Ajax may refer to:

Greek mythology and tragedy

Ajax the Great :wikt:Αἴας, Ajax () or Aias (; grc, Αἴας, Aíās , ''Aíantos''; Archaic Greek alphabets, archaic ) is a Greek mythology, Greek mythological Greek hero cult, hero, the son of King Telamon and Periboea, and the half-brother of Te ...

, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea *

Ajax the Lesser Ajax ( grc, Αἴας ''Aias'' means "of the earth".) was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. He was called the "lesser" or "Locrian" Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. He was the leader ...

, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, about Ajax the Great

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Ajax Duckman, in the animated television series ''Duckman'' * Marvel Comics: ** Ajax the Greater, another name for

Ajak Ajak is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Jack Kirby, Ajak first appeared in ''The Eternals'' #2 (August 1976), he was created by Jack Kirby. The character is usually depicted as a mem ...

, one of the Eternals from Marvel Comics ** Ajax the Lesser, another name for Arex, one of the Eternals from Marvel Comics ** Ajax, a member of the Pantheon appearing in Marvel Comics ** Ajax (Francis Fanny), a fictional supervillain first appearing in ''Deadpool'' #14 *

Martian Manhunter The Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Joseph Samachson and designed by artist Joe Certa, the character first appeared in the story "The Manhunter from Mars" ...

, a DC Comics superhero called Ajax in Brazil and Portugal * Ajax, a '' Call of Duty: Black Ops 4'' operative * Ajax, from the video game ''

Genshin Impact ''Genshin Impact'' is an action role-playing game developed and published by miHoYo. It was released for Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, and Windows in 2020, on PlayStation 5 in 2021, and is set for release on Nintendo Switch. The game feature ...

Music

A-Jax (band) A-Jax ( ko, 에이젝스, stylized as A-JAX) was a South Korean boy band formed by DSP Media in 2012. Early in their career, the group was known as DSP Boyz but then was changed to A-Jax. The group's final lineup was composed of five members: Hy ...

, a South Korean boy band *

Ajax (band) Ajax is an American, New York-based band, led by female singer Arleen Mitchel. The outfit released the single "Mind the Gap" in 1989, on Wax Trax! Records. A full-length self-titled debut LP followed, which combined industrial and acid-house mu ...

, an electronic music band from New York City * ''Ajax'' (opera), by the French composer Toussaint Bertin de la Doué *

DJ Ajax Adrian Thomas (5 August 1971 – 28 February 2013), better known as DJ Ajax, was an Australian Electronic Dance Music DJ known for playing a wide range of styles, including electro, techno and electroclash. Career Thomas was a radio sh ...

(1971-2013; born Adrian Thomas), an Australian electro mashup DJ *

Lisa Ajax Lisa Kristina Ajax (born 13 August 1998), is a Swedish singer, and winner of '' Idol 2014''. She also participated at Lilla Melodifestivalen 2012 with the song "Allt som jag har". Ajax participated in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song " My H ...

(born 1998), Swedish singer * "Ajax" (song), a song by Tante Leen, 1969 *

Ajax Records Ajax Records was a record company and label founded in 1921. Jazz and blues records were produced in New York City, with some in Montreal, and marketed via the Ajax Record Company of Chicago. History Ajax was a subsidiary of the Compo Company of ...

, a former North American record company

Other arts and entertainment

* ''Ajax'' (painting), a painting by John Steuart Curry *

Ajax (Disney) The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional shared universe which is the setting for stories involving Disney cartoon characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, and many other characters. The universe originated from the '' Mickey Mouse' ...

, a fictional company (the Disney equivalent of Looney Tunes' Acme Corporation) *

Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Gree ...

, a Superman robot used by Wonder Man to hide his identity

Computing

Ajax (floppy disk controller) The FD1771, sometimes WD1771, is the first in a line of floppy disk controllers produced by Western Digital. It uses single density FM encoding introduced in the IBM 3740. It is packaged in a 40-pin DIP."The FD1771 is a single-chip floppy disk f ...

, a floppy disk controller fitted to the Atari STE *

Ajax (programming) Ajax (also AJAX ; short for " Asynchronous JavaScript and XML") is a set of web development techniques that uses various web technologies on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications. With Ajax, web applications can send and retri ...

, Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, a method used in web application development, and a software framework for it

Places

Canada

Ajax (electoral district) Ajax is a federal electoral district in the Durham Region of Ontario. Ajax was created by the 2012 riding redistribution from the portion of Ajax—Pickering consisting of the entire town of Ajax, Ontario, and was legally defined in the 2013 ...

, in the Durham Region of Ontario * Ajax (provincial electoral district), in Ontario *

Ajax, Ontario Ajax (; 2021 Canadian census, 2021 population: 126,666) is a town in Regional Municipality of Durham, Durham Region in Southern Ontario, Canada, located in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area. The town is named for , a Royal Navy cruiser ...

, a town in the Greater Toronto Area

United States

Ajax, Louisiana Ajax is an unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by are ...

, an unincorporated community * Ajax, Missouri, a ghost town *

Ajax Peak Ajax Peak is a mountain summit located in San Miguel County of southwest Colorado, United States. It is situated on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest, and is the iconic landmark visible three miles east of the community of Telluride ...

, a summit near Telluride, Colorado *

Ajax, South Dakota Ajax is an unincorporated community in Pennington County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The community was named for Ajax, a hero in Greek mythology A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originall ...

, an unincorporated community * Ajax, Utah, a ghost town * Ajax, Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Ajax, West Virginia Ajax is an unincorporated community located in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. It was previously known as Himler because it was founded as a company town A company town is a place where practically all stores and housing are owned ...

, an unincorporated community *

Aspen Mountain (Colorado) Aspen Mountain is a mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The peak is located in White River National Forest, south-southeast ( bearing 162°) of downtown Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado, United ...

, also known as Ajax Mountain

Elsewhere

Mount Ajax The Admiralty Mountains (alternatively Admiralty Range) is a large group of high mountains and individually named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land, Antarctica. This mountain group is bounded by the Ross Sea, the Southern Ocean, and ...

, part of the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctic * 1404 Ajax, an asteroid

People

Ajax (missionary) Ajax was an Arian missionary to the pagan Suevi of Galicia who converted them to Christianity in 464Thompson, "Spain and Britain", in ''Romans and Barbarians'', 215. or 466.Wolfram, 181.Mathisen, 683. Due in part to his unusual Homeric name his ...

, Arian missionary who converted the Suevi to Christianity ( 466) * Ajax, pen name of

Sidney William Jackson Sidney William Jackson (12 June 1873 – 30 September 1946) was an Australian naturalist and field ornithologist with a special interest in oology, who was also a skilled photographer and taxidermist. History Jackson was born in Brisbane, Que ...

(1873–1946), Australian naturalist and ornithologist * Ajax, nickname of

Heinrich Bleichrodt Heinrich Bleichrodt (21 October 1909 – 9 January 1977) was a German U-boat commander during the Second World War. From October 1939 until retiring from front line service in December 1943, he was credited with sinking 25 ships for a total of . ...

(1909–1977), German World War II U-boat commander

Sport

Association football, soccer

AFC Ajax Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the l ...

, a football club in Amsterdam, Netherlands *

Ajax Cape Town F.C. Cape Town Spurs F.C. (formerly known as Ajax Cape Town) is a South African professional Association football, football club based in Parow, South Africa, Parow in the city of Cape Town that plays in the National First Division. Dutch Eredivisie ...

, a South African football club *

Ajax Futebol Clube Ajax Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Ajax de Rondônia, or simply Ajax-RO, was a Brazilian professional football club based in Vilhena, Rondônia Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of ...

, a Brazilian football club *

Ajax de Ouenzé Ajax de Ouenzé is a Congolese association football, football club based in Ouenzé, Brazzaville, that plays in the Congo Premier League. Honours *Congo Premier League: 0 *Coupe du Congo (Republic of Congo), Coupe du Congo: 0 *Super Coupe du C ...

, a Congolese football club * FC Ajax Lasnamäe, an Estonian football club *

Ajax Orlando Prospects Ajax Orlando Prospects was an American soccer team, founded in 2002. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2006, when the team left the league ...

, American soccer team from Orlando, Florida, a.k.a. Ajax America *

Ajax America Women Ajax America Women is an American women's soccer team, founded in the mid-1970s by Fred Van Soest. Fred Van Soest went to the Netherlands and spoke with the Amsterdam Football Club Ajax (AFC Ajax) and asked if he could use their name and logo fo ...

, American women's soccer team from California * Aias Salamina F.C., a football club in Salamina, Greece * Ajax Sportsman Combinatie, a cricket and football club in Leiden, Netherlands * Rabat Ajax F.C., a Maltese football club *

Unión Ájax Unión Ájax is a Honduran soccer club based in Trujillo, Honduras. The club has played in the Honduran second division as recently as in 2011.Voetbal Vereniging Ajax, a Surinamese football club

Other sports

Ajax Kenitra Ajax Kenitra is a futsal club based in Kenitra, Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlanti ...

, a Moroccan futsal (indoor football) club * Ajax København, a Danish handball team *

Ajax (horse) Ajax (1901 – 15 February 1915) was an undefeated French Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1904 Prix du Jockey Club and Grand Prix de Paris and was an influential sire. Breeding Bred and raced by Edmond Blanc, he was by Flying Fox and o ...

(born 1901), a French Champion racehorse *

Ajax II Ajax was a champion Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, who won 18 consecutive races before he was defeated at the odds of 40/1 on, causing a huge racing sensation. He had wins from 5 furlongs (1,000 metres) to 1½ m ...

(born 1934), an Australian Champion racehorse

Military

* , several ships of the Royal Navy * , several ships of the US Navy * General Dynamics Ajax, a family of armoured fighting vehicles for the British Army *

Operation Ajax Operation or Operations may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity * Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory * ''Operations'' (magazine), Multi-Man ...

, the 1953 Iranian coup d'état

Transport

* Ajax (1906 automobile), a Swiss automobile *

Ajax (1913 automobile) The Ajax was a French automobile built by the American Briscoe brothers, Benjamin and Frank, between 1913 and 1919. Originally built in Neuilly, it was a 12 hp cyclecar A cyclecar was a type of small, lightweight and inexpensive car manufac ...

, a French automobile by the American Briscoe brothers *

Ajax (1914 automobile) The Ajax Motors Co. of Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state o ...

, an American automobile by Ajax Motors Co. of Seattle, Washington *

Ajax (1921 automobile) The Ajax was an American assembled 5 seat touring car automobile that never went beyond the prototypical stage. It was to have a Continental 7-R six-cylinder engine with a wheelbase In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the hor ...

, an American prototype that was not produced *

Ajax (Nash Motors) The Ajax was an American automobile brand manufactured by the Nash Motors Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1925 and 1926. The Ajax was produced in the newly acquired Mitchell Motors Company plant in Racine, Wisconsin. In 1926, all Ajax mod ...

, an automobile brand of Nash Motors, 1925–1926 * ''Ajax'' (locomotive), several train locomotives *

Ajax (motorcycle) The Ajax was a motorcycle manufactured in England between 1923 and 1924, using 147cc, 247cc, 269cc and 346cc engines from Villiers Engineering and Blackburne.Erwin Tragatsch; Ash, Kevin. ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Motorcycles'', Qu ...

, manufactured in England between 1923 and 1924 * ''Ajax'' (crane barge), a floating crane used to install the Panama Canal locks * ''Ajax'' (ship), various ships *

Ajax GO Station Ajax GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Ajax, Ontario, Canada. It is a stop on the Lakeshore East line and on the Oshawa/Finch Express bus route. The train platforms lie along the south side of Highway 40 ...

, a train and bus station in Ajax, Ontario, Canada * Ajax Motors Co., an American carmaker, manufacturer of the Ajax (1914 automobile)

Other uses

Ajax (cleaning product) Ajax is a brand of household cleaning products and detergents made by Colgate-Palmolive. The brand is also licensed by Colgate-Palmolive in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. History Colgate-Palmolive introduced Ajax Powdered Clean ...

, a brand of household cleaning products *

AFC Ajax N.V. AFC Ajax NV is mostly known as a Football team, football club. Since 17 May 1998 the club is registered as a Naamloze vennootschap (N.V.) listed on the stock exchange Euronext Amsterdam. As a company the club strives to make a profit through tick ...

, a sports company associated with AFC Ajax *

Kanichee Mine The Kanichee Mine, also less commonly known as the Ajax Mine, is an abandoned base metal and precious metal mining, mine, located in the Temagami, Ontario, Temagami region of northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is near the small unincorporated commun ...

, Temagami, Ontario, also known as Ajax Mine * Ajax High School, a public high school in Ajax, Ontario, Canada *

AJAX furnace The AJAX furnace was a modification of the tilting open hearth furnace that used blown oxygen to improve productivity. The process was used in the UK during the 1960s at a time of transition from open hearth to oxygen based steel making. History a ...

, a type of open hearth furnace