Ash (name)
Appearance
Ash is both a given name (commonly a shortened version of Ashton, Ashley, and Ashlyn) and a surname.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Ash (deity), hawk-god of the Sahara Desert in Egyptian mythology
- Ash Amin (born 1955), British geographer
- Ash Atalla (born 1972), British television producer
- Ash Baron-Cohen (born 1967), British film director, usually credited as "Ash"
- Ash Bowie (born c. 1968), American indie musician
- Ash Carter (born 1954), American physicist, professor, and former U.S. Secretary of Defense
- Ash Kapriélov (born 1988), British music producer, videographer, and journalist
- Ash Lieb (born 1982), Australian artist, comedian, and writer
Fictional characters
- Ash (Alien), an android in the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien
- Ash (Avalon), the main protagonist in the 2001 science fiction film Avalon
- Ash (Echo), a character portrayed by Tasya Teles in the TV series The 100
- Ash (MÄR), a character in the manga and anime series MÄR
- Ash (Supernatural), a recurring character on the TV series Supernatural
- Ash Crimson, the latest main character of the King of Fighters video game series
- Ash Dove, a recurring character in the TV series H2O: Just Add Water
- Ash Fox, the son of Mr. Fox in the animated film Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Ash Ketchum, the main protagonist of the anime series Pokémon
- Ash Lynburn, a character in the novel Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
- Ash Lynx, the main character of the manga and anime series Banana Fish
- Ash Tyler, the chief of security of the USS Discovery in the TV series Star Trek: Discovery
- Ash Williams, the hero of the Evil Dead film series
Surname
- Bill Ash (1917–2014), Canadian-American fighter pilot
- Brandon Ash (born 1977), American racing driver
- Brian Ash (born 1974), American screenwriter
- Brian Ash (1936–2010), bibliographer
- Daniel Ash (born 1957), British guitarist
- Ed Ash, American car engine constructor
- Eric Ash (born 1928), British electrical engineer and former Rector of Imperial College
- George Ash (1859–1897), a South Australian newspaper editor, lawyer, and parliamentarian
- Gord Ash (born 1951), Canadian baseball manager
- Haruhiko Ash, Japanese rock singer
- Isaac Colton Ash (1861–1933), American banker, real-estate dealer, and politician
- John Ash (disambiguation), a name shared by several people
- Kevin Ash (1959–2013), British motorcycle journalist and writer
- Leslie Ash (born 1960), British actress
- Marvin Ash (1914–1974), pseudonym of the American jazz pianist Marvin Ashbaugh
- Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001), American businesswoman
- Meir Ash (disambiguation), a name shared by:
- Rabbi Meir Eisenstadt (1670–1744)
- Rabbi Meir Eisenstaedter (1780–1852)
- Rob Ash (born 1951), American football coach
- Russell Ash (1946–2010), British writer
- Sam Ash, born Samuel Ashkynase (1897–1956), American businessman
- Sam Ash (1884–1951), American vaudeville singer and film actor
- Timothy Garton Ash (born 1955), British academic historian and writer
- Victor Ash (disambiguation), a name shared by several people
- William H. Ash (1859–1908), African-American politician and former slave
Fictional characters
- Ash (Alien), an android in the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien
- Captain Ash, a recurring character in the video game series TimeSplitters
- Nina Ash, a character in the TV series Angel
- Ash Ketchum, co-protagonist with Goh of the long-running Pokemon anime
- Randolph Henry Ash, a Victorian poet in the novel Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt