Axon is an
English surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
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Annemarie Carney Axon, American judge
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David Axon
David John Axon (1951 – 5 April 2012) was a British astrophysicist specialising in observations of active galactic nuclei. He was a professor at the University of Hertfordshire and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), and at the t ...
(1951–2012), British astrophysicist
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John Axon
John Axon GC (4 December 1900 – 9 February 1957) was an English train driver from Stockport (Edgeley Depot) who died while trying to stop a runaway freight train on a 1 in 58 gradient at Chapel-en-le-Frith in Derbyshire after a brake failu ...
(1900–1957), English engine driver awarded the George Cross
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John Axon (actor)
John Axon (10 September 1960 – 25 October 2008) was an English television and stage actor. Axon trained at the Guildhall school of music and drama after briefly training as a graphic designer. He had a small part in Peter Kay's Phoenix Night ...
(1960–2008), English actor; grandson of John Axon the engine driver
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Rachael Axon (b. 1985), English footballer
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William Axon (1846–1913), English antiquary
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English-language surnames