Ashby
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Surname
- Alan AshbyAlan AshbyAlan Dean Ashby is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, and Houston Astros...
(b. 1951), American baseball player - Alexander EssebiensisAlexander EssebiensisAlexander Essebiensis was a celebrated English theologian and poet, who flourished about the year 1220. Scarcely anything is known of his history, except that he appears to have been prior of Canons Ashby, in Northamptonshire...
(Alexander of Ashby) (c. 1220), English theologian and poet - Andy AshbyAndy AshbyAndrew Jason Ashby is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies , Colorado Rockies , San Diego Padres , Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers...
(b. 1967), American baseball player - Carl AshbyCarl AshbyCarl Ashby was an American abstract expressionist artist who lived and worked in New York City. Ashby was born in Hurley, New Mexico on March 2, 1914. He worked as an artist for the Civilian Conservation Corps before attending the University of Utah, where he graduated with a degree in Fine Arts...
(b. 1914), American abstract expressionist artist - David AshbyDavid AshbyDavid Glynn Ashby was the Conservative Member of Parliament for North West Leicestershire from 1983 until he stood down in 1997.He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe and the University of Bristol...
(b. 1940), British Conservative Member of Parliament 1983-1997 - Debee AshbyDebee AshbyDebee Ashby is a former English adult model and actress. She is also known as Debbie Ashby or Debby Ashby.Ashby became well known at the age of 16 years when she was expelled from King Henry VIII School, Coventry on 16 December 1983 because she had posed topless in her school uniform for the...
(b. 1967), British adult model - Dorothy AshbyDorothy AshbyDorothy Ashby was an American jazz harpist and composer.Along with Alice Coltrane, Ashby extended the popularization of jazz harp past a novelty, showing how the instrument can be utilized seamlessly as much a bebop instrument as the saxophone...
(1932-1986), African American jazz harpist and composer - Edwin AshbyEdwin AshbyEdwin Ashby was an Adelaide based Australian property developer and a noted malacologist interested in chitons and ornithologist. He was a founding member of the South Australian Ornithological Association in 1899, and of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in 1901 for which he served...
(1861-1941), Australian malacologist and ornithologist - Eric Ashby, Baron AshbyEric Ashby, Baron AshbyEric Ashby, Baron Ashby FRS was a British botanist and educator.Born in Leytonstone in Essex, he was educated at the City of London School and the Royal College of Science, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science. He was then demonstrator at the Imperial College from 1926 to 1929...
(1904-1992), British botanist and educator - George Ashby (martyr) (d. 1537), martyred English monk
- Hal AshbyHal AshbyHal Ashby was an American film director and film editor.-Birth and early years:Born William Hal Ashby in Ogden, Utah, Ashby grew up in a Mormon household and had a tumultuous childhood as part of a dysfunctional family which included the divorce of his parents, his father's suicide and his...
(1929-1988), American film director - Irving AshbyIrving AshbyIrving C. Ashby was an American jazz guitarist.Ashby was born in Somerville, Massachusetts. After playing rhythm guitar in Lionel Hampton's orchestra, he played in the Nat King Cole Trio from 1947 to 1951...
, American jazz guitarist - Jeffrey AshbyJeffrey AshbyJeffrey Shears "Bones" Ashby is an engineer, former American naval aviator and astronaut, a veteran of three space shuttle missions. He is a retired Captain in the U.S. Navy...
(b. 1954), American naval aviator and astronaut - John Ashby (Royal Navy officer) (1640-1693), English admiral during the War of the League of Augsburg
- John Ashby (militiaman)John Ashby (militiaman)John Ashby was a Colonel in the Virginia Militia.During the French and Indian war there was a siege at present day Fort Ashby, West Virginia. In 1756 Colonel John Ashby was out of the fort at that location and was attacked by Indians and made a remarkable escape to the fort. The fort was named for...
(18th century), colonel in the Virginia Militia - Joseph Ashby-SterryJoseph Ashby-SterryJoseph Ashby-Sterry was an English poet and novelist. He works include Boudoir Ballads, a collection of poetry, now out of print....
(183?-1917), English poet and novelist - Linden AshbyLinden AshbyClarence Linden Garnett Ashby III , best known as Linden Ashby, is an American actor and martial artist.-Early life:...
(b. 1960), American actor - Margery Corbett AshbyMargery Corbett AshbyDame Margery Irene Corbett Ashby, DBE was a British Liberal politician, feminist and internationalist.She was born at Danehill, East Sussex, the daughter of Charles Henry Corbett a barrister who was sometime Liberal MP for East Grinstead and Marie Corbett herself a Liberal feminist and local...
(1882-1981), British feminist and internationalist - Peter Ashby, British musician and composer
- Ray AshbyRay AshbyRay Ashby is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and at club level for Liverpool City, Wigan, and Blackpool Borough, playing at , or , i.e...
, British rugby league footballer - Thomas AshbyThomas AshbyThomas Ashby FBA was a British archaeologist.-Family:He was the only child of Thomas Ashby , and his wife, Rose Emma, daughter of Apsley Smith...
(1874-1931), British archaeologist and architectural historian of ancient Rome - Turner AshbyTurner AshbyTurner Ashby, Jr. was a Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War. He had achieved prominence as Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's cavalry commander, in the grade of colonel, in the Shenandoah Valley before he was killed in battle in 1862...
(1828-1862), Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War - William Ross AshbyWilliam Ross AshbyW. Ross Ashby was an English psychiatrist and a pioneer in cybernetics, the study of complex systems. His first name was not used: he was known as Ross Ashby....
(1903-1972), English psychiatrist and founder of the English school of cybernetics
Other name
- Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of AshbyAlan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of AshbyAlan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby was born at North Molton, Devonshire, the only son of Roger La Zouche and his wife, Ela Longespee, daughter of Stephen Longespee and Emmeline de Ridelsford. He received seisin of his father's lands after doing homage on October 13, 1289...
(1267-1314), governor of Rockingham Castle and steward of Rockingham Forest, England - Walter Ashby PleckerWalter Ashby PleckerWalter Ashby Plecker was a physician and public health advocate who was the first registrar of Virginia's Bureau of Vital Statistics, serving from 1912-1946. He was a leader of the Anglo-Saxon Clubs of America, a white supremacist organization founded in Richmond, Virginia in 1822...
(1861–1947), American physician and public health advocate - Henry Ashby TurnerHenry Ashby TurnerHenry Ashby Turner, Jr. was an American historian of Germany who was a professor at Yale University for over forty years...
(b. 1932), American historian of Germany
Places
Australia- Ashby, Victoria
- Ashby, Western AustraliaAshby, Western AustraliaAshby is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located north of Perth's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wanneroo....
United Kingdom
- Ashby with ObyAshby with ObyAshby with Oby is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, which is located some north of Acle and north-west of Great Yarmouth. The parish largely comprises scattered farms, and is named for the tiny settlements of Ashby and Oby....
, Norfolk - Ashby, SuffolkAshby, SuffolkAshby is a small hamlet located to the north east of Suffolk very close to the border with Norfolk. It is close to the village of Herringfleet on the B1074 road. The closest town is Lowestoft.-External links:...
- Ashby, Yorkshire
- Ashby by PartneyAshby by PartneyAshby by Partney is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located to the south of the A158, east of the town of Spilsby...
, Lincolnshire - Ashby cum FenbyAshby cum FenbyAshby cum Fenby is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, 4 miles south-west from Holton le Clay.In the 2001 census the population was recorded as 248. The village was recorded in the Domesday Book....
, Lincolnshire - Ashby de la LaundeAshby De La LaundeAshby de la Launde is a small village, part of the civil parish of Ashby de la Launde and Bloxholm, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.The villages is located just west of Digby, and east of the A15 and B1191 roads...
, Lincolnshire - Ashby-de-la-ZouchAshby-de-la-ZouchAshby-de-la-Zouch, — Zouch being pronounced "Zoosh" — often shortened to Ashby, is a small market town and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, within the National Forest. It is twinned with Pithiviers in north-central France....
, Leicestershire - Ashby FolvilleAshby FolvilleAshby Folville is a village in the Melton district of Leicestershire, south west of Melton Mowbray. The civil parish of Ashby Folville was abolished in 1936 and its were merged with Gaddesby.The village was recorded in the Domesday Book....
, Leicestershire - Ashby MagnaAshby MagnaAshby Magna is a small English village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire. The parish had a population of 294 at the 2001 UK census. It is in the south of the county, and lies midway between junctions 20 and 21 of the M1...
, Leicestershire - Ashby ParvaAshby ParvaAshby Parva is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. The parish had a population of 211 according to the 2001 census. The village is in the west of the district, west of the M1 motorway, and nearby Ullesthorpe, Leire and Bitteswell. It is about 3 miles...
, Leicestershire - Ashby PuerorumAshby PuerorumAshby Puerorum is a small village in the civil parish of Ashby with Scremby, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, situated to the west of Bag Enderby and north of the A158 between Partney and Horncastle....
, Lincolnshire - Ashby St LedgersAshby St LedgersAshby St Ledgers is a village in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England, although the postal address is Rugby in Warwickshire. The Manor House is famous for being the location for the planning of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. The building is now part of the Crown estate.-Location:The...
, Northamptonshire - Ashby St MaryAshby St MaryAshby St Mary is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 297 in 115 households...
, Norfolk - Canons AshbyCanons AshbyCanons Ashby is a small village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England.Its most notable building is Canons Ashby House, a National Trust property. The parish church is a surviving fragment of Canons Ashby Priory.It is situated one mile from Moreton...
, Northamptonshire - Castle AshbyCastle AshbyCastle Ashby is the name of a civil parish, an estate village and an English country house in rural Northamptonshire. Historically the village was set up to service the needs of Castle Ashby Manor, the seat of the Marquess of Northampton. The village has one small pub-hotel, The Falcon. At the time...
, Northamptonshire - Cold AshbyCold AshbyCold Ashby is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 255 people....
, Northamptonshire - Mears AshbyMears AshbyMears Ashby is a village in the English county of Northamptonshire between the county town of Northampton and Wellingborough and is in the West ward of borough council of Wellingborough area which also includes Sywell.-Demographics:...
, Northamptonshire - West AshbyWest AshbyWest Ashby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about a mile north of the market town of Horncastle. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 252....
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United States of America
- Ashby, Alabama
- Ashby (Ladoga, Indiana), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Ashby, MassachusettsAshby, MassachusettsAshby is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,120 as of the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water....
- Ashby, MinnesotaAshby, MinnesotaAshby is a city in Grant County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 446 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
- Ashby, NebraskaAshby, NebraskaAshby is an unincorporated community in Grant County, Nebraska, United States. Its elevation is 3,843 feet , and it is located at . The community was named for Ashby, Massachusetts. It lies along Nebraska Highway 2, 9 miles west-northwest of Hyannis, the county seat of Grant County...
- Ashby, Cumberland County, VirginiaAshby, Cumberland County, VirginiaAshby is a town in Cumberland County, Virginia. It sits at an elevation of 433 feet ....
- Ashby, Warren County, VirginiaAshby, Warren County, VirginiaAshby is an unincorporated community in Warren County, Virginia, United States. It sits at an elevation of 597 feet ....
- Ashby, Washington
- Ashby (BART station)Ashby (BART station)Ashby Station is a BART station, located beneath and parallel to Adeline Street, extending from Woolsey Street to Ashby Avenue in the southern part of Berkeley, California. It consists of an underground island platform...
, a passenger rail station in Berkeley, California - Ashby (MARTA station)Ashby (MARTA station)Ashby is an underground metro station on the Blue and Green lines of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority rail system.The area it serves was an important mini-downtown from the 1880s until the 1950s, centered on West Hunter St. and Ashby St....
, a passenger rail station in Atlanta, Georgia