Aston (name)

Scientists

• Sir Aston Webb, English architect and President of the Royal Academy
• Francis William Aston, Nobel prize winning chemist and physicist, and inventor of the mass spectrograph.
• Bernard Cracroft Aston, English chemist and botanist
• 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 , 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, English footballer
• Harry Aston, played for West Bromwich Albion and Walsall
• Henry Hervey Aston, English cricketer
• Jack Aston, English footballer
• James Aston, English footballer
• John Aston, Sr., English footballer, father of Aston Jr.
• John Aston, Jr., English footballer
• John Aston, 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

  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 Barrett, Jamaican musician
• Aston Merrygold, British lead singer in JLS

  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 , 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