Barlow (surname)
Barlow is a place name and English surname.
Origins and variants
One theory suggests that the surname is related to the place of the same name in Derbyshire and mean "[lives on] the bare hill". At the time of the British census of 1881,[1] the frequency of the surname Barlow was highest in Cheshire (4.4 times the British average), followed by Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Buckinghamshire, Derbyshire, Berkshire, Rutland and Warwickshire.
People with the surname
- Ambrose Barlow (1585-1641), English Roman Catholic martyr
- Andy Barlow (footballer) (born 1965), English football player
- Andy Barlow (producer), English musical producer, member of band Lamb
- Barriemore Barlow (born 1949), English drummer, former member of Jethro Tull
- Ben Barlow (born 1994), Welsh vocalist with pop punk band Neck Deep
- Bill Barlow (born 1931), Canadian politician
- Billy Barlow (1871–1963), Canadian ice hockey player
- Bryan Alwyn Barlow (born 1933, Australian botanist, former director of the Australian National Herbarium and author of many species
- Charles Sydney Barlow (1905–1979), South African businessman and conservationist, after whom Barlow's lark is named
- Celia Barlow (born 1955), British Labour MP
- Clarence Barlow (born 1945), composer of classical and electroacoustic works
- David Barlow (basketball) (born 1983), Australian professional basketball player
- Denise P. Barlow (1950-2017), British geneticist
- Dick Barlow (1851–1919), Lancashire and England cricketer
- Eeben Barlow, founder of Executive Outcomes
- Elmer E. Barlow (1887–1948), American jurist
- Emilie-Claire Barlow (born 1976), Canadian jazz singer, voice actress
- Erasmus Darwin Barlow (1915–2005), British psychiatrist
- Francis Barlow (artist) (1626?–1704), British painter, etcher, and illustrator
- Francis C. Barlow (1834–1896), US lawyer, politician, and general
- Frank Barlow (disambiguation), several people
- Ferdinand Barlow (1881–1951), French classical composer
- Gary Barlow (born 1971), English singer-songwriter, best known for being a member of the boy band Take That
- George Barlow (disambiguation), several people
- Sir George Barlow, 1st Baronet (1763-1846), Acting Governor-General of India from 1805 to 1807
- George Hilaro Barlow (physician) (1806-1866), Royal College of Physicians, first editor of Guy's Hospital Reports
- Henry Clark Barlow (1806–1876), English writer on Dante
- Horace Barlow (born 1921), Cambridge physiologist, neuroscientist, vision scientist
- James A. Barlow (1923–2015), American geologist and politician
- James Barlow Hoy (1794–1843), Irish-born politician
- Joel Barlow (1754–1812), American poet and diplomat
- John Barlow (disambiguation), several people
- John Barlow (1815–1856), veterinary scientist at Edinburgh University
- John Henry Barlow (1855–1924), Quaker statesman, pacifist and co-founder of the Friends Ambulance Unit
- Ken Barlow (basketball) (born 1964), American former professional basketball player
- Kevan Barlow (born 1979), NFL running back
- Kim Barlow, musician
- Leonard Monteagle Barlow (1898–1918), British World War I flying ace
- Lou Barlow (born 1966), musician, member of the bands Dinosaur Jr and Sebadoh
- Marcus Barlow (1890–1955), Australian architect
- Martin T. Barlow (born 1953), British mathematician
- Matt Barlow (born 1970), vocalist of the heavy metal band Iced Earth
- Maude Barlow (born 1947), Canadian author and activist
- Michael Barlow (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
- Milt G. Barlow (1843–1904), American vaudeville and minstrel player
- Patrick Barlow (born 1947), British actor and dramatist
- Peter Barlow (disambiguation), several people
- Phyllida Barlow (born 1944), British sculptor and art academic
- Reginald Barlow (1866–1943) American soldier and stage and screen actor
- Richard Barlow (Intelligence analyst), CIA whistleblower
- Robert Barlow (disambiguation), several people
- Sam Barlow (disambiguation), several people
- Stephen Barlow (disambiguation), several people
- Thomas Barlow (disambiguation), several people
- Walter Jarvis Barlow (1868–1937) founded Barlow Sanatorium in 1902, now Barlow Respiratory Hospital, in Los Angeles
- William Barlow (disambiguation), several people
- John James Barlow (1999-present), You-tuber nightcore over 100,000 Subscribers
Fictional characters
- Charles Barlow, a police inspector in the British crime dramas Z-Cars, Softly, Softly, Barlow at Large and Second Verdict
- Kurt Barlow, character in Stephen King's novel Salem's Lot
- Nora Barlow, a character in the book series Leviathan
- Kate Barlow, a character in the movie Holes
- Elder Joseph Barlow, a character in August Wilson's play Radio Golf
Coronation Street
The British soap opera Coronation Street has featured the Barlow family since its inception in 1960, and had therefore featured multiple characters with the surname, who are listed alphabetically below.
- Adam Barlow
- Amy Barlow
- Carla Barlow (also Connor)
- David Barlow (Coronation Street)
- Deirdre Barlow
- Frank Barlow (Coronation Street)
- Ida Barlow
- Irma Barlow
- Janet Barlow
- Ken Barlow
- Leanne Barlow (also Battersby)
- Lucy Barlow
- Peter Barlow (Coronation Street)
- Shelley Barlow (also Unwin)
- Simon Barlow
- Susan Barlow
- Tracy Barlow
- Valerie Barlow
References
- ^ "Barlow Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2014
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