Ace (name)

Ace is a 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 who died in 9/11 attacks
• 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, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
• 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
• Aaron "Ace" Elam (born 1993), American Halo player

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
• Ace Wilder (born 1982), Swedish singer Alice Gernandt
• 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
• Rory Gilmore, from 'Gilmore Girls - nicknamed Ace by Logan Huntsburger
• 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
• Ace, a playable character in Square Enix's action role-playing game Final Fantasy Type-0