Ajax

Ajax may refer to:

Greek mythology and tragedy

Ajax the Great, son of King Telamon and Periboea
Ajax the Lesser, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
Ajax (play), by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles, about Ajax the Great

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

Ajax Duckman, in the animated television series Duckman
Marvel Comics:
- Ajax the Greater, another name for Ajak, one of the Eternals
- Ajax the Lesser, another name for Arex, one of the Eternals
- Ajax, a member of the Pantheon
- Ajax (Francis Freeman), a supervillain
Martian Manhunter, a DC Comics superhero called Ajax in Brazil and Portugal
Ajax, a Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 operative
Ajax, the real name of Tartaglia, in the 2020 video game Genshin Impact
Ajax Petropolus, in the TV series Wednesday

Music

A-Jax (band), a South Korean boy band
Ajax (band), an electronic music band from New York City
Ajax (opera), by the French composer Toussaint Bertin de la Doué
DJ Ajax (1971–2013; born Adrian Thomas), an Australian electro mashup DJ
Lisa Ajax (born 1998), Swedish singer
"Ajax" (song), by Tante Leen, 1969
Ajax Records, a former North American record company

Other arts and entertainment

Ajax (painting), by John Steuart Curry
Ajax (Disney), a fictional company (the Disney equivalent of Looney Tunes' Acme Corporation)
A-Jax (video game), a 1987 Konami arcade game

Computing

Ajax (floppy disk controller), fitted to the Atari STE
Ajax (programming), Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, a method used in web application development, and a software framework for it

Places

Canada

Ajax (federal electoral district), in the Durham Region of Ontario
Ajax (provincial electoral district), in Ontario
Ajax, Ontario, a town in the Greater Toronto Area

United States

Ajax, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
Ajax, Missouri, a ghost town
Ajax Peak, a summit near Telluride, Colorado
Ajax, South Dakota, an unincorporated community
Ajax, Utah, a ghost town
Ajax, Virginia, an unincorporated community
Ajax, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Aspen Mountain (Colorado), also known as Ajax Mountain

Elsewhere

Mount Ajax, part of the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctic
1404 Ajax, an asteroid

People

Ajax (missionary), Arian missionary who converted the Suevi to Christianity (c. 466)
Ajax Bukana (d. 2006), Ghanaian state comedian
Ajax Delgado (1941–1960), Nicaraguan student activist
Sidney William Jackson (1873–1946), Australian naturalist and ornithologist (pen name "Ajax")
Heinrich Bleichrodt (1909–1977), German World War II U-boat commander, nicknamed "Ajax"

Sport

Association football (soccer)

AFC Ajax, a football club in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Ajax Cape Town F.C., a South African football club
Ajax Futebol Clube, a Brazilian football club
Ajax de Ouenzé, a Congolese football club
FC Ajax Lasnamäe, an Estonian football club
Ajax Orlando Prospects, American soccer team from Orlando, Florida, a.k.a. Ajax America
Ajax America Women, American women's soccer team from California
Aias Salamina F.C., a football club in Salamina, Greece
Ajax Sportsman Combinatie, a cricket and football club in Leiden, the Netherlands
Rabat Ajax F.C., a Maltese football club
Unión Ájax, a football club in Trujillo, Honduras
V.V. Ajax, a Surinamese football club

Other sports

Aias Evosmou, a Greek sports club
Ajax København, a Danish handball team
Ajax (horse) (born 1901), a French Champion racehorse
Ajax II (born 1934), an Australian Champion racehorse

Military

HMS Ajax, several ships of the Royal Navy
USS Ajax, several ships of the US Navy
General Dynamics Ajax, a family of armoured fighting vehicles for the British Army
Operation Ajax, the 1953 Iranian coup d'état

Transport

Motor vehicles

Ajax (1906 automobile), a Swiss automobile
Ajax (1913 automobile), a French automobile by the American Briscoe brothers
Ajax (1914 automobile), an American automobile by Ajax Motors Co. of Seattle, Washington
AJAX Engineering, an Indian concrete construction machinery company
Ajax (Nash Motors), an automobile brand of Nash Motors, 1925–1926
Ajax Motors Co., an American carmaker, manufacturer of the Ajax (1914 automobile)

Railway

Ajax (locomotive), several train locomotives
Ajax GO Station, a train and bus station in Ajax, Ontario, Canada

Other transport

Ajax (motorcycle), manufactured in England between 1923 and 1924
Ajax (crane barge), a floating crane used to install the Panama Canal locks
Ajax (ship), various ships

Other uses

AFC Ajax N.V., a sports company associated with AFC Ajax
Ajax, a taxonomic synonym for the plant genus Narcissus
Ajax (cleaning product), a brand of household cleaning products
AJAX furnace, a type of open hearth furnace
Ajax High School, a public high school in Ajax, Ontario, Canada

Ajax

Greek mythology and tragedy

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

Music

Other arts and entertainment

Computing

Places

Canada

United States

Elsewhere

People

Sport

Association football (soccer)

Other sports

Military

Transport

Motor vehicles

Railway

Other transport

Other uses

See also