# Ajax

Ajax may refer to:

## Greek mythology and tragedy

* Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea
* Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
* Ajax (play), by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, about Ajax the Great

## Arts and entertainment
### Fictional characters

* Ajax Duckman, in the animated television series Duckman
* Marvel Comics:
** Ajax the Greater, another name for Ajak, one of the Eternals from Marvel Comics
** Ajax the Lesser, another name for Arex, one of the Eternals from Marvel Comics
** Ajax, a member of the Pantheon appearing in Marvel Comics
** Ajax (Francis Freeman), a fictional supervillain first appearing in Deadpool #14
* Martian Manhunter, a DC Comics superhero called Ajax in Brazil and Portugal
* Ajax, a Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 operative
* Ajax, the real name of Tartaglia, a character in 2020 video game Genshin Impact

### Music

* A-Jax (band), a South Korean boy band
* Ajax (band), an electronic music band from New York City
* Ajax (opera), by the French composer Toussaint Bertin de la Doué
* DJ Ajax (1971–2013; born Adrian Thomas), an Australian electro mashup DJ
* Lisa Ajax (born 1998), Swedish singer
* "Ajax" (song), a song by Tante Leen, 1969
* Ajax Records, a former North American record company

### Other arts and entertainment

* Ajax (painting), a painting by John Steuart Curry
* Ajax (Disney), a fictional company (the Disney equivalent of Looney Tunes' Acme Corporation)
* A-Jax (video game), a 1987 Konami arcade game

## Computing

* Ajax (floppy disk controller), a floppy disk controller fitted to the Atari STE
* Ajax (programming), Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, a method used in web application development, and a software framework for it

## Places
### Canada

* Ajax (federal electoral district), in the Durham Region of Ontario
* Ajax (provincial electoral district), in Ontario
* Ajax, Ontario, a town in the Greater Toronto Area

### United States

* Ajax, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
* Ajax, Missouri, a ghost town
* Ajax Peak, a summit near Telluride, Colorado
* Ajax, South Dakota, an unincorporated community
* Ajax, Utah, a ghost town
* Ajax, Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Ajax, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Aspen Mountain (Colorado), also known as Ajax Mountain

### Elsewhere

* Mount Ajax, part of the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctic
* 1404 Ajax, an asteroid

## People

* Ajax (missionary), Arian missionary who converted the Suevi to Christianity (c. 466)
* Ajax, pen name of Sidney William Jackson (1873–1946), Australian naturalist and ornithologist
* Ajax, nickname of Heinrich Bleichrodt (1909–1977), German World War II U-boat commander

## Sport
### Association football (soccer)

* AFC Ajax, a football club in Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Ajax Cape Town F.C., a South African football club
* Ajax Futebol Clube, a Brazilian football club
* Ajax de Ouenzé, a Congolese football club
* FC Ajax Lasnamäe, an Estonian football club
* Ajax Orlando Prospects, American soccer team from Orlando, Florida, a.k.a. Ajax America
* Ajax America Women, American women's soccer team from California
* Aias Salamina F.C., a football club in Salamina, Greece
* Ajax Sportsman Combinatie, a cricket and football club in Leiden, Netherlands
* Rabat Ajax F.C., a Maltese football club
* Unión Ájax, a football club in Trujillo, Honduras
* V.V. Ajax, a Surinamese football club

### Other sports

* Aias Evosmou, a Greek sports club
* Ajax Kenitra, a Moroccan futsal (indoor football) club
* Ajax København, a Danish handball team
* Ajax (horse) (born 1901), a French Champion racehorse
* Ajax II (born 1934), an Australian Champion racehorse

## Military

* HMS Ajax, several ships of the Royal Navy
* USS Ajax, several ships of the US Navy
* General Dynamics Ajax, a family of armoured fighting vehicles for the British Army
* Operation Ajax, the 1953 Iranian coup d'état

## Transport

* Ajax (1906 automobile), a Swiss automobile
* Ajax (1913 automobile), a French automobile by the American Briscoe brothers
* Ajax (1914 automobile), an American automobile by Ajax Motors Co. of Seattle, Washington
* Ajax (1921 automobile), an American prototype that was not produced
* Ajax (Nash Motors), an automobile brand of Nash Motors, 1925–1926
* Ajax (locomotive), several train locomotives
* Ajax (motorcycle), manufactured in England between 1923 and 1924
* Ajax (crane barge), a floating crane used to install the Panama Canal locks
* Ajax (ship), various ships
* Ajax GO Station, a train and bus station in Ajax, Ontario, Canada
* Ajax Motors Co., an American carmaker, manufacturer of the Ajax (1914 automobile)

## Other uses

* Ajax (cleaning product), a brand of household cleaning products
* AFC Ajax N.V., a sports company associated with AFC Ajax
* Kanichee Mine, Temagami, Ontario, also known as Ajax Mine
* Ajax High School, a public high school in Ajax, Ontario, Canada
* AJAX furnace, a type of open hearth furnace