Nash (surname)

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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
  • 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 in June 1929), convicted gangster and former nightclub and restaurant owner in Los Angeles
  • Edith Nash (1913–2003), American poet and educator
  • 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
  • Jordan Anthony Nash (born 2007), British actor
  • 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
  • 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

In fiction[]

  • TV series 9-1-1:
    • Athena Grant Nash, LAPD sergeant
    • Bobby Nash, LAFD fire captain

References[]

  1. ^ "Nash Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 14 March 2017.

See also[]

  • Nash (disambiguation)
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