# 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. (born 2003), American 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
* Roland Winston (1936–2025), American scientist in the field of nonimaging optics
* 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, a character in Unicorn: Warriors Eternal
* Winston Bishop, a character in New Girl
* Winston Chu (Degrassi character) in Degrassi: The Next Generation
* Winston Frost, Emma Frost's father in Marvel Comics
* 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".