Ayres is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Agnes Ayres Agnes Ayres (born Agnes Henkel; April 4, 1896 – December 25, 1940) was an American actress who rose to fame during the silent film era. She was known for her role as Lady Diana Mayo in '' The Sheik'' opposite Rudolph Valentino. Career Ayres b ...

(1898–1940), American silent film actor *

Alice Ayres Alice Ayres (12 September 1859 – 1885) was an English nursemaid honoured for her bravery in rescuing the children in her care from a house fire. Ayres was a household assistant and nursemaid to the family of her brother-in-law and sister, ...

(1859–1885), English nursemaid, honored for rescuing her three nieces from a burning building at the cost of her own life * Anne Ayres (1816–1886), American Episcopalian nun *

Benjamin Ayres Benjamin James Ayres (born January 19, 1983) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Dr. Zach Miller of the CTV series ''Saving Hope''. He also recurred on the Gemini Award–winning HBO Canada series ''Less Than Kind'' for which he ...

(born 1977) an actor, director, photographer *

Benjamin Ayres (instrument maker) Benjamin Ayres (died c. 1775) was an English people, English instrument maker. Ayres may have been related to the scientist Thomas Ayres who was nominated to the Royal Society in 1707 and who was later involved in a joint-stock company to exploi ...

(died c. 1775), an English instrument maker * Bill Ayres, American radio talk show host, co-founder and executive director of World Hunger Year *

Caroline Ayres Caroline Ayres (born 9 October 1981) is a player for England women's national basketball team. She played for the team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as ...

(born 1981), English basketball player *

Christopher Ayres Christopher Owen Ayres (May 16, 1965 – October 18, 2021) was an American actor, director and scriptwriter. He worked on voice acting and ADR directing on a number of English dubs of Japanese anime shows at Funimation, OkraTron 5000, New G ...

(1965–2021), American voice actor * Clara Ayres (1880–1917), American nurse during the First World War *

Clarence Edwin Ayres Clarence Edwin Ayres (May 6, 1891 – July 24, 1972) was the principal thinker in the Texas school of institutional economics during the middle of the 20th century. Life Ayres was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the son of a Baptist minister. He g ...

(1891–1972), American economist *

David Ayres David Ayres (; born August 12, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender and current Head Coach of the Port Perry Lumberjacks of the Provincial Junior Hockey League. He achieved fame as the first emergency backup goaltender ...

(born 1977), Canadian ice hockey goaltender * David Ayres (soldier) (1841–1916), Union Army Medal of Honor recipient * Ed Ayres (disambiguation), multiple people *

Gary Ayres Gary James Ayres (born 28 September 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently the senior coach for the Montrose Football Club in the Eastern F ...

(born 1960), Australian rules footballer and coach *

Gillian Ayres Gillian Ayres (3 February 1930 – 11 April 2018) was an English painter. She is best known for abstract painting and printmaking using vibrant colours, which earned her a Turner Prize nomination. Early life and education Gillian Ayres was bo ...

(1930–2018), British painter *

Greg Ayres Greg Ayres is an American voice actor who works on a number of English versions of Japanese anime series at ADV Films, Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. He voiced Hideki in ''Nerima Daikon Brothers'', Koyuki Tanaka in '' Beck: Mongolian Chop Squa ...

(born 1968), American voice actor * Harry Ayres (footballer) (1920–2002), British footballer *

Harry Ayres (mountaineer) Horace Henry Ayres (31 July 1912 – 16 July 1987), better known as Harry Herbert Ayres and with his surname sometimes spelled Ayers, was a well-known New Zealand mountaineer and guide. Early life Ayres was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, ...

(1912–1987), New Zealand guide and mountaineer *

Ian Ayres Ian Ayres (born 1959) is an American lawyer and economist. Ayres is a professor at the Yale Law School and at the Yale School of Management. Early life and education Ayres grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, where they graduated from Pembroke Cou ...

(born 1959), American professor at Yale Law School and Yale School of Management * Ian Ayres (filmmaker), American filmmaker *

João Maria Correia Ayres de Campos, 1st Count of Ameal João Maria Correia Ayres de Campos (his surname also graphed Aires de Campos in contemporary Portuguese), 1st Count of Ameal, GCC, CvNSC, OOPA (Coimbra, 5 February 1847 – 13 July 1920) was a Portuguese politician and antiquarian, best kn ...

(1847–1920), Portuguese humanist, politician and art-collector *

José Márcio Ayres José Márcio Corrêa Ayres (February 21, 1954 – March 7, 2003) was a Brazilian primatologist and conservationist who founded the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve in 1996, followed by the Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve in 199 ...

(1954–2003), Brazilian primatologist and conservationist *

Leonard Porter Ayres Leonard Porter Ayres (September 15, 1879 – October 29, 1946) was an American statistician. He played a central role in developing and analyzing large-scale statistical projects, especially for the Russell Sage Foundation. His best-known work d ...

(1879–1946), American statistician *

Lew Ayres Lewis Frederick Ayres III (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor whose film and television career spanned 65 years. He is best known for starring as German soldier Paul Bäumer in the film '' All Quiet on the Western Fr ...

(1908–1996), American actor *

Lewis Ayres Lewis Ayres, a lay Catholic theologian, is Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology at Durham University in the United Kingdom. Between 2009 and 2013 he served as the inaugural holder of the Bede Chair of Catholic Theology at Durham. Biog ...

, lay Catholic theologian * Pam Ayres (born 1947), British writer of humorous poetry *

Philip Ayres (poet) Philip Ayres (1638–1712), the author of numerous books and pamphlets, flourished in the latter part of the seventeenth century; was born at Cottingham, and educated at Westminster, and St John's College, Oxford. He became tutor in the family of ...

(1638–1712), English poet *

Philip Burnard Ayres Philip Burnard Ayres (1813–1863) was a British physician, botanist and plant collecting, collector. He was born at Thame in Oxfordshire on 12 December 1813. He initially began to collect plants in his native United Kingdom and also in Franc ...

, British physician and botanist *

Richard Ayres Richard Ayres (born 29 October 1965, Cornwall) is a British composer and music teacher. Biography Born in Cornwall, England, Richard Ayres followed Morton Feldman's classes at the Darmstadt and Dartington summer schools. He studied composition, ...

(born 1965), British composer * Robert Ayres (disambiguation), multiple people *

Romeyn B. Ayres Romeyn Beck Ayres (December 20, 1825 – December 4, 1888) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. Early life Ayres was born at East Creek, New York, along the Mohawk River in Montgomery County. He was the son of a small-town docto ...

(1825–1888), Union general in the American Civil War *

Rosalind Ayres Rosalind Ayres (born 7 December 1946) is an English actress, director and producer. Active since 1970, Ayres is well known for her role in the 1997 film ''Titanic'', in which she played Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon. Her husband, Martin Jarvis, playe ...

(born 1946), British actress *

Stuart Ayres Stuart Laurence Ayres (born 24 November 1980) is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 19 June 2010, representing the electorate of Penrith as a member of the Liberal Party. He also se ...

(born 1980), Australian politician *

Thomas Ayres (artist) Thomas Almond Ayres (1816-1858) was a California gold rush-era artist, most famous for drawing the first rendering of Yosemite Valley to be published and popularized. Ayres was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey in 1816. As a young adult, he moved t ...

(1816–1858), California gold rush-era artist * Thomas Ayres (ornithologist) (1828–1913), British-born South African ornithologist * Thomas E. Ayres (born 1962), American military lawyer * Vernon Ayres (1908–1968), Canadian ice hockey player *

William Orville Ayres William Orville Ayres (September 11, 1817 – April 30, 1887) was an American physician and ichthyologist. Born in Connecticut, he studied to become a doctor at Yale University School of Medicine. Life and career Ayers, the son of Jared and D ...

(1817–1887), American physician and ichthyologist

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