Ashburn is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. In England, men living near an important, named waterway might be named after it, as in the case of Ashburn originating from "ash tree brook". An alternative English origin states that Ashburn is a variant of Ashborn, which itself descended from several surnames in use during the 14th and 15th centuries. Notable people who share this surname include: *

Cliff Ashburn Clifford L. Ashburn (November 21, 1905 – November 9, 1989) was an American football player. After playing college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Ashburn played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants in 1929 ...

(1905–1989), American football player * George W. Ashburn (1814–1868), American radical republican murdered by Ku Klux Klan *

Ida Nancy Ashburn Ida Nancy Ashburn (1909–1980) was an Australian head-mistress and nurse. After graduating from the University of Queensland, she became founding principal of Clayfield College from 1934 to 1964. During the Second World War she trained as a ...

(1909–1980), Australian headmistress and nurse * Justin Ashburn (born 1981), American race car driver *

Kristen Ashburn Kristen Ashburn (born 1973) is an American photojournalist. In 2001, she began photographing the impact of AIDS in southern Africa, and since then has produced stories on the spread of tuberculosis (TB) in the Russian penal system, Jewish settlers ...

(born 1973), American photojournalist * Percy Moreau Ashburn (1872–1940), American medical officer *

Richie Ashburn Don Richard Ashburn (March 19, 1927 – September 9, 1997), also known by the nicknames, "Putt-Putt", "The Tilden Flash", and "Whitey" (due to his light-blond hair), was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball. (Some sources give his ...

(1927–1997), American baseball player *

Roy Ashburn Roy Arthur Ashburn (born March 21, 1954) is an American politician from Kern County, California. A Republican, he served as a California State Senator from 2002 to 2010 representing the 18th district. He previously served three terms in the ...

(born 1954), American politician * Thomas Q. Ashburn (1820–1890), American judge * Thomas Q. Ashburn (general) (1874–1941), American army officer

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