Ayers is a surname and may refer to:
- A.D. Ayers, National League umpire
- Edward L. Ayers, president of the University of Richmond
- Eli Ayers, first colonial agent of the American Colonization Society
- Henry Ayers, former Premier of South Australia
- Kevin Ayers, British rock singer
- Michael R. Ayers, British philosopher
- Nathaniel Ayers, schizophrenic musician whose life was used as a basis for the movie The Soloist starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr.
- Randy Ayers, U.S. basketball coach
- Ron Ayers, British aeronautical engineer and designer of ThrustSSC
- Roy Ayers, funk, soul and jazz vibraphone player
- Rufus A. Ayers, Virginia lawyer, businessman, and politician, who served as Attorney General of Virginia
- Thomas G. Ayers, Chicago businessman, philanthropist, and father of Bill Ayers
- Bill Ayers, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a former member of the revolutionary organization Weather Underground
It may also refer to:
- Ayers Music Publishing Company, a fictional company in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged
Or the place:
- Uluru, also called "Ayers Rock", a large rock formation in central Australia named after the aforementioned Premier of South Australia
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