Winthrop (surname)

Winthrop is a surname.

People with the surname
Notable persons with that surname include:
 * Beekman Winthrop (1874–1940), New York lawyer and Governor of Puerto Rico
 * Clara Winthrop (1876–after 1935), American philanthropist
 * Egerton Leigh Winthrop (1838-1916), American lawyer and clubman who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age
 * Fitz-John Winthrop (1637-1707), American governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1698 until his death
 * Frederic Bronson Winthrop (1863-1944), American philanthropist and lawyer who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age
 * John Winthrop (c. 1587–1649), English-born founding governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
 * John Winthrop, the Younger (1606–1676), English-born governor of Connecticut
 * John Winthrop (1714–1779), American astronomer and professor at Harvard College
 * Robert Winthrop (1764-1832), American Royal Navy Vice Admiral
 * Robert Charles Winthrop (1809–1894), American lawyer and philanthropist
 * Theodore Winthrop (1828–1861), American writer, lawyer, and world traveler
 * Thomas L. Winthrop (1760–1841), American Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
 * Waitstill Winthrop (1641/2-1717), American colonial magistrate, military officer, and politician of New England

Fictional characters

 * Eliza Winthrop, the main character in Nancy Garden's Annie on My Mind (1982)
 * Ethan Winthrop, a character on the daytime drama Passions
 * Franklin Winthrop, a character in the HBO series Oz
 * Ivy Winthrop, a character on the daytime drama Passions
 * Jane Winthrop, a character on the daytime drama Passions
 * Louis Winthorpe III, a character from the movie Trading Places played by Dan Aykroyd
 * Sarah Winthrop, a character on the daytime drama Passions
 * Wilhelmina "Billy" Hunnewell Winthrop, the main in Judith Krantz's bestselling novels Scruples and Scruples Two, stepmother to the main character of Lovers, Gigi Orsini