Asher (name)
Asher is a common Jewish and Christian given name, after a character in the Old Testament.
People with the surname
- Alec Asher, baseball player
- Alexander Asher (1835–1905), Scottish politician
- Allan Asher, Australian public affairs official and activist
- Barry Asher (1946-), American bowler
- Bud Asher (1925–2013), American politician, football coach and lawyer
- Gerald Asher (1932–), wine writer, ex-wine merchant
- Hank Asher (c.1951-), businessman
- Herb Asher, university professor
- Iraena Asher (1979-), New Zealand trainee teacher and model, disappeared
- Irving Asher (1903–1985), motion picture producer
- Jack Asher (1916–1991), British cinematographer
- Jane Asher (1946-), English actress and novelist
- Japhet Asher (1961–), English filmmaker
- Jeremy Asher (1958–), English businessman
- John Mallory Asher (1971-), American actor and director
- Lee Asher (1976-), magician
- Levi Asher, New York, U.S.-based writer and web designer
- Max Asher, drummer of the band Warrant
- Maxine Asher (1930-), researcher and businesswoman
- Michael Asher (artist), an American conceptual artist
- Michael Asher (explorer), a British explorer and author
- Neal Asher (1961-), English science fiction writer
- Peter Asher (1944-), artist and record producer
- Richard Asher (1912–1969), British endocrinologist and hematologist
- Robert Asher (1915–1979), a British film and television director
- Tommy Asher (1936–), English footballer
- Tony Asher, American lyricist
- William Asher (1921–2012), American producer, director and writer
- Zev Asher (1963–2013), Canadian musician and film director
People with the given name
- Asher, character in the Hebrew Bible
- Asher Allen (1988-), University of Georgia cornerback
- Ralph Asher Alpher (1921–2007), American cosmologist
- Asher Asher (1837–1889), Scottish physician
- Asher ben Jehiel (1250 or 1259–1328), rabbi and Talmudist
- Asher Benjamin (1773–1845), American architect
- Asher Book (1988-), American actor
- Asher Brown Durand (1796–1886), American painter
- Asher D (disambiguation)
- Asher Hirsch Ginsberg (1856–1927), pseudonym Ahad Ha'am, essayist
- Asher Hucklesby, mayor of Luton, Bedfordshire, UK and hat manufacturer
- Asher Karni (1954-), businessman known for involvement of Pakistani and Israeli nuclear programs
- Asher Keddie (1974-), Australian actress
- Asher Lämmlein, German who proclaimed himself a forerunner of the Jewish Messiah in 1502
- Simon A. (Asher) Levin (1941-), American ecologist
- Asher Levy, butcher who left Recife, Brazil for New Amsterdam, U.S. in 1654
- Arthur (Asher) Miller (1915–2005), American playwright and essayist
- Judd Asher Nelson (1959-), American actor
- Asher Peres (1934–2005), Israeli physicist
- Asher Robbins (1757–1845), United States Senator
- Asher Roth, American rapper, (1985-)
- Neil Asher Silberman (1950-), American archaeologist and historian
- Shallum Asher Xavier (1978-), guitarist of the band Fuzön
See also
- Ascher, an alternative spelling of Asher
- Asha (disambiguation)
- Ben Asher
References
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