Barber (surname)

Barber is an English and Norman French surname. The relative names: Barbieri (Italian), Barbero (Spanish), Barbeiro (Portuguese), Barbier (French)^[1] all came from the Greek Surnames: Barberis or Barberopoulos which means Barber. Notable people with the surname include:

A[]

• A. B. Barber (1883–1961), American Army colonel
• Adrian Barber (born 1938), British musician/producer
• Alan Barber (1905–1985), English amateur first-class cricketer
• Alden G. Barber (1919–2003), Boy Scouts of America figure
• Aleesha Barber (born 1987), Trinidadian sprint hurdler
• Alf Barber (1902–1967), British boxer
• Allison Barber, American university chancellor
• Amos W. Barber (1861–1915), American surgeon and politician
• Amzi L. Barber (1843–1909), American pioneer of the asphalt industry
• Andrea Barber (born 1976), American actress
• Anthony Barber, Baron Barber (1920–2005), British cabinet minister
• Antonia Barber (1932–2019), English author
• Arthur Barber (1898 – after 1925), English cricketer
• Augustus Barber (1927–2008), American businessman and founder of Barber Foods
• Ava Barber (born 1954), American country music singer and performer

B[]

• Ben Barber (born 1984), Australian actor
• Benjamin Barber (1939–2017), American political scientist
• Bill Barber (born 1952), Canadian hockey player
• Bill Barber (musician) (1920–2007), jazz musician
• Billy Barber (musician), American keyboardist and composer
• Bob Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Bob Barber (cricketer) (born 1935), English cricketer
  • Bob Barber (American football) (born 1951), American footballer
  • Bob Barber (ice hockey) (born 1943), Canadian professional ice hockey player
  • Bob Barber (rugby union) (born 1945), New Zealand rugby union player
• Bobby Barber (1894–1976), American character actor
• Brian Barber (born 1973), baseball starting pitcher
• Sir Brendan Barber (born 1951), General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, United Kingdom
• Bruce Barber (born 1950), New Zealand-born artist, writer, curator and educator
• Bryan Barber (born 1970), American music video and motion picture director

C[]

• Catharine Webb Barber (1823-?), American newspaper editor, author
• Charles Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Charles Barber (artist) (c. 1784 – 1854), English landscape painter and art teacher
  • Charles Barber (author) (born 1962), American author on mental health and psychiatry
  • Charles Barber (brigadier) (1888–1965), Army officer
  • Charles Alfred Barber (1860–1933), British botanist
  • Charles Arnold Barber (1848–1915), Canadian architect and inventor
  • Charles Burton Barber (1845–1894), English painter
  • Charles Chapman Barber (1803–1882), English lawyer
  • Charles E. Barber (1840–1917), Chief Engraver of the United States Mint
  • Charles I. Barber (1887–1962), American architect
• Charlie Barber (1854–1910), American baseball player
• Chris Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Chris Barber (1930–2021), English jazz bandleader and trombonist
  • Chris Barber (gridiron football) (born 1964), American football player
  • Chris Barber (philanthropist) (1921–2012), Chair of Oxfam 1983–89
  • Chris Barber (disambiguation) (born 1973), American businessman
  • Christopher Barber (painter) (1736–1810), English miniature painter
• Clarence Barber (1917–2004), Canadian economist and academic
• Sir Colin Muir Barber (1897–1964), British general

D[]

• Dan Barber (born 1969), American chef and restaurant owner
• Daniel Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Daniel Barber (director), British screen director
  • Daniel Barber (minister) (1756–1834), American Episcopalian minister
• Danny Barber (born 1971), American soccer player
• Darren Barber (born 1968), Canadian rower
• David Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • David Barber (cricketer) (born 1937), English cricketer
  • David G. Barber, Canadian scientist and academic
• Del Barber (born 1983), Canadian country singer
• Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury (1918–2017), agricultural expert
• Dick Barber (1910–1983), American long jumper
• Dominic Barber (1955–2003), English theatre director
• Dominique Barber (born 1986), American football player
• Don Barber (born 1964), Canadian-born ice hockey player
• Donn Barber (1871–1925), American architect
• Douglas Barber, Canadian businessman

E[]

• Edward Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Edward Barber (VC) (1893–1915), British soldier during World War I and Victoria Cross recipient
  • Edward Barber (minister) (died c. 1674), English Baptist minister
  • Edward Barber (priest) (1841–1914), Anglican clergyman
  • Edward Thaddeus Barleycorn Barber (1865–1948), Methodist minister on the island of Fernando Po
• Edwin Atlee Barber (1851–1916), American archeologist and author
• Elizabeth Wayland Barber, American author, expert on textiles, professor emerita of archaeology and linguistics
• Eric Barber (1942–2014), Irish professional soccer player
• Eric Barber (cricketer) (1915–1995), English cricketer
• Eric Arthur Barber (1888–1965), English classicist
• Ernie Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Ernie Barber (American football) (1914–1989), American football player
  • Ernie Barber (Australian footballer) (1895–1972), Australian rules footballer
• Eunice Barber (born 1974), Sierra Leonean athlete

F[]

• Forest Barber (born 1952), American racing driver
• Frances Barber (born 1958), English actress
• Francis Barber (c. 1735 – 1801), Jamaican manservant of Samuel Johnson from 1752 until Johnson's death in 1784
• Francis Barber (Colonel) (1750–1783), colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
• Fred Barber (born 1963), English soccer player
• Frederick Barber (cricketer) (1887–1943), English cricketer

G[]

• Gary Barber (born 1957), chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, film producer and co-founder of Spyglass Entertainment
• George Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • George Barber (artist) (born 1958) Guyana-born video artist
  • George Anthony Barber (1802–1874), English-born Canadian educator
  • George W. Barber, American race car driver
• Gillian Barber (born 1958), English-born Canadian actress
• Glenn Barber (1935–2008), American country and rockabilly performer
• Glynis Barber (born 1955), British actress
• Graham Barber (born 1958), English soccer referee
• Greg Barber (born 1966), Australian politician

H[]

• Hamish Barber (1933–2007), Scottish doctor
• Harold Wordsworth Barber (1887–1955), English dermatologist
• Harriet Barber (1968–2014), English figurative painter
• Harry James Barber (1875–1959), Canadian politician
• Herbert Spencer Barber (1882–1950), American entomologist
• Henry Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Henry Barber (cricketer) (1841–1924), English cricketer
  • Henry Barber (rock climber) (born 1953), American rock climber
  • Henry Barber (sea captain) (18th century), British sea captain who discovered McKean Island
  • Sir Henry Barber, 1st Baronet (1860–1927), British property developer
• Hilia Barber, Bissau-Guinean politician
• Hiram Barber (1800–1888), American politician, pioneer and businessman
• Hiram Barber Jr. (1835–1924), American politician
• Homer G. Barber (1830–1909), American politician
• Horatio Barber (1875–1964), British aviation pioneer
• Horatio Barber (cricketer) (1843–1869), English cricketer
• Howard Barber (1877–1950), English-born Australian politician

I[]

• Irén Barbér (Irena Barber) (1939–2006), Slovene author, journalist and notary in Hungary
• Irving K. Barber (1923–2012), Canadian forest industrialist and philanthropist
• Isaac Ambrose Barber (1852–1909), American politician

J[]

• Joshua Barber, RAF Fighter Pilot.
• J. Allen Barber (1809–1881), American politician
• Jack Barber (1901–1961), English footballer
• James Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • James Barber (author) (1923–2007), Canadian author
  • James Barber (biochemist) (1940–2020), British professor of biochemistry at Imperial College London
  • James Barber (politician) (1921–2001), Pennsylvania politician
  • James Barber (rugby), New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in rugby league
  • James A. Barber (1841–1925), American soldier in the American Civil War
  • James David Barber (1930–2004), political scientist
• Jamie Barber, British restaurateur
• Janette Barber (born 1953), American stand-up comic, television producer and writer
• Jason Barber (born 1966), English farmer
• Jenni Barber (born 1983), American actress
• Jerry Barber (1916–1994), American professional golfer
• Jesse Barber (1888–1959), American baseball player
• Jesse Max Barber (1878–1949), African-American journalist, teacher and dentist
• Jill Barber (born 1980), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Jim Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Jim Barber (American football) (1912–1998), American football player
  • Jim Barber (ventriloquist), American ventriloquist, comedian and singer
• Joel Barber (1876–1952), American architect
• John Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • John Barber (basketball) (born 1927), American professional basketball player
  • John Barber (clergyman) (died 1549), English clergyman
  • John Barber (cricketer) (1849–1908), English cricketer
  • John Barber (engineer) (1734–1801), English coalmaster and inventor
  • John Barber (racing driver) (1929–2015), American Formula One driver
  • John P. Barber, American electrical engineer
  • John Roaf Barber (1841–1917), Canadian industrialist and politician
  • John Warner Barber (1798–1885), American writer and illustrator
• José María Chiquillo Barber (born 1964), Spanish politician
• Joseph Barber (1757–1811), English landscape painter and art teacher
• Joseph L. Barber (1864–1940), American politician
• Joshua Barber (born 1977), American artist
• Josiah Barber (1771–1842), first mayor of Ohio City, Ohio, US

K[]

• Karen Barber (born 1961), English ice dancer
• Karin Barber (born 1949), British anthropologist and academic
• Kate Barber (born 1976), American field hockey player
• Kantroy Barber (born 1973), American footballer
• Katherine Barber (1959–2021), Canadian lexicographer
• Keith Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Keith Barber (drummer) (1947–2005), London-born drummer
  • Keith Barber (footballer) (born 1947), English soccer player
  • Keith Barber (geographer) (1944–2017), British geographer
• Kimberly Barber (born 1959), Canadian mezzo-soprano and vocal pedagogue
• Kris Barber, Canadian ice dancer
• Kurt Barber (born 1969), American Football player and coach

L[]

• Laird Howard Barber (1848–1928), American politician
• Lakia Aisha Barber (born 1987), American basketball player
• Leeonzer Barber (born 1966), American boxer
• Leila Cook Barber (1903–1984) American art historian and Professor Emeritus at Vassar College.
• Len Barber (1929–1988), English soccer player
• Lesley Barber (born 1968), Canadian composer
• Levi Barber (1777–1833), American surveyor, court administrator, banker and legislator
• Lionel Barber (born 1955), English journalist
• Lloyd Barber (1932–2011), Canadian university administrator
• Lucius Israel Barber (1806–1899), American politician
• Lynn Barber (born 1944), British journalist
• Lynn Barber (make-up artist), American make-up artist

M[]

• Malcolm Barber (born 1943), British scholar of medieval history
• Margaret Barber (1869–1901), English Christian writer
• Margaret E. Barber (1866–1930), English missionary in China
• Marion Barber, Jr. (born 1959), American football player
• Marion Barber III (born 1983), American football player
• Matthew Barber (born 1977), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Mark Barber (1915–1975), American Football player
• Mary Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Mary Barber (poet) (c. 1685 – c. 1755), English poet
  • Mary Barber (bacteriologist) (1911–1965), British pathologist and bacteriologist
  • Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818–1899), British-born pioneering amateur woman scientist
• Matt Barber (actor) (born 1983), English actor
• Me'Lisa Barber (born 1980), American track and field sprint athlete
• Merrill P. Barber (1910–1985), American politician
• Michael Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Sir Michael Barber (educationist) (born 1955), British educationist
  • Michael C. Barber (born 1954), Roman Catholic bishop of Oakland
  • Michael Barber (chemist) (1934–1991), developer of fast atom bombardment
  • Michael Barber (academic) (born 1947), Australian mathematician, physicist and academic
  • Michael Barber (rapper) (born 1980), American rapper
  • Michael Barber (wide receiver) (born 1967), American football wide receiver
  • Mike Barber (tight end) (born 1953), American football tight end and minister
  • Mike Barber (linebacker) (born 1971), American football linebacker
• Mikele Barber (born 1980), American track and field sprint athlete
• Miller Barber (1931–2013), American golfer

N[]

• Nicole Barber-Lane (born 1970), English actress
• Noel Barber (1909–1988), British novelist and journalist
• Nola Barber (1901–1985), Australian mayor and community worker
• Noyes Barber (1781–1844), American politician

O[]

• O. C. Barber (1841–1920), American businessman, industrialist and philanthropist
• Orion M. Barber (1857–1930), American politician

P[]

• Patricia Barber (born 1956), American jazz singer
• Paul Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Paul Barber (actor) (born 1951), English actor
  • Paul Barber (bishop) (born 1935), English bishop
  • Paul Barber (field hockey) (born 1955), English field hockey player
  • Paul Barber (soccer administrator), English soccer administrator
• Peter J. Barber (1830–1905), American architect who was mayor of Santa Barbara, Ca
• Peyton Barber (born 1994), American football player
• Phil Barber (born 1965), English soccer player
• Polly Barber (1803–1898), Canadian teacher, farmer and businesswoman

R[]

• Ray Barber (1923–2009), singer
• Red Barber (1908–1992), American sports broadcaster
• Richard Barber (born 1941), British historian
• Riley Barber (born 1994), American ice hockey player
• Rina Foygel Barber, American statistician
• Ron Barber (born 1945), American politician
• Ronde Barber (born 1975), American football player (twin brother of Tiki)
• Russell Barber, American curler

S[]

• Samuel Barber (1910–1981), American composer
• Skip Barber (born 1936), American Formula One driver
• Steve Barber (1938–2007), American professional baseball player
• Steve Barber (right-handed pitcher) (born 1948), American baseball player

T[]

• Tiki Barber (born 1975), American football player (twin brother of Ronde)
• Tommy Barber (1886–1925), English footballer
• Trevor Barber (1925–2015), New Zealand cricketer

W[]

• Whitman A. Barber (1853–1930), American politician
• William Barber (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • William Barber (engraver) (1807–1879), Chief Engraver for the U.S. Mint
  • William Barber (Ontario politician) (1808–1887), Canadian businessman and politician
  • William Swinden Barber (1832–1908), English architect

Fictional[]

• Justin Barber, fictional character on the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• Little Miss Barber, advertising character for some brands of tea

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