# Ace (name)

Ace is a given name, nickname, and surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:

## People with the given name

* Ace Adams (1910–2006), American Major League Baseball relief pitcher
* Ace Andres (born 1958), American guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, and political activist
* Ace Atkins (born 1970), American crime reporter and author
* Ace Loomis (1928–2003), American National Football League player
* Ace Mahbaz (born 1986), Iranian actor and writer
* Ace Norton (born 1982), Japanese-American filmmaker and artist
* Ace Rusevski (born 1956), Macedonian retired boxer who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
* Ace Vergel (1952–2007), Filipino actor
* Ace Von Johnson, American guitarist

## People with the nickname

* Alfredo Aceves (born 1982), Major League Baseball relief pitcher
* Jim Adams (lacrosse) (c. 1929–2019), American retired lacrosse coach, member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame
* Ace Bailey (1903–1992), Canadian National Hockey League player
* Garnet Bailey (1948–2001), Canadian National Hockey League player and scout who died in 9/11 attacks
* Ace Barbers (born 1969), Filipino politician
* Ace Bhatti (born 1970), British actor
* Ace Brigode (1893–1960), American dance band leader and musician
* Ace Cannon (1934–2018), American saxophonist
* Ace Custis (born 1974), American basketball player and coach
* Austin Dillon (born 1990), American racing driver nicknamed "The Ace"
* Ace Durano (born 1970), Filipino politician
* Ace Enders (born 1982), America lead singer and guitarist of the band The Early November
* Rich Franklin (born 1974), American MMA fighter
* Ace Frehley (born 1951), rock and roll guitarist and former member of the rock band Kiss
* Leo Gottlieb (1920–1972), American basketball player
* Ace Gruenig (1913–1958), American basketball player
* Ace Gutowsky (1909–1976), American National Football League player
* Ace Harris (1910–1964), American jazz pianist
* Ace Herman (1913–1971), American film editor and producer
* Ace Kefford (born 1946), English rock bass guitarist
* Ace Khuse (born 1968), South African retired association football player and current interim coach
* James Lyons (admiral) (1927–2018), United States Navy admiral
* Ace Magashule (born 1959), South African politician
* Ace Mumford (1898–1962), African-American college football head coach
* Patrick Ntsoelengoe (1952–2006), South African footballer
* Ace Parker (1912–2013), American National Football League quarterback and Major League Baseball player and coach, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame
* Ace Powell (1912–1978), American painter, sculptor, and etcher
* Ace Reid (1925–1991), American cartoonist
* Ace Sanders (born 1991), American National Football League player
* Ace Stewart (1869–1912), Major League Baseball player in 1895
* Judd Trump (born 1989), snooker player nicknamed "The Ace"
* Ace Williams (1917–1999), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Ace Young (born 1980), American singer, songwriter, and actor

## People with the stage name or pen name

* Ace (gamer) (born 1993), American Halo player Aaron Elam
* Ace and Vis, British radio presenters
* Ace Backwords (born 1956), underground cartoonist
* Ace Hood (born 1989), American rapper Antoine McColister
* Ace Wilder (born 1982), Swedish singer Alice Gernandt
* Buddy Ace (1936–1994), American blues singer James Lee Land
* Johnny Ace (1929–1954), American singer John Marshall Alexander Jr.
* Mellow Man Ace (born 1967), American rapper Ulpiano Sergio Reyes

## People with the ring name

* Ace Austin (born 1997), American professional wrestler Austin Highley
* Ace Darling (born 1974), American professional wrestler Charleston Diggler
* Ace Hood (born 1988), American rapper Antoine McColister
* Ace Romero (born 1990), American professional wrestler Justin Romero
* Ace Steel (born 1973), American professional wrestler Christopher Guy
* Ace Wilder (born 1982), Swedish singer and songwriter Alice Gernandt
* Johnny Ace (born 1962), American professional wrestler John Laurinaitis

## People with the surname

* Goodman Ace (1899–1982), American humorist, radio writer and comedian, television writer, and magazine columnist born Goodman Aiskowitz
* Jane Ace (1897–1974), American radio performer, wife of Goodman Ace
* Juliet Ace (born 1938), British dramatist, playwright and radio and television writer

## Fictional characters

* Ace, a Reptool in the animated series Dinotrux
* Ace, in the Doctor Who television series
* Ace, in the G.I. Joe universe
* Ace, a member of the Royal Flush Gang in the DC Animated Universe
* Ace, a race car in Thomas & Friends
* Ace the Bat-Hound, a canine crime-fighting partner of Batman
* Ace the Wonder Dog, a canine actor active in the 1930s and 1940s
* Ace Blackwell, in Half & Half
* Ace Bunny, in Loonatics Unleashed
* Ace Drummond, the title character of the comic strip Ace Drummond
* Rory Gilmore, from Gilmore Girls – nicknamed Ace by Logan Huntsburger
* Ace Lightning, in Ace Lightning
* Acelin Ace McDougal, character in Get Ace
* John "Ace" Merrill, the main antagonist of Stephen King's The Body
* Ace Riker, from the animated series M.A.S.K.
* Ace Rimmer, an alter ego of Arnold Rimmer in Red Dwarf
* Ace Ventura, in Ace Ventura media
* Acid Ace, a supporting character in Mega Man Star Force 3
* Portgas D. Ace, in One Piece
* Ultraman Ace, from the Japanese television drama of the same name
* Eight Ace, from the British adult comic Viz
* Ace Copular, the leader of the Gangreen Gang from The Powerpuff Girls show
* Ace, a jock bird character in the Animal Crossing series
* Ace, an editable character in the challenge mode of the game Street Fighter EX3
* Ace, alter-ego of Dexter, the main protagonist of the 1984 video game Space Ace
* Ace, a playable character in Square Enix's action role-playing game Final Fantasy Type-0
* Ace, a duck in the English-language version of the animated film Leafie, A Hen into the Wild
* Ace, a female costume character in the video game Fortnite
* Ace, a yellow anthropomorphic car in the British preschool TV series Thomas & Friends
* Ace Visconti, a lucky gambler in the video game Dead by Daylight
* Ace Rothstein, a mobster based on Frank Rosenthal in the movie Casino
* Ace Sorensen, a character in Paw Patrol
* Ace Ukiyo, the protagonist of the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Geats
* Ace, a Warrior in The Warriors
* Ace Cooper "Magician", protagonist of the French cartoon The Magician
* Ace McCloud, the Daring Air Operations Expert from The Centurions
* Ace Yu, the detective protagonist of the Muppets special Dog City
* Ace Hart, the detective protagonist of the animated spin-off series Dog City