Ayrton ( ) is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Ayrton Azzopardi Ayrton Azzopardi (born 12 September 1993) is a Maltese international association football, footballer who plays for Gudja United F.C., Gudja United as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder. Career Born in Pietà, Azzopardi has p ...

(born 1993), Maltese footballer *

Ayrton Badovini Ayrton Badovini (born 31 May 1986) is an Italian motorcycle racer. He has competed in the Italian Superbike Championship, the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, where he was champion in , the Superbike World Championship and the Supersport World Championsh ...

(born 1986), Italian motorcycle racer *

Ayrton Cable Ayrton Cable (born 10 January 2003) is a social activist, known for his activism on issues surrounding food and water security. In 2012 he screened a film about food labelling and animal welfare to an invited audience in the Palace of Westminste ...

(born 2003), Slovak social activist * Ayrton Cicilia (born 2001), Bonaire footballer * Ayrton Costa (born 1999), Argentine footballer * Ayrton De Pauw (born 1998), Belgian racing cyclist * Ayrton Fagundes (1937–1994), Brazilian broadcast journalist * Ayrton Ganino (born 1985), Brazilian footballer * Ayrton Lucas (born 1997), Brazilian footballer * Ayrton Martino (born 2002), Canadian ice hockey player * Ayrton Mboko (born 1997), Belgian footballer * Ayrton Moreira (1917–1975), Brazilian football player * Ayrton Páez (born 1995), Venezuelan professional footballer * Ayrton Preciado (born 1994), Ecuadorian soccer player * Ayrton Ribeiro (born 1997), Portuguese footballer * Ayrton Sánchez (born 2000), Argentine footballer *

Ayrton Senna Ayrton Senna da Silva (; 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Senna won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with McLaren, and—at the time of his death—held ...

(1960–1994), Brazilian racing driver and three-time Formula One world champion * Ayrton Simmons (born 2001), British racing driver * Ayrton Statie (born 1994), Bonaire professional footballer *

Ayrton Sweeney Ayrton Sweeney (born 11 May 1993) is a South African pool swimmer and artistic swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, he represented South Africa at the 2019 Afr ...

(born 1993), South African swimmer * Ayrton Pinheiro Victor (born 1994), Brazilian footballer

Surname

* Acton Smee Ayrton (1816–1886), British Liberal politician, uncle of William Edward Ayrton * Barbara Ayrton-Gould (c. 1886 – 1950), a Labour politician in the United Kingdom * Edith Ayrton (1879–1945), British writer and activist *

Edmund Ayrton Dr. Edmund Ayrton (1734 – 22 May 1808) was an English organist who was Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal. Early life Edmund Ayrton was born in Ripon and baptised on 19 November 1734. His father was Edward Ayrton (1698-1774), a 'bar ...

(1734–1808), English organist *

Edward R. Ayrton Edward Russell Ayrton (17 December 1882 – 18 May 1914) was an English Egyptologist and archaeologist. Early life Ayrton was the son of William Scrope Ayrton (1849-1904), a British consular official in China, and his wife Ellen Louisa McClatc ...

(1882–1914), British Egyptologist * Hertha Marks Ayrton (1854–1923), British mathematician and physicist, second wife of William Edward Ayrton * Norman Ayrton (1924–2017), English actor, director, and theatre instructor *

Matilda Chaplin Ayrton Matilda Charlotte Ayrton ( Chaplin; 22 June 1846 – 19 July 1883) was an English physician. She studied medicine in London, Edinburgh and Paris, pursuing higher studies at the latter's universities, and is one of the Edinburgh Seven, the first ...

(1846–1883), doctor of medicine, first wife of William Edward Ayrton *

Maxwell Ayrton Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton Royal Institute of British Architects, FRIBA (1874 – 18 February 1960), known as Maxwell Ayrton, was an England, English architect. He spent most of his adult life working in London and designed houses, public buildings, ...

(1874–1960), Scottish architect *

Michael Ayrton Michael Ayrton (20 February 1921 – 16 November 1975)T. G. Rosenthal, "Ayrton , Michael (1921–1975)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008Retrieved 24 Jan 2015/ref> was a British pai ...

(1921–1975), British artist *

Randle Ayrton Frederick Randle Ayrton (9 August 1869 – 28 May 1940) was a British actor of stage and screen, and was also a producer and director. Early life Ayrton was born in Chester to William Frances Ayrton, a wealthy wine-merchant who was a par ...

(1869–1940), British actor, producer and director *

William Edward Ayrton William Edward Ayrton, FRS (14 September 18478 November 1908) was an English physicist and electrical engineer. Life Early life and education Ayrton was born in London, the son of Edward Nugent Ayrton, a barrister, and educated at University ...

(1847–1908), British physicist who taught in Japan

In fiction

Tom Ayrton Tom Ayrton is a fictional character who appears in two novels by French author Jules Verne. He is first introduced as a major character in the novel '' In Search of the Castaways'' (1867–1868). He then reappears in a later novel, '' The Myster ...

, character in Jules Verne's novels ''In Search of the Castaways'' and ''The Mysterious Island''

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