Barnhart is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Berta Barnhart, member of Seattle City Planning Commission
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Brian Barnhart
Brian Barnhart (born 1960/1961) is an American motorsports executive. He is the general manager of Arrow McLaren SP, having been known for his past roles within the IndyCar Series paddock as a chief mechanic, pit crewman, race strategist and team p ...
, American auto racing executive
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Clarence Barnhart
Clarence Lewis Barnhart (1900–1993) was an American lexicographer best known for editing the ''Thorndike-Barnhart'' series of graded dictionaries, published by Scott Foresman & Co. which were based on word lists and concepts of definition d ...
(1900-1993), American lexicographer
* Clyde Barnhart (1895-1980), American baseball player
* Dan Barnhart (born 1912), American football player
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David Barnhart
David K. Barnhart (born 1941) is an American lexicographer who specializes in new words. He began his career helping his father, Clarence Barnhart, edit the ''Thorndike-Barnhart'' dictionary series.
In 1980 he founded Lexik House Publishers. In ...
(born 1941), American lexicographer
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Ed Barnhart
Dr. Edwin Lawrence Barnhart (born October 29, 1968) is an American archaeologist and explorer specializing in ancient civilizations of the Americas. He is the founder and Director of the Maya Exploration Center, President of Ancient Explorations ...
(born 1968), American archaeologist and explorer
* Edgar Barnhart (1904-1984), American baseball pitcher
* Frank A. Barnhart, American actor and director
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Gordon Barnhart
Gordon Leslie Barnhart (born January 22, 1945) is a former Clerk of the Senate of Canada and the Saskatchewan Legislature, as well as former Secretary of the University of Saskatchewan. He was the 20th Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan fr ...
Jennifer Barnhart
Jennifer Barnhart (born March 11, 1972) is an American actress and puppeteer, with a portfolio of television and theatre performances.Jo Anne B. Barnhart (born 1950), American civil servant
* John Hendley Barnhart (1871-1949), American botanist and author
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Katie Barnhart
Katie Barnhart is an American pair skater
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to g ...
, American figure skater
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Keith Barnhart
Keith Lee Barnhart (born October 6, 1962) is an American composer, keyboardist, and audio engineer commonly referred to as "Plex". Although most of his credits are as a session musician on nearly 100 major label albums, most of his career earnings ...
(born 1962), American musician
* Les Barnhart (1905-1971), American baseball player
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Mitch Barnhart
Mitch Barnhart (born August 27, 1959) is the athletics director for the Kentucky Wildcats athletics program at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Barnhart was hired by the university in 2002 succeeding Larry Ivy. Barnhart served ...
(born 1959), American athletic director
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Nicole Barnhart
Nicole Renee Barnhart (born October 10, 1981) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for FC Gold Pride and Philadelphia Independence in ...
(born 1981), American soccer goalkeeper
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Peter Barnhart
Peter Ashton Barnhart (October 8, 1857 February 27, 1941) was the conductor on the first Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) transcontinental train in 1886. Barnhartvale, British Columbia, Canada is named after him.
Barnhart Vale Post Office
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, Canadian settler
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Phil Barnhart
Phil Barnhart (born 1946) is an American politician and psychologist from the state of Oregon. He was a Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 11 from 2003 to 2019 and District 40 from 2001 to 2003.
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(born 1946), American politician
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Phyllis Barnhart Phyllis Barnhart (December 16, 1922 – February 6, 2008) was an American animator and cel painter. She was best known for her work on the 1982 animated film, ''The Secret of NIMH'' (which was her only credit in an animated film, coincidentally eno ...
(1922-2008), American animator and cel painter
* Ray Barnhart (1928–2013), American politician
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Robert Barnhart
Robert K. Barnhart (1933 – April 2007) was an American lexicographer and editor of various specialized dictionaries. He was co-editor, with his father Clarence Barnhart, on some editions of the '' Thorndike-Barnhart'' dictionaries and ''Th ...
(1933-2007), American lexicographer
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Tony Barnhart
Tony Barnhart is a former reporter for the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' who currently appears as a college football insider for CBS Sports on their college football coverage.
Barnhart graduated with a degree in journalism from the University ...
(born 1953), American reporter
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Tucker Barnhart
Tucker Jackson Barnhart (born January 7, 1991) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers. He made his MLB debut ...