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Weston as a surname may refer to:

  • Weston family, Canadian and United Kingdom business family:
    • Alannah Weston, daughter of Galen Weston and creative director of Selfridges
    • George Weston, founder of Weston Bakeries
    • Galen Weston, Canadian businessman, son of W.G. Weston
    • Galen Weston, Jr., son of Galen Weston and head of Loblaws
    • Garry Weston, Canadian born British businessman, son of W.G. Weston
    • Guy Weston, British businessman, son of Garry Weston
    • George G. Weston, British businessman, son of Garry Weston
    • W. Garfield Weston, Canadian businessman and former British MP
  • Aylmer Hunter-Weston (1864–1940), British general and politician
  • Bob Weston, American musician
  • Bob Weston (guitarist) (born 1947), English guitarist
  • Brett Weston (1911–1993), American photographer
  • Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland (c.1639–1665), English nobleman
  • Chris Weston, British comics artist
  • Curtis Weston (born 1987), English footballer
  • Doug Weston (c.1926/27–1999), American nightclub owner
  • Edward Henry Weston (1886–1958), American photographer
  • Dr Edward Weston (chemist) (1850–1936), English chemist, industrialist and founder of the Weston Electric Light Company and Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation
  • Edward Faraday Weston (1878–1971), son of Edward Weston (chemist) and designer of the Weston exposure meter, which established the Weston film speed ratings
  • Edward Payson Weston (1839–1929), American walker
  • Sir Francis Weston (1513?–1536), English royal attendant
  • Harold Weston (1894–1972), American modernist painter
  • Hilary Weston (born 1942), Irish-born Canadian businesswoman and politician
  • Jack Weston (1924–1996), American actor
  • James A. Weston (1827–1895), American politician
  • Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland (c.1605–1662), English nobleman
  • Jessie Weston (1850–1928), British writer on Arthurian legend
  • Joan Weston (1935–1997), American roller derby athlete
  • Sir John Weston (born 1938), British diplomat and poet
  • Joseph H. Weston (1911–1983), Arkansas newspaper editor and politician
  • Kathy Weston (born 1958), American middle distance runner
  • Kim Weston (born 1939), American soul singer
  • Kris Weston (born 1972), British electronic musician
  • Dame Margaret Weston (born 1926), British museum director
  • Maria Weston Chapman (1806–1885), American abolitionist
  • Michael Weston (born 1973), American actor
  • Neville Weston (born 1936), English Australian artist and art historian
  • Paul Weston (1912–1996), American music arranger
  • Percy Weston, played football for England in 1871 and 1872
  • Phil Weston (born 1973), English cricketer
  • Professor Weston, fictional C.S. Lewis character
  • Randy Weston (born 1926), American jazz pianist
  • Rhys Weston (born 1980), Welsh footballer
  • Richard Weston, several people
  • Riley Weston (born 1967), American actress
  • Roz Weston, Canadian television personality
  • Simon Weston (born 1961), Welsh soldier and Falkland Islands veteran
  • Sir Weston, the 21st ghost Luigi encounters in Luigi's Mansion
  • Steve Weston (died 1985), Canadian actor
  • Thomas Weston (horticulturalist) (1866–1935), Australian horticulturalist and afforestation pioneer
  • Thomas Weston (actor) (1737–1776), English actor
  • Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland (c.1609–1688), English nobleman
  • Tim Weston (born 1982), New Zealand cricketer
  • Tommy Weston (1895–1952), English footballer who played for Aston Villa and Stoke City
  • Walter Weston (1861–1940), English clergyman and mountaineer
  • William Weston (Early English Navigator) (15th Century), English Navigator
  • William Weston (1804–1888), Australian politician
  • William Basil Weston (c.1924–1945), British Army officer, awarded the Victoria Cross



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