Aston (name)

Aston is an English surname and occasionally a given name.

Some notable persons with the name:

• 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

• 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

• 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
• Aston Whiteside (born 1989), American football player

• 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
• Adam Aston (1902-1993), Polish singer

• 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

• 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

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