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

