Winthrop (surname)

Winthrop is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:

• Beekman Winthrop (1874–1940), New York lawyer and Governor of Puerto Rico
• Clara Winthrop (1876-after 1935), American philanthropist
• John Winthrop (c.1587-1649), founding governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• John Winthrop, the Younger (1606–1676), governor of Connecticut
• John Winthrop (1714-1779), American astronomer and professor at Harvard College
• Robert Charles Winthrop (1809–1894), American lawyer and philanthropist
• Theodore Winthrop (1828–1861), American writer, lawyer, and world traveller
• Thomas L. Winthrop (1760–1841), American Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Fictional characters

• Wilhelmina "Billy" Hunnewell Winthrop, main character in Judith Krantz's bestselling novels Scruples and Scruples Two, stepmother to the main character of Lovers, Gigi Orsini.
• Ethan Winthrop, character on the daytime drama Passions
• Franklin Winthrop, character in the HBO series Oz
• Ivy Winthrop, character on the daytime drama Passions
• Jane Winthrop, character on the daytime drama Passions
• Louis Winthorpe III, character from the movie Trading Places, played by Dan Aykroyd
• Sarah Winthrop, character on the daytime drama Passions

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