Aston (name)

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 Cracroft Aston (1871–1951), English chemist and botanist
• Helen Isobel Aston (born 1934), 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
• James Aston, 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 (composer) (c. 1485–1558)
• Michael Aston, rock musician
• Peter Aston (1938–2013), English composer and conductor
• Aston 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 (English 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