Winch (disambiguation)
A winch is a mechanical device used to pull in, let out, or otherwise adjust the tension of a rope or cable.
Winch may also refer to:
- People
- Eli Winch (1848-1938), an American manufacturer and politician
- Ernest Winch (1879–1957), a Canadian politician from British Columbia
- Harold Winch (1907-1993), a Canadian politician
- Humphrey Winch (1555–1625), a judge who had a distinguished career in Ireland and England
- Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Baronet (1622–1703), an English politician
- Peter Winch (1926–1997, a British philosopher
- Ruth Winch (1870–1952), a British tennis player
- Other
- Winch baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England
- Largo Winch, a Belgian comic book series
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