Askew

Askew is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Sports people

 * B. J. Askew (born 1980), American football player
 * Billy Askew (born 1959), English footballer
 * Carl Askew (born 1952), Australian motorcycle speedway and drag bike rider
 * Dave Askew (born 1963), English darts player
 * Dean Askew (born 1962), New Zealand cricketer
 * John Askew (1908–1942), English rugby and cricket player
 * Lynsey Askew (born 1986), English cricketer
 * Matthias Askew (born 1982), American football player
 * Oliver Askew (born 1996), American race car driver
 * Philip Askew (born 1973), British ice dancer
 * Rayshawn Askew (born 1979), American football player
 * Sonny Askew (born 1957), American soccer player
 * Tosh Askew, English rugby coach
 * Vincent Askew (born 1966), American basketball player

Other people

 * Anne Askew (1520/1521–1546), English poet and Protestant persecuted as a heretic
 * Anthony Askew (fl. 1699–1774), English physician and book collector
 * Barry Askew (1936–2012), English newspaper editor
 * Christopher Crackenthorp Askew (23 May 1782 — 7 December 1848), Royal Navy Captain
 * Desmond Askew (born 1972), English actor
 * Edward Ayscu or Askew (1550–1616/17), English historian
 * Egeon Askew (1576–unknown), English divine
 * Felicity Askew (born 1899, date of death unknown), English sculptor
 * George Askew (born 1986), UK reality TV participant
 * George Edward Askew (died 1779), English dramatist and travel writer
 * Sir Henry Askew (1775–1847), lieutenant-general in the British army
 * Janet Askew (died 2015), New Zealand nurse
 * John Bertram Askew (1869–1929), socialist translator
 * Lucy Jane Askew (1883–1997), briefly the oldest person in Europe
 * Luke Askew (1932–2012), American actor
 * Reginald Askew (1928–2012), British Anglican priest and academic
 * Reubin Askew (1928–2014), American politician, governor of Florida
 * Rilla Askew (born 1951), American novelist and short story writer
 * Steve Askew (born 1957), English guitarist, formerly with Kajagoogoo
 * Terry Askew, creator of British children's sci-fi audio series The Space Gypsy Adventures
 * Valerie Askew (1939–2020), British modelling agent
 * Walter "Salty Walt" Askew, American sea shanty singer
 * William Askew (1490–1541), juror in the trial of Anne Boleyn, father of Anne Askew
 * Claire Askew (born 1986), British author