Ashton (surname)
Ashton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Ashton , American co-founder of WordPerfect Corporation
- Alan Ashton
- Brian Ashton , English rugby player
- Brian Ashton, Canadian politician
- Carter Ashton, Canadian ice hockey player
- Chris Ashton , English rugby player
- Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, 2009-2014
- Claude Ashton, English cricketer and footballer
- Dean Ashton, English footballer
- Edward Ashton
- Edwin Ashton, English footballer
- Ellis Ashton, English comedian and theatre historian
- Eric Ashton, English rugby league footballer
- Ferris Ashton, Australian rugby league footballer
- Fred Ashton , American politician
- Sir Frederick Ashton, English dancer and choreographer
- Gilbert Ashton, English cricketer
- Graham Ashton, Australian police officer, Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police
- Hubert Ashton, English cricketer
- James Ashton, South Australian artist and educator
- Jennifer Ashton, American physician, author, and television medical contributor
- Joe Ashton, British politician
- John Ashton
- Julian Ashton, English-born Australian artist and teacher, supporter of the Heidelberg School
- Kevin Ashton, British technology pioneer
- Lorin Ashton, American musician
- Mark Ashton, British gay rights activist and general secretary of Young Communist League
- Niki Ashton, Canadian politician
- Norman Ashton, British housing developer, notable for work in the North of England in the 1960s and 1970s
- Pat Ashton, English actress
- Percy Ashton, English cricketer
- Peter Shaw Ashton, British botanist
- Robert Ashton , British historian
- Roger Ashton, English soldier
- Roger Ashton , Welsh footballer
- Steve Ashton, Canadian politician
- Susan Ashton, American musician
- T. S. Ashton, English economic historian
- Tony Ashton, English rock musician
- Tracy Ashton, American amputee actress
