Ace (name)

Ace is a given name, nickname, and surname.^[1] Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:

People with the given name

Ace Adams (1910–2006), American Major League Baseball relief pitcher
Ace Atkins (born 1970), American crime reporter and author
Ace Loomis (1928–2003), American National Football League player
Ace Reid (1925–1991), American cartoonist
Ace Rusevski (born 1956), Macedonian retired boxer who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Ace Vergel (1952–2007), Filipino actor
Ace Young (born 1980), finalist on the TV series American Idol

People with the nickname

Alfredo Aceves (born 1982), Major League Baseball relief pitcher
Jim Adams (lacrosse) (born c. 1929), American retired lacrosse coach, member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Ace Bailey (1903–1992), Canadian National Hockey League player
Garnet Bailey (1948–2001), Canadian National Hockey League player and scout who died in 9/11 attacks
Ace Bhatti (born 1970), British actor
Ace Brigode (1893–1960), American dance band leader and musician
Ace Cannon (born 1934), American saxophonist
Ace Durano (born 1970), Filipino politician
Ace Enders (born 1982), America lead singer and guitarist of the band The Early November
Rich Franklin (born 1974), American MMA fighter
Ace Frehley (born 1951), rock and roll guitarist and former member of the rock band Kiss
Leo Gottlieb (born 1920), American basketball player
Ace Gutowsky (1909–1976), American National Football League player
Ace Harris (1910–1964), American jazz pianist
Ace Herman (1913–1971), American film editor and producer
Ace Kefford (born 1946), English rock bass guitarist
Ace Khuse (born 1968), South African retired association football player and current interim coach
James Lyons (admiral) (born 1927), United States Navy admiral
Ace Magashule (born 1959), South African politician
Ace Mumford (1898–1962), African-American college football head coach
Patrick Ntsoelengoe (1952–2006), South African footballer
Ace Parker (1912–2013), American National Football League quarterback and Major League Baseball player and coach, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
Ace Sanders (born 1991), American National Football League player
Ace Stewart (1869–1912), Major League Baseball player in 1895
Judd Trump (born 1989), snooker player nicknamed "The Ace"
Ace Williams (1917–1999), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Aaron "Ace" Elam (born 1993), American Halo player

People with the stage name or pen name

Ace and Vis, British radio presenters
Ace Backwords (born 1956), underground cartoonist
Ace Hood (born 1989), American rapper Antoine McColister
Ace Wilder (born 1982), Swedish singer Alice Gernandt
Buddy Ace (1936–1994), American blues singer James Lee Land
Johnny Ace (1929–1954), American singer John Marshall Alexander, Jr.
Mellow Man Ace (born 1967), American rapper Ulpiano Sergio Reyes

People with the ring name

Ace Darling, professional wrestler Mike Maraldo (born 1974)
Ace Steel, professional wrestler Chris Guy (born 1973)
Johnny Ace, American professional wrestler John Laurinaitis (born 1962)

People with the surname

Goodman Ace (1899–1982), American humorist, radio writer and comedian, television writer, and magazine columnist born Goodman Aiskowitz
Jane Ace (1897–1974), American radio performer, wife of Goodman Ace
Juliet Ace (born 1938), British dramatist, playwright and radio and television writer

Fictional characters with the name

Ace (Doctor Who), in the Doctor Who television series
Ace (G.I. Joe), in the G.I. Joe universe
Ace (Justice League), a member of the Royal Flush Gang in the Justice League animated series
Ace the Bat-Hound, a canine crime-fighting partner of Batman
Ace the Wonder Dog, a canine actor active in the 1930s and 1940s
Ace Blackwell, in Half & Half
Ace Bunny, in Loonatics Unleashed
title character of the comic strip Ace Drummond, scripted by World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker
Rory Gilmore, from 'Gilmore Girls – nicknamed Ace by Logan Huntsburger
Ace Lightning (character), in Ace Lightning
John "Ace" Merrill, the main antagonist of Stephen King's The Body
Ace Rimmer, an alter ego of Arnold Rimmer, character in Red Dwarf
Ace Ventura, in Ace Ventura media
Acid Ace, a supporting character in Mega Man Star Force 3
Portgas D. Ace, in One Piece
Ultraman Ace, from the Japanese television drama of the same name
Eight Ace, from the British adult comic Viz
Ace Copular, a member of the Gangreen Gang, a group of characters in the animated series The Powerpuff Girls now also stand in bassist for the fictional band “Gorillaz”
Ace, an editable character in the challenge mode of the game Street Fighter EX3
Ace, a playable character in Square Enix's action role-playing game Final Fantasy Type-0

References

↑ Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

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[Hanks_Coates_McClure_2016-1] Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 3 September 2018.