Asher (name)

Asher is a common Jewish and Christian given name, after a character in the Old Testament. Published 1860, Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom; by Lower, Mark Antony, 1813-1876 says Asher as a surname is "Perhaps the same as Ashmen."

People with the surname

• Alec Asher, baseball player
• Alexander Asher (1835–1905), Scottish politician
• Allan Asher, Australian public affairs official and activist
• Barry Asher (1946-), American bowler
• Bud Asher (1925–2013), American politician, football coach and lawyer
• Gerald Asher (1932–), wine writer, ex-wine merchant
• Hank Asher (c.1951-), businessman
• Herb Asher, university professor
• Iraena Asher (1979-), New Zealand trainee teacher and model, disappeared
• Irving Asher (1903–1985), motion picture producer
• Jack Asher (1916–1991), British cinematographer
• Jane Asher (1946-), English actress and novelist
• Japhet Asher (1961–), English filmmaker
• Jeremy Asher (1958–), English businessman
• John Mallory Asher (1971-), American actor and director
• Lee Asher (1976-), magician
• Levi Asher, New York, U.S.-based writer and web designer
• Max Asher, drummer of the band Warrant
• Max Asher (actor) (1885–1957), American actor
• Maxine Asher (1930-), researcher and businesswoman
• Michael Asher (artist), an American conceptual artist
• Michael Asher (explorer), a British explorer and author
• Neal Asher (1961-), English science fiction writer
• Peter Asher (1944-), artist and record producer
• Richard Asher (1912–1969), British endocrinologist and hematologist
• Robert Asher (1915–1979), a British film and television director
• Roderick Asher (1931–1997), American geologist
• Tommy Asher (1936–), English footballer
• Tony Asher, American lyricist
• William Asher (1921–2012), American producer, director and writer
• Zev Asher (1963–2013), Canadian musician and film director

People with the given name

• Asher, character in the Hebrew Bible
• Asher Allen (1988-), University of Georgia cornerback
• Ralph Asher Alpher (1921–2007), American cosmologist
• Asher Asher (1837–1889), Scottish physician
• Asher ben Jehiel (1250 or 1259–1328), rabbi and Talmudist
• Asher Benjamin (1773–1845), American architect
• Asher Book (1988-), American actor
• Asher Brown Durand (1796–1886), American painter
• Asher D (disambiguation)
• Asher Hirsch Ginsberg (1856–1927), pseudonym Ahad Ha'am, essayist
• Asher Hucklesby, mayor of Luton, Bedfordshire, UK and hat manufacturer
• Asher Karni (1954-), businessman known for involvement of Pakistani and Israeli nuclear programs
• Asher Keddie (1974-), Australian actress
• Asher Lämmlein, German who proclaimed himself a forerunner of the Jewish Messiah in 1502
• Simon A. (Asher) Levin (1941-), American ecologist
• Asher Levy, butcher who left Recife, Brazil for New Amsterdam, U.S. in 1654
• Arthur (Asher) Miller (1915–2005), American playwright and essayist
• Judd Asher Nelson (1959-), American actor
• Asher Peres (1934–2005), Israeli physicist
• Asher Robbins (1757–1845), United States Senator
• Asher Roth, American rapper, (1985-)
• Neil Asher Silberman (1950-), American archaeologist and historian
• Shallum Asher Xavier (1978-), guitarist of the band Fuzön
• Asher Millstone- fictional character on How to Get Away With Murder created in 2014

See also

• Ascher, an alternative spelling of Asher
• Asha (disambiguation)
• Ben Asher (surname)

References