Ace (name) explained
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
Notes and References
- Book: Hanks. P.. Coates. R.. McClure. P.. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. 2016. 978-0-19-252747-9. 3 September 2018. 8.