Ajax may refer to:

Greek mythology and tragedy

* Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea *

Ajax the Lesser Ajax ( grc, Αἴας ''Aias'' means "of the earth".) was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. He was called the "lesser" or "Locrian" Ajax, to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. He was the leade ...

, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, about Ajax the Great

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

Ajax Duckman ''Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man'' is an American adult animated sitcom that aired on the USA Network from March 5, 1994, through September 6, 1997. It was created and developed by Everett Peck, and is based on characters he created in his 1 ...

, in the animated television series ''Duckman'' * Marvel Comics: ** Ajax the Greater, another name for

Ajak Ajak is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Jack Kirby, Ajak first appeared in ''The Eternals'' #2 (August 1976), he was created by Jack Kirby. The character is usually depicted as a m ...

, one of the Eternals from Marvel Comics ** Ajax the Lesser, another name for Arex, one of the Eternals from Marvel Comics ** Ajax, a member of the Pantheon appearing in Marvel Comics **

Ajax (Francis Fanny) Francis "Fanny" Freeman (also known as Ajax) is a fictional supervillain first appeared in ''Deadpool'' #14 (cover-dated March 1998) and was created by writer Joe Kelly and artist Walter A. McDaniel. Fictional character biography The man know ...

, a fictional supervillain first appearing in ''Deadpool'' #14 *

Martian Manhunter The Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Joseph Samachson and designed by artist Joe Certa, the character first appeared in the story "The Manhunter from Mars" ...

, a DC Comics superhero called Ajax in Brazil and Portugal * Ajax, a '' Call of Duty: Black Ops 4'' operative * Ajax, from the video game ''

Genshin Impact ''Genshin Impact'' is an action role-playing game developed and published by miHoYo. It was released for Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, and Windows in 2020, on PlayStation 5 in 2021, and is set for release on Nintendo Switch. The game features ...

Music

A-Jax (band) A-Jax ( ko, 에이젝스, stylized as A-JAX) was a South Korean boy band formed by DSP Media in 2012. Early in their career, the group was known as DSP Boyz but then was changed to A-Jax. The group's final lineup was composed of five members: Hye ...

, a South Korean boy band * Ajax (band), an electronic music band from New York City * ''Ajax'' (opera), by the French composer Toussaint Bertin de la Doué *

DJ Ajax Adrian Thomas (5 August 1971 – 28 February 2013), better known as DJ Ajax, was an Australian Electronic Dance Music DJ known for playing a wide range of styles, including electro, techno and electroclash. Career Thomas was a radio sho ...

(1971-2013; born Adrian Thomas), an Australian electro mashup DJ *

Lisa Ajax Lisa Kristina Ajax (born 13 August 1998), is a Swedish singer, and winner of '' Idol 2014''. She also participated at Lilla Melodifestivalen 2012 with the song "Allt som jag har". Ajax participated in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song "My ...

(born 1998), Swedish singer * "Ajax" (song), a song by Tante Leen, 1969 *

Ajax Records Ajax Records was a record company and label founded in 1921. Jazz and blues records were produced in New York City, with some in Montreal, and marketed via the Ajax Record Company of Chicago. History Ajax was a subsidiary of the Compo Company of ...

, a former North American record company

Other arts and entertainment

* ''Ajax'' (painting), a painting by John Steuart Curry *

Ajax (Disney) The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional shared universe which is the setting for stories involving Disney cartoon characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, and many other characters. The universe originated from the ''Mickey Mouse'' an ...

, a fictional company (the Disney equivalent of Looney Tunes' Acme Corporation) *

Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Gree ...

, a Superman robot used by Wonder Man to hide his identity

Computing

* Ajax (floppy disk controller), a floppy disk controller fitted to the Atari STE *

Ajax (programming) Ajax (also AJAX ; short for " Asynchronous JavaScript and XML") is a set of web development techniques that uses various web technologies on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications. With Ajax, web applications can send and re ...

, Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, a method used in web application development, and a software framework for it

Places

Canada

Ajax (electoral district) Ajax is a federal electoral district in the Durham Region of Ontario. Ajax was created by the 2012 riding redistribution from the portion of Ajax—Pickering consisting of the entire town of Ajax, Ontario, and was legally defined in the 20 ...

, in the Durham Region of Ontario *

Ajax (provincial electoral district) Ajax is a provincial electoral district in Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been conside ...

, in Ontario *

Ajax, Ontario Ajax (; 2021 population: 126,666) is a town in Durham Region in Southern Ontario, Canada, located in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area. The town is named for , a Royal Navy cruiser that served in the Second World War. It is approxi ...

, a town in the Greater Toronto Area

United States

Ajax, Louisiana Ajax is an unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United ...

, an unincorporated community *

Ajax, Missouri Ajax is an extinct town in Stoddard County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Ajax was founded circa 1819, and named after Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Pe ...

, a ghost town *

Ajax Peak Ajax Peak is a mountain summit located in San Miguel County of southwest Colorado, United States. It is situated on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest, and is the iconic landmark visible three miles east of the community of Telluride ...

, a summit near Telluride, Colorado *

Ajax, South Dakota Ajax is an unincorporated community in Pennington County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The community was named for Ajax, a hero in Greek mythology A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally ...

, an unincorporated community *

Ajax, Utah Ajax is a ghost town located in the Rush Valley area of southeastern Tooele County, Utah, United States. The town grew up around a unique department store started in 1869 by a Welsh immigrant named William Ajax. He operated the Ajax Underground St ...

, a ghost town *

Ajax, Virginia Ajax is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Eas ...

, an unincorporated community *

Ajax, West Virginia Ajax is an unincorporated community located in Mingo County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geogra ...

, an unincorporated community *

Aspen Mountain (Colorado) Aspen Mountain is a mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The peak is located in White River National Forest, south-southeast ( bearing 162°) of downtown Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado, Unit ...

, also known as Ajax Mountain

Elsewhere

* Mount Ajax, part of the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctic *

1404 Ajax 1404 Ajax is a carbonaceous Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 17 August 1936, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany, and named after the leg ...

, an asteroid

People

Ajax (missionary) Ajax was an Arian missionary to the pagan Suevi of Galicia who converted them to Christianity in 464Thompson, "Spain and Britain", in ''Romans and Barbarians'', 215. or 466.Wolfram, 181.Mathisen, 683. Due in part to his unusual Homeric name his o ...

, Arian missionary who converted the Suevi to Christianity ( 466) * Ajax, pen name of

Sidney William Jackson Sidney William Jackson (12 June 1873 – 30 September 1946) was an Australian naturalist and field ornithologist with a special interest in oology, who was also a skilled photographer and taxidermist. History Jackson was born in Brisbane, Q ...

(1873–1946), Australian naturalist and ornithologist * Ajax, nickname of

Heinrich Bleichrodt Heinrich Bleichrodt (21 October 1909 – 9 January 1977) was a German U-boat commander during the Second World War. From October 1939 until retiring from front line service in December 1943, he was credited with sinking 25 ships for a total of . ...

(1909–1977), German World War II U-boat commander

Sport

Association football, soccer

AFC Ajax Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the ...

, a football club in Amsterdam, Netherlands *

Ajax Cape Town F.C. Cape Town Spurs F.C. (formerly known as Ajax Cape Town) is a South African professional football club based in Parow in the city of Cape Town that plays in the National First Division. Dutch Eredivisie club AFC Ajax was their parent club and m ...

, a South African football club *

Ajax Futebol Clube Ajax Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Ajax de Rondônia, or simply Ajax-RO, was a Brazilian professional football club based in Vilhena, Rondônia. Founded in 1982, it last competed in the 2001 Campeonato Rondoniense The Campeonato Ro ...

, a Brazilian football club *

Ajax de Ouenzé Ajax de Ouenzé is a Congolese football club based in Ouenzé, Brazzaville Brazzaville (, kg, Kintamo, Nkuna, Kintambo, Ntamo, Mavula, Tandala, Mfwa, Mfua; Teke: ''M'fa'', ''Mfaa'', ''Mfa'', ''Mfoa''Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities aro ...

, a Congolese football club *

FC Ajax Lasnamäe FC Ajax Lasnamäe is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. They play in the II Liiga East/North zone, the fourth division in Estonian football. The club also has women's team A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, ...

, an Estonian football club *

Ajax Orlando Prospects Ajax Orlando Prospects was an American soccer team, founded in 2002. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2006, when the team left the league and ...

, American soccer team from Orlando, Florida, a.k.a. Ajax America *

Ajax America Women Ajax America Women is an American women's soccer team, founded in the mid-1970s by Fred Van Soest. Fred Van Soest went to the Netherlands and spoke with the Amsterdam Football Club Ajax (AFC Ajax) and asked if he could use their name and logo f ...

, American women's soccer team from California *

Aias Salamina F.C. Aias Salamina Football Club (''Ajax of Salamis'' in English, el, Αίας Σαλαμίνας) is a Greek football club based in Salamina, Salamis Island. The association was founded in 1931. History In the 1960s and 1970s it played in high lea ...

, a football club in Salamina, Greece *

Ajax Sportsman Combinatie The Ajax Sportsman Combinatie, usually known as ASC, is a Dutch football and cricket club, established in 1918 as a merger of the ''Leidsche Cricket- en Football-Club Ajax'' and ''Leidsche Athletiekvereeniging De Sportsman''. Ajax The ''Leidsch ...

, a cricket and football club in Leiden, Netherlands *

Rabat Ajax F.C. Rabat Ajax Football Club is a Maltese football club based in Rabat. The last promotion to the Maltese Premier League was achieved in the 2011–12 season, when they earned promotion after finishing second behind Melita. In the 2020-21 National ...

, a Maltese football club *

Unión Ájax Unión Ájax is a Honduran soccer club based in Trujillo, Honduras. The club has played in the Honduran second division as recently as in 2011.Voetbal Vereniging Ajax, a Surinamese football club

Other sports

Ajax Kenitra Ajax Kenitra is a futsal club based in Kenitra, Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic ...

, a Moroccan futsal (indoor football) club *

Ajax København Ajax København is a handball club based in southwestern Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of both a women's and a men's team. As of the 2022-23 season, the women's team compete in Damehåndboldligaen, the highest women's league in Denmark. The me ...

, a Danish handball team *

Ajax (horse) Ajax (1901 – 15 February 1915) was an undefeated French Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1904 Prix du Jockey Club and Grand Prix de Paris and was an influential sire. Breeding Bred and raced by Edmond Blanc, he was by Flying Fox and ou ...

(born 1901), a French Champion racehorse *

Ajax II Ajax was a champion Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, who won 18 consecutive races before he was defeated at the odds of 40/1 on, causing a huge racing sensation. He had wins from 5 furlongs (1,000 metres) to 1½ m ...

(born 1934), an Australian Champion racehorse

Military

* , several ships of the Royal Navy * , several ships of the US Navy *

General Dynamics Ajax The Ajax, formerly known as the Scout SV (Specialist Vehicle), is a group of armoured fighting vehicles being developed by General Dynamics UK for the British Army. The Ajax is a development of the ASCOD armoured fighting vehicles used by the ...

, a family of armoured fighting vehicles for the British Army *

Operation Ajax Operation or Operations may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity * Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory * ''Operations'' (magazine), Multi-Ma ...

, the 1953 Iranian coup d'état

Transport

Ajax (1906 automobile) The Ajax was a Swiss automobile built from 1906 to 1910. Dr. G. Aigner built his first car in Zürich in 1906, but failed. The remains were taken over by a company led by three directors from New York City, Java and Switzerland. A chain-drive ...

, a Swiss automobile *

Ajax (1913 automobile) The Ajax was a French automobile built by the American Briscoe brothers, Benjamin Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's ...

, a French automobile by the American Briscoe brothers *

Ajax (1914 automobile) The Ajax Motors Co. of Seattle, Washington, was an automobile company started by George, Frank, and Charles Parker. The company the three men started produced a car available in three different wheelbase lengths and could be had in either right h ...

, an American automobile by Ajax Motors Co. of Seattle, Washington *

Ajax (1921 automobile) The Ajax was an American assembled 5 seat touring car automobile that never went beyond the prototypical stage. It was to have a Continental 7-R six-cylinder engine with a wheelbase In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the hor ...

, an American prototype that was not produced *

Ajax (Nash Motors) The Ajax was an American automobile brand manufactured by the Nash Motors Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1925 and 1926. The Ajax was produced in the newly acquired Mitchell Motors Company plant in Racine, Wisconsin. In 1926, all Ajax mo ...

, an automobile brand of Nash Motors, 1925–1926 * ''Ajax'' (locomotive), several train locomotives *

Ajax (motorcycle) The Ajax was a motorcycle manufactured in England between 1923 and 1924, using 147cc, 247cc, 269cc and 346cc engines from Villiers Engineering Villiers Engineering was a manufacturer of motorcycles and cycle parts, and an engineering compan ...

, manufactured in England between 1923 and 1924 * ''Ajax'' (crane barge), a floating crane used to install the Panama Canal locks * ''Ajax'' (ship), various ships * Ajax GO Station, a train and bus station in Ajax, Ontario, Canada *

Ajax Motors Co. The Ajax Motors Co. of Seattle, Washington, was an automobile company started by George, Frank, and Charles Parker. The company the three men started produced a car available in three different wheelbase lengths and could be had in either right h ...

, an American carmaker, manufacturer of the Ajax (1914 automobile)

Other uses

Ajax (cleaning product) Ajax is a brand of household cleaning products and detergents made by Colgate-Palmolive. The brand is also licensed by Colgate-Palmolive in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. History Colgate-Palmolive introduced Ajax Powdered Clean ...

, a brand of household cleaning products *

AFC Ajax N.V. AFC Ajax NV is mostly known as a football club. Since 17 May 1998 the club is registered as a Naamloze vennootschap (N.V.) listed on the stock exchange Euronext Amsterdam. As a company the club strives to make a profit through ticket sales, as w ...

, a sports company associated with AFC Ajax *

Kanichee Mine The Kanichee Mine, also less commonly known as the Ajax Mine, is an abandoned base metal and precious metal mine, located in the Temagami region of northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is near the small unincorporated community of Temagami North, acce ...

, Temagami, Ontario, also known as Ajax Mine *

Ajax High School Ajax High School (AHS) is located in Ajax, Ontario, Canada within the Durham District School Board. It is the largest secondary school in southern Ajax and the fourth-largest in all of Ajax. The school offers a wide range of academic and extra ...

, a public high school in Ajax, Ontario, Canada *

AJAX furnace The AJAX furnace was a modification of the tilting open hearth furnace that used blown oxygen to improve productivity. The process was used in the UK during the 1960s at a time of transition from open hearth to oxygen based steel making. History a ...

, a type of open hearth furnace

Greek mythology and tragedy

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

Music

Other arts and entertainment

Computing

Places

Canada

United States

Elsewhere

People

Sport

Association football, soccer

Other sports

Military

Transport

Other uses

See also