Aston (name)
Appearance
Aston is an English surname and occasionally a given name.
Some notable persons with the name:
Scientists
- Sir Aston Webb (1849–1930), English architect and President of the Royal Academy (1919-1924)
- Francis William Aston, Nobel prize winning chemist and physicist, and inventor of the mass spectrograph.
- Bernard Aston (1871–1951), English chemist and botanist
- Helen Isobel Aston (1934–2020), Australian botanist and ornithologist
- Mick Aston (1946–2013), British archaeologist
- William George Aston (1841–1911), British consular official and Japanologist
In government
- Sir Thomas Aston, 1st Baronet (1600-1646), English politician
- Walter Aston (burgess) (c. 1606-1656), member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
- Arthur Vincent Aston, official in the Malayan civil service
- Aston Kajara, minister in Uganda
In sports
- Alfred Aston, French footballer and manager
- Bill Aston, British racing driver
- Ferdie Aston, South African rugby player
- Harry Aston (footballer, born 1855), English footballer
- Harry Aston (footballer, born 1881), played for West Bromwich Albion and Walsall
- Henry Hervey Aston (1759–1798), English cricketer
- Jack Aston (1877-1934), English footballer
- John Aston Sr., English footballer, father of Aston Jr.
- John Aston Jr., English footballer
- John Aston (cricketer), Irish cricketer
- Karen Aston, American collegiate basketball player and coach
- Ken Aston (1915-2001), English footballer
- Mark Aston, British rugby player
- Randolph Aston (1869-1930), English rugby player
- Aston Croall, English rugby player
- Aston Moore, Jamaican athlete
In music
- Jay Aston, British singer, formerly with the pop group Bucks Fizz
- Hugh Aston (c. 1485–1558)
- Michael Aston, rock musician
- Peter Aston (1938–2013), English composer and conductor
- Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Jamaican musician
- Aston Merrygold, British lead singer in JLS
Writers
- Luise Aston (1814-1871), German writer and feminist
- Tilly Aston (1873-1947), blind Australian writer and teacher
- Aston Cockayne (1605–1684), well-known Cavalier and minor literary figure
- Manny Aston, Australian writer and teacher
- Constance Aston, seventeenth century English manuscript author and anthologist (later Constance Aston Fowler)
- Elizabeth Aston, English author
In other fields
- Arthur Aston (army officer) (1590-1649), professional soldier and supporter of Charles I in the English Civil War
- Cawton Aston (active 1693 – 1733), English builder of spinets
- Evelin Winifred Aston (1891–1975), English artist
- Sam Aston, British child actor