Ambrose (name)

Ambrose is the English form of the male given name Ambrosius , which is also used as a family name.

Name bearer

First name

• Ambrose Akinmusire (* 1982), American trumpeter, band leader and composer
• Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914), American writer and journalist
• Ambrose Burnside (1824-1881), American general
• Ambrose Campbell (1919-2006), British musician
• Ambrose W. Clark (1810–1887), American publisher, lawyer, and politician
• Ambrose Griffiths (1928–2011), English clergyman, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
• Ambrose Powell Hill (1825–1865), UA American general
• Ambrose Jackson (1940–2009), American trumpeter and composer
• Ambrose Kennedy (politician) (1875-1967), American politician (Rhode Island)
• Ambrose Jerome Kennedy (1893-1950), American politician (Maryland)
• Ambrose Madtha (1955–2012), Indian clergyman and Vatican diplomat
• Ambrose Battista De Paoli (1934-2007), Vatican diplomat
• Ambrose Pratt (1874-1944), Australian journalist
• Ambrose Rebello (* 1949), Indian clergyman, Bishop of Aurangabad
• Ambrose Reeves (1899–1980), Anglican theologian and clergyman, Bishop of Johannesburg
• Ambrose Hundley Sevier (1801-1848), American politician (Democrat)
• Ambrose Spencer (1765–1844), American lawyer and politician
• Ambrose Zwane (1922–1998), Swaziland politician

family name

• Alex Ambrose (* 1982), Indian soccer player
• Alice Ambrose (* 1906), American philosopher
• Ari Ambrose (* 1974), American jazz musician
• Bert Ambrose (1896–1971), English band leader
• Caroline Ambrose , British actress
• Charles Ambrose (1791-1856), Canadian organist
• David Ambrose (local history researcher) (* 1938), British mathematician and local history researcher
• David Ambrose (writer) (born 1943), British writer
• Dean Ambrose (born 1985), American wrestler
• Efe Ambrose (* 1988), Nigerian soccer player
• Hugh Ambrose († 2015), American historian and author
• Joey Ambrose (* 1934), American saxophonist
• John Willis Ambrose (1904–1974), Canadian geologist
• Katherine Ambrose (1914–1971), British artist, designer and author
• Lauren Ambrose (* 1978), American actress
• Myles J. Ambrose († 2014), American lawyer and civil servant
• Paddy Ambrose (1929-2002), Irish football player
• Paul Ambrose (musician) (1868–1941), Canadian organist, conductor, composer and music teacher
• Paul Ambrose (triathlete) (* 1984), Australian triathlete
• Robert Ambrose (1824–1908), Canadian organist and composer
• Stephen E. Ambrose (1936–2002), American historian
• Tommy Ambrose (born 1939), Canadian singer and composer
• Yvon Ambrose (* 1942), Indian clergyman, Bishop of Tuticorin
• Warren Ambrose (1914–1995), American mathematician