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.
Surname
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
- 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 (born 1934), 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, 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 former National Basketball Association player
- Darren Carrington (born 1966), American former National Football League player
- Elijah Carrington (1914–1998), English cricketer
- Lisa Carrington (born 1989), New Zealand sprint canoeist, two-time Olympic champion
- Mark Carrington (cricketer) (born 1961), New Zealand former cricketer
- Mark Carrington (footballer) (born 1987), English footballer
- Paul Carrington (American football) (born 1982), American former National Football League player
In media
- Fitzroy Carrington (1869–1954), English-American editor
- 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
- Arthur Carrington, in the 1951 science-fiction movie The Thing From Another World
- Daniel Carrington, in the video game franchise Perfect Dark
- 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
See also
- Charles Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire (1843–1928), British politician, Governor of New South Wales
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