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