Ashcraft

Ashcraft is a surname. Reaney and Wilson have suggested this is a place-related surname referring to "dweller at a croft with an ash-tree"; a "croft" refers to a small parcel of land used for farming.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alan E. Ashcraft Jr. (1906–1961), American politician and judge
 * Forrest Ashcraft (1922-2004), American politician
 * Graham Ashcraft (born 1998), American baseball player
 * Hale Ashcraft (1920-2010), American politician
 * Karen Ashcraft (living), American academic
 * Mark H. Ashcraft (1949–2022), American academic
 * Richard Ashcraft (1938-1995), American academic
 * Tami Oldham Ashcraft (born 1983), American sailor and author