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Preston is the name of a number of people and places in the world:
[edit] Places
- Preston, Devon
- Preston, Dorset
- Preston, Cotswold, Gloucestershire (near Cirencester)
- Preston, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire (near Ledbury)
- Preston, Hertfordshire
- Preston near Faversham, Kent
- Preston near Wingham, East Kent
- Preston, Lancashire (City)
- Preston, Northumberland
- Preston, Rutland
- Preston, Suffolk
- Preston Village, Brighton, Sussex
- Preston on Tees, Eaglescliffe, Teesside
- Preston, Tynemouth, Northumberland
- Preston, Wiltshire
- Preston, near Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire
- Preston, a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Preston Deanery, a village in Northamptonshire
- Preston Manor in the London Borough of Brent
- Preston, Connecticut
- Preston, Georgia
- Preston, Idaho (Location and setting for the film Napoleon Dynamite)
- Preston, Iowa
- Preston, Kansas
- Preston, Kentucky
- Preston, Maryland
- Preston, Minnesota
- Preston, Mississippi
- Preston, New York
- Preston, Oklahoma
- Preston Road, Important thoroughfare to the history and growth of Dallas, Texas. Built over a historically important cattle trail.
- Preston, Washington
- Preston County, West Virginia
- Preston, Adams County, Wisconsin
- Preston, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
[edit] People
- Preston PhillipsT.V. News Personality/Activist
- Preston Brooks U.S. politician
- Preston Manning, founder of the Reform Party of Canada.
- Preston Geritano, murdered criminal
- Andrew Preston, American businessman, founder of United Fruit Company.
- Billy Preston, musician (1946-2006).
- Douglas Preston, author (b. 1956).
- Duke Preston, American Football player
- Kenneth O. Preston, top enlisted soldier in the US Army.
- Kelly Preston, American actress.
- Ricardo "Rock" Preston, American football player.
- Richard Preston, author (b. 1954).
- Robert Preston, actor (1918-1987).
- Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara, Irish soldier.
- Simon Preston, organist and composer.
- Samuel Preston (known simply as "Preston"), lead singer and guitarist of The Ordinary Boys.
- William Preston (Freemason), author of Illustrations of Masonry.
- William Preston (American actor) (1921-1998)
- William Ballard Preston U.S. politician.
- William Campbell Preston U.S. politician
- Preston Tucker, automobile designer and entrepreneur.
- Preston Chase Huffington, Swamp Master 2004
- Sean Preston Federline, first child of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline
[edit] Fictional characters
