List of Famous people with last name Winchell

Walter Winchell

First Name Walter
Last Name Winchell
Born on April 7, 1897
Died on February 20, 1972 (aged 74)

Walter Winchell was a syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway reporter, critic and columnist for New York tabloids. He rose to national celebrity in the 1930s with Hearst newspaper chain syndication and a popular radio program. He was known for an innovative style of gossipy staccato news briefs, jokes and Jazz Age slang. Biographer Neal Gabler credited his popularity and influence meant “He turned journalism into a form of entertainment.”

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Paul Winchell

First Name Paul
Last Name Winchell
Born on December 21, 1922
Died on June 24, 2005 (aged 82)

Paul Winchell was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, voice artist, humanitarian, and inventor whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1950 to 1954, he hosted The Paul Winchell Show, which also used two other titles during its prime time run on NBC: The Speidel Show, and What's My Name? From 1965–1968, Winchell hosted the children's television series Winchell-Mahoney Time.

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April Winchell

First Name April
Last Name Winchell
Born on January 4, 1960 (age 64)

April Terri Winchell is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, clown, writer, radio host and commentator. She is known for voicing Clarabelle Cow in the Disney franchise since 1996. Her father was Paul Winchell.

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Alexander Winchell

First Name Alexander
Last Name Winchell
Born on December 31, 1824
Died on February 19, 1891 (aged 66)

Alexander Winchell was a United States geologist who contributed to this field mainly as an educator and a popular lecturer and author. His views on evolution aroused controversy among his contemporaries; today the racism of these views is more cause for comment.

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Newton Horace Winchell

First Name Newton
Last Name Winchell
Born on January 1, 1839
Died on January 1, 1914 (aged 75)

Newton Horace Winchell (1839–1914) was an American geologist responsible for the six-volume The Geology of Minnesota: Final Report of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, which is the work of Winchell and his assistants. A bibliography of his publications by Warren Upham in the Bulletin of the Geological Society of America contains almost 300 titles.

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