Ashe is a surname in Ireland. Most are of Norman origin and were originally known as d'Essecourt (their name has been Gaelicised as Ághas). A minority of the Ó Luaithre from County Galway also Anglicised their name as Ashe. The family crest is a silver shield with two black chevronels.
Notable people with the surname include:
Adam Ashe (born 1993), Scottish rugby union coach and Andrew Ashe (c. 1758–1838), Irish flautist Aran Ashe, British erotic writer Arthur Ashe (1943–1993), American tennis player and social activist Bowman Foster Ashe (1885–1952), American academic administrator Brian Ashe (born 1963), American politician Corey Ashe (born 1986), American soccer player Daniel M. Ashe, former Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Danni Ashe (born 1968), American model and businesswoman Douglas Ashe, pseudonym used by John Franklin Bardin (1916–1981) Edward Ashe (disambiguation) Geoffrey Ashe (1923–2022), British writer on Arthurian subjects George Ash (Australian politician) (1859–1897), newspaper editor, lawyer and parliamentarian in colonial South Australia George Ashe (Canadian politician) (1932–2014) George T. Ashe (1905–1975), American politician John Ashe (disambiguation) Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet (1618–1686), English MP for Downton Joseph Ashe (English politician) (c. 1684–1725), English MP for Chippenham Joseph Ashe (Irish politician) (1717–c. 1760), Irish MP for Trim Karen Ashe, American research scientist Kathy Ashe (born 1946), American politician Martin Ashe (born 1953), Irish-Australian Catholic bishop Robert Hoadley Ashe (1751–1826), English divine Robert Ashe (civil servant) (1872–1911), Collector and District Magistrate in India, assassinated in 1911 Samuel Ashe (disambiguation) Simeon Ashe (died 1662), English nonconformist clergyman Saint-George Ashe (1871–1922), British rower St George Ashe (1658–1718), Church of Ireland cleric Tala Ash (born 1984), Iranian-American actress Thomas Ashe (disambiguation) Tim Ashe (born 1976), American politician Trevor Ashe (1770–1836), Irish writer, newspaper editor, publisher, museum director, entrepreneur, confidence trickster and blackmailer Vic Ash (1930–2014), English jazz saxophonist and clarinetist Victor Ashe (born 1945), American former mayor and ambassador Victor Ash (artist) (born 1968), French graffiti artist William Ashe (disambiguation)
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