Winthrop (surname)

Winthrop is a surname.

## People with the surname

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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
* Egerton Leigh Winthrop (1838-1916), American lawyer and clubman who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age
* Fitz-John Winthrop (1637-1707), American governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1698 until his death
* Frederic Bronson Winthrop (1863-1944), American philanthropist and lawyer who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age
* John Winthrop (c. 1587–1649), English-born founding governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
* John Winthrop, the Younger (1606–1676), English-born governor of Connecticut
* John Winthrop (1714–1779), American astronomer and professor at Harvard College
* Robert Winthrop (1764-1832), American Royal Navy Vice Admiral
* Robert Charles Winthrop (1809–1894), American lawyer and philanthropist
* Theodore Winthrop (1828–1861), American writer, lawyer, and world traveler
* Thomas L. Winthrop (1760–1841), American Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
* Waitstill Winthrop (1641/2-1717), American colonial magistrate, military officer, and politician of New England

## Fictional characters

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* Eliza Winthrop, the main character in Nancy Garden's Annie on My Mind (1982)
* Ethan Winthrop, a character on the daytime drama Passions
* Franklin Winthrop, a character in the HBO series Oz
* Ivy Winthrop, a character on the daytime drama Passions
* Jane Winthrop, a character on the daytime drama Passions
* Louis Winthorpe III, a character from the movie Trading Places played by Dan Aykroyd
* Sarah Winthrop, a character on the daytime drama Passions
* Wilhelmina "Billy" Hunnewell Winthrop, the main in Judith Krantz's bestselling novels Scruples and Scruples Two, stepmother to the main character of Lovers, Gigi Orsini

## See also

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* Winthrop

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