title: Ainsworth (surname)
text: # Ainsworth (surname)
  
  Ainsworth is a surname with its origins in the Northwest of England. The origin of the word Ainsworth is from the Anglo-Saxon word 'worth' meaning an 'Enclosure', 'Ain' probably having been someone's name..
  
  There is a village called Ainsworth near Bolton.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Alf Ainsworth, (1913–1975), English football player
  * Bob Ainsworth (born 1952), British politician and MP
  * Charles Ainsworth (politician) (1874–1956), British businessman and politician
  * Charles Ainsworth (footballer) (1885–1955), English footballer
  * David M. Ainsworth (1954–2019), American farmer and politician
  * Dorothy Sears Ainsworth (1894–1976), American physical educator
  * Dylan Ainsworth (born 1992), Canadian football player
  * Edgar Ainsworth (artist) (1905–1975), British artist
  * Ellen Ainsworth, US Army Nurse Corps officer
  * Gareth Ainsworth (born 1973), English football player
  * Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth (1905–1998), English mycologist
  * George Ainsworth (1878–1950), Australian meteorologist, explorer and public servant
  * Harrison Ainsworth (1888–1965), British newspaper editor
  * Henry Ainsworth (1571–1622), English nonconformist clergyman and scholar
  * John C. Ainsworth (1822–1893), American pioneer businessman and steamboat owner in Oregon
  * Kacey Ainsworth (born 1968), English actress
  * Kathryn Ainsworth, Australian netball player
  * Kurt Ainsworth (born 1978), American baseball player
  * Leonard Ainsworth (born c. 1923), Australian businessman
  * Laban Ainsworth (1757–1858), American clergyman and pastor
  * Leonora Ainsworth (1894–1985), American screenwriter for silent movies
  * Lexi Ainsworth (born 1992), American actress
  * Lionel Ainsworth (born 1987), English footballer
  * Lisa Ainsworth, American plant physiologist
  * Mary Ainsworth (1913–1999), American-Canadian developmental psychologist
  * Paul Ainsworth (born 1979), British chef
  * Peter Ainsworth (Bolton MP) (1790–1870), British politician
  * Peter Ainsworth (1956–2021), British politician
  * Ralph Ainsworth (1875–1952), British major-general
  * Robert Ainsworth (lexicographer) (1660–1743), English Latin lexicographer
  * Roger Ainsworth (1951–2019), British engineer and academic
  * Ron Ainsworth (1924–2000), Australian rugby league player
  * Seymour Ainsworth (1821–1890), American businessman
  * Sidney Ainsworth (1872–1922), British actor
  * Stewart Ainsworth (born 1951), British archaeologist
  * Walden L. Ainsworth (1886–1960), American admiral
  * William Francis Ainsworth (1807–1896), English traveller and geographer, cousin to William Harrison
  * William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882), English historical novelist
  
  ## Fictional
  
  * Cassandra Ainsworth, character in the television series Skins, portrayed by Hannah Murray
  * Elias Ainsworth, one of the main characters of the manga The Ancient Magus' Bride
  