Ashby
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Ashby may refer to:
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[edit] Surname
- Alan Dean Ashby (b. 1951), American baseball player
- Alexander of Ashby, or of Esseby (c. 1220), English theologian and poet
- Andrew Jason Ashby (b. 1967), American baseball player
- Blake Ashby, candidate for the U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination, 2004. Independent Presidential Candidate 2008
- David Glynn Ashby (b. 1940), British Conservative Member of Parliament 1983-1997
- Debee Ashby (b. 1967), British adult model
- Dorothy Ashby (1932-1986), African American jazz harpist and composer
- Edwin Ashby (1861-1941), Australian malacologist and ornithologist
- George Ashby (d. 1537), martyred English monk
- Irving Ashby, American jazz guitarist
- Jeffrey Shears "Bones" Ashby (b. 1954), American naval aviator and astronaut
- Sir John Ashby (1640-1693), English Admiral during the War of the League of Augsburg
- John Ashby (18th Century), Colonel in the Virginia Militia
- Joseph Ashby-Sterry (183?-1917), English poet and novelist
- Linden Ashby (b. 1960), American actor
- Margery Irene Corbett Ashby (1882-1981), British feminist and internationalist
- Peter Ashby British musician and composer
- Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), British archaeologist and architectural historian of ancient Rome
- Turner Ashby (1828-1862), Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War
- William Hal Ashby (1929-1988), American film director
- William Ross Ashby (1903-1972), English psychiatrist and founder of the English school of cybernetics
[edit] Other name
- Glenn Ashby Davis (b. 1934), American Olympic hurdler and sprinter
- Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby (1267-1314), governor of Rockingham Castle and steward of Rockingham Forest, England
- Walter Ashby Plecker (1861–1947), American physician and public health advocate
- Henry Ashby Turner (b. 1932), American historian of Germany
[edit] Places in the United Kingdom
- Ashby, Norfolk
- Ashby, Suffolk
- Ashby, Yorkshire
- Ashby by Partney, Lincolnshire
- Ashby cum Fenby, Lincolnshire
- Ashby de la Launde, Lincolnshire
- Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
- Ashby Folville, Leicestershire
- Ashby Magna, Leicestershire
- Ashby Parva, Leicestershire
- Ashby Puerorum, Lincolnshire
- Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire
- Ashby St Mary, Norfolk
- Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire
- Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire
- Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire
- Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire
- West Ashby, Lincolnshire
[edit] Places in the United States of America
- Ashby, Alabama
- Ashby, Massachusetts
- Ashby, Minnesota
- Ashby, Nebraska
- Ashby, Virginia (two places):
- Ashby, Washington
- Ashby (BART station), a passenger rail station in Berkeley, California
- Ashby (MARTA station), a passenger rail station in Atlanta, Georgia