| Westin Surname History
- Origins Available:
Sweden
| Westin migration to the United States | + |
Westin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Anders Westin, aged 17, who arrived in America from Sweden, in 1893
- Axel Westin, who arrived in Mississippi in 1899 1
Westin Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Gustaf A. Westin, aged 20, who arrived in America from Nederlulea, Sweden, in 1907
- Elvira Westin, aged 22, who arrived in America from Skan, Sweden, in 1908
- Andres Westin, aged 19, who arrived in America from Wiksir, Sweden, in 1908
- Anders A. Westin, aged 25, who arrived in America from Grums, Wruil, Sweden, in 1909
- John Westin, aged 29, who arrived in America from Kramfars, Sweden, in 1909
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| Contemporary Notables of the name Westin (post 1700) | + |
- Av Westin (1929-2022), American television producer, best known for co-creating the CBS Morning News with Mike Wallace
- Sherrie Rollins Westin, American Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Sesame Workshop
- Alan Furman Westin (1929-2013), American Professor of Public Law & Government Emeritus, Columbia University
- David Westin (b. 1952), American advisor to NewsRight, former President and CEO from 2011 to 2012, while at ABC News, he received 11 George Foster Peabody Awards, 13 Alfred I DuPont Awards, 4 George Polk Awards, 40 News and Documentary Emmys, and more than 40 Edward R. Murrow Awards
- Leslie E. Westin, American politician, Member of Minnesota State Senate 41st District, 1959 2
- Jens Thomas Erik Westin (b. 1989), Swedish ice hockey player
- John Westin (b. 1992), Swedish ice hockey forward
- Bojan Westin (1926-2013), Swedish actor who appeared in more than 30 films and television shows between 1941 and 2011
| Historic Events for the Westin family | + |
- Mr. Donald Vern Westin, American Fireman Third Class from Oregon, USA working aboard the ship "USS Arizona" when she sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, he died in the sinking 3
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
- Pearl Harbour: USS Arizona Casualties List Pearl Harbour December 7, 1941. (Retrieved 2018, July 31st). Retrieved from http://pearl-harbor.com/arizona/casualtylist.html
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