Ashdown (surname)

Ashdown is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Bill Ashdown (1898–1979), English cricketer
• David Ashdown (1950–2021), Canadian clergyman and politician
• Doug Ashdown (born 1942), Australian singer-songwriter
• George Ashdown (1851–1939), Canadian politician
• Hugh Ashdown (1904–1977), Bishop of Newcastle
• Isabel Ashdown (born 1970), British author
• James Henry Ashdown (1844–1924), Canadian merchant
• Jamie Ashdown (born 1980), English footballer
• Joe Ashdown (1922–1982), Australian rules footballer
• John Ashdown-Hill (1949–2018), British historian
• Paddy Ashdown (1941–2018), British politician
• Pete Ashdown (born 1967), US businessman and politician
• Peter Ashdown (born 1934), English racing driver
• Richard Ashdown (born 1978), English darts master of ceremonies
• Simon Ashdown, British television writer

See also

• William Ashdowne (1723–1810), English Unitarian preacher