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 Andres (born 1958), American guitarist. songwriter, vocalist, and political activist
• Ace Atkins (born 1970), American crime reporter and author
• Ace Loomis (1928–2003), American National Football League player
• Ace Mahbaz (born 1986), Iranian actor and writer
• Ace Norton (born 1982), Japanese-American filmmaker and artist
• Ace Rusevski (born 1956), Macedonian retired boxer who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Ace Vergel (1952–2007), Filipino actor
• Ace Von Johnson, American guitarist

People with the nickname

• Alfredo Aceves (born 1982), Major League Baseball relief pitcher
• Jim Adams (lacrosse) (c. 1929–2019), 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 Barbers (born 1969), Filipino politician
• Ace Bhatti (born 1970), British actor
• Ace Brigode (1893–1960), American dance band leader and musician
• Ace Cannon (1934–2018), American saxophonist
• Ace Custis (born 1974), American basketball player and coach
• Austin Dillon (born 1990), American racing driver nicknamed "The Ace"
• 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 (1920–1972), American basketball player
• Ace Gruenig (1913–1958), 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) (1927–2018), 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 Powell (1912–1978), American painter, sculptor, and etcher
• Ace Reid (1925–1991), American cartoonist
• 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
• Ace Young (born 1980), American singer, songwriter, and actor

People with the stage name or pen name

• Ace (gamer) (born 1993), American Halo player Aaron Elam
• 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 Austin (born 1997), American professional wrestler Austin Highley
• Ace Darling (born 1974), American professional wrestler Charleston Diggler
• Ace Hood (born 1988), American rapper Antoine McColister
• Ace Romero (born 1990), American professional wrestler Justin Romero
• Ace Steel (born 1973), American professional wrestler Christopher Guy
• Ace Wilder (born 1982), Swedish singer and songwriter Alice Gernandt
• Johnny Ace (born 1962), American professional wrestler John Laurinaitis

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

• Ace, a Reptool in the animated series Dinotrux
• Ace, in the Doctor Who television series
• Ace, in the G.I. Joe universe
• Ace, a member of the Royal Flush Gang in the DC Animated Universe
• Ace, a race car in Thomas & Friends
• 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
• Ace Drummond, the title character of the comic strip Ace Drummond
• Rory Gilmore, from Gilmore Girls – nicknamed Ace by Logan Huntsburger
• Ace Lightning, in Ace Lightning
• Acelin Ace McDougal, character in Get Ace
• John "Ace" Merrill, the main antagonist of Stephen King's The Body
• Ace Riker, from the animated series M.A.S.K.
• Ace Rimmer, an alter ego of Arnold Rimmer 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, the leader of the Gangreen Gang from The Powerpuff Girls show
• Ace, a jock bird character in the Animal Crossing series
• Ace, an editable character in the challenge mode of the game Street Fighter EX3
• Ace, alter-ego of Dexter, the main protagonist of the 1984 video game Space Ace.
• Ace, a playable character in Square Enix's action role-playing game Final Fantasy Type-0
• Ace, a duck in the English-language version of the animated film Leafie, A Hen into the Wild
• Ace, a female costume character in the video game Fortnite
• Ace, a yellow anthropomorphic car in the British preschool TV series Thomas & Friends
• Ace Visconti, a lucky gambler in the video game Dead by Daylight
• Ace Rothstein, a mobster based on Frank Rosenthal in the movie Casino.
• Ace Sorensen, a character in PAW Patrol.
• Ace Ukiyo, the protagonist of the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Geats
• Ace, a Warrior in The Warriors
• Ace Cooper "Magician", protagonist of the French cartoon The Magician
• Ace McCloud, the Daring Air Operations Expert from The Centurions
• Ace Yu, the canine detective protagonist of the Muppets film Dog City, as well as his successor Ace Hart from the animated spinoff of the same name.

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Ace
• All pages with titles containing Ace
• Ace (disambiguation)

References

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.