Barbara

Barbara is a female given name. It may also refer to:

People

• Barbara (singer) (stage name of Monique Serf)

Places

• Barbara (region), ancient region in Northeast Africa
• Barbara, Gaza, a former Palestinian village near Gaza
• Barbara, Marche, a town in Italy
• Santa Barbara, California, a city in Santa Barbara County, California
• Santa Barbara County, California, a county in California

Drama, film, and literature

Film

• Barbara (1980 film), 1980 Argentine film
• Barbara (1997 film), 1997 Danish film directed by Nils Malmros, based on Jacobsen's novel
• Barbara (2012 film), 2012 German film

Print

• Bárbara (comics), an Argentine comic book series
• Barbara (1939), the only and posthumously published novel by Danish-writing Faroese author Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen
• Barbara, a poem by Jacques Prévert
• Major Barbara (play), a play by George Bernard Shaw
• Barbara is also a character in the series The Secret Seven written by Enid Blyton.

TV

• Barbara (TV series), a British sitcom

Music

• Barbara (album), by We Are Scientists
• "Barbara" (The Beach Boys song), a song by Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys
• "Barbara" (1927), song written by Abner Silver and Benny Davis
• "The Barbara song", from The Threepenny Opera
• "Barbara", The Blue Jays, Rothpearl, Martin 1959
• "Barbara", Anarchic System, C. Gordanne, I. Wira 1973
• "Barbara", Dutch song by Ben Cramer, Marion, Travis, Kunze, L. Post 1975
• "Barbara", French song by Buck Clayton et Son Orchestre, Salcy
• "Barbara", The Catalinas, F. Valente 1957
• "Barbara", German song by Chris Roberts (singer) R. Siegel, G. Behrle, G. Hanky 1978
• "Barbara", George Morgan (singer) Owens 1968
• "Barbara", Joe Melson, Roy Orbison, J. Melson 1960, Don Gant 1963
• "Barbara", French song by José Cid, Cid 1980
• "Barbara", Lee Perry, Perry, cover Val Bennet 1969
• Barbara (Joseph Kosma song), French song by Mouloudji, composed Jacques Prévert, Joseph Kosma 1954 Yves Montand 1955, Italian version "Barbara", Achille Millo With Accordianist Franco Scarica Fonit Italy 1960
• "Barbara", Red Top And The Young Family, Laddie Fair 1970
• "Barbara", The Temptations (New York vocal group) N. Kleinhandler, A. Ripp, N. Lapidus 1960, Eddie Hickey 1960
• "Barbara", Dale McBride, Jim Lawrence 1964
• "Barbara", Martin Mann, Mann, Loose 1974
• "Barbara", Marcel Amont - 1965
• "Barbara", Enzo Carella, V. Carella, P. Panella 1979

Other

• Barbara (genus), a genus of moths
• 234 Barbara, an asteroid
• Barbara, a mnemonic devised by mediaeval scholasticism for a particular syllogism

Ships

• HMS Barbara, more than one ship of the British Royal Navy
• USS Barbara (SP-704), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918

See also

• Barbarella (disambiguation)
• Barbera (disambiguation)