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Winston is a name deriving from the old saxon / Norse words "wynn" meaning "good" or "beautiful" and "stonn" meaning town or place.

Contents 1 Places 2 People 2.1 Real People 2.2 Fictional characters 3 Products and Companies 4 Other

[edit] Places

Winston is the name of several places in England:

• Winston, County Durham
• Winston, Suffolk

- and in the United States of America:

• Winston, Florida
• Winston, Georgia
• Winston, Missouri
• Winston, Montana
• Winston, New Mexico
• Winston, Oregon
• Winston County, Alabama
• Winston County, Mississippi

There is also Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which has given its name to two brands of cigarettes, (see Winston and Salem).

[edit] People

Winston as person may refer to:

[edit] Real People

• Arthur Winston (1906-2006), U.S. centenarian, "Employee of the Century"
• Eric Winston (born 1983), U.S. football player
• George Winston (born 1949), U.S. pianist
• George T. Winston (1852-1932), U.S. educator
• Harry Winston (1896-1978), U.S. jeweller
• Hattie Winston (born 1945), U.S. actress
• Jimmy Winston, British organist (The Small Faces)
• John A. Winston (1812-1871), U.S. politician
• Joseph Winston (1747-1815), U.S. politician
• Matt Winston, U.S. actor
• Nat Winston, U.S. psychiatrist
• Peter Winston (born 1958), U.S. chess player
• Robert Winston (born 1940), British scientist, politician & TV presenter
• Stan Winston (born 1946), U.S. special effects & makeup artist
• Winston Abraham, (born 1974), Australian rules footballer
• Winston Bogarde (born 1970), Dutch footballer
• Winston Churchill (1874-1965), former prime minister of the United Kingdom

[edit] Fictional characters

• Dallas Winston
• Ezra Winston
• Randall Winston
• Winston Smith from the George Orwell novel 1984
• Winston Zeddemore, a character from the film Ghostbusters and related productions
• Winston (Dennis the Menace) A fictional bully in the 1980s Dennis the Menace animated

television series

• Winston Man A man among men. This nigga could suck down an entire Winston Cigarette in one drag and then drink a pitcher of Guinness.
• Alicia Winston, a sniper in the Lukano Liberation Army in Time Crisis 3.
• See Winston (surname)

[edit] Products and Companies

• Winston (cigarette)

[edit] Other

• Winston Cup, the name of a NASCAR racing series between 1972 - 2003. In 2003 it became the NEXTEL Cup.

• Winston, is a CanadianMusician