Ambrose (surname)

Ambrose is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alice Ambrose (1906–2001), American philosopher, logician, and author
• Ashley Ambrose (born 1970), former American football player
• Autpert Ambrose (c. 730–784), Frankish Benedictine monk who became abbot of San Vicenzo, Italy
• Charles Ambrose (1791–1856), English organist, composer, choir director, and music educator
• Curtly Ambrose (born 1963), West Indian cricketer
• Darren Ambrose (born 1984), English footballer
• David Ambrose, British novelist and screenwriter
• Dean Ambrose (born 1985), ring name of American professional wrestler Jonathan Good
• Dick Ambrose (born 1953), former American football linebacker
• Donetta Ambrose (born 1945), United States federal judge
• Eddie Ambrose (1894–1994), American jockey
• Efe Ambrose (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
• Erin Ambrose (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player
• Gladys Ambrose (1930–1998), English film and television actress
• Isaac Ambrose (1604–1663/64), English Puritan divine
• James R. Ambrose (1922–2017), former aerospace executive and U.S. Under Secretary of the Army
• John Ambrose (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1705–1771), Royal Navy officer
• John Thomas Ambrose, former Deputy U.S. Marshal, convicted in 2009 of leaking information about a federal witness
• John Wolfe Ambrose (1838–1899), Irish-American engineer and developer
• J. J. Ambrose (born 1981), American mixed martial artist
• Lauren Ambrose (born 1978), American actress
• Marcos Ambrose (born 1976), Australian race car driver
• Myles Ambrose, former U.S. Commissioner of Customs
• Paddy Ambrose (1928–2002), Irish footballer and coach
• Patrick Ambrose (born 1991), Australian rules football player
• Paul Ambrose (1868–1941), Canadian organist, conductor, composer, and music educator
• Richard Ambrose (born 1972), former Australian rules footballer
• Rob Ambrose (born 1970), American footballer and coach
• Robert Ambrose (1824–1908), Canadian composer
• Rona Ambrose (born 1969), Canadian politician
• Rosalind Ambrose (born 1953), Vincentian radiologist
• Sharon Ambrose (1939–2017), U.S. politician
• Simon Ambrose, 2007 winner of the BBC reality TV show The Apprentice, chairman of the London Contemporary Orchestra
• Stephen Ambrose (1936–2002), American historian
• Stuart Ambrose (born 1943), former English cricketer
• Tim Ambrose (born 1982), English cricketer
• Tommy Ambrose, Canadian singer-songwriter
• Tony Ambrose (1933–2008), British rally driver
• Walt Ambrose (1905–unknown), American footballer
• Warren Ambrose (1914–1995), American mathematician
• William Ambrose (1813–1873), bardic name Emrys, 19th-century Welsh language poet
• William Ambrose (politician) (1832–1908), English judge and politician
• J. Willis Ambrose (1911–1974), first President of the Geological Association of Canada

Fictional characters

• Axl Ambrose, an ambulance character from Firebuds
• Desmond Ambrose, a character on Desmond's
• Sean Ambrose, a character from Mission: Impossible 2
• Simon Ambrose, a character from the Johnny English movies