Ambrose (surname)

Ambrose is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
 * Alice Ambrose (1906–2001), American philosopher, logician, and author
 * Ashley Ambrose (born 1970), former American football player
 * Autpert Ambrose (c. 730–784), Frankish Benedictine monk who became abbot of San Vicenzo, Italy
 * Charles Ambrose (1791–1856), English organist, composer, choir director, and music educator
 * Curtly Ambrose (born 1963), West Indian cricketer
 * Darren Ambrose (born 1984), English footballer
 * David Ambrose, British novelist and screenwriter
 * Dean Ambrose (born 1985), ring name of American professional wrestler Jonathan Good
 * Dick Ambrose (born 1953), former American football linebacker
 * Donetta Ambrose (born 1945), United States federal judge
 * Eddie Ambrose (1894–1994), American jockey
 * Efe Ambrose (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
 * Erin Ambrose (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Gladys Ambrose (1930–1998), English film and television actress
 * Isaac Ambrose (1604–1663/64), English Puritan divine
 * James R. Ambrose (1922–2017), former aerospace executive and U.S. Under Secretary of the Army
 * John Ambrose (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1705–1771), Royal Navy officer
 * John Thomas Ambrose, former Deputy U.S. Marshal, convicted in 2009 of leaking information about a federal witness
 * John Wolfe Ambrose (1838–1899), Irish-American engineer and developer
 * J. J. Ambrose (born 1981), American mixed martial artist
 * Lauren Ambrose (born 1978), American actress
 * Marcos Ambrose (born 1976), Australian race car driver
 * Myles Ambrose, former U.S. Commissioner of Customs
 * Paddy Ambrose (1928–2002), Irish footballer and coach
 * Patrick Ambrose (born 1991), Australian rules football player
 * Paul Ambrose (1868–1941), Canadian organist, conductor, composer, and music educator
 * Richard Ambrose (born 1972), former Australian rules footballer
 * Rob Ambrose (born 1970), American footballer and coach
 * Robert Ambrose (1824–1908), Canadian composer
 * Rona Ambrose (born 1969), Canadian politician
 * Rosalind Ambrose (born 1953), Vincentian radiologist
 * Sharon Ambrose (1939–2017), U.S. politician
 * Simon Ambrose, 2007 winner of the BBC reality TV show The Apprentice, chairman of the London Contemporary Orchestra
 * Stephen Ambrose (1936–2002), American historian
 * Stuart Ambrose (born 1943), former English cricketer
 * Tim Ambrose (born 1982), English cricketer
 * Tommy Ambrose, Canadian singer-songwriter
 * Tony Ambrose (1933–2008), British rally driver
 * Walt Ambrose (1905–unknown), American footballer
 * Warren Ambrose (1914–1995), American mathematician
 * William Ambrose (1813–1873), bardic name Emrys, 19th-century Welsh language poet
 * William Ambrose (politician) (1832–1908), English judge and politician
 * J. Willis Ambrose (1911–1974), first President of the Geological Association of Canada

Fictional characters

 * Axl Ambrose, an ambulance character from Firebuds
 * Desmond Ambrose, a character on Desmond's
 * Sean Ambrose, a character from Mission: Impossible 2
 * Simon Ambrose, a character from the Johnny English movies