Barker may refer to:

Occupations

* Barker (occupation), a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events * Barker (coachbuilder), a builder of horse-drawn coaches and later of bodywork for prestige cars * a person who strips

tanbark Tanbark is the Bark (botany), bark of certain species of trees, traditionally used for Tanning (leather), tanning Hide (skin), hides into leather. The words "tannin", "Tanning (leather), tanning", "Tan (color), tan," and "Tawny (color), tawny" a ...

from trees to supply bark mills

People

Barker (surname) Barker is a surname of English origin, meaning "a tanner of leather". Barker may refer to: A–C * Abraham Andrews Barker (1816–1898), American politician * Al Barker (1839–1912), American baseball player * Alfred Charles Barker (1819–187 ...

, a list of people * Barker Burnell (1798–1843), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts * Barker Fairley (1887–1986), British-Canadian painter and scholar of German literature

Places

Antarctica

* Barker Range, Victoria Land, a mountain range *

Barker Peak Mount Terror is an extinct volcano about high on Ross Island, Antarctica, about eastward of Mount Erebus. Mount Terror was named in 1841 by polar explorer Sir James Clark Ross for his second ship, HMS Terror (1813), HMS ''Terror''. Geology Mo ...

, off the coast of Victoria Land * Barker Bank, Graham Land, a marine bank * Barker Nunatak, Palmer Land

Australia

* Division of Barker, an Electoral Division in South Australia for the Australian House of Representatives * Mount Barker (South Australia) *

Barker Inlet The Barker Inlet is a tidal inlet of the Gulf St Vincent in Adelaide, South Australia, named after Captain Collet Barker who first sighted it in 1831. It contains one of the southernmost mangrove forests in the world, a dolphin sanctuary, ...

, South Australia * Barker River, Western Australia * Barker Passage, Western Australia, a water channel

United States

* Barker, Broome County, New York, a town * Barker, Niagara County, New York, a village * Barker, Texas, an unincorporated community * Barker, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Barker Reservoir Barker Reservoir is a flood control structure in Houston, Houston, Texas which prevents downstream flooding of Buffalo Bayou, the city's principal river. The reservoir operates in conjunction with Addicks Reservoir to the northeast, which impou ...

, near Houston, Texas

Elsewhere

* Barker, Uruguay, a town * 7868 Barker, an asteroid

Man-made structures

* Barker Field, several former airfields in Toronto, Canada * Barker Building, Omaha, Nebraska, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places * Barker General Store, Beecher Hollow, New York, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places * Barker Mill, Auburn, Maine, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places * Barker Dam (California), on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places *Barker Dam at Barker Meadow Reservoir, Colorado, United States * Barker Ranch, last hideout of Charles Manson and his "family" * Barker railway station, Melbourne, Australia

Other uses

* Barker baronets, five baronetcies, all extinct * Barker channel, a television channel with programming comprising mainly advertising * Barker College, a private college in Sydney, Australia * Barker's Discount Department Stores, a retail chain in the United States and the Caribbean * Barkers of Kensington, a London department store * Dog, a domesticated animal whose vocalizations include barking *, a destroyer which served in World War II *'' The Barker'', a 1928 film * The Barkers, Australian musical group