Ayrton ( ) is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name Ayrton Azzopardi (born 1993), Maltese footballer Ayrton Badovini (born 1986), Italian motorcycle racer Ayrton Cable (born 2003), Slovak social activist Ayrton Cicilia (born 2001), Bonaire footballer Ayrton Costa (born 1999), Argentine footballer Ayrton De Pauw (born 1998), Belgian racing cyclist Ayrton Fagundes (1937–1994), Brazilian broadcast journalist Ayrton Ganino (born 1985), Brazilian footballer Ayrton Lucas (born 1997), Brazilian footballer Ayrton Mboko (born 1997), Belgian footballer Ayrton Moreira (1917—1975), Brazilian football player Ayrton Páez (born 1995), Venezuelan professional footballer Ayrton Preciado (born 1994), Ecuadorian soccer player Ayrton Ribeiro (born 1997), Portuguese footballer Ayrton Sánchez (born 2000), Argentine footballer Ayrton Senna (1960–1994), Brazilian racing driver and three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Simmons (born 2001), British racing driver Ayrton Statie (born 1994), Bonaire professional footballer Ayrton Sweeney (born 1993), South African swimmer Ayrton Pinheiro Victor (born 1994), Brazilian footballer 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 Edith Ayrton (1879–1945), British writer and activist 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 Norman Ayrton (1924–2017), 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 In fiction Tom Ayrton, character in Jules Verne's novels In Search of the Castaways and The Mysterious Island See also Ayrton Drugs, a Ghanaian pharmaceuticals company Airton (given name) English-language surnames Brazilian given names