* A.D. Ayers, American baseball umpire (National League)
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Aaron Ayers
Aaron Ayers (1836 – 16 September 1900) arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand, from England as a newly married man in his mid 20s. He was a hairdresser and tobacconist for two decades before entering the auctioneering business. He was elected Ma ...
(1836–1900), New Zealand auctioneer and politician
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Bill Ayers
William Charles Ayers (; born December 26, 1944) is an American retired professor and former militant organizer. In 1969, Ayers co-founded the far-left militant organization the Weather Underground, a revolutionary group that sought to overthr ...
(born 1944), American academic and activist
* Bill Ayers (baseball) (1919–1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Bruce Ayers (born 1962), American small business owner and politician
* Cameron Ayers (born 1991), American basketball player
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Charlie Ayers
Charles David Ayers, Jr. (born July 5, 1966) is an American chef, cookbook author, and restaurateur. He is the former executive chef for Google, from 1999 until 2006. His work there was widely publicized in the media, and David Vise's corporate h ...
(born 1966), former executive chef for Google
* David Ayers (1841–1916), Union Army soldier during the American Civil War
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Demarcus Ayers
Demarcus Ayers (born July 7, 1994) is an American college football coach. He is the offensive quality control coach at North Texas Mean Green football, North Texas. He is a former professional gridiron football player who was a wide receiver in ...
(born 1994), American football player
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Dick Ayers
Richard Bache Ayers (; April 28, 1924 – May 4, 2014) was an American comic book artist and cartoonist best known for his work as one of Jack Kirby's inkers during the late-1950s and 1960s period known as the Silver Age of Comics, including on s ...
(1924–2014), American comic book artist
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Duffy Ayers
Betty Mona Desmond Ayers (née FitzGerald; 19 September 1915 – 10 November 2017), known as Duffy Ayers, was an English portrait painter. She was known for most of her life by the nickname "Duffy".
Born in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, one o ...
(1915–2017), English portrait painter
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Edward L. Ayers
Edward Lynn Ayers (born January 22, 1953) is an American historian, professor, administrator, and university president. In July 2013, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony for Ayers's c ...
(born 1953), American historian, president of the University of Richmond
* Eli Ayers (1778–1822), first colonial agent of the American Colonization Society
* Fred Ayers (1912–1986), Australian rules footballer
* Frederick Ayers, English engineer
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Greg Ayers
Greg Ayers is an Australian atmospheric scientist and was Director of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology from March 2009 until February 2012, when he resigned due to ill health.
Prior to his working at the Bureau of Meteorology, Ayers was C ...
, Australian atmospheric scientist
* Haskel Ayers (1936–2020), American auctioneer and politician
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Henry Ayers
Sir Henry Ayers (now pron. "airs") (1 May 1821 – 11 June 1897) was the eighth Premier of South Australia, serving a record five times between 1863 and 1873.
His lasting memorial was in the name Ayers Rock, now better-known as Uluru, wh ...
(1821–1897), former Premier of South Australia
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Howard "Doc" Ayers
Howard Edwards Ayers (October 30, 1921 – December 19, 2020), better known as Doc Ayers, was an American high school and college football coach.
Career Football career
Ayers played high school football in his hometown of Toccoa, Georgia and ...
(1922–2020), American football coach
* James F. Ayers (1847–1895), American soldier
* Janeé Ayers (born 1981), American politician
* Jason Ayers (born 1982), American professional wrestling referee
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Jeremy Ayers
Jeremy Ayers (1948 – October 24, 2016) was an American artist, writer, photographer, and musician.
A member of the Athens, Georgia, creative community, Ayers was a Warhol superstar under the name Sylva Thinn early in his career and wrote a co ...
(1948–2016), American artist, writer, musician, and photographer
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John Ayers
John Milton Ayers (April 14, 1953 – October 2, 1995) was an American professional football guard in the National Football League (NFL) from 1977 through 1987. During that span, he appeared in two Super Bowls: Super Bowl XVI and Super Bo ...
(1953–1995), National Football League offensive lineman
* John G. K. Ayers (1837–1913), Union Army soldier during the American Civil War
* John L. Ayers (1902–1985), American politician
* John W. Ayers, American behavioral epidemiologist
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Kevin Ayers
Kevin Ayers (16 August 1944 – 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was active in the English psychedelic music movement. Ayers was a founding member of the psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1960s, and was closely asso ...
(1944–2013), British rock singer
* Maurice L. Ayers (1819–1884), American banker, farmer, hotelier, politician
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Michael Ayers (boxer)
Michael Ayers (born 26 January 1965) is a British former boxer who was British lightweight champion between 1995 and 1997 and IBO world lightweight champion between 1999 and 2001.
Career
Born in London in 1965, Michael Ayers had a successful am ...
(born 1965), British boxer
* Michael R. Ayers (born 1935), British philosopher
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Mike Ayers
Mike Ayers (born May 26, 1948) is an American former college football coach. He served as the head football coach at East Tennessee State University from 1985 to 1987 and Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina from 1988 to 2017, compilin ...
(born 1948), American football coach
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Nabil Ayers
Nabil Ayers is an American music industry entrepreneur, author, musician and podcast host.
Ayers' debut memoir, ''My Life in the Sunshine,'' was published by Viking Press on June 7, 2022. The book focuses on Ayers' relationship with his father ...
, American entrepreneur and musician
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Nathaniel Ayers
Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, Jr. (born January 31, 1951) is an American musician. He is the subject of numerous newspaper columns, a book, and a 2009 film adaptation based on the columns. A foundation bearing his name was started in 2008 with an aim ...
(born 1951), American musician
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Nick Ayers
James Nicholas Ayers (born August 16, 1982) is an American political strategist and consultant who served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Mike Pence between July 2017 and January 2019. He had previously served as national chairman for Pence's ...
(born 1982), American political strategist
* Nigel Ayers (born 1957), English multimedia artist
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Pam Ayres
Pamela Ayres MBE (born 14 March 1947) is a British poet, comedian, songwriter and presenter of radio and television programmes. Her 1975 appearance on the television talent show '' Opportunity Knocks'' led to appearances on other TV and radio ...
(born 1947), British poet, comedian, songwriter and presenter
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Paul Ayers
Paul Nicholas Ayers (b September 1961) has been Archdeacon of Leeds since 2017. Ayers has a family with 4 children and 12 grandchildren, his favourite of which is his first grandchild Lydia.
Ayers was educated at St Peter's College, Oxford and ...
(born 1961), Archdeacon of Leeds
* Paul L. Ayers, Major General in the Rhode Island Air National Guard
* Phoebe Ayers, American librarian
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Randy Ayers
Randall Duane Ayers (born April 16, 1956) is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach (through a coaching advisor position) for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. Ayers grew up in Springfield, Ohio ...
(born 1956), American basketball coach
* Robert Ayers (born 1985), American football defensive end
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Ron Ayers
Ronald Frederick Ayers (11 April 1932 – 29 May 2024) was an English engineer who was responsible for the aerodynamics of the land speed record-holding vehicles, ThrustSSC and JCB Dieselmax, and was Chief Aerodynamicist for the Bloodhound SSC ...
(born 1932), British aeronautical engineer and designer of ThrustSSC
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Rowan Ayers
Rowan Ayers (16 June 1922 – 5 January 2008) was a British television producer and executive. He was best known as producer of BBC's ''Line-Up'' and ''Late Night Line-Up'' in the 1960s. He was the originator of BBCs influential late night rock m ...
(1922–2008), television producer and poet
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Roy Ayers
Roy Edward Ayers Jr. (September 10, 1940 – March 4, 2025) was an American vibraphonist, record producer, and composer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure ...
(1940–2025), American vibraphonist, record producer and composer
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Roy E. Ayers
Roy Elmer Ayers (November 9, 1882May 23, 1955) was a U.S. Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as the List of Governors of Montana, 11th Governor of Monta ...
(1882–1955), American politician
* Rufus A. Ayers (1849–1926), Virginia lawyer, businessman, and politician
* Sam Ayers, American actor
* Scott Ayers, American musician
* Stephen T. Ayers, American architect
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Thomas G. Ayers
Thomas G. Ayers (February 16, 1915, in Detroit, Michigan – June 8, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois) was president (1964–1980), CEO and chairman (1973–1980) of Commonwealth Edison.
Ayers served as chairman of the Board of Trustees of Northwe ...
(1919–2007), Chicago businessman, philanthropist
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Tim Ayers
Timothy Frederick Ayers (born November 19, 1958) served as Mayor and City Commissioner of Springfield, Ohio from 1984 to 1990.Tony Ayers (1933–2016), former senior Australian public servant
Places
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Ayers Rock
Uluru (; ), also known as Ayers Rock ( ) and officially gazetted as UluruAyers Rock, is a large sandstone monolith. It crops out near the centre of Australia in the southern part of the Northern Territory, south-west of Alice Springs.
Ul ...
Ayers Kaserne
Ayers Kaserne at Kirch-Göns, Germany (coordinates: 50° 28' 46.08" N 8° 38' 41.83" E) was a U.S. Army installation built in 1952 as part of the major construction efforts under the U.S. Army troop augmentation program of the early 1950s, occu ...
* N.W. Ayers, American advertising agency
*Ayers Music Publishing Company, a fictional company in Ayn Rand's novel ''
Atlas Shrugged
''Atlas Shrugged'' is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. It is her longest novel, the fourth and final one published during her lifetime, and the one she considered her ''magnum opus'' in the realm of fiction writing. She described the theme of ''Atlas ...
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Ayers Saint Gross
Ayers Saint Gross, Architects and Planners is an architectural firm in Maryland, U.S. specializing in master plans and building designs for higher education institutions.Walker, Childs. “Expansion of Baltimore architectural firm fueled by focu ...