Aston (name)

Aston is an English surname and occasionally a given name.

Some notable persons with the name:

Scientists

 * Sir Aston Webb (1849–1930), English architect and President of the Royal Academy (1919–1924)
 * Francis William Aston, Nobel prize winning chemist and physicist, and inventor of the mass spectrograph.
 * Bernard Aston (1871–1951), English chemist and botanist
 * Helen Isobel Aston (1934–2020), Australian botanist and ornithologist
 * Mick Aston (1946–2013), British archaeologist
 * William George Aston (1841–1911), British consular official and Japanologist

In government

 * Sir Thomas Aston, 1st Baronet (1600–1646), English politician
 * Walter Aston (burgess) (c. 1606–1656), member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
 * Arthur Vincent Aston, official in the Malayan civil service
 * Aston Kajara, minister in Uganda

In sports

 * Alfred Aston, French footballer and manager
 * Bill Aston, British racing driver
 * Ferdie Aston, South African rugby player
 * Harry Aston (footballer, born 1855), English footballer
 * Harry Aston (footballer, born 1881), played for West Bromwich Albion and Walsall
 * Henry Hervey Aston (1759–1798), English cricketer
 * Jack Aston (1877–1934), English footballer
 * John Aston Sr., English footballer, father of Aston Jr.
 * John Aston Jr., English footballer
 * John Aston (cricketer), Irish cricketer
 * Karen Aston, American collegiate basketball player and coach
 * Ken Aston (1915–2001), English footballer
 * Mark Aston, British rugby player
 * Randolph Aston (1869–1930), English rugby player
 * Aston Croall, English rugby player
 * Aston Moore, Jamaican athlete

In music

 * Jay Aston, British singer, formerly with the pop group Bucks Fizz
 * Hugh Aston (c. 1485–1558)
 * Michael Aston, rock musician
 * Peter Aston (1938–2013), English composer and conductor
 * Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Jamaican musician
 * Aston Merrygold, British lead singer in JLS

Writers

 * Luise Aston (1814–1871), German writer and feminist
 * Tilly Aston (1873–1947), blind Australian writer and teacher
 * Aston Cockayne (1605–1684), well-known Cavalier and minor literary figure
 * Manny Aston, Australian writer and teacher
 * Constance Aston, seventeenth century English manuscript author and anthologist (later Constance Aston Fowler)
 * Elizabeth Aston, English author

In other fields

 * Arthur Aston (army officer) (1590–1649), professional soldier and supporter of Charles I in the English Civil War
 * Cawton Aston (active 1693 – 1733), English builder of spinets
 * Evelin Winifred Aston (1891–1975), English artist
 * Sam Aston, British child actor