Famous People with Name Winston

Winston Arnel Crite            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Winston Arnel Crite: is a retired American professional basketball player who currently trains young players. After a very successful career at Texas A&M University, Crite was drafted by the Phoenix Suns and spent two years playing in the NBA before playing professionally in Europe. At 6'7" (2.00 m) and 233 lb (106 kg), he played as a forward.

Winston George Bennett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Winston George Bennett: is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 3rd round (64th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. Bennett played three years in the NBA, mainly for the Cavaliers, from 1989 to 1992. His best year as a pro came during his rookie season when he appeared in 55 games and averaged 6.1 ppg. Bennett played collegiately at the University of Kentucky. He was an assistant coach under Rick Pitino at the University of Kentucky. Also, he followed Pitino, as an assistant coach, to the NBA Boston Celtics. He was the Kentucky State University Men's Basketball coach. He led the Thorobreads to a conference championship in his first year, 2000-2001. In May of 2007, Winston Bennett was named the men's head basketball coach at Mid-Continent University in Mayfield, Kentucky. He and his family, his wife Peggy, and his three daughters Princess(15), Jasmine(10), and Stephanie(9) have just recently moved to Paducah, which is 20 minutes away from mayfield, and reside in Loneoak in a neighborhood called Barrington Woods.

Winston Kinnard Garland            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Winston Kinnard Garland: is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1987 NBA Draft. A 6'2" guard from Missouri State University, Garland played in 8 professional seasons, 7 of which were in the NBA where he played for 5 different teams. He played for the Golden State Warriors (1987-90), Los Angeles Clippers (1990-91), Denver Nuggets (1991-92), Houston Rockets (1992-1993) and Minnesota Timberwolves (1994-95).[1]

Winston Mawdsley Graham            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Winston Mawdsley Graham: was an English novelist, best known for the Poldark series of historical novels.Graham was born in Victoria Park, Manchester, England. When he was 17 he moved to Perranporth, Cornwall. His first novel, The House with the Stained Glass Windows was published in 1934; his first Poldark novel, Ross Poldark, was published in 1945, and was followed by a series of eleven further titles, the last of which, Bella Poldark, came out in 2002. The series was set in Cornwall, especially in and around Perranporth, where Graham spent much of his life. The Poldark saga was made into a BBC television series in the 1970s and, with audiences reaching 14 million, was so successful that vicars moved or cancelled church services rather than try to hold them when Poldark was showing.

Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale: is a disc jockey and television game show host.Martindale started his career as a disc jockey at age 17 at WPLI in Jackson, earning $25 a week. He was hired away by WTJS for double the salary. Jackson's only other station, WDXI, hired him away from WTJS. He next hosted mornings at WHBQ in Memphis. In 1959, he became morning man at KHJ in Los Angeles, California, moving a year later to the morning show at KRLA and finally to KFWB in 1962. He also had lengthy stays at KKGO/KJQI and Gene Autry's KMPC.

Henry M. Winston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Henry M. Winston: was an African American political leader and Marxist civil rights activist. Winston, committed to equal rights and communism, was an advocate of civil rights for African Americans decades before the idea of racial equality emerged as a mainstream current

Joseph Winston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Winston: was an American pioneer, planter and Revolutionary War hero from North Carolina, and the first cousin of statesman and Virginia governor Patrick Henry.[2] Winston moved to the Stokes County, North Carolina area in 1766. During the American Revolutionary W

Francis Donnell Winston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis Donnell Winston: was a North Carolina politician and judge who served as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1905 to 1909. In 1884, Winston was the Republican nominee for North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction. In 1887, he represented Bertie and Northa

Norma Ann Winstone            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Norma Ann Winstone: a British jazz singer and lyricist. In a career spanning over forty years she is best known for her wordless improvisations.Winstone began singing in bands around Dagenham in the early 1960s, before joining Michael Garrick's band in 1968. Her first recording came the following year, with Joe Harriott. She recorded one album under her own name in 1972. [1Winstone has worked with most of her peers in British jazz including Garrick, Mike Westbrook and her former husband, the pianist John Taylor. With Taylor and trumpeter Kenny Wheeler she has performed and recorded three albums for ECM as a member of the trio Azimuth between 1977 and 1980. In addition she made an album with the American pianist Jimmy Rowles (Well Kept Secret, 1993).

Howard Winstone            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Howard Winstone: was a Welsh world champion boxer, born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. As an amateur, Winstone won the Amateur Boxing Association bantamweight title in 1958, and a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff.