Nash (surname)

Nash is a surname of Irish, English, Welsh or Jewish origin. The surname went from 'Ash' to 'Nash' by colloquialism, and was established from an early date in Ireland and Wales. A second origin is the Americanization of similar sounding Jewish surnames. ^[1]

Notable people with the surname

• Adam Nash (disambiguation), various people
• Albert C. Nash (1826–1890), American architect
• Albert L. Nash (1921–2015), American politician
• Alex Nash (1923–1944), Australian footballer
• Alexander Nash (1849–1906), English footballer
• Alfred George Nash (1853–1930), Jamaican civil engineer
• Anthony Nash (disambiguation), various people
• Abner Nash (1740–1786), American politician
• Archibald Frazer-Nash, engineer who founded the automotive firm Frazer Nash Limited
• Beau Nash (Richard Nash, 1674–1762), Anglo-Welsh dandy and leader of fashion
• Brendan Nash (born 1977), Australian cricketer
• Brian Nash (born 1963), English guitarist
• C. Nash (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
• Carlo Nash (born 1973), English footballer
• Charles Nash (disambiguation), various people
• Clara Hapgood Nash (1839–1921), American lawyer
• Clarence Nash (1904–1985), American voice actor
• Claude H. Nash (born 1943), American biochemist
• Diane Nash (born 1938), American civil rights activist
• Dion Nash (born 1971), New Zealand cricket player
• E. B. Nash (1838–1917), American homeopath
• E. J. H. Nash (1898–1982), English clergyman and evangelist
• Eddie Nash (born Adel Gharib Nasrallah in June 1929), convicted gangster and former nightclub and restaurant owner in Los Angeles
• Edith Nash (1913–2003), American poet and educator
• Edward Nash (disambiguation), various people
• Edwin Nash (1812–1884), English ecclesiastical architect
• Fiona Nash (born 1965), Australian senator
• Francis Nash (1742–1777), American soldier
• Frank Nash (1887–1933), American bank robber and gangster
• Frank Nash (footballer) (1907–1992), Australian rules footballer
• Frederick Nash (1781–1858), American lawyer and jurist
• Frederick Nash (painter) (1782–1856), English painter
• Ged Nash (born 1975), Irish politician
• George K. Nash (1842–1904), American politician
• George Valentine Nash (1864–1921), American botanist
• Gerald Ewart Nash (1896–1976), Canadian World War I flying ace
• Graham Nash (born 1942), British singer-songwriter
• Harold Nash (born 1970), American football player and coach
• Harold L. Nash (1892–1975), American engineer and politician
• Helen Elizabeth Nash (1921-2012), American pediatrician
• Henry Nash (1869–1902), American pioneer and soldier
• Jack Nash (disambiguation), various people
• James Nash (disambiguation), various people
• Jason Nash (born 1973), American actor and comedian
• Jim Nash (disambiguation), various people
• Joe Nash (born 1960), American football player
• John Nash (disambiguation), various people
• Jørgen Nash (1920–2004), Danish artist and writer
• Joseph Nash (1809–1878), English watercolor painter and lithographer
• Joseph Nash (footballer), English footballer
• Kate Nash (born 1987), English singer-songwriter
• Kateřina Nash (born 1977), Czech cross-country skier and cyclist
• Katherine Nash (1910–1982), American sculptor
• Kevin Nash (born 1959), semi-retired American professional wrestler
• Knowlton Nash (1927–2014), Canadian newscaster
• Le'Bryan Nash (born 1992), American player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Leigh Nash (born 1976), American singer and composer
• Leroy Nash (1915–2010), American criminal
• Lewis Nash (born 1958), American jazz drummer
• Malcolm Nash (1945–2019), Welsh cricket player and coach
• Martin Nash (soccer) (born 1975), Canadian soccer player and coach; brother of Steve Nash
• Matthew Nash (born 1981), Australian soccer player and coach
• Michael Nash (disambiguation), various people
• N. Richard Nash (1913–2000), American writer and dramatist
• Niecy Nash (born 1970), American comedian, actress and television personality
• Nash the Slash, stage name of James Jeffrey Plowmen (1948–2014), Canadian musician
• Ogden Nash (1902–1971), American poet
• Paul Nash (artist) (1889–1946), British painter
• Philip Nash (1906–1982), English civil servant
• Philleo Nash (1909–1987), American government official and educator
• Richard Nash (disambiguation), various people
• Robert Nash (disambiguation), various people
• Roger Nash (born 1942), British-Canadian poet
• Ronald H. Nash (1936–2006), American philosophy professor
• Royston Nash (1933–2016), English-born conductor
• Steve Nash (born 1974), Canadian basketball player
• Thomas Nash (disambiguation), various people
• Tyson Nash (born 1975), Canadian-born hockey player
• Walter Nash (1882–1968), New Zealand politician
• Warwick Nash (1907–1983), Irish chess master
• William Nash (Lord Mayor of London), English grocer, politician, and Lord Mayor of London

In fiction

• TV series 9-1-1:
  • Athena Grant Nash, LAPD sergeant
  • Bobby Nash, LAFD fire captain

• TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation:
  • Ellie Nash, a regular character from season 3 onwards.

References

See also

• Nash (disambiguation)