# Farrington (name)

Farrington is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with this name include:

## Surname

* Adele Farrington (1867–1936), American actor
* Amy Farrington (born 1966), American actor
* Sir Anthony Farrington, 1st Baronet (1742–1823), General of the British Army
* Benjamin Farrington (1891–1974), Irish classicist
* Betty Farrington (1898–1989), American character actress
* Bo Farrington (1936–1964), American football player
* Colleen Farrington (1936–2015), American model and nightclub singer
* David P. Farrington (born 1944), British criminologist
* Don Farrington (died 2000), American aviator
* Edward Silsby Farrington (1856–1929), American judge
* Elizabeth P. Farrington (1898–1984), Honolulu Star-Bulletin publisher, Congressional Delegate for the Territory of Hawaii and wife of Joseph Rider Farrington
* Frank Farrington (actor) (1873–1924), American silent film actor
* Frank Farrington (rugby league) (1926–2014), Australian rugby league player
* Frank G. Farrington (1872–1933), American lawyer and politician from Maine
* Fred Farrington (died 1931), British footballer
* George Farrington, English footballer
* Gregory C. Farrington, 12th president of Lehigh University
* Harry Webb Farrington (1879–1930), American author
* Iain Farrington (born 1977), British pianist, organist, composer and arranger
* James Farrington (1791–1859), New Hampshire politician
* James Edward Butler Futtit Farrington (1908–2002), polar explorer
* Jeff Farrington, American politician from Michigan
* John Farrington (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
** John Farrington (footballer) (born 1947), English professional footballer
** John Farrington (athlete) (born 1942), Australian long-distance runner
** John Farrington (MP) (1609–1680), Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester
* Joseph Rider Farrington (1897–1954), Honolulu Star-Bulletin publisher and Congressional Delegate for the Territory of Hawaii
* Josie Farrington, Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton (1940–2018), British Labour Party politician
* Kaitlyn Farrington (born 1989), American snowboarder
* Ken Farrington (born 1936), English actor
* Logan Farrington (born 2001), American soccer player
* Mark Farrington (born 1965), English footballer
* Michael Farrington (born 1966), Canadian ice dancer
* Neil Farrington (died 2009), English musician
* Oliver C. Farrington (1864–1934), American geologist
* Richard Farrington (1702–1772), Welsh Anglican priest and antiquarian
* Sinead Farrington, British particle physicist
* Sloane Farrington (1923–1997), Bahamian competitive sailor
* Suzanne Farrington (1933–2015), married name of the only child of actress Vivien Leigh
* Thomas Farrington (disambiguation), several people
* Wallace Rider Farrington (1871–1933), Honolulu Star-Bulletin publisher and Governor of the Territory of Hawaii
* William Farrington (soldier) (fl. 1412), English soldier and diplomat
* William Farrington (Royalist) (died 1659), English politician
* Yolanda Ivonne Montes Farrington (born 1932), American-born exotic dancer and actor
* Ronald A. Farrington (1962- ), American Army Pilot, Gulf War

## Given name

* Farrington Daniels (1889–1972), American physical chemist

## Fictional character

* Harriet Farrington, protagonist of 1980s British TV series Farrington of the F.O.