Ashton (surname)

Ashton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alan Ashton (executive) (born 1942), American co-founder of WordPerfect Corporation
• Alan Ashton (politician) (born 1952)
• Brian Ashton (rugby player) (born 1946), English rugby player
• Brian Ashton (politician), Canadian politician
• Carter Ashton (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
• Chris Ashton (born 1987), English rugby player
• Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland (born 1956), High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, 2009-2014
• Claude Ashton (1901–1942), English cricketer and footballer
• Dean Ashton (born 1983), English footballer
• Edward Ashton (disambiguation)
• Edwin Ashton, English footballer
• Ellis Ashton (1919–1985), English comedian and theatre historian
• Eric Ashton (1935–2008), English rugby league footballer
• Ferris Ashton (1926–2013), Australian rugby league footballer
• Fred Ashton (politician) (1931–2013), American politician
• Sir Frederick Ashton (1904–1988), English dancer and choreographer
• Gilbert Ashton (1896–1981), English cricketer
• Graham Ashton, Australian police officer, Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police (2015–present)
• Hubert Ashton (1898–1979), English cricketer
• James Ashton (1859 – 1935), South Australian artist and educator
• Jennifer Ashton (born 1969), American physician, author, and television medical contributor
• Joe Ashton (1933–2020), British politician
• John Ashton (disambiguation)
• Julian Ashton (1851–1942), English-born Australian artist and teacher, supporter of the Heidelberg School
• Kevin Ashton, British technology pioneer
• Lorin Ashton (born 1978), American musician
• Mark Ashton (1960–1987), British gay rights activist and general secretary of Young Communist League
• Niki Ashton (born 1982), Canadian politician
• Norman Ashton, British housing developer, notable for work in the North of England in the 1960s and 1970s
• Pat Ashton (1931–2013), English actress
• Percy Ashton (1895–1934), English cricketer
• Peter Shaw Ashton (born 1934), British botanist
• Robert Ashton (historian) (1924–2013), British historian
• Roger Ashton (died 1592), English soldier
• Roger Ashton (footballer) (1922–1985), Welsh footballer
• Steve Ashton (born 1956), Canadian politician
• Susan Ashton (born 1967), American musician
• T. S. Ashton (1889–1968), English economic historian
• Tony Ashton (1946–2001), English rock musician
• Tracy Ashton, American amputee actress