Winston

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Winston is a name deriving from Old English wynnstān, meaning "pleasant stone".

Contents 1 Places 2 Real people 3 Fictional characters 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 (cigarette) and Salem (cigarette)).

[edit] Real people

• Winston Churchill, (1874-1965) British politician
• Arthur Winston (1906-2006), U.S. centenarian, "Employee of the Century"
• Eric Winston (born 1983), U.S. football player
• David Winston U.S. herbalist
• Francis D. Winston, Lt. Governor of North Carolina
• 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 Winston, various
  • 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
• Patrick H. Winston, U.S. computer scientist
• 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

[edit] Fictional characters

• Dallas Winston
• Ezra Winston
• Randall Winston
• Winston (Dennis the Menace), a fictional bully in the 1980s Dennis the Menace animated television series
• Winston (EastEnders)
• Alicia Winston, a sniper in the Lukano Liberation Army in Time Crisis 3
• Winston Smith, from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
• Winston Ingram, a fictional pensioner in BBC's Still Game
• Winston, a Peter Tinniswood character
• Winston Zeddemore, a fictional character in Ghostbusters
• Winston Wolf, a fictional character in Pulp Fiction, played by Harvey Keitel

[edit] Other

• Winston (cigarette)
• Winston (band), a Canadian indie pop band
• Winston Cup, the name of a NASCAR racing series between 1972–2003