Ainslie (name)

Ainslie is a surname and given name, as well as a variant of Ainsley.^[1] People with the name include:

Notable people

Surname

• Ben Ainslie (born 1977), English competitive sailor
• Brodie Ainslie (1891–1944), Australian rules footballer
• Charles Nicholas Ainslie (1856–1939), American entomologist
• Charlotte Ainslie (1863–1960), Scottish educationalist and headmistress
• Donald C. Ainslie, American philosopher
• Douglas Ainslie (1865–1948), Scottish poet, translator, critic and diploma
• George Ainslie (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • George Robert Ainslie (1776–1839), Scottish general and coin collector
  • George Ainslie (British Army officer, died 1804) (died 1804), Scottish general
  • George Ainslie (delegate) (1838–1913), Congressional delegate from Idaho
  • George Ainslie (psychologist) (born 1944), American psychiatrist, psychologist and behavioral economist
  • George Ainslie (Virginia politician) (1868–1931), mayor of Richmond, Virginia
• Gilbert Ainslie (1793–1870), English academic and clergyman
• Henry Ainslie (1760–1834), English physician
• Hew Ainslie (1792–1878), Scottish poet
• Ian Ainslie (born 1967), South African Olympic sailor
• Jack Ainslie (1921–2007), English politician
• James Ainslie (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • James Ainslie (cricketer) (1880–1953), Australian cricketer
  • James Ainslie (pastoralist) (1787–1844), Scottish pastoralist, after whom some areas near Canberra are named
• John Ainslie (1745–1828), Scottish surveyor and cartographer
• Lee Ainslie (born 1964), American hedge fund manager
• Montague Ainslie (1792–1884), English businessman
• Montague Ainslie (cricketer) (1823–1896), English cricketer
• Paul Ainslie (born 1967), city councillor in Toronto, Canada
• Robert Ainslie (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Robert Ainslie (rugby union) (fl. 1879–1882), Scottish rugby union football player
  • Sir Robert Ainslie, 1st Baronet (1730–1812), Scottish ambassador, orientalist and numismatist
  • Robert Ainslie (writer) (1766–1838), Scottish writer and correspondent of Robert Burns
• Thomas Ainslie (rugby union) (fl. 1881–1885), Scottish rugby football player
• William George Ainslie (1832–1893), English politician
• Sir Whitelaw Ainslie (1767–1837), British surgeon and writer

Given name

• Ainslie Caterer (1858–1924), Australian cricketer, cricket administrator and educator
• Ainslie Embree (1921–2017), American Indologist and historian
• Ainslie Henderson (born 1979), Scottish singer-songwriter
• Ainslie Kemp (born 1997), Australian rules footballer
• Ainslie Meares (1910–1986), Australian psychiatrist
• Ainslie Roberts (1911–1993), Australian painter, photographer, and commercial artist
• Ainslie Sheil (born 1933), Australian rugby union player

See also

• Ainslee (disambiguation)
• Ainslie baronets

References

1. Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0. Retrieved 19 August 2018.