Editing Ashburton, Devon (section)

==Notable people==
* [[William Howard Allen]] (1790–1822), United States naval officer, interned for 18 months in Ashburton
* [[Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton]] (1774–1848), politician and financier
* [[William Bickford (1774–1834)|William Bickford]] (1774–1834), inventor of the [[safety fuse]] used in the mining industry
* [[Sir Henry Carew, 7th Baronet]] (1779–1830), Member of Parliament for Ashburton
* [[Richard Carlile]] (1790–1843), political agitator
* [[Athel Cornish-Bowden]] (born 1943), biochemist, born in Ashburton 
* [[Edward Dowson (cricketer, born 1880)]], died in Ashburton in 1933
* [[John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton]] (1731–1783), lawyer and politician, born in Ashburton
* [[Harry Eve]] (1856–1940), barrister, judge and politician, represented Ashburton in Parliament
* [[Cecil Mallaby Firth]] (1878–1931), Egyptologist, baptised in Ashburton
* [[William Gifford]] (1756–1826), critic, editor and poet
* [[Christopher Hutton]] (1893–1965) soldier, airman, journalist and inventor, retired to Ashburton
* [[John Ireland (Anglican priest)]] (1761–1842), born in Ashburton and taught in the grammar school
* [[Charles Eamer Kempe]] (1837–1907), designer of the stained glass windows in St. Andrew's Church 
* [[Barrie Matthews]] (born 1943), cricketer, born in Ashburton
* [[Jim McNichol]] (born 1958) professional footballer, operated the Exeter Inn in Ashburton
* [[Sir Robert Palk, 1st Baronet]] (1717–1798), born in Ashburton, MP for Ashburton
* [[Richard Preston (MP)]] (1768–1850), legal author and politician, born in Ashburton and member of parliament for Ashburton
* [[Stevie Smith]] (1902–1971), poet and novelist, died in Ashburton
* [[Laurence Sulivan]] (1713–1786), Member of Parliament for Ashburton
* [[John Swete]] (1752–1821), clergyman, landowner, artist, antiquary, historian and topographer, born in Ashburton
* [[Thomas Glanville Taylor]] (1804–1848), astronomer, born and educated in Ashburton
* [[Robert Richard Torrens]] (1812–1884), parliamentarian, writer and land reformer, lived in Ashburton
* [[Charles Tucker (British Army officer)]] (1838–1935), born in Ashburton
* [[Ollie Watkins]] (born 1995) is an England International professional footballer and he was educated at [[South Dartmoor Community College]]
* [[William John Wills]] (1834–1861), explorer, attended St Andrew's Grammar School in Ashburton