Ashby is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Ashby (born 1998), American baseball player *

Alan Ashby Alan Dean Ashby (born July 8, 1951) is an American former professional baseball catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) and current radio and television sports commentator. A switch hitter, he played for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, ...

(born 1951), American baseball player * Alexander Essebiensis (Alexander of Ashby) (c. 1220), English theologian and poet *

Alison Marjorie Ashby Alison Marjorie Ashby (7 February 1901 – 12 August 1987) was an Australian botanical artist and plant collector. Early life Ashby was born in Adelaide, South Australia as a youngest daughter of four children, of a property developer and ...

(1901–1987), Australian botanical artist and plant collector * Andy Ashby (born 1967), American baseball player * Carl Ashby (1914–2004), American artist *

Christopher C. Ashby Christopher Cox Ashby (born 1946) served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay. Biography Background and earlier life Ashby was born in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1968 where he was a ...

(born 1946), American ambassador to Uruguay, 1997–2001 * David Ashby (born 1940), British Conservative Member of Parliament 1983–1997 *

David Ashby (cricketer) David Alexander Ashby (11 June 1852 – 2 June 1934) was an English-born cricketer who played first-class cricket for Surrey in England in 1874, and Canterbury in New Zealand from 1876 to 1890. Life and career Ashby was born in Surrey and playe ...

(1852–1934), New Zealand cricketer *

Debee Ashby Deborah Jane Ashby (born 1968) is an English former glamour model who appeared in British men's magazines and tabloid newspapers during the 1980s and 1990s. She was one of the best-known Page 3 models of her era. Career Ashby was born in Meriden, ...

(born 1967), British adult model * Dorothy Ashby (1932–1986), American jazz harpist and composer * Earl Ashby (born 1921), Cuban baseball player *

Edwin Ashby Edwin Ashby (2 November 1861 – 8 January 1941) was an Adelaide based Australian property developer and a noted malacologist interested in chitonsWinckworth R. (1942). "Obituary. Edwin Ashby, 1861-1941". ''Proceedings of the Malacological Society ...

(1861–1941), Australian malacologist and ornithologist *

Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby, FRS (24 August 1904 – 22 October 1992) was a British botanist and educator. Born in Leytonstone in Essex, he was educated at the City of London School and the Royal College of Science, where he graduated with a ...

(1904–1992), British botanist and educator *

Gary Ashby Gary W. Ashby (born 1955) was the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team from 1984 to 1986. Ashby's ties with Texas Tech were made long before becoming the head coach. Ashby had a dominant high school career under the highly tou ...

(born 1955), American baseball coach *

George Ashby (martyr) George Ashby (name uncertain) (died 1537) was an English Cistercian monk of Jervaulx Abbey. A monk of this name, or Astleby (perhaps a surname taken from a location) is mentioned in various English martyrologies, as a victim of government reprisa ...

(died 1537), martyred English monk * Hal Ashby (1929–1988), American film director *

Harry Ashby (golfer) Harry Ashby (7 May 1946 – 24 April 2010) was an English professional golfer. He won the English Amateur in 1972 and 1973. Ashby was born in Consett, County Durham. After being English Amateur champion for two years in succession, he turned pr ...

(1946–2010), English golfer *

Irving Ashby Irving Conrad Ashby (December 29, 1920 – April 22, 1987) was an African-American jazz guitarist. Ashby was born in Somerville, Massachusetts and started playing guitar when he was nine. His career started in 1940 when he became a member of L ...

(1920–1987), American jazz guitarist * Jeffrey Ashby (born 1954), American naval aviator and astronaut *

John Ashby (militiaman) John "Jack" Ashby (1707–1789) was a Colonel in the Virginia Militia. During the French and Indian war there was a siege at present day Fort Ashby, West Virginia. In 1756 John Ashby was out of the fort at that location and was attacked by Indians ...

(18th century), colonel in the Virginia Militia * John Ashby (Royal Navy officer) (1646–1693), English admiral during the War of the League of Augsburg *

Joseph Ashby-Sterry Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838 – 1 June 1917)Oxford IndeRetrieved 24 June 2018. was an English poet, novelist and journalist born in London. He contributed to ''Punch''. Life Ashby-Sterry was born in London, as the only son of Henry Sterry ...

(c. 1837–1917), English poet and novelist * Linden Ashby (born 1960), American actor *

Madeline Ashby Madeline Ashby (born April 24, 1983 in Panorama City, California) is an American-Canadian science fiction writer.

(born 1983), American-Canadian science fiction writer * Margery Corbett Ashby (1882–1981), British feminist and internationalist *

Michael Ashby Michael George Corbett Ashby, MRCP, FRCP (1 November 1914 – 10 December 2004) was a consultant neurologist at the Whittington Hospital, London and an expert witness for the prosecution in the failed trial of suspected serial killer John Bodk ...

(1914–2004), British neurologist *

Michael F. Ashby Michael Farries Ashby (born 20 November 1935) is a British metallurgical engineer. He served as Royal Society Research Professor, and a Principal Investigator (PI) at the Engineering Design Centre at the University of Cambridge. He is known ...

(born 1935), British metallurgist *

Peter Ashby Peter Ashby is an English musician and composer, and a founder member of the bands Frenzid Melon, Spasmodic Caress and the insane picnic, as well as co-founder of Falling A Records with Barry Lamb. He was the original bass player and composer i ...

, British musician and composer *

Ray Ashby Ray Ashby (birth unknown) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Liverpool City, Wigan ( Heritage No. 630), and Blackpool Borough, as ...

, British rugby player *

Richard Ashby Richard "Chufty" Ashby (born 1972 in London) is a professional poker player from England. He was given the name 'Chufty' by his friends at University, due to Ashby's frequency of using the term "chuffed". Ashby picked up poker at his local te ...

(born 1972), British poker player *

Sydney Francis Ashby Sydney Francis Ashby (31 December 1874, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, UK – 6 March 1954, Sussex) was a British mycologist and phytopathologist. He published on the genus '' Phytophthora''. Biography He was christened on 20 March 1875 in St Paul's Chur ...

(1874–1954), British mycologist and phytopathologist *

Sylvia Rose Ashby Sylvia Rose Ashby (1908 – 1978) was a British-born Australian market researcher and founder of the Ashby Research Service. A pioneer in the field, she was the first female market researcher in Australia and the United Kingdom, and the fir ...

(born 1908), British-born Australian market researcher * Thomas Ashby (1874–1931), British archaeologist and architectural historian of ancient Rome * Turner Ashby (1828–1862), Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War * William Ross Ashby (1903–1972), English psychiatrist and founder of the English school of cybernetics

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