# 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