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.

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
 * 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
 * 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