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 (Australian 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)
- 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
- John Ashton (disambiguation)
- Kevin Ashton, British technology pioneer
- 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
- 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
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