- Edburga Of Winchester
Saint Eadburh or Edburga (died June 15, 960) was the daughter of King Edward the Elder of England and his third wife, Edgiva of Kent. She was a nun at, and possibly abbess of, the Nunnaminster in Winchester where she was buried. Following her canonisation in 972, some of her remains were translated to Pershore Abbey in Worcestershire, which is dedicated to her.
- Lyfing Of Winchester
Lyfing of Winchester (d. 23 March 1047) (also known as Livingus) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Crediton, St Germans and Worcester. He was a monk at the Cathedral Priory in Winchester. In 1009, he became Abbot of Tavistock, and that was always his favourite of the offices he held. In 1027, he became the 9th Bishop of Crediton, and about the same time he became Bishop of St Germans when his uncle Bishop Britwold of that see died, …
- Æthelwold Of Winchester
Saint Æthelwold of Winchester (909-984) was a 10th century Bishop of Winchester and leader of the monastic reform movement in Anglo-Saxon England.
- Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester, OBE, is a British author and journalist. Winchester studied geology at St Catherine's College, Oxford before working in Africa and on offshore oil rigs. He then spent a twenty-year career as a foreign correspondent for "The Guardian", winning several awards. He has more recently written for such publications as "Condé Nast Traveler", "Smithsonian Magazine", …
- Sarah Lockwood Winchester
Sarah Winchester (September 1839 - September 5, 1922), was an heiress and the builder of the Winchester Mystery House. She was born in Connecticut as Sarah Lockwood Pardee, the daughter of Leonard Pardee and Sarah W. Burns. On September 30, 1862 in New Haven, Connecticut, Sarah married William Wirt Winchester, the only son of Oliver Winchester, the owner of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The couple had one daughter, Annie Pardee Winchester, …
- Daniel Of Winchester
Daniel (Danihel) of Winchester (d. 745 AD) was Bishop of the West Saxons, and Bishop of Winchester from ca. 705 to 744. The prominent position which he held among the English clergy of his time can best be appreciated from the fact that he was the intimate friend of St. Aldhelm at Sherborne, of the Venerable Bede at Jarrow and of St. Boniface in Germany. Daniel was consecrated to succeed Bishop Hedda of Wessex whose vast diocese was then broken up; Dorsetshire, Wiltshire, …
- James Winchester
James Winchester (February 26, 1752-July 26, 1826) was a Brigadier General during the War of 1812 and commanding officer of American forces during the River Raisin massacre. He was a very important General in the War of 1812.
- William Wirt Winchester
William Wirt Winchester (1837 - March 7, 1881) was the second president of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company from 1880 to 1881.
- Brad Winchester
Brad Winchester (b. 1 March, 1981 in Madison, Wisconsin), is a professional ice hockey left winger for the Dallas Stars. He was selected in the second round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, 35th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers. Despite playing in the NCAA, where small scorers have tended to thrive, Winchester has spent his entire career as a power forward and all-round tough guy, …
- Caleb Thomas Winchester
Caleb Thomas Winchester (1847-1920) was an American English scholar, born at Montville, Conn. He graduated in 1869 from Wesleyan University, where he was librarian till 1873 and thereafter professor of English literature. He also became known as a lecturer in his own special field. The years 1880-81 he spent in study at Leipzig. Besides serving on the committee which revised "The Methodist Hymnal", …
- Shurwayne Winchester
Shurwayne Winchester is a soca artist from Trinidad and Tobago. He is also featured on bmobile commercials. Shurwayne in 2004 and 2005 won the Road March: 2004 being " " and 2005, being "Dead or Alive". In 2006, he won the soca Monarch for "Can't Wait" and Groovy Soca Monarch for "Don't Stop". In 2007, he sang " " for Soca Monarch and "Alequa" for Groovy Soca Monarch, however, he lost both though he gained the People's Choice Award.
- Oliver Fisher Winchester
Oliver Fisher Winchester (November 30, 1810 - December 11, 1880) was an American businessman and politician.
- James R. Winchester
James Winchester (born 1953) is the current Chief Justice of Oklahoma. Born in Clinton, Oklahoma in 1953, Winchester received his Bachelor of Art from the University of Oklahoma and his Juris Doctor from Oklahoma City University. After graduating from law school, Winchester practiced law in Weatherford, Oklahoma, and Hinton, Oklahoma, before being named Associate District Judge for Caddo County, Oklahoma in January 1983.
- William Of Winchester Lord of Lunenburg
William, called William of Winchester, William Longsword, or William of Lüneburg, was the youngest son of Duke Henry the Lion. William was born in England during his father's exile; he remained there when Henry returned to Saxony and was raised at Richard Lionheart's court. When Henry died in 1195, William inherited Henry's properties around Lüneburg, near Lauenburg, and in the eastern Harz.
- Godfrey Of Winchester
Godfrey of Winchester (d. 1107) was an English satirical poet writing in Latin, known for his epigrams. He is known also as Martialis Coccus or pseudo-Martial. One of his poems occurs in the "Carmina Burana".
- Boyd Winchester
Boyd Winchester (September 23, 1836 - May 18, 1923) was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. He pursued preparatory studies and then attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia. He graduated from the law department of the University of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1857 and commenced practice in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Colin Winchester
Colin Stanley Winchester (18 October 1933 - 10 January, 1989) was an officer with the Australian Federal Police. At the time of his death he was the Assistant Commissioner in charge of community policing in the Australian Capital Territory. On 10 January 1989, he was shot and killed as he parked his car in the driveway of his house in Deakin (ACT). David Harold Eastman was charged with his murder.
- Ian Winchester
Ian Winchester (born 27 May 1973) is a discus thrower from New Zealand. He finished tenth at the 1992 World Junior Championships, eighth at the 1998 World Cup and fifth at the 1998 Commonwealth Games (where he also finished eighth in shot put) He also competed at two World Championships (1997, 1999) as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics without reaching the final round. His personal best throw is 65.03 metres, achieved in May 2002 in Salinas.
- Benjamin Winchester
Benjamin Winchester was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. Winchester was the youngest adult member of Zion's Camp, an original member of the first Quorum of the Seventy, editor of the first independent Mormon periodical, the "Gospel Reflector", president of a large branch of the church in Philadelphia, a zealous missionary who baptized thousands, a Rigdonite Apostle, and ultimately a dissenter who repudiated Mormonism altogether.
- Nancy Maria Winchester
Nancy Maria Winchester is recognized as the thirty-third woman to marry LDS church founder Joseph Smith, Jr.
- Jack Winchester
Jack Winchester (born 1882 in Belleville, Ontario) was a professional ice hockey player who played 93 games in various professional and amateur leagues, including the National Hockey Association and International Professional Hockey League. Amongst the teams he for played with were the Montreal Shamrocks.
- Philip Winchester
Philip Winchester (born on March 24, 1981) is an American actor.
- Michael Winchester
Michael Winchester is an Australian actor, best known for playing Marty Jackson in the television series "Prisoner". He had previously appeared in "Sons and Daughters" as Todd Fisher.
- Jesse Winchester
Jesse Winchester In-depth Biography Jesse Winchester was the music world's most prominent Vietnam War draft-evader, though his renown came from a body of wry, closely observed songs. After growing up in Memphis, Winchester received his draft notice in 1967 and moved to Montreal, Canada, rather than serve in the military. In 1969, he met Robbie Robertson of the Band, who helped launch his recording career.
- John Adams
John Adams was a Catholic priest and martyr. He was born at Winterbourne St Martin in Dorset at an unknown date (c. 1543?) and became a Protestant minister. He later entered the Catholic Church and travelled to the English College then at Rheims, arriving on December 7 1579. He was ordained a priest at Soissons on December 17 1580. He set out for the mission in England on March 29 1581. He is known to have worked in Hampshire but details of his later, …
- Mark Oaten
Mark Oaten (born 8 March 1964, Watford) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom, and Member of Parliament for the Winchester constituency. Oaten served as the Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman, before resigning that position on 21 January, 2006 after a sex scandal involving male prostitutes was uncovered by the "News of the World" tabloid newspaper. Oaten has confirmed he will not be standing for re-election at the next general election.
- Thomas James
Thomas James (c. 1573 - August, 1629) was an English librarian, first librarian of the Bodleian Library, Oxford. He was born at Newport, Isle of Wight, and educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, where he became a fellow in 1593. In 1602, his wide knowledge of books, together with his skill in deciphering manuscripts and detecting literary forgeries, secured him the post of librarian to the library newly founded by Sir Thomas Bodley at Oxford.
- John Wilkes
John Wilkes (1750-March 31, 1810) was an English printer, bookseller and stationer. He was a Freeman of Winchester and proprietor of the "Hampshire Chronicle". With Peter Barfoot he ran the British Directory Office, which published the "Universal British Directory" from 1790 to 1798 after obtaining a royal patent. He compiled the "Encyclopedia Londinensis", which was published between about 1810 and 1829 in 24 volumes.
- Lucy Pinder
Lucy Katherine Pinder (b. 20 December, 1983 in Winchester, Hampshire, England) is a glamour model. She was spotted by a freelance photographer while sunbathing on Bournemouth beach in the summer of 2003 ; as a result of photographs taken that day, she signed a professional modeling contract with "The Daily Star". In the 2005 UK edition of the "FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World" Lucy was a new entry in the poll and finished 16th overall.
- William Of Wykeham
William of Wykeham (1320 - September 27, 1404) was Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England, founder of Winchester College and of New College, Oxford, and builder of a large part of Windsor Castle. William was born to an undistinguished family, in Wickham, Hampshire, and educated at a school in Winchester. He was appointed Justice in Eyre south of the Trent along with Peter Atte Wode in 1361, a position he held until about 1367.
- George Brown
George Brown (born October 6 1887 at Cowley, Oxford; died December 3 1964 at Winchester, Hampshire) was an English cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1921 to 1923. George Brown was born in Cowley, Oxfordshire, the son of Edwin Brown and Sarah Ann (nee Casey). As his figures indicate, he was a very versatile cricketer, being useful as batsman, bowler and wicketkeeper. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire between 1908 and 1933.
- Jay Pandolfo
Jay Pandolfo (b. December 27 1974, Winchester, Massachusetts) is an American ice hockey forward who currently plays for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. Pandolfo grew up in Burlington, Massachusetts and played hockey for Burlington High School, where he graduated in 1992. Coincidentially, Burlington High School's mascot is a Red Devil.
- Bob Anderson
Bob Anderson (born November 7 1947, Winchester, Hampshire, England) is a former world darts champion. He was ranked as world number one for over three years in the late 1980s. Nicknamed The Limestone Cowboy, he lives in Clevedon in Somerset.
- Brian White
Brian White (born 7 February, 1976 in Winchester, Massachusetts) is an American ice hockey defenseman who last played in the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche. White was selected 268th overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, but has played only 2 games in the NHL.
- Peter White
øPeter White is a British broadcast journalist and DJ. He has been a regular presenter on BBC Radio Solent since the station launched in 1971. His Radio Solent show was suddenly axed in November 2006, when several long-serving and well-respected presenters were sacked in an attempt to improve listener figures. Blind since birth (as was his older brother), he is closely associated with disability issues.
- John Morton
John Morton is a British writer and director associated with the BBC Radio and television networks. He is perhaps best known for writing "People Like Us", which starred Chris Langham. Originally produced for BBC Radio 4, it was later adapted for BBC Two. He has also spent time teaching English Literature at Peter Symonds Sixth Form College in Winchester, with his stagings of college drama productions famous for being very witty.
- James Adams
James Adams (born September 23, 1980) is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler. Born in Winchester, he first starred for the England Under-19s having previously represented his country at the Under-15 and Under-19 World Cups. Having been named as Hampshire's Young Player of the Year, he captained Loughborough UCCE in 2003 and made his maiden first-class century against Somerset in 2003.
- William Collins
William Collins, English poet Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a turn away from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the romantic era which would soon follow.
- Stigand
This man is not to be confused with Stigand of Selsey, the last bishop of Selsey." Stigand"' (d. 1072), was an English churchman of pre-Conquest England.
- John Browne
John Ernest Douglas Delavalette Browne (born 17 October 1938) is a British politician. Browne was Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1979 to 1992. In the 1992 general election, he decided to stand as an Independent Conservative candidate in Winchester after he was deselected by the Conservative Party after being suspended from the House of Commons for failing to declare his business interests.