Barbara may refer to:

People

Barbara (given name) Barbara is a given name used in numerous languages. It is the feminine form of the Greek word ''barbaros'' ( el, βάρβαρος) meaning "stranger" or "foreign". In Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox tradition, Saint Barbara (Greek: Ἁγία Β ...

Barbara (painter) Olga Biglieri Scurto, also known as Barbara ( Mortara, 15 March 1915 – Rome, 10 January 2002) was an Italian Futurist painter and aviator. She was one of three women involved with the movement and in particular with Aeropittura. (The others bei ...

(1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter *

Barbara (singer) Monique Andrée Serf (9 June 1930 – 24 November 1997), known as Barbara, was a French singer. She took her stage name from her grandmother, Varvara Brodsky, a native of Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). Barbara became a famous cabaretiè ...

(1930–1997), French singer *

Barbara Popović Barbara Popović ( mk, Барбара Поповиќ, ; born 16 September 2000), also known as simply Barbara, is a Macedonian singer. She is known for representing her country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Biography Popović was ...

(born 2000), also known mononymously as Barbara, Macedonian singer * Bárbara (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer

Film and television

* ''Barbara'' (1961 film), a West German film * ''Bárbara'' (film), a 1980 Argentine film * ''Barbara'' (1997 film), a Danish film directed by Nils Malmros, based on Jacobsen's novel * ''Barbara'' (2012 film), a German film * ''Barbara'' (2017 film), a French film * ''Barbara'' (TV series), a British sitcom

Places

Barbara (Paris Métro) Barbara () is a station of the Paris Métro on Line 4 in Montrouge and Bagneux. The station was built as part of a two-station southward extension from Mairie de Montrouge to Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac. It opened in January 2022. History The ...

, a metro station in Montrouge and Bagneux, France *

Barbaria (region) Barbaria was the name used by the ancient Greeks for littoral northeast Africa. The corresponding Arabic term, ''bilad al-Barbar'' (land of the Barbar), was used in the Middle Ages.Michael Peppard, "A Letter Concerning Boats in Berenike and Tra ...

, or al-Barbara, an ancient region in Northeast Africa *

Barbara, Arkansas Barbara was an unincorporated community in Fayetteville Township, Washington County, Arkansas, United States. It was annexed by Fayetteville in 1967. It is located on the Frisco Railway Frisco may refer to: Places in the United States *Frisco, ...

, U.S. *

Barbara, Gaza Barbara ( ar, برْبره) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict located 17 km northeast of Gaza city, in the vicinity of modern Ashkelon. It had an entirely Arab population of 2,410 in 1945. The village consisted of ne ...

, a former Palestinian village near Gaza *

Barbara, Marche Barbara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italy, Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,484 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian ...

, a town in Italy *

Berbara Berbara ( ar, البربارة, also spelled ''al-Barbara'') is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is located along the Mediterranean coast, 48 kilometers north of Beirut. Berbara has an average eleva ...

, or al-Barbara, Lebanon *

Berbara, Akkar District Berbara (Aakkar) ( ar, برباره (عكار)) is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The population is mostly Alawite. History In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village as ''Burbarah'', located east of esh-Sheikh Mohammed Cheikh M ...

, a village in Lebanon *

Berbera Berbera (; so, Barbara, ar, بربرة) is the capital of the Sahil region of Somaliland and is the main sea port of the country. Berbera is a coastal city and was the former capital of the British Somaliland protectorate before Hargeisa. It ...

( so, Barbara, link=no), Somaliland

Print

* ''Bárbara'' (comics), an Argentine comic book series * ''Barbara'', a 1939 novel by Danish-writing Faroese author

Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (November 29, 1900 – March 24, 1938) was a Faroese writer. He has a distinct place in Scandinavian literature, as he is the only Faroese writer to achieve international best-seller status. This status derives ...

* ''Major Barbara'' (play), a 1905 play by George Bernard Shaw

Music

* ''Barbara'' (We Are Scientists album), 2010 * ''Barbara'' (Trixie Mattel album), 2020 * ''Barbara'', a 1996 album by Barbara * "Barbara" (The Beach Boys song), a song by Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys * "Barbarasong" ("Barbara Song"), from Weill's ''

The Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ''The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music ...

'' * "Barbara", a 1927 song written by

Abner Silver Abner Silberman (28 December 1899, in New York City, New York, United States – 24 November 1966) as pen name Abner Silver, was an American songwriter who worked primarily during the Tin Pan Alley era of the craft. Career Usually composing the m ...

* "Barbara", a 1977 song by Chris Roberts * "Barbara", a 1968 song by George Morgan * "Barbara", a 1960 song by

The Temptations The Temptations are an American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top ...

* "Barbara", a song by

Martin Mann Mario Löprich, better known by his stage name Martin Mann (born Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone ...

* "Barbara", a 1979 song by

Enzo Carella Enzo Carella (8 January 1952 – 21 February 2017) was an Italian singer-songwriter. Active since 1976, his major hit is the song "Barbara", which was ranked at second place at the Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival, official ...

Ships

* , one of several merchant ships by that name * , more than one ship of the British Royal Navy * , a United States Navy patrol boat

Other

* ''Barbara'' (moth), a genus of moths *

234 Barbara Barbara ( minor planet designation: 234 Barbara) is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on August 12, 1883, in Clinton, New York. The object is orbiting the Sun with a semima ...

, an asteroid * Barbara, a mnemonic devised by mediaeval scholasticism for a particular

syllogism A syllogism ( grc-gre, συλλογισμός, ''syllogismos'', 'conclusion, inference') is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true. ...