Ajax

Ajax may refer to:

Greek mythology and tragedy

 * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea
 * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
 * Ajax (play), by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, about Ajax the Great

Fictional characters

 * Ajax Duckman, in the animated television series Duckman
 * Marvel Comics:
 * Ajax the Greater, another name for Ajak, one of the Eternals from Marvel Comics
 * Ajax the Lesser, another name for Arex, one of the Eternals from Marvel Comics
 * Ajax, a member of the Pantheon appearing in Marvel Comics
 * Ajax (Francis Freeman), a fictional supervillain first appearing in Deadpool #14
 * Martian Manhunter, a DC Comics superhero called Ajax in Brazil and Portugal
 * Ajax, a Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 operative
 * Ajax, a Genshin Impact playable character; see Tartaglia

Music

 * A-Jax (band), a South Korean boy band
 * Ajax (band), an electronic music band from New York City
 * Ajax (opera), by the French composer Toussaint Bertin de la Doué
 * DJ Ajax (1971-2013; born Adrian Thomas), an Australian electro mashup DJ
 * Lisa Ajax (born 1998), Swedish singer
 * "Ajax" (song), a song by Tante Leen, 1969
 * Ajax Records, a former North American record company

Other arts and entertainment

 * Ajax (painting), a painting by John Steuart Curry
 * Ajax (Disney), a fictional company (the Disney equivalent of Looney Tunes' Acme Corporation)
 * A-Jax (video game), a 1987 Konami arcade game

Computing

 * Ajax (floppy disk controller), a floppy disk controller fitted to the Atari STE
 * Ajax (programming), Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, a method used in web application development, and a software framework for it

Canada

 * Ajax (federal electoral district), in the Durham Region of Ontario
 * Ajax (provincial electoral district), in Ontario
 * Ajax, Ontario, a town in the Greater Toronto Area

United States

 * Ajax, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
 * Ajax, Missouri, a ghost town
 * Ajax Peak, a summit near Telluride, Colorado
 * Ajax, South Dakota, an unincorporated community
 * Ajax, Utah, a ghost town
 * Ajax, Virginia, an unincorporated community
 * Ajax, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
 * Aspen Mountain (Colorado), also known as Ajax Mountain

Elsewhere

 * Mount Ajax, part of the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctic
 * 1404 Ajax, an asteroid

People

 * Ajax (missionary), Arian missionary who converted the Suevi to Christianity (c. 466)
 * Ajax, pen name of Sidney William Jackson (1873–1946), Australian naturalist and ornithologist
 * Ajax, nickname of Heinrich Bleichrodt (1909–1977), German World War II U-boat commander

Association football (soccer)

 * AFC Ajax, a football club in Amsterdam, Netherlands
 * Ajax Cape Town F.C., a South African football club
 * Ajax Futebol Clube, a Brazilian football club
 * Ajax de Ouenzé, a Congolese football club
 * FC Ajax Lasnamäe, an Estonian football club
 * Ajax Orlando Prospects, American soccer team from Orlando, Florida, a.k.a. Ajax America
 * Ajax America Women, American women's soccer team from California
 * Aias Salamina F.C., a football club in Salamina, Greece
 * Ajax Sportsman Combinatie, a cricket and football club in Leiden, Netherlands
 * Rabat Ajax F.C., a Maltese football club
 * Unión Ájax, a football club in Trujillo, Honduras
 * V.V. Ajax, a Surinamese football club

Other sports

 * Aias Evosmou, a Greek sports club
 * Ajax Kenitra, a Moroccan futsal (indoor football) club
 * Ajax København, a Danish handball team
 * Ajax (horse) (born 1901), a French Champion racehorse
 * Ajax II (born 1934), an Australian Champion racehorse

Military

 * HMS Ajax, several ships of the Royal Navy
 * USS Ajax, several ships of the US Navy
 * General Dynamics Ajax, a family of armoured fighting vehicles for the British Army
 * Operation Ajax, the 1953 Iranian coup d'état

Transport

 * Ajax (1906 automobile), a Swiss automobile
 * Ajax (1913 automobile), a French automobile by the American Briscoe brothers
 * Ajax (1914 automobile), an American automobile by Ajax Motors Co. of Seattle, Washington
 * Ajax (1921 automobile), an American prototype that was not produced
 * Ajax (Nash Motors), an automobile brand of Nash Motors, 1925–1926
 * Ajax (locomotive), several train locomotives
 * Ajax (motorcycle), manufactured in England between 1923 and 1924
 * Ajax (crane barge), a floating crane used to install the Panama Canal locks
 * Ajax (ship), various ships
 * Ajax GO Station, a train and bus station in Ajax, Ontario, Canada
 * Ajax Motors Co., an American carmaker, manufacturer of the Ajax (1914 automobile)

Other uses

 * Ajax (cleaning product), a brand of household cleaning products
 * AFC Ajax N.V., a sports company associated with AFC Ajax
 * Kanichee Mine, Temagami, Ontario, also known as Ajax Mine
 * Ajax High School, a public high school in Ajax, Ontario, Canada
 * AJAX furnace, a type of open hearth furnace