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

 * A. B. Barber (1883–1961), American Army colonel
 * Adrian Barber (1938–2020), 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
 * 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
 * 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