Barber (surname)

Barber

The barber, by Nikolaos Gyzis (1880)
Language(s)	English
Origin
Meaning	Relating to the profession of Barber
Other names
Related names	Barbieri (Italian) Barbero (Italian and Spanish) Barbeiro (Portuguese) Barbier (French)

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
• 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

• 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 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

• 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

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

See also

• Attorney General Barber (disambiguation)
• General Barber (disambiguation)
• Judge Barber (disambiguation)
• Senator Barber (disambiguation)