Winter (surname)

Winter is a surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 40.7% of all known bearers of the surname Winter were residents of Germany (frequency 1:992), 22.9% of the United States (1:7,932), 9.5% of England (1:2,952), 4.4% of Austria (1:974), 3.9% of Australia (1:3,034), 3.4% of Brazil (1:30,666), 3.0% of Canada (1:6,132), 1.7% of the Netherlands (1:4,879), 1.4% of South Africa (1:20,013) and 1.3% of France (1:26,529).

In Austria, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:974) in the following states:

• 1. Lower Austria (1:671)
• 2. Salzburg (1:798)
• 3. Vienna (1:802)
• 4. Styria (1:848)

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:992) in the following states:

• 1. Bremen (1:674)
• 2. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:695)
• 3. Hesse (1:719)
• 4. Saxony-Anhalt (1:737)
• 5. Saarland (1:831)
• 6. Saxony (1:839)
• 7. Bavaria (1:887)
• 8. Brandenburg (1:895)
• 9. Thuringia (1:910)
• 10. Lower Saxony (1:977)

In England, the frequency of the surname was higher than the national average (1:2,952) in the following counties:

• 1. East Sussex (1:1,284)
• 2. County Durham (1:1,291)
• 3. Isle of Wight (1:1,470)
• 4. Cumbria (1:1,521)
• 5. Northumberland (1:1,597)
• 6. East Riding of Yorkshire (1:1,637)
• 7. Tyne and Wear (1:1,638)
• 8. Somerset (1:1,698)
• 9. Bristol (1:1,766)
• 10. Lincolnshire (1:1,864)
• 11. Hampshire (1:2,018)
• 12. Dorset (1:2,102)
• 13. Norfolk (1:2,143)
• 14. Surrey (1:2,150)
• 15. Rutland (1:2,232)
• 16. Kent (1:2,259)
• 17. Hertfordshire (1:2,270)
• 18. Gloucestershire (1:2,288)
• 19. Cambridgeshire (1:2,464)
• 20. Bedfordshire (1:2,476)
• 21. Wiltshire (1:2,581)
• 22. Buckinghamshire (1:2,592)
• 23. Berkshire (1:2,593)
• 24. Devon (1:2,596)
• 25. South Yorkshire (1:2,780)
• 26. West Sussex (1:2,835)
• 27. North Yorkshire (1:2,910)
• 28. Nottinghamshire (1:2,922)

Disambiguation pages

• Edward Winter (disambiguation), multiple people
• John Winter (disambiguation), multiple people
• Michael Winter (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ralph Winter (disambiguation), multiple people
• William Winter (disambiguation), multiple people

Arts and entertainment

• Agnes-Nicole Winter (born 1956), Swedish television personality
• Alex Winter (born 1965), British-American actor and director
• Amalie Winter (1802–1879), poet and novelist
• Andrew Winter (1893–1958), American artist
• Andy Winter, British comics writer
• Ariel Winter (born 1998), American actress and voice actress
• Cameron Winter (born 2002), American singer and songwriter.
• Carl Winter (1906–1966), British art historian and museum curator
• Chelsea Winter, New Zealand celebrity chef, entrepreneur, food writer, and television personality
• Claude Winter (1931–2011), actress
• Cris Winter, radio personality
• Damon Winter (born 1974), New York-based photographer
• David Alexandre Winter (born 1943), Dutch-born pop singer
• Donovan Winter (?–2015), British film director, actor, and writer
• Dorothea Winter (1949–2012), German recorder player and recorder teacher
• Edgar Winter (born 1946), American musician
• Eric Winter (born 1976), American actor
• Ethel Winter (1924–2012), American dancer and dance instructor
• Ezra Winter (1886–1949), prominent American muralist
• Faith Winter (artist) (1927–2017), British sculptor
• Faye Winter (born 1995), English television personality
• Fritz Winter (1905–1976), German painter
• Glen Winter, Canadian television director, cinematographer, and producer
• Guilherme Winter (born 1979), Brazilian actor
• H. Edward Winter (1908–1976), American enamel artist
• Harald Winter (born 1953), artist
• Harry A. Winter (1889–1969), lawyer, journalist, judge, and political figure
• Harry Winter (1914–2001), German-Austrian singer, musician, and band director
• Johnny Winter (1944–2014), American singer, songwriter, musician
• Judy Winter (born 1944), German actress
• Julia Winter (born 1993), Swedish-British actress
• Katia Winter (born 1983), Swedish actress
• Kurt Winter (1946–1997), Canadian guitarist
• Laska Winter (1905–1980), American actress
• Ophélie Winter (born 1974), French singer and actress
• Paul Winter (born 1939), American musician
• Peter Winter (1754–1825), German dramatic composer
• Ralph Winter (producer) (born 1952), American film producer
• Ronnie Winter, lead singer of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
• Sarah Winter (born 1993), British film and television actress
• Samira Winter (born 1991), singer in the pop band Winter
• Terence Winter (born 1960), Emmy Award-winning American screenwriter and television producer
• Thelma Frazier Winter (1908–1977), American ceramist
• Veronika Winter (born 1965), German soprano
• Vincent Winter (1947–1998), Scottish child actor

Business

• Benjamin Winter, Sr. (1882–1944), American real estate developer
• Edwin Winter (1845–?), president of Northern Pacific Railway
• Eirik Winter, international banker

Journalism and literature

• Alice Ames Winter (1865–1944), American litterateur, author, clubwoman, suffragist
• Brenno de Winter (born 1971), Dutch ICT and investigative journalist
• Douglas E. Winter (born 1950), American author and editor
• Henry Winter (born 1963), British journalist
• John Strange Winter (1856–1911), pen-name of Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard, English novelist
• Lee Winter, Australian novelist
• Robert Winter (1924–2019), Californian historian
• Samuel Vincent Winter (1843–1904), Australian newspaperman and mayor of Richmond, Victoria
• Zikmund Winter (1846–1912), Czech novelist and historian

Military

• August Winter (1897–1979), German general
• Donald C. Winter (born 1947), US Secretary of the Navy
• Ormonde Winter (1875–1962), British general and intelligence officer

Politics and law

• Beth Winter, British Member of Parliament elected 2019
• Bob Winter (born 1937), Lord Provost of Glasgow
• Brad Winter (born 1952), American politician from the state of New Mexico
• Elmer Winter (1912–2009), American lawyer who co-founded Manpower Inc.
• Ernst Florian Winter (1923–2014), American historian and political scientist
• Ernst Karl Winter (1895–1959), Austrian sociologist
• Faith Winter (1980–2025), U.S. legislator
• Frank Winter (1906–1976), South Island Māori leader
• Gordon Arnaud Winter (1912–2003), Canadian politician
• Harrison Lee Winter (1921–1990), United States federal judge
• James Spearman Winter (1845–1911), Canadian politician
• Klaus Winter (1936–2000), German judge
• Ludwig Georg Winter (1778–1838), German politician
• Martin Winter (mayor) (born 1962), Mayor of Doncaster, England
• Ralph K. Winter Jr. (1935–2020), American judge
• Steven Winter (legal scholar), American law professor
• Ty Winter, American politician from Colorado
• Gonzalo Winter, Chilean lawyer and politician, congressman representing the 10th district of Santiago.

Religion

• Allen Winter (1903–1997), Anglican Bishop
• Bruce W. Winter (born 1939), conservative evangelical New Testament scholar
• Colin Winter (1928–1981), English Anglican bishop
• Cornelius Winter (1742–1808), Methodist preacher
• Daniel Winter, one of the three main founders of the Orange Order
• Miriam Therese Winter (born 1938), Catholic theologian
• Terry Winter (televangelist) (1942–1998), Canadian religious leader

Sciences

• Andreas Winter (born 1971), German mathematician and mathematical physicist
• Ernst Florian Winter (1923–2014), Austrian-American historian and political scientist
• Ernő Winter (1897–1971), engineer who developed barium lamps
• George D. Winter (1927–1981), British medical researcher
• Sir Gregory Winter (born 1951), British antibodies researcher
• Hannspeter Winter (1941–2006), Austrian plasma physicist
• Heinrich Georg Winter (1848–1887), German mycologist
• Jean-Pierre Winter (1951–2025), French psychoanalyst and writer

Sports

• Adrian Winter (born 1986), Swiss professional footballer
• Andy Winter (born 2002), Scottish footballer
• Aron Winter (born 1967), Dutch footballer
• Arthur Winter (1844–1937), English priest and cricketer
• Blaise Winter (born 1962), American football coach and former player
• Brian Winter (born 1968), Scottish former football referee
• Cecil_Winter (1879-1964), English cricketer, teacher and RAF officer
• Cliff Winter (1884–1918), English footballer
• Elaine Winter (athlete) (born 1932), South African sprinter
• Elaine Winter (figure skater) (1895–?), German figure skater
• Fred Winter (1926–2004), British National Hunt racing racehorse jockey and trainer
• Margie Winter (born 2002), Micronesian swimmer
• Nick Winter (1894–1955), Australian athlete
• Peter Winter (athlete) (born 1971), Australian decathlete
• Stefan Winter (ski mountaineer) (born 1988), German national ski mountaineering coach and alpine sports author
• Tex Winter (1922–2018), American basketball coach
• Trevor Winter (born 1974), American basketball player

Other

• Christopher Winter (pirate), English pirate active in the Caribbean
• David A. Winter (1930–2012), distinguished professor emeritus of the University of Waterloo
• Ella Winter (1898–1980), Australian-British journalist and activist
• Elly Winter (1898–1987), German communist and notable political activist
• Howie Winter (1929–2020), American convicted criminal
• Jay Winter (born 1945), Professor of History
• Miriam Winter (1933–2014), German Nazi Holocaust survivor
• Solomon Winter (1778–1859), Hungarian philanthropist
• Timothy Winter (born 1960), British Islamic scholar

See also

• Winters (name)
• Winterson
• De Winter (surname)
• Wynter (disambiguation), includes list of people with the name Wynter

References