Barbour is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexander Barbour Alexander Barbour (7 June 1862 – 29 December 1930) was a Scottish people, Scottish association football, footballer, who played for Renton F.C., Renton, Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers, Glossop North End A.F.C., Glossop North End, N ...

(1862–1930), Scottish international footballer *

Anna Maynard Barbour Anna Maynard Barbour (died May 10, 1941) was an American author of best-selling fiction. A 1903 article in ''The Atlantic Monthly'' stated that "A. Maynard Barbour has been generally hailed as the most successful of American writers of mystery." B ...

(d.1941), an American author *

Conway Barbour Conway Barbour (1818 – 1876) was enslaved, worked as a ship steward, became a businessman, and lawyer. He served as a state legislator in Arkansas and was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1871. Professor Victoria L. Harrison w ...

(1818–1876), American former slave and Arkansas state legislator *

Dave Barbour David Michael Barbour (May 28, 1912 – December 11, 1965) was an American jazz guitarist. He was married to singer Peggy Lee and was her co-writer, accompanist, and bandleader. Biography Barbour was born in Long Island, New York, United States ...

(1912–1965), an American jazz guitarist * Edward A. Barbour Jr., an American politician * Eilidh Barbour (b.1982), Scottish television presenter and reporter *

Erwin Hinckley Barbour Erwin Hinckley Barbour (April 5, 1856 – May 10, 1947) was an American geologist and paleontologist. He was born near Oxford, Ohio, and was educated at Miami University and at Yale, where he graduated in 1882. He was assistant paleontologist to ...

(1856–1947), an American geologist and paleontologist *

George Brown Barbour George Brown Barbour FGS FRSE FRSSA (1890–1977) was an internationally renowned Scottish geologist and educator. Life He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 22 August 1890. He was the son of the eminent gynaecologist, Alexander Hugh Freeland B ...

(1890-1977), Scottish geologist and educator * Haley Reeves Barbour (b.1947), an American attorney, politician, and lobbyist who served as the 63rd Governor of Mississippi *

Henry Gray Barbour Henry Gray Barbour (28 March 1886 – 23 September 1943) was an American physiologist and pharmacologist who served as a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Yale University. He studied water exchange and metabolism associated with thermal ...

(1886–1943), American physiologist and pharmacologist *

Ian Barbour Ian Graeme Barbour (1923–2013) was an American scholar on the relationship between science and religion. According to the Public Broadcasting Service his mid-1960s '' Issues in Science and Religion'' "has been credited with literally creating ...

(1923–2013), an American scholar on the relationship between science and religion *

James Barbour James Barbour (June 10, 1775 – June 7, 1842) was an American slave owner, lawyer, politician and planter. He served as a delegate from Orange County, Virginia in the Virginia General Assembly, and as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. ...

(1775–1842), the 18th Governor of Virginia, U.S. Senator, and United States Secretary of War *

(1828–1895), Virginia lawyer, planter, politician, and Confederate officer *

James Stacy Barbour James Barbour (born April 25, 1966) is an American singer and theatre actor who played the title role in the Broadway production of ''The Phantom of the Opera'' from February 2015 until December 2017. Among his other credits are the Beast in ...

(born 1966), an American singer and theatre actor *

John Barbour John Barbour may refer to: * John Barbour (poet) (1316–1395), Scottish poet * John Barbour (MP for New Shoreham), MP for New Shoreham 1368-1382 * John Barbour (footballer) (1890–1916), Scottish footballer * John S. Barbour (1790–1855), U. ...

(–1395), a Scottish poet and the first major named literary figure to write in Scots *

John Barbour (actor) John Barbour (born April 24, 1933) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and television host who has worked extensively in the United States. Barbour is the only performer in TV to win Emmys for both entertainment and news shows. Barbour is known as one ...

(b.1933), a Canadian actor, comedian, and television host who has worked extensively in the United States * John S. Barbour Jr. (1820–1892), a U.S. Representative and a Senator from Virginia * Josephus Pius Barbour (1894–1974), American Baptist pastor *

Julian Barbour Julian Barbour (; born 1937) is a British physicist with research interests in quantum gravity and the history of science. Since receiving his PhD degree on the foundations of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity at the University o ...

(b.1937), a British physicist with research interests in quantum gravity and the history of science * Lucius A. Barbour (1846–1922), American general *

Mary Barbour Mary Barbour ( Rough; 20 February 1875 – 2 April 1958) was a Scottish political activist, local councillor, bailie and magistrate. Barbour was closely associated with the Red Clydeside movement in the early 20th century and especially for h ...

(1875–1958), a Scottish political activist *

Nelson H. Barbour Nelson H. Barbour (August 21, 1824 – August 30, 1905) was an Adventist writer and publisher, best known for his association with—and later opposition to—Charles Taze Russell. Life Nelson H. Barbour was born in Throopsville, New York, Aug ...

(1824–1905), a Millerite Adventist writer and publisher *

Philip Lemont Barbour Philip Lemont Barbour (December 21, 1898 – December 21, 1980) was an American linguist, historian and radio broadcaster, who is most remembered by those interested in the foundations of English settlement in North America, for his detailed inve ...

(1898–1980), an American linguist, historian, and radio broadcaster * Philip P. Barbour (1783–1841), 10th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, brother of James Barbour *

Ralph Henry Barbour Ralph Henry Barbour (November 13, 1870 – February 19, 1944) was an American novelist, who primarily wrote popular works of sports fiction for boys. In collaboration with L. H. Bickford, he also wrote as Richard Stillman Powell, notably ''Phylli ...

(1870–1944), an American author of sports fiction for boys *

Robert Barbour (New South Wales politician) Robert Barbour (January 1827 – 4 August 1895) was an Australian politician, merchant and squatter. Early life Barbour was born Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland and migrated to Victoria in 1851. He married Catherine Pitty in 1858 and they had 12 chi ...

(1827–1895), Australian politician, merchant, and squatter *

Robert Barbour (Victorian politician) Robert Thomson Barbour (4 March 1845 – 29 November 1914) was an Australian politician. Born in Glasgow to stonemason John Humphrey Barbour and Sarah Thomson, he arrived in Victoria in 1856 and became a clerk with the Public Works Departm ...

(–1914), Australian politician *

Robert Barbour (RAF officer) Group Captain Robert Lyle McKendrick Barbour, (31 August 1895 – 1980) was a Scottish airman and a flying ace of the First World War credited with six aerial victories. Biography Barbour attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, as a Gent ...

(1895–1980), Scottish World War I flying ace *

Robert Barbour (cricketer) Robert Barbour (29 March 1899 – 29 December 1994) was an Australian cricketer. He played six first-class matches for Oxford University Cricket Club and Queensland between 1919 and 1923. He won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Balliol Coll ...

(1899–1994), Australian cricketer *

Robin Barbour Robert Alexander Stewart "Robin" Barbour (11 May 1921 – 18 October 2014) was a Church of Scotland minister and an author. Robin Barbour was born on 11 May 1921 in Edinburgh to George Freeland Barbour and Helen Hepburne-Scott. His father, ...

(1921–2014), Church of Scotland minister and author *

Samuel Barbour Samuel Barbour (1860 – 3 June 1938) was an Australian chemist, photographer and X-ray pioneer in the colony of South Australia. In Australia, the medical men of the day took a slow approach in the adoption of the new science that involved X-ray ...

(1860–1938), an Australian chemist, photographer, and X-ray pioneer *

Thomas Barbour Thomas Barbour (August 19, 1884 – January 8, 1946) was an American herpetologist. From 1927 until 1946, he was director of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) founded in 1859 by Louis Agassiz at Harvard University in Cambridge, Ma ...

(1884–1946), an American herpetologist * Thomas Barbour Lathrop (1847–1927), an American philanthropist and world traveler, grandson of James Barbour *

Tommy Barbour Thomas Parkhill Barbour (13 November 1887 – 29 August 1967) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half or full back. He played in the Football League for Derby County and Darlington. Playing career Born in Largs, Ayrsh ...

(1887–1967), Scottish footballer *

Walworth Barbour Walworth "Wally" Barbour (June 4, 1908 – July 21, 1982) was the United States Ambassador to Israel from 1961 to 1973. Biography A graduate of Harvard University, Barbour was one of the longest serving American diplomats in a foreign post, ...

(1908–1982), a United States Ambassador to Israel *

William Warren Barbour William Warren Barbour (July 31, 1888November 22, 1943) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1931 to 1937 and again from 1938 until his death in office in 1943. He was also a bus ...

(1888–1943), a US Senator from New Jersey Notable people with the given name Barbour include: * Arthur Bruce Barbour Moore (1906–2004), Canadian Moderator of the United Church of Canada, President and Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto *

Barbour Lewis Barbour Lewis (January 5, 1818 – July 15, 1893) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Biography Lewis was born in Alburgh, Vermont on January 5, 1818. ...

(1818–1893), an American politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Tennessee

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