Ambrose (given name)

Ambrose is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • St Ambrose of Milan
  • St. Ambrose Traversari, also referred to as Ambrose of Camaldoli, (1386–1439), Italian monk and theologian
  • Ambrose Akinmusire (born 1982), Nigerian-American jazz trumpeter
  • Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913), American author
  • Ambrose Burnside (1824–1881), American general and namesake of sideburns
  • Ambrose Gaines IV (born 1959), American swimmer better known as Rowdy Gaines
  • Ambrose K. Hutchison (1856–1932), Hawaiian resident leader of the leper settlement of Kalaupapa
  • Ambrose Small (1863–1919), Canadian theatre magnate
  • Ambrose Tarrant (1866–1938), Australian cricketer
  • Ambrose Parry, pseudonym of Scottish authors Chris Brookmyre (born 1968) and Marisa Haetzman

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