Ayrton ( ) is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Ayrton Andrioli Airton Andrioli (born 22 February 1965) is a Brazilian professional association footballer, football player and association football manager, coach. He is currently the head of youth football and assistant coach for A-League club Adelaide United ...

(born 1965), Brazilian football coach * Ayrton Azzopardi (born 1993), Maltese footballer *

Ayrton Badovini Ayrton Badovini (born 31 May 1986) is an Italian motorcycle racer. He has competed in the Italian Superbike Championship, the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, where he was champion in , the Superbike World Championship Superbike World Championship (a ...

(born 1986), Italian motorcycle racer * Ayrton Cable (born 2003), Slovak social activist * Ayrton Cicilia (born 2001), Bonaire footballer * Ayrton Costa (born 1999), Argentine footballer * Ayrton De Pauw (born 1998), Belgian racing cyclist * Ayrton Fagundes (1937–1994), Brazilian broadcast journalist * Ayrton Ganino (born 1985), Brazilian footballer * Ayrton Lucas (born 1997), Brazilian footballer * Ayrton Mboko (born 1997), Belgian footballer *

Ayrton Moreira Ayrton Moreira (31 December 1917 – 22 November 1975), sometimes called Aírton Moreira, was a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a central defender. Career Born in Rio de Janeiro, Moreira made his senior debut with Bo ...

(1917—1975), Brazilian football player * Ayrton Páez (born 1995), Venezuelan professional footballer *

Ayrton Preciado Eduar Ayrton Preciado García (born 17 July 1994) is an Ecuadorian professional Association football, footballer. His normal playing position is as a forward (association football), forward. After leaving club Santos Laguna in 2022, he is curre ...

(born 1994), Ecuadorian soccer player * Ayrton Ribeiro (born 1997), Portuguese footballer * Ayrton Sánchez (born 2000), Argentine footballer *

Ayrton Senna Ayrton Senna da Silva (; 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver who won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in , , and . Senna is one of three Formula One drivers from Brazil to win the World Championship and ...

(1960–1994), Brazilian racing driver and three-time Formula One world champion *

Ayrton Simmons Ayrton Simmons (born 29 April 2001) is a British-Spanish racing driver, who last competed in the 2022 Euroformula Open Championship. He previously competed in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Charouz Racing System. He is the vice-champion ...

(born 2001), British racing driver * Ayrton Statie (born 1994), Bonaire professional footballer * Ayrton Sweeney (born 1993), South African swimmer * Ayrton Pinheiro Victor (born 1994), Brazilian footballer

Surname

Acton Smee Ayrton Acton Smee Ayrton (5 August 1816 – 30 November 1886) was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician. Considered a radical and champion of the working classes, he served as First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone between ...

(1816–1886), British Liberal politician, uncle of William Edward Ayrton *

Barbara Ayrton-Gould Barbara Bodichon Ayrton-Gould (née Ayrton; 3 April 1886 – 14 October 1950) was a British Labour politician and suffragist who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hendon North from 1945 to 1950. Background and family life Ayrton-Goul ...

(c. 1886 – 1950), a Labour politician in the United Kingdom *

Edith Ayrton Edith Ayrton Zangwill (1879 – 1945) was a British author and activist. She helped form the Jewish League for Woman Suffrage. Early life Ayrton was born in 1875 in Japan to the scientist William Edward Ayrton and the doctor Matilda Chaplin ...

(1879–1945), British writer and activist *

Edmund Ayrton Dr. Edmund Ayrton (1734 – 22 May 1808) was an English organist who was Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal. Early life Edmund Ayrton was born in Ripon and baptised on 19 November 1734. His father was Edward Ayrton (1698-1774), a 'bar ...

(1734–1808), English organist * Edward R. Ayrton (1882–1914), British Egyptologist *

Hertha Marks Ayrton Phoebe Sarah Hertha Ayrton (28 April 1854 – 26 August 1923) was a British engineer, mathematician, physicist and inventor, and suffragette. Known in adult life as Hertha Ayrton, born Phoebe Sarah Marks, she was awarded the Hughes Medal by the ...

(1854–1923), British mathematician and physicist, second wife of William Edward Ayrton *

Norman Ayrton Norman Ayrton (25 September 1924 – 22 June 2017) was an actor, director, and theatre instructor. As a young man, Ayrton's home was bombed during the London Blitz, forcing him to relocate to the countryside. He later described this experienc ...

(1924–2017), English actor, director, and theatre instructor *

Matilda Chaplin Ayrton Matilda Charlotte Ayrton ( Chaplin; 22 June 1846 – 19 July 1883) was an English physician. She studied medicine in London, Edinburgh and Paris, pursuing higher studies at the latter's universities, and is one of the Edinburgh Seven, the firs ...

(1846–1883), doctor of medicine, first wife of William Edward Ayrton *

Maxwell Ayrton Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton FRIBA (1874 – 18 February 1960), known as Maxwell Ayrton, was an English architect. He spent most of his adult life working in London and designed houses, public buildings, and bridges. Early life Maxwell Ayrton wa ...

(1874–1960), Scottish architect *

Michael Ayrton Michael Ayrton (20 February 1921 – 16 November 1975)T. G. Rosenthal, "Ayrton , Michael (1921–1975)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008accessed 24 Jan 2015/ref> was a British arti ...

(1921–1975), British artist *

Randle Ayrton Frederick Randle Ayrton (9 August 1869 – 28 May 1940) was a British actor of stage and screen, and was also a producer and director. Early life Ayrton was born in Chester to William Frances Ayrton, a wealthy wine-merchant who was a p ...

(1869–1940), British actor, producer and director *

William Edward Ayrton William Edward Ayrton, FRS (14 September 18478 November 1908) was an English physicist and electrical engineer. Life Early life and education Ayrton was born in London, the son of Edward Nugent Ayrton, a barrister, and educated at Universit ...

(1847–1908), British physicist who taught in Japan

In fiction

Tom Ayrton Tom Ayrton is a fictional character who appears in two novels by French author Jules Verne. He is first introduced as a major character in the novel ''In Search of the Castaways'' (1867–1868). He then reappears in a later novel, ''The Mysterio ...

, character in Jules Verne's novels ''In Search of the Castaways'' and ''The Mysterious Island''

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