# Carrington (name)

Carrington and Carington are surnames originating from one of the Carringtons in England, or from the town of Carentan in Normandy, France. It is also rarely a given name.

## Surname
### Scientists

* Alan Carrington (1934–2013), British chemist
* Benjamin Carrington (1827–1893), British botanist
* Richard Christopher Carrington (1826–1875), British astronomer

### Soldiers, politicians, diplomats and jurists

* Charles Carrington (British Army officer) (1897–1990), soldier, professor, and biographer of Rudyard Kipling
* Codrington Edmund Carrington (1769–1849), English barrister, 1st Chief Justice of Ceylon and Member of Parliament
* Edward Carrington (1748–1810), American soldier and statesman
* Edwin Carrington, ambassador to and former Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (1992–2010) from Trinidad and Tobago
* Harold Carrington (1882–1964), British Army General
* Henry B. Carrington (1824–1912), American Civil War brigadier general, lawyer, professor and author
* James M. Carrington (1904–1995), American politician
* John Carrington (judge) (1847–1913), British jurist, Solicitor General of Barbados, Chief Justice of St Lucia and Tobago, Attorney General of British Guiana and Chief Justice of Hong Kong
* John H. Carrington (1934–2017), American politician
* Matthew Carrington, Baron Carrington of Fulham (born 1947), British politician
* Paul Carrington (judge) (1733–c. 1826), American appellate judge
* Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919–2018), British former politician and Secretary-General of NATO
* Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington (1796–1868), British politician
* Rupert Carington, 4th Baron Carrington (1852–1929), British politician
* Walter Carrington (1930–2020), American diplomat and ambassador
* William Carington (1845–1914), British soldier, politician and courtier

### Religious figures

* Albert Carrington, (1813–1889), American apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* John F. Carrington (1914–1985), English missionary and expert on drum language
* Philip Carrington (1892–1975), Anglican priest and author, Bishop of Quebec and Metropolitan of Canada
* Vernon Carrington (1936–2005), Jamaican religious leader, founder of the Twelve Tribes of Israel branch of the Rastafari movement

### Artists and entertainers

* Chuck Carrington (born 1968), American actor
* Debbie Lee Carrington (1959–2018), American actress and stuntwoman
* Desmond Carrington (1926–2017), British radio personality and actor
* Dora Carrington or simply "Carrington" (1893–1932), British artist
* Elaine Sterne Carrington (1891–1958), American screenwriter, playwright, novelist and short story author
* Herbert Carrington, pseudonym of composer Montague Ewing (1890–1957)
* Joanna Carrington (1931–2003), British artist
* Leonora Carrington (1917–2011), English-Mexican artist and novelist
* Michael Carrington (voice actor), American comic writer and voice actor
* Nicholas Toms Carrington (1777–1830), English poet
* Rebecca Carrington (born 1971), British musician and comedian
* Rodney Carrington (born 1968), American stand-up comic, actor and musician
* Terri Lyne Carrington (born 1965), American jazz drummer, composer, singer, record producer and entrepreneur
* Raymond C. Carrington (born 1930) American sculptor

### Athletes

* Bob Carrington (born 1953), American basketball player
* Bub Carrington (born 2005), American basketball player
* Darren Carrington (born 1966), American football player
* DiJonai Carrington (born 1998), American basketball player
* Elijah Carrington (1914–1998), English cricketer
* Khadeen Carrington (born 1995), Trinidadian-American basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Lisa Carrington (born 1989), New Zealand sprint canoeist
* Mark Carrington (cricketer) (born 1961), New Zealand cricketer
* Mark Carrington (footballer) (born 1987), English footballer
* Paul Carrington (American football) (born 1982), American football player

### In media

* Fitzroy Carrington (1869–1954), English-American editor
* Hereward Carrington (1880–1958), British author and investigator of spiritualism
* Michael Carrington (television executive) (born 1961), Australian broadcast executive
* Tom Carrington (illustrator) (1843–1918), journalist, political cartoonist and illustrator in colonial Australia
* Jim Carrington (children's author), (born 1977)

### Other

* Dorothy Carrington (1910–2002), expatriate British writer about and scholar of Corsica
* Edith Carrington (1853–1929), English animal rights activist and writer
* Kelly Carrington, American model
* Matthew Carrington (1983–2005), student killed during a hazing incident, prompting Matt's Law
* Roger Clifford Carrington (1906–1971), classical scholar, archaeologist and teacher.

### Pen name

* Charles Carrington (1867–1921), British publisher of erotic literature born Paul Harry Ferdinando
* Tori Carrington, American writing team of romance novels

### Fictional characters

* Carrington family, core family of the American soap opera Dynasty
** Adam Carrington
** Alexis Carrington
** Amanda Carrington
** Ben Carrington
** Blake Carrington
** Claudia Carrington
** Dana Waring Carrington
** Danny Carrington
** Fallon Carrington
** Krystina Carrington
** Krystle Carrington
** Leslie Carrington
** Sammy Jo Carrington
** Steven Carrington
** Tom Carrington
* Arthur Carrington, in the 1951 science-fiction movie The Thing From Another World
* Daniel Carrington, in the video game franchise Perfect Dark
* Mayor Carrington, in the 1993 television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
* Michael Carrington, in the 1982 movie Grease 2

## Given name

* Carrington Garland (born 1964), American actress
* Carrington T. Marshall (1869–1958), American lawyer, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and a judge at the Nuremberg Trials
* Carrington Smedley (1808–1895), politician in the colony of South Australia
* C. B. Williams (1889–1991), British entomologist