Asher (name)
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This is a list of people named Asher, either as a given name
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- AsherAsherAsher , in the Book of Genesis, is the second son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the founder of the Tribe of Asher.-Name:The text of the Torah argues that the name of Asher means happy/blessing, implying a derivation from the Hebrew term osher ; the Torah actually presents this in two variations—beoshri...
, character in the Hebrew Bible
- Asher AllenAsher AllenAsher Allen is an American football cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Vikings in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft...
(1988-), University of Georgia cornerback - Asher AsherAsher AsherAsher Asher , born in Glasgow, was the first Scottish Jew to enter the medical profession. The only book he published was The Jewish Rite of Circumcision . He died in London, England-Life:...
(1837–1889), Scottish physician - Asher ben JehielAsher ben JehielAsher ben Jehiel- Ashkenazi was an eminent rabbi and Talmudist best known for his abstract of Talmudic law. He is often referred to as Rabbenu Asher, “our Rabbi Asher” or by the Hebrew acronym for this title, the ROSH...
(1250 or 1259–1328), rabbi and Talmudist - Asher BenjaminAsher BenjaminAsher Benjamin was an American architect and author whose work transitioned between Federal style architecture and the later Greek Revival. His seven handbooks on design deeply influenced the look of cities and towns throughout New England until the Civil War...
(1773–1845), American architect - Asher BookAsher BookAsher Monroe Book is an American dancer, singer and actor.-Early life:Born in Arlington, Virginia in 1988, Asher started working professionally when he was seven years old...
(1988-), American actor - Asher Brown DurandAsher Brown DurandAsher Brown Durand was an American painter of the Hudson River School.-Early life:Durand was born in and eventually died in Maplewood, New Jersey , the eighth of eleven children; his father was a watchmaker and a silversmith.Durand was apprenticed to an engraver from 1812 to 1817, later entering...
(1796–1886), American painter - Asher Brown (1981-), American filmmaker
- Asher DAsher DAshley Walters , also known as Asher D, is an English rapper, musician and actor.-Personal life:He was born in Peckham, London and raised by his mother, Pamela Case, a local government officer. He attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School, in London, from the age of 6...
(disambiguation) - Asher Hirsch Ginsberg (1856–1927), pseudonym Ahad Ha'am, essayist
- Asher HucklesbyAsher HucklesbyAsher Hucklesby was five-times mayor of Luton, Bedfordshire between 1892 and 1906 and a major hat manufacturer in the town.From modest beginnings as the son of a grocer in Stopsley he became the owner of the largest hat business in Luton. Hucklesby began working for hat manufacturer CJ Rosson at...
, mayor of Luton, Bedfordshire, UK and hat manufacturer - Asher KarniAsher KarniAsher Karni is an Hungarian-born Israeli citizen and South African businessman. He is, perhaps, best known for his financial involvement and support for both the Pakistan and Israeli nuclear programs...
(1954-), Hungarian-Israeli-South African businessman - Asher KeddieAsher KeddieAsher Keddie is an Australian actress who is perhaps best known for her role in the Australian television series Offspring. She is also known for her theatre work and leading roles in the television series Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and Love My...
(1974-), Australian actress - Asher LämmleinAsher LämmleinAsher Lämmlein was a German who appeared in Istria, near Venice, in 1502 and, encouraged by the works of Isaac Abrabanel, proclaimed himself a forerunner of the Jewish Messiah. He declared that if his fellow Jews would show great repentance and charity, the Messiah would not fail to appear in six...
, German who proclaimed himself a forerunner of the Jewish Messiah in 1502 - Asher Levy, butcher who left Recife, Brazil for New Amsterdam, U.S. in 1654
- Asher PeresAsher PeresAsher Peres was an Israeli physicist, considered a pioneer in quantum information theory. According to his autobiography, he was born in Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne in France, where his father, a Polish electrical engineer, had found work laying down power lines...
(1934–2005), Israeli physicist - Asher RobbinsAsher RobbinsAsher Robbins was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1782, was a tutor in Rhode Island College from 1782 to 1790, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1792 and began practice in Providence, Rhode Island...
(1757–1845), United States Senator - Asher RothAsher RothAsher Paul Roth is an American rapper.-Early life:Asher Roth was born and raised in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, a small town about 20 miles northeast of Philadelphia. His mother, Elizabeth , is a yoga instructor, and his father, David Roth, is the executive director of a design firm...
, American rapper, (1985-)
- Alexander AsherAlexander AsherAlexander Asher was a Scottish politician.Educated at Edinburgh University, he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1861 and was appointed an Advocate Depute in 1870....
(1835–1905), Scottish politician - Allan AsherAllan AsherAllan Asher was the Commonwealth Ombudsman of Australia and a former deputy chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. He was a board member of the United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading and CEO of the consumer watchdog organisation EnergyWatch.He joined Energy Watch from the U.K...
, Australian public affairs official and activist - Arthur (Asher) MillerArthur MillerArthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,...
(1915–2005), American playwright and essayist - Hank AsherHank AsherHank Asher is a businessman best known as the Father of data fusion. With a reported fortune of around US$500 million earned as the founder of several data fusion / data mining companies that compile information about companies, individuals and their interrelationships from thousands of different...
(c.1951-), businessman - Herb AsherHerb AsherDr Herbert B. Asher is a professor emeritus of political science at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He is a well known commentator on current political events, writing numerous books on political polling and the like. One of the foremost authorities on Ohio politics, he has been...
, university professor - Iraena AsherIraena AsherIraena Te Rama Awhina Asher was an Auckland trainee teacher and model who disappeared in controversial circumstances at Piha, a West Auckland beach, on 11 October 2004.At 9 p.m...
(1979-), New Zealand trainee teacher and model, disappeared - Irving AsherIrving AsherIrving Asher was an Producer. He worked as a managing director for Warner Brothers in England in the 1930s, working on Alexander Korda's classic epic, The Four Feathers...
(1903–1985), motion picture producer - Jack AsherJack AsherFor the shinty player and referee, see Jack Asher Jack Asher B.S.C. was an English cinematographer...
(1916–1991), British cinematographer - Jane AsherJane AsherJane Asher is an English actress. She has also developed a second career as a cake decorator and cake shop proprietor.-Early life:...
(1946-), English actress and novelist - John Mallory AsherJohn Mallory AsherJohn Mallory Asher is an American actor, director, writer and cinematographer.He is perhaps best known for his performance as Gary, on the USA Networks' series spinoff of the movie Weird Science.-Biography:...
(1971-), American actor and director - Judd Asher NelsonJudd NelsonJudd Asher Nelson is an American actor. He is best known for being a member of the "Brat Pack" in the mid-1980s; and for his roles as John Bender in The Breakfast Club, Alec Newbary in St...
(1959-), American actor - Lee AsherLee AsherLee Asher is a close-up magician noted for originating new card tricks and hypnotic sleight of hand moves.-Biography:Lee Asher was born in Ft Lauderdale, near Miami in southern Florida, to Louise and her husband, Mark Horowitz. He is the eldest of two children and has a sister, Alexis...
(1976-), magician - Levi AsherLevi AsherLevi Asher is a New York-based writer, blogger and web developer responsible for Literary Kicks, one of the earliest popular literary websites and now the oldest continuously-running literary website on the Internet...
, New York, U.S.-based writer and web designer - Malcom Asher, USAF SSgt, Fuel systems mechanic,
- Max Asher, drummer of the band Warrant
- Maxine AsherMaxine AsherMaxine Klein Asher , an Atlantis researcher who founded and operates American World University, an institution which sells academic degrees, and the World Association of Universities and Colleges, an institution which "accredits" American World University, as well as other universities selling...
(1930-), researcher and businesswoman - Michael Asher (artist), an American conceptual artist
- Michael Asher (explorer)Michael Asher (explorer)Michael Asher is an author, historian, deep ecologist, and notable desert explorer who has covered more than 30,000 miles on foot and camel. He spent three years living with a traditional nomadic tribe in the Sudan.-Biography:...
, a British explorer and author - Neal AsherNeal AsherNeal Asher is an English science fiction writer. Both his parents are educators and science fiction fans. Although he began writing Science Fiction and Fantasy in secondary school, Asher did not turn seriously to writing till he was 25...
(1961-), English science fiction writer - Neil Asher SilbermanNeil Asher SilbermanNeil Asher Silberman is an archaeologist and historian with a special interest in history, archaeology, public interpretation and heritage policy. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and was trained in Near Eastern archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem...
(1950-), American archaeologist and historian - Peter AsherPeter AsherPeter Asher is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He first came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the vocal duo Peter and Gordon before going on to a successful career as a record producer.-Early life:He was born at the Central Middlesex Hospital, a child actor and...
(1944-), artist and record producer - Ralph Asher AlpherRalph Asher AlpherRalph Asher Alpher was an American cosmologist.- Childhood and education :Alpher was the son of a Russian Jewish immigrant, Samuel Alpher, from Vitebsk, Russia. His mother, Rose, died of stomach cancer in 1938 and his father later remarried...
(1921–2007), American cosmologist - Richard AsherRichard AsherRichard Alan John Asher, FRCP was an eminent British Endocrinologist and Haematologist...
(1912–1969), British endocrinologist and hematologist - Shallum Asher XavierShallum Asher XavierShallum Asher Xavier is a Pakistani guitarist, composer and music producer. He has been recording professionally for 15 years, and has played as a session musician and recorded with most of the renowned Pakistani mainstream artists including Ali Haider, Najam Shiraz, Zeb and Haniya, Hadiqa Kiyani,...
(1978-), guitarist of the band Fuzön - Simon A. (Asher) LevinSimon A. LevinSimon Asher Levin is an American ecologist. He is a Moffett Professor of Biology in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Princeton University. He specializes in using mathematical modeling and empirical studies in the understanding of macroscopic patterns of ecosystems and biological...
(1941-), American ecologist - Tony AsherTony AsherTony Asher is an American lyricist who co-wrote much of The Beach Boys 1966 album Pet Sounds in conjunction with front man Brian Wilson, including such classic songs as "God Only Knows" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice"...
, American lyricist - William AsherWilliam AsherWilliam Asher is an American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific early directors in the budding television industry, producing or directing over two dozen of the leading television series.With television in its infancy, he introduced the...
(1921-), American producer, director and writer