Winston (name)

Winston is a surname derived from Winstone, near Cirencester in Gloucestershire. Later, it developed as a male Christian name with the Churchill family, starting with Sir Winston Churchill in 1620, named for his mother Sarah's surname.

People with the surname

Annie Steger Winston (1862-1927), American short story writer
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
Emaree Winston (born 2006), 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 Campbell (born 1991), Honduran discus thrower
Winston Craig (born 1995), American football player
Winston DeLattiboudere III (born 1998), American football player and coach
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 Lee (born 1994), Jamaican-born American former collegiate athlete
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 Santos (born 1968), Venezuelan wrestler
Winston Santos (baseball) (born 2002), Dominican baseball 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 Watkins (born 2007), American football player
Winston Watts (born 1967), member of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team
Winston Wright Jr. (born 2001), American football player

Other

Winston Chu (born 1940), Hong Kong lawyer and activist
Winston Churchill (novelist) (1871–1947), American novelist
Winston Chow, American student activist
Winston De Ville (1937–2025), American historian
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 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 Payne, an early and recurring antagonist in the Ace Attorney video game series
Winston Schmidt, a character in New Girl
Winston Smith, from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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".

References

↑ Withycombe, Elizabeth Gidley (1977). The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian names. Oxford at Clarendon Press. p. 294. Retrieved December 26, 2025.

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[1] Withycombe, Elizabeth Gidley (1977). The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian names. Oxford at Clarendon Press. p. 294. Retrieved December 26, 2025.