Winston

From MedBib.com - Medicine & Nature

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

Winston may also refer to:

Places

In England:

• Winston, County Durham
• Winston, Suffolk

In the United States:

• Winston, Florida
• Winston, Georgia
• Winston, Missouri
• Winston, Montana
• Winston, New Mexico
• Winston, Oregon
• Winston County, Alabama
• Winston County, Mississippi
• Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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
• 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 and TV presenter
• Stan Winston (1946–2008), U.S. special effects and makeup artist
• Winston Peters, a New Zealand politician

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

Other

• Winston (cigarette)
• Winston (band), a Canadian indie pop band
• Winston Cup, the name of a NASCAR racing series between 1972–2003
  • The Winston, now known as the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race

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