Ashcraft
Ashcraft is a surname. Reaney and Wilson have suggested this is a place-related surname referring to "dweller at a croft with an ash-tree"; a "croft" refers to a small parcel of land used for farming.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan E. Ashcraft Jr., American politician and judge
- Braxton Ashcraft, American baseball player
- Forrest Ashcraft, American politician
- Graham Ashcraft, American baseball player
- Hale Ashcraft, American politician
- Karen Ashcraft, American academic
- Mark H. Ashcraft, American academic
- Percy Ashcraft, American politician and local government official
- Richard Ashcraft, American academic
- Tami Oldham Ashcraft, American sailor and author