Ash (name)
Ash is both a given name and a surname. The name is gender neutral.
Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:
Given name
People
- Ash Ambihaipahar, Australian politician
- Ash Amin, British geographer
- Ash Atalla, British television producer
- Ash Baron-Cohen, British film director, usually credited as "Ash"
- Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player
- Ash Bowie, American indie musician
- Ash Carter, American physicist, professor, and former U.S. Secretary of Defense
- Ash Gordon, American singer-songwriter
- Ash Holme, English media personality
- Ash London, Australian radio and television personality
- Ash Palmisciano, English actor
- Ash Pollard, Australian cook, author, television and radio personality
- Ash Regan, Scottish politician
- Ash or Aishu, nickname of Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Fictional characters
- Ash, the protagonist of fantasy novel Ash: A Secret History
- 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, a character in the manga and anime series MÄR
- Ash, a character in the animated films Sing and Sing 2
- Ash (Ninjago), a character in Ninjago
- Ash, a character who is Marceline the Vampire Queen's ex-boyfriend in the animated series Adventure Time
- Ash (Supernatural), a recurring character on the TV series Supernatural
- Ash, a character in the Titanfall series
- Ash Crimson, one of the protagonists 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, a fictional ostrich from the animated film Night of the Zoopocalypse
- Ash Kaur, a character from EastEnders
- Ash Ketchum, the original main protagonist of Pokémon the Series
- 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
- Ash Graven, supporting protagonist in the animated sci-fi series Final Space
- Ash, an epic brawler from mobile game Brawl Stars
- Ash, the protagonist of the 2017 video game The End is Nigh
- Ash Firin, a recurring character in the adult animated TV series Superjail!.
Surname
People
- Abraham Joseph Ash, American rabbi
- Aesha Ash, American ballet dancer
- Bill Ash, Canadian-American fighter pilot
- Brandon Ash, American racing driver
- Brian Ash, American screenwriter
- Brian Ash (bibliographer), bibliographer
- Daniel Ash, British guitarist
- Ed Ash, American car engine constructor
- Eileen Ash, English cricketer
- Erica Ash, American actress
- Eric Ash, British electrical engineer and former Rector of Imperial College
- George Ash, a South Australian newspaper editor, lawyer, and parliamentarian
- Gerald Ash, electrical engineer
- Gord Ash, Canadian baseball manager
- Haruhiko Ash, Japanese rock singer
- Isaac Colton Ash, American banker, real-estate dealer, and politician
- John Ash (disambiguation), several people
- Ken Ash American baseball pitcher
- Kevin Ash, British motorcycle journalist and writer
- Lauren Ash, Canadian actress and comedian
- Leslie Ash, British actress
- Marvin Ash, pseudonym of the American jazz pianist Marvin Ashbaugh
- Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman
- Meir Eisenstadt, rabbi and author also known as Meir Ash
- Meir Eisenstaedter, rabbi, Talmudist, and paytan also known as Meir Ash
- Rob Ash, American football coach
- Russell Ash, British writer
- Sam Ash, born Samuel Ashkynase, American businessman
- Sam Ash (actor), American vaudeville singer and film actor
- Timothy Garton Ash, British academic historian and writer
- Victor Ash (disambiguation), several people
- William H. Ash, African-American politician and former slave
Fictional characters
- Ash, one of the main characters from the film Sing
- Captain Ash, a recurring character in the video game series TimeSplitters
- Nina Ash, a character in the TV series Angel
- Randolph Henry Ash, a Victorian poet in the novel Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt
- Ash, a virtuous chimpanzee and son of Rocket, on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.