• Beekman Winthrop
  Beekman Winthrop
  Beekman Winthrop was a New York lawyer and Governor of Puerto Rico from 1904 to 1907. He was later an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury....
  
   (1874–1940), New York lawyer and Governor of Puerto Rico
• Clara Winthrop
  Clara Winthrop
  Clara Bowdoin Winthrop was a philanthropist, art collector, and relative of John Kerry, a U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate....
  
   (1876-after 1935), American philanthropist
• John Winthrop
  John Winthrop
  John Winthrop was a wealthy English Puritan lawyer, and one of the leading figures in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the first large wave of migrants from England in 1630, and served as governor for 12 of...
  
   (c.1587-1649), founding governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• John Winthrop, the Younger
  John Winthrop, the Younger
  John Winthrop , generally known as John Winthrop the Younger, was governor of Connecticut.He was born in Groton, England, the son of John Winthrop, founding governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony...
  
   (1606–1676), governor of Connecticut
• John Winthrop (1714-1779)
  John Winthrop (1714-1779)
  John Winthrop was the 2nd Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Harvard College. He was a distinguished mathematician, physicist and astronomer, born in Boston, Mass. His great-great-grandfather, also named John Winthrop, was founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony...
  
  , American astronomer and professor at Harvard College
• Robert Charles Winthrop
  Robert Charles Winthrop
  Robert Charles Winthrop was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives....
  
   (1809–1894), American lawyer and philanthropist
• Theodore Winthrop
  Theodore Winthrop
  Theodore Winthrop was a writer, lawyer, and world traveller. He was one of the first Union officers killed in the American Civil War.-Biography:...
  
   (1828–1861), American writer, lawyer, and world traveller
• Thomas L. Winthrop
  Thomas L. Winthrop
  Thomas L. Winthrop was a Massachusetts politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1826 to 1833....
  
   (1760–1841), American Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Fictional characters

• Wilhelmina "Billy" Hunnewell Winthrop, main character in Judith Krantz's bestselling novels Scruples
  Scruples (novel)
  Scruples is a 1978 novel by Judith Krantz. A direct sequel, Scruples Two, was published in 1992.The novel details the life story of protagonist Wilhelmina Hunnewell Winthrop , as she evolves from the overweight "poor relation" in an aristocratic Boston Brahmin family to become a thin, stylish...
  
   and Scruples Two, stepmother to the main character of Lovers, Gigi Orsini.
• Ethan Winthrop
  Ethan Winthrop
  Ethan Winthrop is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV daytime drama Passions. Ethan is played by both Travis Schuldt and Eric Martsolf...
  
  , character on the daytime drama Passions
• Franklin Winthrop, character in the HBO series Oz
• Ivy Winthrop
  Ivy Winthrop
  Ivy Winthrop is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions. Ivy has been portrayed by original cast member Kim Johnston Ulrich since the soap's premiere episode in July 1999...
  
  , character on the daytime drama Passions
• Jane Winthrop, character on the daytime drama Passions
• Louis Winthorpe III, character from the movie Trading Places, played by Dan Aykroyd
• Sarah Winthrop, character on the daytime drama Passions