Winnifred is a given name.
People
Notable people with the name include:
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Winnifred Eaton (1875–1954), Canadian author
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Winnifred Harper Cooley (1874–1967), American author and lecturer
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Winnifred Hudson (1905–1996), British-born painter
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Winnifred Quick (1904–2002), one of the last four remaining survivors of the sinking of
RMS Titanic
RMS ''Titanic'' was a British ocean liner that Sinking of the Titanic, sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 as a result of striking Iceberg that struck the Titanic, an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York Ci ...
on April 15, 1912, one of the last two remaining survivors to have memory of the crash, sinking, and escape.
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Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck
Winnifred Sprague Huck (née Mason; September 14, 1882 – August 24, 1936) was an American journalist and politician from the state of Illinois who became the third woman to serve in the United States Congress, after Jeannette Rankin and Ali ...
(1882–1936), American journalist and politician from the state of Illinois
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Winnifred Sarah Train (1904–1979), New Zealand army nurse, hospital matron, nurses' association leader
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Winnifred Teo Suan Lie (1967–-1985), Singaporean student and victim of an unsolved rape-murder case
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Winnifred Wygal
Winnifred Crane Wygal (August 25, 1884 – July 8, 1972) was an American theologian, writer, and YWCA national staff member from 1919 to 1944.
Early life and education
Wygal was born in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Frank Wygal and Kati ...
(1884–1972), American theological writer, lecturer, YWCA leader
Fictional Characters
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Winnifred Torrance, Protagonist of
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, scienc ...
's 1977 novel,
The Shining, and
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American filmmaker and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Stanley Kubrick filmography, his films were nearly all adaptations of novels or sho ...
's 1980 homonymous film,
The Shining.
Places
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Winnifred, Alberta, hamlet in the Canadian province of Alberta
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Winnifred Street Bridge (also known asWSDOT Bridge No. 1130), concrete box girder bridge in Ruston, Washington
See also
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Winifred (disambiguation) Winifred is a feminine given name, an anglicization of Welsh ''Gwenffrewi'', from ''gwen'', "fair", and ''ffrew'', "stillness". It may refer to:
People
* Saint Winifred, 7th century Welsh saint
* Winifred Atwell (1914–1983), British pianist
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