Askew

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

Sports people

• 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

• 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
• Ed Askew (1940–2025), American painter and singer-songwriter
• 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 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

• 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