Askew

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Askew is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

## Sports people

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* B. J. Askew (born 1980), American football player
* Billy Askew (born 1959), English footballer
* Carl Askew (born 1952), Australian motorcycle speedway and drag bike rider
* Dave Askew (born 1963), English darts player
* Dean Askew (born 1962), New Zealand cricketer
* John Askew (1908–1942), English rugby and cricket player
* Lynsey Askew (born 1986), English cricketer
* Matthias Askew (born 1982), American football player
* Oliver Askew (born 1996), American race car driver
* Philip Askew (born 1973), British ice dancer
* Rayshawn Askew (born 1979), American football player
* Sonny Askew (born 1957), American soccer player
* Tosh Askew, English rugby coach
* Vincent Askew (born 1966), American basketball player

## Other people

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* Anne Askew (1520/1521–1546), English poet and Protestant persecuted as a heretic
* Anthony Askew (fl. 1699–1774), English physician and book collector
* Barry Askew (1936–2012), English newspaper editor
* Christopher Crackenthorp Askew (23 May 1782 — 7 December 1848), Royal Navy Captain
* Desmond Askew (born 1972), English actor
* Edward Ayscu or Askew (1550–1616/17), English historian
* Egeon Askew (1576–unknown), English divine
* Felicity Askew (born 1899, date of death unknown), English sculptor
* George Askew (born 1986), UK reality TV participant
* George Edward Askew (died 1779), English dramatist and travel writer
* Sir Henry Askew (1775–1847), lieutenant-general in the British army
* Janet Askew (died 2015), New Zealand nurse
* John Bertram Askew (1869–1929), socialist translator
* Lucy Jane Askew (1883–1997), briefly the oldest person in Europe
* Luke Askew (1932–2012), American actor
* Reginald Askew (1928–2012), British Anglican priest and academic
* Reubin Askew (1928–2014), American politician, governor of Florida
* Rilla Askew (born 1951), American novelist and short story writer
* Steve Askew (born 1957), English guitarist, formerly with Kajagoogoo
* Terry Askew, creator of British children's sci-fi audio series The Space Gypsy Adventures
* Valerie Askew (1939–2020), British modelling agent
* Walter "Salty Walt" Askew, American sea shanty singer
* William Askew (1490–1541), juror in the trial of Anne Boleyn, father of Anne Askew
* Claire Askew (born 1986), British author

## See also

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* Askew, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
* Askew Codex, ancient parchment of gnostic writings
* Askew Institute on Politics and Society in Florida
* Askew School of Public Administration and Policy in Florida
* View Askew Productions \- American film production studio

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