Aston (name)
Aston is an English surname and occasionally a given name.
Some notable persons with the name:
Scientists
- Sir Aston Webb, English architect and President of the Royal Academy
- Bernard Aston, English chemist and botanist
- Francis William Aston, Nobel prize-winning chemist and physicist, and inventor of the mass spectrograph.
- Helen Isobel Aston, Australian botanist and ornithologist
- Mick Aston, British archaeologist
- William George Aston, British consular official and Japanologist
In government
- Sir Thomas Aston, 1st Baronet, English politician
- Walter Aston (burgess), 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, English cricketer
- Jack 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, English footballer
- Mark Aston, British rugby player
- Randolph Aston, English rugby player
- Aston Croall, English rugby player
- Aston Moore, Jamaican athlete
- Aston Whiteside, American football player
In music
- Jay Aston, British singer, formerly with the pop group Bucks Fizz
- Hugh Aston
- Michael Aston, rock musician
- Peter Aston, English composer and conductor
- Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Jamaican musician
- Aston Merrygold, British lead singer in JLS
- Adam Aston, Polish singer
Writers
- Luise Aston, German writer and feminist
- Tilly Aston, blind Australian writer and teacher
- Aston Cockayne, well-known Cavalier and minor literary figure
- Manny Aston, Australian writer and teacher
- Constance Aston, seventeenth-century English manuscript author and anthologist
- Elizabeth Aston, English author
In other fields
- Arthur Aston (army officer), professional soldier and supporter of Charles I in the English Civil War
- Cawton Aston, English builder of spinets
- Evelin Winifred Aston, English artist
- Sam Aston, British child actor