Ashton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alan Ashton (executive) (born 1942), American co-founder of WordPerfect Corporation
Alan Ashton (Australian politician) (born 1952)
Brian Ashton (rugby player) (born 1946), English rugby player
Brian Ashton (politician), Canadian politician
Carter Ashton (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
Chris Ashton (born 1987), English rugby player
Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland (born 1956), High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, 2009-2014
Claude Ashton (1901–1942), English cricketer and footballer
Dean Ashton (born 1983), English footballer
Edward Ashton (disambiguation)
Ellis Ashton (1919–1985), English comedian and theatre historian
Eric Ashton (1935–2008), English rugby league footballer
Ferris Ashton (1926–2013), Australian rugby league footballer
Fred Ashton (politician) (1931–2013), American politician
Sir Frederick Ashton (1904–1988), English dancer and choreographer
Gilbert Ashton (1896–1981), English cricketer
Graham Ashton, Australian police officer, Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police (2015–present)
Hubert Ashton (1898–1979), English cricketer
Jennifer Ashton (born 1969), American physician, author, and television medical contributor
John Ashton (disambiguation)
Kevin Ashton, British technology pioneer
Mark Ashton (1960–1987), British gay rights activist and general secretary of Young Communist League
Niki Ashton (born 1982), Canadian politician
Norman Ashton, British housing developer, notable for work in the North of England in the 1960s and 1970s
Pat Ashton (1931–2013), English actress
Percy Ashton (1895–1934), English cricketer
Peter Shaw Ashton (born 1934), British botanist
Robert Ashton (historian) (1924–2013), British historian
Roger Ashton (died 1592), English soldier
Steve Ashton (born 1956), Canadian politician
Susan Ashton (born 1967), American musician
T. S. Ashton (1889–1968), English economic historian
Tony Ashton (1946–2001), English rock musician
Tracy Ashton, American amputee actress
