title: Ashburn (surname)
text: # Ashburn (surname)
  
  Ashburn is a surname. In England, men living near an important, named waterway might be named after it, as in the case of Ashburn originating from "ash tree brook". An alternative English origin states that Ashburn is a variant of Ashborn, which itself descended from several surnames in use during the 14th and 15th centuries.
  
  Notable people who share this surname include:
  
  * Cliff Ashburn (1905–1989), American football player
  * George W. Ashburn (1814–1868), American radical republican murdered by Ku Klux Klan
  * Ida Nancy Ashburn (1909–1980), Australian headmistress and nurse
  * Justin Ashburn (born 1981), American race car driver
  * Kristen Ashburn (born 1973), American photojournalist
  * Percy Moreau Ashburn (1872–1940), American medical officer
  * Richie Ashburn (1927–1997), American baseball player
  * Roy Ashburn (born 1954), American politician
  * Thomas Q. Ashburn (1820–1890), American judge
  * Thomas Q. Ashburn (general) (1874–1941), American army officer
  