Barney
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Notable people with the surname Barney
- Albert W. BarneyAlbert W. BarneyAlbert W. Barney was the chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1974 until 1982. As a superior court judge, Barney presided over Vermont's last death penalty case in 1953.-Early life and education:...
, an American jurist - Alice Pike BarneyAlice Pike BarneyAlice Pike Barney was an American painter. She was active in Washington, D.C. and worked to make Washington into a center of the arts....
, an American artist - Charles D. BarneyCharles D. BarneyCharles Dennis Barney was an American stockbroker and founder of Charles D. Barney & Co., one of the predecessors of the brokerage and securities firm Smith Barney....
, an American banker - Darwin BarneyDarwin BarneyDarwin James Kunane Barney is a Major League second baseman currently playing for the Chicago Cubs...
, second baseman for the Chicago CubsChicago CubsThe Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National... - George BarneyGeorge BarneyGeorge Barney was a Royal Engineer officer and became Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of North Australia.-Early life:...
, a lieutenant governor of the Colony of North Australia - Harriet E. Barney, the forty-ninth woman married to Brigham Young
- John BarneyJohn BarneyJohn Barney was a U.S. Congressman from the fifth district of Maryland, serving from 1825 to 1829.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Barney was appointed a captain and assistant district quartermaster general in the United States Army on August 15, 1814, and served until June 15, 1815, when he was...
, a U.S. Congressman from the fifth district of Maryland - Joseph BarneyJoseph BarneyJoseph Barney , was an English artist and engraver. He is usually described as a pupil of Antonio Zucchi and Angelica Kauffmann and as a fruit and flower painter to the Prince Regent...
, a British painter - Joseph Nicholson BarneyJoseph Nicholson BarneyJoseph Nicholson Barney was born in 1818 in Maryland, son of John Barney and Elizabeth Nicholson Hindman. He married Eliza Jacobs Rogers on June 9, 1846 in New Castle County, Delaware. He married a second time to Anne Seddon Dornin...
- Joshua BarneyJoshua BarneyJoshua Barney was a commodore in the United States Navy, born in Baltimore, Maryland, who served in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.-Revolutionary War:...
, a commodore in the United States Navy - Keith BarneyKeith BarneyKeith Barney is best known as the original singer of Throwdown and the guitarist of Eighteen Visions. Hailing from Laguna Niguel, CA, he began his career as a musician by playing guitar in Adamantium. While a member of Adamantium, he formed Throwdown, and played guitar for Death By Stereo...
, the guitarist from Eighteen Visions - Lem BarneyLem BarneyLemuel Joseph "Lem" Barney is a former American Football cornerback who played for the Detroit Lions. He was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992.-College years:...
, a former American football player - Maginel Wright Enright BarneyMaginel Wright Enright BarneyMaginel Wright Enright Barney was a children's book illustrator and graphic artist, younger sister of Frank Lloyd Wright, and mother of Elizabeth Enright, children's book author and illustrator.-Early life:...
, a children's book illustrator - Matthew BarneyMatthew BarneyMatthew Barney is an American artist who works in sculpture, photography, drawing and film. His early works were sculptural installations combined with performance and video...
(born 1967), a sculptor and film artist - Natalie Clifford BarneyNatalie Clifford BarneyNatalie Clifford Barney was an American playwright, poet and novelist who lived as an expatriate in Paris....
(1876–1972), a writer and salonist - Rex BarneyRex BarneyRex Edward Barney was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943 and from 1946 through 1950....
, a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers - Scott BarneyScott BarneyScott Barney is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing with HPK in the Finnish SM-liiga.-Playing career:...
, an ice hockey player in the NHL - Tina BarneyTina BarneyTina Barney is an American artist photographer best known for her large-scale portraits of her family and close friends, many of whom are well-to-do denizens of New York and New England....
, a US photographer
Notable people with the given name Barney
- Barney AaronBarney AaronBarney Aaron was an English bare-knuckle boxer.The father of Hall of Famer Young Barney Aaron began boxing in 1819 and became a Lightweight Champion in the 1820s. Called The Star of the East, Aaron got victories over William Connelly, Ned Stockton, Lenney, Frank Redmond and Peter Warren...
, English-born American Hall of Fame lightweightLightweightLight-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....
boxer - Barney FrankBarney FrankBarney Frank is the U.S. Representative for . A member of the Democratic Party, he is the former chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and is considered the most prominent gay politician in the United States.Born and raised in New Jersey, Frank graduated from Harvard College and...
, a US Representative - Barney Lebrowitz ("Battling Levinsky"), American Hall of Fame world champion light heavyweightLight heavyweightIn boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...
boxer - Barney PeltyBarney PeltyBarney Pelty , was a major league baseball pitcher known as "the Yiddish Curver" because he was one of the first Jewish baseball players in the American League. His career ERA is 2.63, 60th-best of all pitchers in major league baseball...
, American major league baseball player - Barney RossBarney RossBarney Ross , born Beryl David Rosofsky, was a world champion boxer in three weight divisions and decorated veteran of World War II.-Early life:...
(Dov-Ber Rasofsky), American Hall of Fame world champion lightweight & junior welterweight boxer - Barney SedranBarney SedranBarney Sedran was one of the great early pro basketball players in the 1910s and 1920s.-Career:Nicknamed "Mighty Mite", the New York City native who grew up on the Lower East Side, Sedran was a member of the well-known New York Whirlwinds and Cleveland Rosenblums, among many other teams in New...
, Hall of Fame NBA basketball player
Places
- Barnegat LighthouseBarnegat LighthouseBarnegat Lighthouse or Barnegat Light, colloquially known as "Old Barney", is a historic lighthouse located in Barnegat Lighthouse State Park on the northern tip of Long Beach Island, in the borough of Barnegat Light, New Jersey, on the south side of Barnegat Inlet.-19th century:The development of...
- Barney Circle, Washington, D.C.Barney Circle, Washington, D.C.Barney Circle is a small neighborhood located on the western bank of the Anacostia River in southeast Washington, D.C. The "circle" refers to the traffic circle that intersects Pennsylvania Avenue SE as it crosses the Anacostia...
- Barney, Georgia, an unincorporated community in the Valdosta metropolitan areaValdosta metropolitan areaThe Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties – Brooks, Echols, Lanier, and Lowndes – in south-central Georgia, anchored by the city of Valdosta...
- Barney, NorfolkBarney, NorfolkBarney is a village within the civil parish of Fulmodeston in the English county of Norfolk.. The village lies to the south of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road near Thursford.The village is 7.2 miles east north east of the town of Fakenham, 17.1 miles west south west of Cromer and 121 miles...
, England - Barney, North DakotaBarney, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 69 people, 25 households, and 17 families residing in the city. The population density was 432.5 people per square mile . There were 28 housing units at an average density of 175.5 per square mile...
, United States
Media and entertainment
- Barney & FriendsBarney & FriendsBarney and Friends, also referred to by HiT Entertainment as Barney the Friendly Dinosaur, is an independent children's television show produced in the United States, aimed at children from ages 1-8...
, a children's TV show about a purple dinosaur. - Barney (TV series), a British animated children's series
- Barney FifeBarney FifeBernard "Barney" Fife is a fictional character in the American television program The Andy Griffith Show, portrayed by comic actor Don Knotts. Barney Fife is a deputy sheriff in the slow paced, sleepy southern community of Mayberry, North Carolina...
, a character from The Andy Griffith Show - Barney RubbleBarney RubbleBernard "Barney" Rubble is the deuteragonist of the television animated series The Flintstones. He is the diminutive blonde-haired caveman husband of Betty Rubble and father of Bamm-Bamm Rubble...
, a character from the Flintstones - Barney GumbleBarney GumbleBarnard "Barney" Gumble is a fictional character on the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. The character is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared in the series premiere episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". He is the town drunk and Homer Simpson's best friend. His capacity for...
, a character from the Simpsons - Barney StinsonBarney StinsonBarnabas "Barney" Stinson is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris. The character has been extremely well received by critics and has been credited for much of the show's success...
, a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris - Barney Calhoun, a playable character in Half-Life: Blue ShiftHalf-Life: Blue ShiftHalf-Life: Blue Shift is an expansion pack for Valve Software's science fiction first-person shooter video game Half-Life. The game was developed by Gearbox Software with Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Entertainment on June 12, 2001...
, and a major character in the Half-Life 2 series - Barney MillerBarney MillerBarney Miller is a situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker...
, a TV show airing from 1975 – 1982
Other
- Barney (dog)Barney (dog)Barney , born September 30, 2000, in New Jersey, United States, who was often referred to as the "First Dog", is a Scottish Terrier owned by former U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush...
, a pet of former U.S. President George W. Bush - USS Barney (TB-25), torpedo boat
- Barneys New YorkBarneys New YorkBarneys New York is a chain of luxury department stores headquartered in New York City. The chain owns large stores in New York City, Beverly Hills, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Las Vegas, and Scottsdale, and smaller stores in other locations across the United States.Brands sold include...
, a luxury department store
See also
- Barnaby (disambiguation)Barnaby (disambiguation)- People :People with the given name Barnaby* Barnaby Bernard Lintot, , English publisher* Barnaby Keeney , president of Brown University* Barnaby Conrad , American writer and artist...
- BarnardBarnard- People :Some of the Barnard family are believed to have been Huguenots who fled from the Atlantic coast region of France to England, Ireland, Holland and the New World circa 1685 or earlier than that date. See,...
- Barnett (disambiguation)
- BernardBernardThe masculine given name Bernard is of Germanic origin.The meaning of the name is from a Germanic compound Bern-hard meaning "bear-hardy", or "brave as a bear". Bern- is the old form of bear from West Germanic *beran-....
- BjarneBjarneBjarne is a Nordic male name, a variant of Bjorn, and can refer to the following people:*Bjarne Andersson, a cross-country skiier*Bjarne Berg-Sæther, a Norwegian politician*Bjarne Berntsen, a Norwegian football coach and former player...