Ainsworth (surname)
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Ainsworth is a surname with its origins in the North West of England. The origin of the word ainsworth is from the anglo saxon name for an 'Enclosure'.
[edit] Noteable Ainsworths
- Gareth Ainsworth (b.1973), an English football player
- Henry Ainsworth (1571-1622), an English Nonconformist clergyman and scholar
- Mary Ainsworth (1913-1999), an American developmental psychologist
- Kacey Ainsworth (b.1971), an English actress
- Laban Ainsworth (1757-1858), an American clergyman and pastor
- Ray Ainsworth, an Australian rugby league player
- Robert Ainsworth (1660-1743), an English Latin lexicographer
- Robert "Bob" Ainsworth (b.1952), a British politician and MP
- Ron Ainsworth, an Australian rugby league player
- Roger Ainsworth, a British engineer and academic
- Sidney Ainsworth, a British screen and stage actor
- Scott Ainsworth, an American professor of political science
- Walden L. Ainsworth (1886-1960), an American admiral
- William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882), an English historical novelist
