# Herring (surname)

Herring is a surname which may refer to:

## People

* Aggie Herring (1876–1939), American actress
* Alfred Cecil Herring (1888–1966), Royal Army Service Corps officer
* Amy H. Herring, American biostatistician
* Annie Herring, American Christian singer
* Art Herring (1906–1995), American baseball player
* Aubrey Herring, American track and field athlete
* Augustus Moore Herring (1865–1926), American aviation pioneer
* Ben Herring (born 1980), New Zealand rugby union footballer
* Bill Herring, American baseball player
* Caroline Herring, singer-songwriter
* Charles R. Herring (born 1945), chiropractor who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1988 to 1992
* Clyde L. Herring (1879–1945), American politician
* Conyers Herring (1914–2009), American physicist
* Corey Herring, American basketball player
* Cornelius T. Herring (1849-1931), American rancher, banker and hotelier.
* Dennis Herring, American record producer
* E. Pendleton Herring (1903–2004), American political scientist
* Edmund Herring (1892–1982), Australian Army officer
* Eli Herring, American football player
* Elijah Herring, American football player
* Elizabeth Warren, née Herring, American politician
* Hal Herring (1924–2014), American football player and coach
* Hank Herring (1922–1999), American boxer
* Heath Herring (born 1978), American mixed martial artist
* Horace Herring (1884–1962), New Zealand politician
* Jamel Herring (1985), American boxer
* James Red Herring (1896–1974), American boxer
* James V. Herring (1887–1969), American artist
* Jan Herring (1923-2000), American artist
* Jimmy Herring (born 1962), American rock guitarist
* Joanne Herring (born 1929), American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and talk show host
* John Frederick Herring Sr. (1795–1865), British painter
* John Frederick Herring Jr. (1820–1907), British painter
* Katherine Herring (1933–2018), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
* Kim Herring (born 1975), American football player
* Louise McCarren Herring (1909–1987), American cooperative activist
* Lynn Herring (born 1958), American soap opera actress
* Malik Herring (born 1997), American football player
* Mark Herring (born 1961), American politician
* Mary Herring (1895–1981), Australian physician and community worker
* Pembroke J. Herring (1930–2020), American film editor
* Percy Herring (1872–1967) New Zealand physician
* Reggie Herring (born 1959), American football coach
* Richard Herring (born 1967), British comedian
* Robert Herring (poet), Scottish poet
* Robert Herring (businessman), American entrepreneur
* Rufus G. Herring (1921–1996), United States Naval Reserve officer
* Sydney Herring (1881–1951), Australian Army colonel
* Thomas Herring (1693–1757), Archbishop of Canterbury
* Thomas A. Herring (born 1955), Australian-American geophysicist
* Vincent Herring (born 1964), American jazz saxophonist
* William Herring (1718–1774), Anglican priest
* William Herring (politician) (1833–1912), American politician, lawyer, and businessman
* Will Herring (born 1983), American football player

## Fictional characters

* Albert Herring, from the 1947 comic chamber opera by Benjamin Britten
* A henchman of dictator Adenoid Hynkel in The Great Dictator