Ace (name)
Ace is a masculine given name, nickname and surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:
Given name or nickname
- Alfredo Aceves (born 1982), Major League Baseball relief pitcher
- Ace Adams (1910–2006), American Major League Baseball relief pitcher
- Jim Adams (lacrosse) (born c. 1929), American retired lacrosse coach, member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
- Ace Atkins (born 1970), American crime reporter and author
- Ace Backwords (born 1956), underground cartoonist
- Ace Bailey (1903–1992), Canadian National Hockey League player
- Garnet Bailey (1948-2001), Canadian National Hockey League player and scout
- Ace Bhatti (born 1970), British actor
- Ace Brigode (1893–1960), American dance band leader and musician
- Ace Cannon (born 1934), American saxophonist
- Ace Durano (born 1970), Filipino politician
- Ace Enders (born 1982), America lead singer and guitarist of the band The Early November
- Rich Franklin (born 1974), American MMA fighter
- Ace Frehley (born 1951), rock and roll guitarist and former member of the rock band Kiss
- Leo Gottlieb (born 1920), American basketball player
- Ace Gutowsky (1909-1976), American National Football League player
- Ace Harris (1910-1964), American jazz pianist
- Ace Herman (1913–1971), American film editor and producer
- Ace Kefford (born 1946), English rock bass guitarist
- Ace Khuse (born 1968), South African retired association football player and current interim coach
- Ace Loomis (1928-2003), American National Football League player
- James Lyons (admiral) (born 1927), United States Navy admiral
- Ace Magashule (born 1959), South African politician
- Ace Mumford (1898-1962), African-American college football head coach
- Patrick Ntsoelengoe (1952-2006), South African footballer
- Ace Parker (1912-2013), American National Football League quarterback and Major League Baseball player and coach
- Ace Reid (1925-1991), American cartoonist
- Ace Rusevski (born 1956), Macedonian retired boxer who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Ace Sanders (born 1991), American National Football League player
- Ace Stewart (1869-1912), Major League Baseball player in 1895
- Judd Trump (born 1989), snooker player nicknamed "The Ace"
- Ace Vergel (1952–2007), Filipino actor
- Ace Williams (1917-1999), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ace Young (born 1980), finalist on the TV series American Idol
Surname
- Dylan Ace (born 1981), American magician and escape artist
- Goodman Ace (1899-1982), American humorist, radio writer and comedian, television writer, and magazine columnist born Goodman Aiskowitz
- Jane Ace (1897-1974), American radio performer, wife of Goodman Ace
- Juliet Ace (born 1938), British dramatist, playwright and radio and television writer
Stage name
- Ace and Vis, British radio presenters
- Ace Hood (born 1989), American rapper Antoine McColister
- Buddy Ace (1936-1994), American blues singer James Lee Land
- Johnny Ace (1929–1954), American singer John Marshall Alexander, Jr.
- Mellow Man Ace (born 1967), American rapper Ulpiano Sergio Reyes
Ring name
- Ace Darling, professional wrestler Mike Maraldo (born 1974)
- Ace Steel, professional wrestler Chris Guy (born 1973)
- Johnny Ace, American professional wrestler John Laurinaitis (born 1962)
Fictional characters
- Ace (Doctor Who), in the Doctor Who television series
- Ace (G.I. Joe), in the G.I. Joe universe
- Ace (Justice League), a member of the Royal Flush Gang in the Justice League animated series
- Ace the Bat-Hound, a canine crime-fighting partner of Batman
- Ace the Wonder Dog, a canine actor active in the 1930s and 1940s
- Ace Blackwell, in Half & Half
- Ace Bunny, in Loonatics Unleashed
- title character of the comic strip Ace Drummond, scripted by World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker
- Ace Lightning (character), in Ace Lightning
- John "Ace" Merrill, the main antagonist of Stephen King's The Body
- Ace Rimmer, an alter ego of Arnold Rimmer, character in Red Dwarf
- Ace Ventura, in Ace Ventura media
- Acid Ace, a supporting character in Mega Man Star Force 3
- Portgas D. Ace, in One Piece
- Ultraman Ace, from the Japanese television drama of the same name
- Eight Ace, from the British adult comic Viz
- Ace Copular, a member of the Gangreen Gang, a group of characters in the animated series The Powerpuff Girls
- Ace, an editable character in the challenge mode of the game Street Fighter EX3