Ace (name)

Ace is a given name, nickname, and surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:

People with the given name

 * Ace Adams (1910–2006), American Major League Baseball relief pitcher
 * Ace Andres (born 1958), American guitarist. songwriter, vocalist, and political activist
 * Ace Atkins (born 1970), American crime reporter and author
 * Ace Loomis (1928–2003), American National Football League player
 * Ace Mahbaz (born 1986), Iranian actor and writer
 * Ace Norton (born 1982), Japanese-American filmmaker and artist
 * Ace Rusevski (born 1956), Macedonian retired boxer who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
 * Ace Vergel (1952–2007), Filipino actor
 * Ace Von Johnson, American guitarist

People with the nickname

 * Alfredo Aceves (born 1982), Major League Baseball relief pitcher
 * Jim Adams (lacrosse) (c. 1929–2019), American retired lacrosse coach, member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
 * Ace Bailey (1903–1992), Canadian National Hockey League player
 * Garnet Bailey (1948–2001), Canadian National Hockey League player and scout who died in 9/11 attacks
 * Ace Barbers (born 1969), Filipino politician
 * Ace Bhatti (born 1970), British actor
 * Ace Brigode (1893–1960), American dance band leader and musician
 * Ace Cannon (1934–2018), American saxophonist
 * Ace Custis (born 1974), American basketball player and coach
 * Austin Dillon (born 1990), American racing driver nicknamed "The Ace"
 * Ace Durano (born 1970), Filipino politician
 * Ace Enders (born 1982), America lead singer and guitarist of the band The Early November
 * Rich Franklin (born 1974), American MMA fighter
 * Ace Frehley (born 1951), rock and roll guitarist and former member of the rock band Kiss
 * Leo Gottlieb (1920–1972), American basketball player
 * Ace Gruenig (1913–1958), American basketball player
 * Ace Gutowsky (1909–1976), American National Football League player
 * Ace Harris (1910–1964), American jazz pianist
 * Ace Herman (1913–1971), American film editor and producer
 * Ace Kefford (born 1946), English rock bass guitarist
 * Ace Khuse (born 1968), South African retired association football player and current interim coach
 * James Lyons (admiral) (1927–2018), United States Navy admiral
 * Ace Magashule (born 1959), South African politician
 * Ace Mumford (1898–1962), African-American college football head coach
 * Patrick Ntsoelengoe (1952–2006), South African footballer
 * Ace Parker (1912–2013), American National Football League quarterback and Major League Baseball player and coach, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
 * Ace Powell (1912–1978), American painter, sculptor, and etcher
 * Ace Reid (1925–1991), American cartoonist
 * Ace Sanders (born 1991), American National Football League player
 * Ace Stewart (1869–1912), Major League Baseball player in 1895
 * Judd Trump (born 1989), snooker player nicknamed "The Ace"
 * Ace Williams (1917–1999), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Ace Young (born 1980), American singer, songwriter, and actor

People with the stage name or pen name

 * Ace (gamer) (born 1993), American Halo player Aaron Elam
 * Ace and Vis, British radio presenters
 * Ace Backwords (born 1956), underground cartoonist
 * Ace Hood (born 1989), American rapper Antoine McColister
 * Ace Wilder (born 1982), Swedish singer Alice Gernandt
 * Buddy Ace (1936–1994), American blues singer James Lee Land
 * Johnny Ace (1929–1954), American singer John Marshall Alexander Jr.
 * Mellow Man Ace (born 1967), American rapper Ulpiano Sergio Reyes

People with the ring name

 * Ace Austin (born 1997), American professional wrestler Austin Highley
 * Ace Darling (born 1974), American professional wrestler Charleston Diggler
 * Ace Hood (born 1988), American rapper Antoine McColister
 * Ace Romero (born 1990), American professional wrestler Justin Romero
 * Ace Steel (born 1973), American professional wrestler Christopher Guy
 * Ace Wilder (born 1982), Swedish singer and songwriter Alice Gernandt
 * Johnny Ace (born 1962), American professional wrestler John Laurinaitis

People with the surname

 * Goodman Ace (1899–1982), American humorist, radio writer and comedian, television writer, and magazine columnist born Goodman Aiskowitz
 * Jane Ace (1897–1974), American radio performer, wife of Goodman Ace
 * Juliet Ace (born 1938), British dramatist, playwright and radio and television writer

Fictional characters

 * Ace, a Reptool in the animated series Dinotrux
 * Ace, in the Doctor Who television series
 * Ace, in the G.I. Joe universe
 * Ace, a member of the Royal Flush Gang in the DC Animated Universe
 * Ace, a race car in Thomas & Friends
 * Ace the Bat-Hound, a canine crime-fighting partner of Batman
 * Ace the Wonder Dog, a canine actor active in the 1930s and 1940s
 * Ace Blackwell, in Half & Half
 * Ace Bunny, in Loonatics Unleashed
 * Ace Drummond, the title character of the comic strip Ace Drummond
 * Rory Gilmore, from Gilmore Girls – nicknamed Ace by Logan Huntsburger
 * Ace Lightning, in Ace Lightning
 * Acelin Ace McDougal, character in Get Ace
 * John "Ace" Merrill, the main antagonist of Stephen King's The Body
 * Ace Riker, from the animated series M.A.S.K.
 * Ace Rimmer, an alter ego of Arnold Rimmer in Red Dwarf
 * Ace Ventura, in Ace Ventura media
 * Acid Ace, a supporting character in Mega Man Star Force 3
 * Portgas D. Ace, in One Piece
 * Ultraman Ace, from the Japanese television drama of the same name
 * Eight Ace, from the British adult comic Viz
 * Ace Copular, the leader of the Gangreen Gang from The Powerpuff Girls show
 * Ace, a jock bird character in the Animal Crossing series
 * Ace, an editable character in the challenge mode of the game Street Fighter EX3
 * Ace, alter-ego of Dexter, the main protagonist of the 1984 video game Space Ace.
 * Ace, a playable character in Square Enix's action role-playing game Final Fantasy Type-0
 * Ace, a duck in the English-language version of the animated film Leafie, A Hen into the Wild
 * Ace, a female costume character in the video game Fortnite
 * Ace, a yellow anthropomorphic car in the British preschool TV series Thomas & Friends
 * Ace Visconti, a lucky gambler in the video game Dead by Daylight
 * Ace Rothstein, a mobster based on Frank Rosenthal in the movie Casino.
 * Ace Sorensen, a character in PAW Patrol.
 * Ace Ukiyo, the protagonist of the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Geats
 * Ace, a Warrior in The Warriors
 * Ace Cooper "Magician", protagonist of the French cartoon The Magician
 * Ace McCloud, the Daring Air Operations Expert from The Centurions
 * Ace Yu, the canine detective protagonist of the Muppets film Dog City, as well as his successor Ace Hart from the animated spinoff of the same name.