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Ambrose may refer to:
[edit] People
[edit] Surname
- Ambrose (bandleader), or Bert Ambrose (1896-1971), English band-leader and violinist
- Alex Ambrose (born 1982), Indian footballer
- Alice Ambrose (1906–2001), American philosopher, logician, and author
- Ashley Ambrose (born 1970), former American football player
- Autpert Ambrose (c. 730–784), Frankish Benedictine monk who became abbot of San Vicenzo, Italy
- Chace Ambrose (born 1976), American actor, screenwriter and journalist
- Charles Ambrose (1791-1856), English organist, composer, choir director, and music educator
- Curtly Ambrose (born 1963), West Indian cricketer
- Darren Ambrose (born 1984), English footballer
- David Ambrose, British novelist and screenwriter
- Dick Ambrose (born 1953), former American football linebacker
- Donetta W. Ambrose (born 1945), United States federal judge
- Eddie Ambrose (1894–1994), American jockey
- Efe Ambrose (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
- Erin Ambrose (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player
- Gladys Ambrose (1930-1998), English film and television actress
- Isaac Ambrose (1604-1663/64), English Puritan divine
- James R. Ambrose (born 1922), former aerospace executive and U.S. Under Secretary of the Army
- John Ambrose (c. 1705-1771), Royal Navy officer
- John Thomas Ambrose, former Deputy U.S. Marshal, convicted in 2009 of leaking information about a federal witness
- John Wolfe Ambrose (1838-1899), Irish-American engineer and developer
- Lauren Ambrose (born 1978), American actress
- Marcos Ambrose (born 1976), Australian race car driver
- Myles Ambrose, former U.S. Commissioner of Customs
- Paddy Ambrose (1928–2002), Irish footballer and coach
- Paul Ambrose (1868-1941), Canadian organist, conductor, composer, and music educator
- Richard Ambrose (born 1972), former Australian rules footballer
- Rob Ambrose (born 1970), American footballer and coach
- Robert Ambrose (1824-1908), Canadian composer
- Robert Ambrose, American conductor
- Rona Ambrose (born 1969), Canadian politician
- Sharon Ambrose (born 1939), U.S. politician
- Simon Ambrose, 2007 winner of the BBC reality TV show The Apprentice, chairman of the London Contemporary Orchestra
- Stephen Ambrose (1936-2002), American historian
- Stuart Ambrose (born 1943), former English cricketer
- Tim Ambrose (born 1982), English cricketer
- Tish Ambrose, American pornographic actress
- Tommy Ambrose, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Tony Ambrose (1933-2008), British rally driver
- Walt Ambrose (1905-unknown), American footballer
- Professor Warren Ambrose (1914–1995), American mathematician
- William Ambrose (1813–1873), bardic name Emrys, 19th-century Welsh language poet
- William Ambrose (1832–1908), English judge and politician
- J. Willis Ambrose (1911–1974), first President of the Geological Association of Canada
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- Ambrose (340-397), Christian saint and bishop of Milan
- Ambrose of Alexandria (before 212 - c. 250), friend of the Christian theologian Origen
- Ambrose of Siena (1220-1286), Italian Dominican teacher, missionary and diplomat
- St. Ambrose Traversari, also referred to as Ambrose of Camaldoli, (1386-1439), Italian monk and theologian
- Ambrose Akinmusire (born 1982), Nigerian-American jazz trumpeter
- Ambrose Bierce (1842-1913), American author
- Ambrose Burnside (1824-1881), American general and namesake of sideburns
- Ambrose Small (1863-1919), Canadian theatre magnate
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[edit] Educational Institutions
- St. Ambrose Academy, Catholic middle school and high school in Madison, Wisconsin
- Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria
- St Ambrose Barlow RC High School, a Catholic technology college in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England.
- Saint Ambrose Catholic School, Cheverly, Maryland
- St Ambrose Catholic School, K-8 grade school in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania
- St. Ambrose College a Voluntary Aided Christian Brothers Catholic boys' grammar school in Hale Barns, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England.
- The Ambrose School, classical Christian school grades K-12 in Meridian, Idaho
- Saint Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa
- Ambrose University College (AUC), a private Christian liberal arts college in Calgary, Alberta
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