Surname
- Acton Smee Ayrton (1816–1886), British Liberal politician, uncle of William Edward Ayrton
- Barbara Ayrton-Gould (c. 1886 – 1950), a Labour politician in the United Kingdom
- Edmund Ayrton (1734–1808), English organist
- Edward R. Ayrton (1882–1914), British Egyptologist
- Hertha Marks Ayrton (1854–1923), British mathematician and physicist, second wife of William Edward Ayrton
- Neil Ayrton (born 1962), former English professional footballer
- Norman Ayrton (born 1924), English actor, director, and theatre instructor
- Matilda Chaplin Ayrton (1846–1883), doctor of medicine, first wife of William Edward Ayrton
- Maxwell Ayrton (1874–1960), Scottish architect
- Michael Ayrton (1921–1975), British artist
- Randle Ayrton (1869–1940), British actor, producer and director
- William Edward Ayrton (1847–1908), British physicist who taught in Japan
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