Barker (family name)
Barker is an English family name that originally referred to someone who practiced the profession of tanner , analogous to the German family name Gerber .
Name bearer
A.
- AL Barker (1918–2002), English writer
- Abraham Andrews Barker (1816–1898), American politician
- Andrew Barker (* 1971), American jazz musician
- Anna Barker (* 1979), British biathlete
- Audrey Sale-Barker (1903–1994), British ski racer and pilot
B.
- Ben Barker (racing driver, 1988) ( Benjamin John Barker ; * 1988), British speedway racing driver
- Ben Barker (racing driver, 1991) ( Benjamin Barker ; * 1991), British racing driver
- Benjamin Barker (painter, † 1793) († 1793), English painter
- Benjamin Barker (painter, 1776) (1776–1838), English painter
- Benjamin Barker (painter, 1817) (1817–1889), English painter and copyist
- Bernard Barker (1917–2009), American agent
- Blue Lu Barker (1913-1998), American blues singer
- Bob Barker (born 1923), American television presenter
- Brandon Barker (* 1996), English soccer player
C.
- C. David Parker (* 1935), British show jumper
- Cam Barker (* 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
- Charles Spackman Barker (1806–1879), English organ builder and inventor of the pneumatic lever
- Chris Barker (* 1980, also Chris # 2 ), American bass player, singer and songwriter
- Christopher Barker (* 1960), Swiss actor and singer
- Cliff Barker (1921–1998), American basketball player
- Clive Barker (* 1952), British writer and director
- Cordell Barker (born 1956), Canadian animator
D.
- Dan Barker (born 1949), American civil rights activist
- Danny Barker (1909–1994), American jazz musician
- Darren Barker (* 1982), British boxer
- David Barker junior (1797–1834), American politician
- David Barker (figure skater) , British figure skater
- David Barker (Director) , American film director, screenwriter and producer
- David B. Barker (* 1943), British show jumper
- David JP Barker (1938-2013), British medic
- Dean Barker (* 1972), New Zealand sailor
- Delbert Barker (* 1932), American country and rockabilly musician
- Dominic Barker (* 1966), British children's author
E.
- Eileen Barker (* 1938), British sociologist
- Elinor Barker (* 1994), Welsh cyclist
- Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker (born 1961), British politician
- Eric Barker (1912–1990), British actor
- Ernest Barker (1913–1996), Australian eventing rider
- Ervin Barker (1883–1961), American high jumper
- Evelyn Barker (1894–1983), British Army General
F.
- Florence Barker (1908– ??), British swimmer
- Frank A. Barker (1928–1968), American Lieutenant Colonel
G
- George Barker (botanist) (1776–1845), English lawyer and gardener
- George Barker (Mafioso) , American Mafioso, member of the Chicago Outfit Section
- George Barker (soccer player) (1875–1953), English soccer player
- George Barker (writer) (1913–1991), English writer
- George Digby Barker (1833–1914), British general and governor
- George Frederick Barker (1835–1910), American chemist
- George L. Barker (* 1951), American politician
- George P. Barker (1807–1848), American lawyer and politician
- Graeme Barker (* 1946), English archaeologist
- Gregory Barker (born 1966), British politician
- Guy Barker (* 1957), British jazz trumpeter and composer
H
- Harley Granville-Barker (1877–1946), British playwright, theater director, theater director and actor
- Harold Barker (1886-1937), British rower
- Henry Barker , British obstacle runner
- Hiram Barker , American engineer, grinding machine designer
- Horace Albert Barker (1907-2000), American biochemist
- Horace R. Barker , American engineer and inventor
- Howard Barker (born 1946), British writer
I.
- Ian Barker (born 1966), British sailor
J
- Jake Barker-Daish (* 1993), Australian soccer player
- James Barker (politician) (1623–1702), English colonial politician (Rhode Island)
- James Jeffrey Barker (1892–1947), British athlete
- James Nelson Barker (1784-1858), American playwright
- James Rollins Barker , Canadian diplomat
- Jane Barker (1652-1732), English writer
- Jason Barker , British post-Marxist theorist, translator and director
- Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington (1922–2018), British politician
- Jessica Barker (born 1977), Canadian actress
- John L. Barker Sr. (1912–1982), American engineer and inventor of the radar gun
- Jonathan Barker (* 1956), British dermatologist
- Joseph Barker (politician, 1751) (1751–1815), American politician (Massachusetts)
- Joseph Barker (politician, around 1806) (1806–1862), American politician, Mayor of Pittsburgh
- Juliet Barker (* 1958), British historian
K
- Keith Barker (born 1959), British Virgin Islands sailor
- Kirk Barker (born 1983), British actor
L.
- LW Barker , Vincentian lawyer
- Laurell Barker (* 1979), Canadian musician
- Lex Barker (1919–1973), American actor
- Lucy Hayward Barker (1872–1948), American painter
M.
- Ma Barker (1873-1935), American criminal
- Martin Barker (* 1946), British cultural scientist
- Mary Anne Barker (1831-1911), British-New Zealand writer
- Matthew Henry Barker (1790-1846), English writer
- Mookie Barker , American actor and comedian
- Muhammad Abd-Al-Rahman Barker (pseudonym: MAR Barker , 1930–2012), American writer and linguist
- Myron Irving Barker (1901–1965), American Romanist
N
- Natasha Barker (* 1970), Australian weightlifter
- Nicola Barker (* 1966), British writer
- Nigel Barker (1883–1948), Australian athlete
- Noelle Barker († 2013), British singer and music teacher
P
- Pat Barker (* 1943), English writer and historian
- Peter Barker (sailor) (born 1955), sailor from the British Virgin Islands
- Peter Barker (* 1983), English squash player
- Phillip Barker (* 1981), English squash player
R.
- Ray W. Barker (1889–1974), American major general
- Richard Barker (gymnast) , British trampoline gymnast
- Richard Barker (tennis player) (born 1981), British tennis player
- Richard Raine Barker (1869–1940), English football player
- Richie Barker (soccer player, 1939) ( Richard Joseph Barker ; * 1939), English soccer player
- Richie Barker (Soccer Player, 1975) ( Richard Ian Barker ; * 1975), English soccer player
- Rick Barker ( Richard John Barker ; * 1951), New Zealand politician
- Robert Barker (printer) (1570–1645), English printer
- Robert Barker (painter) (1739–1806) Irish painter
- Robert Barker (soccer player) (1847-1915), English soccer player
- Robert William Barker , known as Bob Barker (born 1923), American television presenter
- Roger Garlock Barker (1903–1990), American philosopher
- Ronnie Barker (1929-2005), British actor
- Roxanne Kimberly Barker (* 1991), South African soccer player
S.
- Sally Barker (born 1959), English folk rock singer
- Sean Barker (born 1980), American baseball player
- Shaun Barker (* 1982), English soccer player
- Sophie Barker (* 1971), British singer-songwriter
- Stan Barker (1926–1997), British jazz pianist
- Steve Barker (* 1971), British director and screenwriter
- Sue Barker (* 1956), English tennis player
T
- Thomas Barker (climate researcher) (1722–1809), English climate researcher
- Thomas Barker (painter) (1767–1847), English painter
- Thomas Jones Barker (1815–1882), English painter
- Thomas M. Barker (* 1929), American historian
- Thurman Barker (* 1948), American jazz drummer
- Tom Barker (1887–1970), trade unionist and politician in New Zealand and Australia
- Travis Barker (* 1975), American drummer
W.
- Warren Barker (1923-2006), American composer
- William Barker (1909–1992), British diplomat, translator, writer and scholar
- William George Barker (1894–1930), Canadian fighter pilot in World War I.
- William Julius Barker (1886–1968), American lawyer
- Winsome Fanny Barker (1907–1994), South African botanist
Y
- Yanto Barker (* 1980), Welsh cyclist