band director
 * Johnny Winter (1944–2014), American singer, songwriter, musician
 * Julia Winter (born 1993), Swedish-British actress
 * Katia Winter (born 1983), Swedish actress
 * Kurt Winter (1946–1997), Canadian guitarist
 * Laska Winter (1905–1980), American actress
 * Ophélie Winter (born 1974), French singer and actress
 * Paul Winter (born 1939), American musician
 * Peter Winter (1754–1825), German dramatic composer
 * Ralph Winter (producer) (born 1952), American film producer
 * Ronnie Winter, lead singer of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
 * Samira Winter (born 1991), singer in the pop band Winter
 * Terence Winter (born 1960), Emmy Award-winning American screenwriter and television producer
 * Thelma Frazier Winter (1908–1977), American ceramist
 * Veronika Winter (born 1965), German soprano
 * Vincent Winter (1947–1998), Scottish child actor

Business

 * Benjamin Winter, Sr. (1882–1944), American real estate developer
 * Edwin Winter (1845–?), president of Northern Pacific Railway
 * Eirik Winter, international banker

Journalism and literature

 * Alice Ames Winter (1865–1944), American litterateur, author, clubwoman, suffragist
 * Brenno de Winter (born 1971), Dutch ICT and investigative journalist
 * Douglas E. Winter (born 1950), American author and editor
 * Henry Winter (born 1963), British journalist
 * John Strange Winter (1856–1911), pen-name of Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard, English novelist
 * Lee Winter, Australian novelist
 * Robert Winter (1924–2019), Californian historian
 * Samuel Vincent Winter (1843–1904), Australian newspaperman and mayor of Richmond, Victoria
 * Zikmund Winter (1846–1912), Czech novelist and historian

Military

 * August Winter (1897–1979), German general
 * Donald C. Winter (born 1947), US Secretary of the Navy
 * Ormonde Winter (1875-1962), British general and intelligence officer

Politics and law

 * Beth Winter, British Member of Parliament elected 2019
 * Bob Winter (born 1937), Lord Provost of Glasgow
 * Brad Winter (born 1952), American politician from the state of New Mexico
 * Elmer Winter (1912–2009), American lawyer who co-founded Manpower Inc.
 * Ernst Florian Winter (1923–2014), American historian and political scientist
 * Ernst Karl Winter (1895–1959), Austrian sociologist
 * Faith Winter (born 1980), U.S. legislator
 * Frank Winter (1906–1976), South Island Māori leader
 * Gordon Arnaud Winter (1912–2003), Canadian politician
 * Harrison Lee Winter (1921–1990), United States federal judge
 * James Spearman Winter (1845–1911), Canadian politician
 * Klaus Winter (1936–2000), German judge
 * Ludwig Georg Winter (1778–1838), German politician
 * Martin Winter (mayor) (born 1962), Mayor of Doncaster, England
 * Ralph K. Winter Jr. (1935–2020), American judge
 * Steven Winter, American law professor
 * Ty Winter, American politician from Colorado
 * Gonzalo Winter, chilean lawyer and politician, congressman representing the 10th district of Santiago.

Religion

 * Allen Winter (1903–1997), Anglican Bishop
 * Bruce W. Winter (born 1939), conservative evangelical New Testament scholar
 * Colin Winter (1928–1981), English Anglican bishop
 * Cornelius Winter (1742–1808), Methodist preacher
 * Daniel Winter, one of the three main founders of the Orange Order
 * Miriam Therese Winter (born 1938), Catholic theologian
 * Terry Winter (televangelist) (1942–1998), Canadian religious leader

Sciences

 * Andreas Winter (born 1971), German mathematician and mathematical physicist
 * Ernst Florian Winter (1923–2014), Austrian-American historian and political scientist
 * Ernő Winter (1897–1971), engineer who developed barium lamps
 * George D. Winter (1927–1981), British medical researcher
 * Greg Winter (fl. 2000s), British antibodies researcher
 * Hannspeter Winter (1941–2006), Austrian plasma physicist
 * Heinrich Georg Winter (1848–1887), German mycologist

Sports

 * Adrian Winter (born 1986), Swiss professional footballer
 * Andy Winter (born 2002), Scottish footballer
 * Aron Winter (born 1967), Dutch footballer
 * Arthur Winter (1844–1937), English priest and cricketer
 * Blaise Winter (born 1962), American football coach and former player
 * Brian Winter (born 1968), Scottish former football referee
 * Cliff Winter (1884–1918), English footballer
 * Elaine Winter (athlete) (born 1932), South African sprinter
 * Elaine Winter (figure skater) (1895–?), German figure skater
 * Fred Winter (1926–2004), British National Hunt racing racehorse jockey and trainer
 * Margie Winter (born 2002), Micronesian swimmer
 * Nick Winter (1894–1955), Australian athlete
 * Peter Winter (athlete) (born 1971), Australian decathlete
 * Rudolf Winter, Czechoslovakian 1928 Olympic sailor
 * Stefan Winter (born 1988), German national ski mountaineering coach and alpine sports author
 * Tex Winter (1922–2018), American basketball coach
 * Trevor Winter (born 1974), American basketball player

Other

 * Christopher Winter (pirate), English pirate active in the Caribbean
 * David A. Winter (1930–2012), distinguished professor emeritus of the University of Waterloo
 * Ella Winter (1898–1980), Australian-British journalist and activist
 * Elly Winter (1898–1987), German communist and notable political activist
 * Howie Winter (1929–2020), American convicted criminal
 * Jay Winter (born 1945), Professor of History
 * Miriam Winter (1933–2014), German Nazi Holocaust survivor
 * Solomon Winter (1778–1859), Hungarian philanthropist
 * Timothy Winter (born 1960), British Islamic scholar