Barrows is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: *

Alice Barrows Alice Prentice Barrows (November 15, 1878 – October 2, 1954) was a secretary of Dr. William A. Wirt, who headed the U.S. Office of Education in the early days of the New Deal of President Franklin Roosevelt. Barrows had been a member of the Co ...

(1878–1954), American secretary *

Annie Barrows Annie Barrows (born 1962 in San Diego, California) is an American editor and author. She is best known for the ''Ivy and Bean'' series of children's books, but she has written several other books for adult readers as well. She co-wrote 'The Gue ...

(born 1962), American author *

Arthur S. Barrows Arthur Stanhope Barrows (1884–1963) was the president of Sears from 1942 to 1946, and the first United States Under Secretary of the Air Force, holding that office from 1947 to 1950. Biography Arthur S. Barrows was born in Lawrence, Massachuset ...

(1884–1963), American businessman, former president of Sears *

Augustus Barrows Augustus R. Barrows (July 30, 1838December 20, 1885) was an American lumberman, rancher, and pioneer settler of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Montana. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a member of the Greenback Party. He served a ...

(1838–1885), American lumberman and politician *

Chester W. Barrows Chester Willard Barrows (July 4, 1872 – February 19, 1931) was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1925 until his death in 1931. Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, to William G. and Lydia S. (Willard) Barrows, he attended the publ ...

(1872–1931), Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court *

Cliff Barrows Clifford Burton Barrows (April 6, 1923 – November 15, 2016) was a longtime music and program director for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He had been a part of the Graham organization since 1949. Barrows was best known as the ...

(1923–2016), American minister *

Cuke Barrows Roland "Cuke" Barrows (October 20, 1883 – February 10, 1955) was a baseball outfielder who played for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball from 1909 to 1912. Barrows played in 32 games and had a career batting average (baseball), ...

(1883–1955), Major League Baseball player *

David Prescott Barrows David Prescott Barrows (June 27, 1873 – September 5, 1954) was an American anthropologist, explorer, and educator. Born in Chicago in 1874, his family moved to California. He showed a keen interest in the life and customs of Native Americans, ...

(1873–1954), American anthropologist * Diana Barrows (born 1966), American actress *

Eddy Barrows Eduardo Barros (born August 18, 1967) is a Brazilian comic book artist, better known by his pen name of Eddy Barrows. He is best known for his work at DC Comics on such titles as ''Birds of Prey (comics), Birds of Prey'', ''Countdown to Adventure' ...

(active since 2003), Brazilian comic book artist *

Edward M. Barrows Edward M. Barrows (born August 8, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan) is a biologist who earned his BS in Botany and Zoology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1968, and his PhD in entomology, mentored by Charles Duncan Michener, at the Univers ...

(born 1946), American entomologist * Elijah Porter Barrows (1807–1888), American clergyman and writer * F. Jay Barrows (born 1956), American politician *

Frank Barrows Franklin Lee Barrows (October 22, 1844 – February 6, 1922) was a Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of ...

(1844-1922), Major League Baseball player *

Geoffrey Barrows Geoffrey Louis Barrows (born 1970) is an American inventor and the founder of Centeye, a company that specializes in the development of insect vision for robotics. In 2003 he was recognized as a ''Young Innovator'' by being included in the MIT Te ...

(born 1970), American inventor *

George Barrows George D. Barrows (New York, February 7, 1914 – Oxnard, October 17, 1994) was an American actor known for playing Ro-Man in the film ''Robot Monster''. He was the son of actor Henry A. Barrows. He often wore a gorilla suit for his film ...

(1914–1994), American actor * Henry A. Barrows (1875–1945), American actor * Henry Dwight Barrows (1825–1914), American teacher and business man *

Howard Barrows Howard S. Barrows (March 28, 1928 – March 25, 2011) was an American physician and medical educator who was Professor Emeritus at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine where he had previously served as Associate Dean for Educationa ...

(1928–2011), American physician * Isabel Barrows (1845–1913), first female US State department employee *

John Henry Barrows John Henry Barrows (1847–1902) was an Americans, American clergyman of First Presbyterian Church in America, Presbyterian Church and Chairman of the 1893 General Committee on the Congress of Religions (later to be known as the World's Parliame ...

(1847–1902), American clergy man *Johnny Barrows, title character in 1971 American film ''

Mean Johnny Barrows ''Mean Johnny Barrows'' is a 1976 American crime drama film starring Fred Williamson, who also directed the film; Stuart Whitman; Luther Adler; Jenny Sherman; and Roddy McDowall also star. Plot Johnny Barrows (played by Fred "The Hammer" Wil ...

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Jim Barrows Jim Barrows (born 25 April 1944) is an American former alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi ...

(born 1944), American skier *

Leland Barrows Leland Judd Barrows (October 27, 1906 – March 3, 1988) was an American ambassador to Cameroon and Togo. He was born in Hutchinson, Kansas. He married Mabel Irene Conley on March 21, 1935. He served various diplomatic positions including a ...

(1906–1988), American ambassador *

Lewis O. Barrows Lewis Orin Barrows (June 7, 1893 – January 30, 1967) was an American politician and the List of Governors of Maine, 57th Governor of Maine. Early life Barrows was born in Newport, Maine on June 7, 1893. He studied in the local schools of New ...

(1893–1967), American politician *

Mercer Barrows Mercer B. Barrows is an American television producer, art director, and writer. He is the father of the actress Samantha Barrows and the actor Mercer Barrows III, and the husband of Debbie Ware Barrows, a former producer of ''Days of Our Lives''. ...

(active since 1982), American producer and director *

Pelham A. Barrows Pelham Anderson Barrows (March 13, 1861 – November 30, 1939) served as the 16th List of Lieutenant Governors of Nebraska, lieutenant governor of Nebraska from 1919 to 1923 under Governor Samuel Roy McKelvie. He also served a stint as commander ...

(1861-1939), American politician *

R. Barrows Mehran Azma, who creates works under the alias R. Barrows, is an American musician,Zeigler, Chris"Horrific Secret Revealed" OC Weekly, Costa Mesa, 25 October 2001. designer, writer,Staff"Feedback" OC Weekly, Costa Mesa, 17 June 2004. editor,Ander ...

(active since 1990s), American musician, designer, and writer *

Samuel J. Barrows Samuel June Barrows (May 26, 1845 – April 21, 1909) was an American Republican politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Boston, Massachusetts. Early life and education Barrows was born in New York City to a strict Baptist ...

(1845–1909), American politician *

Scott Barrows Scott Barrows (born March 31, 1963, in Marietta, Ohio) is a former offensive lineman in the NFL for the Detroit Lions from 1986 to 1988. He was drafted in the 1986 NFL Draft out of West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalach ...

(born 1963), American football player *

Sydney Biddle Barrows Sydney Biddle Barrows (born January 14, 1952) is an American businesswoman and socialite who became known as an escort agency owner under the name Sheila Devin; she later became known as "The Mayflower Madam". She has since become a management co ...

(born 1952), American businesswoman *

Thomas Barrows III Thomas Barrows III (born November 2, 1987) is a sailor who lives in the United States Virgin Islands and attended Yale University, where he won the ICSA Men's Singlehanded National Championship in 2008 and earned the ICSA College Sailor of the Year ...

(active 2008–2010), American sailor * W.A. Barrows (active since 2004), Labor Member of the United States Railroad Retirement Board *

Walter B. Barrows Walter Bradford Barrows (January 10, 1855 - February 26, 1923) was an American naturalist who wrote books about birds and published articles in scientific journals. Early career After graduating from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1876, ...

(1855–1923), American naturalist

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