# Barber (surname)

Barber is an English, Norman French and Catalan surname. Related names include: Barbieri (Italian), Barbero (Italian and Spanish), Barbeiro (Portuguese), Barbier (French). Barbiero (Italian), Barberis (Italian) and Barberopoulou (Greek) are also related. Notable people with the surname include:
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* R
* S
* T
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* See also
* References

## A

* A. B. Barber (1883–1961), American Army colonel
* Adrian Barber (1938–2020), British musician/producer
* Aja Barber, American fashion activist and writer
* 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
* Anthony Cat Barber (born 1994), American basketball player
* Anthony Barber (boxer) (1939–2004), Australian boxer
* 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)
* 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

* Carl Barber (born 1956), Canadian Haskap berry grower
* Celeste Barber, Australian comedian and journalist
* Catharine Webb Barber (1823–?), American newspaper editor, author
* Charles Barber (disambiguation)
* Charlie Barber (1854–1910), American baseball player
* Chris or Christopher Barber (disambiguation)
* Clarence Barber (1917–2004), Canadian economist and academic
* Colin Muir Barber (1897–1964), British general

## D

* Dan Barber (born 1969), American chef and restaurant owner
* Daniel Barber (disambiguation)
* Danny Barber (soccer) (born 1971), American soccer player
* Danny Barber (serial killer) (1955–1999), American serial killer
* Darren Barber (born 1968), Canadian rower
* David Barber (disambiguation)
* 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)
* 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 (disambiguation)
* 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)
* 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 G. Barber (1870–1947), American attorney and politician
* Herbert Spencer Barber (1882–1950), American entomologist
* Henry Barber (disambiguation)
* 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

* J. Allen Barber (1809–1881), American politician
* Jack Barber (1901–1961), English footballer
* James Barber (disambiguation)
* 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 (American football) (1912–1998), American football player
* Jim Barber (ventriloquist), American ventriloquist, comedian and singer
* Joel Barber (1876–1952), American architect
* John Barber (disambiguation)
* 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, United States

## 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 football player
* Katherine Barber (1959–2021), Canadian lexicographer
* Keith Barber (disambiguation)
* 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
* Lance Barber (born 1973), American actor
* Leeonzer Barber (born 1966), American boxer
* Leila Cook Barber (1903–1984) American art historian and professor emeritus
* 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 (1983–2022), American football player
* Matthew Barber (born 1977), Canadian singer-songwriter
* Mark Barber (1915–1975), American football player
* Mary Barber (disambiguation)
* 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
* Mike or Michael Barber (disambiguation)
* 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)
* Peter Barber (architect) (born 1960), British modernist architect
* Peter J. Barber (1830–1905), American architect and mayor of Santa Barbara, California
* 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 (disambiguation)
* 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 Barber
* Russell Barber, American curler

## S

* Sam or Samuel Barber (disambiguation)
** Samuel Barber (1910–1981), American composer
* Shawn Barber (American football) (born 1975), American football player
* Shawn Barber (pole vaulter) (1994–2024), Canadian pole vaulter
* 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

* Theodore X. Barber (1927–2005), American psychologist
* Thomas Barber (disambiguation)
* Tiki Barber (born 1975), American football player, twin brother of Ronde Barber
* Tommy Barber (1886–1925), English footballer
* Trevor Barber (1925–2015), New Zealand cricketer

## V

* Vincent Barber (1788–1838), English landscape painter and art teacher

## W

* Whitman A. Barber (1853–1930), American politician
* William Barber (disambiguation)

## Fictional characters

* Barber/Winters family, on the American soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful
* Little Miss Barber, an advertising character for some brands of tea