Ash (name)
Ash is both a given name and a surname.
Notable people with the name include:Given name
- Ash, hawk-god of the Sahara Desert in Egyptian mythology
- Ash Amin, British geographer
- Ash Atalla, British television producer
- Ash Baron-Cohen, British film director, usually credited as "Ash"
- Ash Bowie, American indie musician
- Ash Carter, American physicist, professor, and former U.S. Secretary of Defense
- Ash Kapriélov, British music producer, videographer, and journalist
- Ash Lieb, Australian artist, comedian, and writer
Fictional characters
- Ash, an android in the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien
- Ash, the main protagonist in the 2001 science fiction film Avalon
- Ash, a character portrayed by Tasya Teles in the TV series The 100
- Ash, a character in the manga and anime series MÄR
- Ash, 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
- 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
- , 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, Canadian-American fighter pilot
- Brandon Ash, American racing driver
- Brian Ash, American screenwriter
- Brian Ash, bibliographer
- Daniel Ash, British guitarist
- Ed Ash, American car engine constructor
- Eric Ash, British electrical engineer and former Rector of Imperial College
- George Ash, a South Australian newspaper editor, lawyer, and parliamentarian
- Gord Ash, Canadian baseball manager
- Haruhiko Ash, Japanese rock singer
- Isaac Colton Ash, American banker, real-estate dealer, and politician
- John Ash, a name shared by several people
- Kevin Ash, British motorcycle journalist and writer
- Leslie Ash, British actress
- Marvin Ash, pseudonym of the American jazz pianist Marvin Ashbaugh
- Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman
- Meir Ash, a name shared by:
- *Rabbi Meir Eisenstadt
- *Rabbi Meir Eisenstaedter
- Rob Ash, American football coach
- Russell Ash, British writer
- Sam Ash, born Samuel Ashkynase, American businessman
- Sam Ash, American vaudeville singer and film actor
- Timothy Garton Ash, British academic historian and writer
- Victor Ash, a name shared by several people
- William H. Ash, African-American politician and former slave
Fictional characters
- Ash, 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
