Preston (family name)
Preston is an English family name (see also -ton ).
Name bearer
A.
- Ann Preston (1813–1872), American doctor
- Arthur Murray Preston (1913–1968), American Navy officer
- Arthur Preston (1883–1936), Bishop of Woolwich
B.
- Billy Preston (1946-2006), American musician
C.
- Carrie Preston (* 1967), American actress and director
- Chanel Preston (* 1985), American porn actress
- Cynthia Preston (* 1968), Canadian actress
D.
- Denis Preston (1916–1979), British music producer and jazz critic
- Don Preston (* 1932), American rock musician and film music composer
- Douglas Preston (born 1956), American writer
E.
- Eddie Preston (1928–2009), American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player
- Ernest Preston (1901–1966), English football player
F.
- Frances Williams Preston († 2012), American entrepreneur
- Francis Preston (politician) (1765–1835), American politician
- Francis Preston (sailor) (1913–1975), British regatta sailor
- Francis Preston Blair (1791–1876), American journalist and politician
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. (1821–1875), American politician and major general in the Union Army
- Francis Preston Blair Lee (1857–1944), American politician
- Francis Preston Venable (1856–1934), American chemist
- Frank W. Preston (1896–1989), English-American engineer and ecologist
G
- George W. Preston (* 1930), American astronomer
J
- JA Preston (born 1932), American actor
- Jacob Alexander Preston (1796–1868), American politician
- James Preston (actor) (born 1988), American actor
- James H. Preston (1860–1938), American politician, Mayor of Baltimore
- James Moore Preston (1873–1962), American painter and illustrator
- James Patton Preston (1774–1843), American politician
- James Preston (cricketer) (1792-1842), English cricketer
- James B. Preston (1926-2004), American neurophysiologist
- Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston (1837–1907), Governor of British Guiana and Tasmania
- Johnny Preston (1939–2011), American rock and roll singer
K
- Keith Preston (* 1947), British golf course architect; former Swedish and Austrian national golf coach
- Kelly Preston (1962-2020), American actress
- Kenneth Preston (sailor) (1901-1995), British regatta sailor
- Kenneth O. Preston (* 1957), sergeant in the United States Army
L.
- Lewis T. Preston (1926-1995), American banker
M.
- Margaret Preston (1875–1963), Australian painter and printmaker
P
- Paul Preston (born 1946), British historian
- Peter Preston (1938-2018), British journalist
- Peter Lewys Preston (* 1990), German actor and singer
- Prince Hulon Preston junior (1908–1961), American politician
R.
- Rebecca Preston (* 1979), Australian triathlete
- Rich Preston (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Richard Preston (* 1954), American writer
- Robert Preston (1918–1987), American actor
S.
- Samuel H. Preston (* 1943), American demographer
- Samuel Tolver Preston (1844–1917), English physicist
- Samuel W. Preston (1840–1865), US Navy officer
- Simon Preston (* 1938), English organist, conductor and composer
- Steve Preston (* 1960), American politician
T
- Thomas Preston (composer) († after 1559), English composer
- Thomas Preston (Author) (1537–1598) English author
- Thomas Preston (monk) (1563–1640), English religious
- Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara (1585–1655), Irish general
- Thomas Preston (officer) (around 1722 – around 1798), British officer, see Boston Massacre
- Thomas Preston (physicist) (1860–1900), American physicist
- Thomas Preston ( Amarillo Slim ; 1928–2012), American poker player
- Thomas Hildebrand Preston (1886–1976), British diplomat
- Thomas J. Preston, Jr. (1862–1955), American archaeologist
- Thomas Scott Preston (1824–1891), American clergyman, Vicar General of New York
W.
- Walter Preston (1819–1867), Confederate politician (Virginia)
- Ward Preston , production designer and art director
- Wayde Preston (1929–1992), American actor
- William Preston (captain) , British captain
- William Preston (Politician, 1816) (1816-1887), American politician and officer (Kentucky)
- William Preston (politician, 1874) (1874–1941), British politician
- William B. Preston (1805–1862), American politician
- William C. Preston (1794–1860), American politician
- William Everett Preston (1946-2006), American musician, see Billy Preston