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
- Cotton Nash (1942–2023), American professional basketball and baseball player
- David Nash (disambiguation), several people
- 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, 1929–2014), convicted gangster and former nightclub and restaurant owner in Los Angeles
- Edith Nash (1913–2003), American poet and educator
- Edgar Nash (1832-1915), American businessman and politician
- 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
- Lewis H. Nash (1852–1923), American engineer
- 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
- Su-Elise Nash (born 1981), English singer who rose to fame with Mis-Teeq
- 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
Fictional characters
- Athena Grant Nash, a LAPD sergeant from the American TV series 9-1-1
- Bobby Nash, a LAFD fire captain from the American TV series 9-1-1
- Charlie Nash, a character from the Street Fighter series
- Ellie Nash, a character from the Canadian drama Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Russell Nash, a character in the film Highlander
See also
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