Harrington (or Harington) may refer to:

People as a surname

Harrington (surname) Harrington (or Harington) is an English habitational name from places in Cumbria, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire. It is also a common surname in southwest Ireland, where it was adopted as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surnames Ó hArrachtáin ...

People as a forename

Arthur Raikes Arthur Edward Harington Raikes (5 February 1867 – 3 March 1915) was a British army officer who served as acting prime minister, vizier and first minister to numerous Sultans of Zanzibar. Serving in the Wiltshire Regiment Raikes took up a ...

(Arthur Edward Harington Raikes, 1867–1915), British army officer * Charles Harrington Elster, American writer *

Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (December 10, 1890 – February 24, 1941) was an American writer, poet, editor and anthologist. As Edward J. O'Brien, he created a series of annual anthologies containing his selection of the previous year's be ...

(1890–1941), American author *

Francis Harrington Glidden Francis Harrington Glidden (1832–1922) was an American businessman best known for founding the company now known as the Glidden Company, which became a subsidiary of Akzo Nobel NV before that company sold the Glidden business to PPG Industries ...

(1832–1922), American businessman *

Bantu Holomisa Bantubonke Harrington Holomisa (born 25 July 1955) is a South African politician. He is a member of parliament for and president of the United Democratic Movement. and the current Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans. Holomisa was ...

(Bantubonke Harrington Holomisa, born 1955), leader of the United Democratic Movement in South Africa * Harrington Lees (1870–1929), Australian archbishop *Harrington Darnell Autry (born 1976), American football player * Harrington Evans Broad (1844–1927), English politician * Harrington Hext, pseudonym of English author Eden Phillpots *

Hulbert Harrington Warner Hulbert Harrington Warner (1842–1923) was a Rochester, Monroe County, New York, Rochester, New York businessman and philanthropist who made his fortune from the sales of patent medicine. Biography He was born near Syracuse, New York, in a smal ...

(1842–1923), American businessman *

Ivo Whitton Ivo Harrington Whitton (9 December 1893 – 2 July 1967) was an Australian amateur golfer, who, along with Greg Norman, is the only Australian to have won the Australian Open five times (1912, 1913, 1926, 1929 and 1931). Early life Whitto ...

(Ivo Harrington Whitton, 1893–1967), Australian golfer *

John Harington Gubbins John Harington Gubbins (24 January 1852 – 23 February 1929) was a British linguist, consular official and diplomat. He was the father of Sir Colin McVean Gubbins. Education Gubbins attended Harrow School and would have gone on to Cambridge U ...

(1852–1929), British linguist * John Harrington Stevens, American senator * Jonathan H. Green (Jonathan Harrington Green, 1813–1887), American gambler and inventor * Louis Harrington Lewry, Canadian politician *

Paul Hewitt Paul Harrington Hewitt (born May 4, 1963) is an American college basketball coach and the former head coach at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and George Mason University. He grew up in Westbury, New York. In 2021, he was named t ...

(Paul Harrington Hewitt, born 1963), American basketball coach *

Virginia Knauer Virginia Harrington Knauer (née Wright; March 28, 1915 – October 16, 2011) was an American Republican politician. She served as the Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs and Director of the U.S. Office of Consumer Affair ...

(Virginia Harrington Knauer, 1915–2011), American politician

Places

Australia

Harrington, New South Wales Harrington is a fishing village located on the northern entrance of the Manning River in New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1853 and proclaimed a village on 26 September 1896. It is 15 km north-east of Taree on the Mid North ...

Harrington Park, New South Wales Harrington Park is a suburb of the Macarthur Region of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia in Camden Council. Once a grand estate, owned by the Fairfax family, it has recently been developed as a residential suburb. Harringto ...

Bermuda

Harrington Sound Harrington Sound is a large inland body of water in the northeast of the main island of Bermuda. It is surrounded by the main island on all sides, only appearing open to the ocean via a small channel called Flatt's Inlet, Bermuda, Flatt's Inlet ...

Canada

* Harrington, Ontario *

Harrington, Quebec Harrington is a township municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. It is located in the Laurentian Mountains, about north-west of Lachute. Its population centres include Harri ...

Harrington Harbour, Quebec Harrington Harbour is an unconstituted locality within the municipality of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. History Harrington Harbour was founded near the end of the 19th century by fishermen fro ...

Harrington Lake Harrington Lake () is the summer residence and all-season retreat of the prime minister of Canada, and also the name of the land which surrounds it. The farm that surrounded most of the lake was the property of Margaret and John Harrington. Joh ...

New Zealand

Harington Point The settlement of Harington Point (often incorrectly spelt ''Harrington Point'') lies within the boundaries of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located at the Otago Heads, at the northeastern end of Otago Peninsula, close to the entrance ...

United Kingdom

Harrington, Cumbria Harrington is a suburban village on the southern outskirts of Workington, in the Cumberland (district), Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It was formerly a separate village and parish; it has been administered as part of Workington since ...

Harrington, Lincolnshire Harrington is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south-west from Alford, and north-west from Spilsby. History Harrington is not listed in ''Domesday Book'' of 1086. In the 14th c ...

Harrington, Northamptonshire Harrington is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, administered by North Northamptonshire council. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 154 people, including Thorpe Underwood but reducing to 146 at t ...

Harrington Bridge Harrington Bridge crosses the River Trent near Sawley in Derbyshire carrying the ''Tamworth Road'' ( B6540) into Leicestershire. The stonework of the bridge dates from 1790, but the central section was replaced in 1905 after it was damaged by f ...

, crosses the River Trent between Derbyshire and Leicestershire *

Harrington Dock Harrington Dock was a dock on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool. Situated in the southern dock system, it was connected to Toxteth Dock to the north and Herculaneum Dock to the south. History The first dock on the site was kno ...

, Liverpool *

Harrington Road tram stop Harrington Road tram stop is a light rail stop in South Norwood in the London Borough of Croydon in the southern suburbs of London. Harrington Road is in a residential area, and along with Woodside tram stop is the nearest tram stop to the town ...

, South Norwood, London *

RAF Harrington Royal Air Force Harrington or more simply RAF Harrington is a former Royal Air Force List of former Royal Air Force stations, station in England about west of Kettering in Northamptonshire south of the village of Harrington, Northamptonshire, ...

, Northamptonshire

United States

Harrington, Delaware Harrington is a city in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover metropolitan statistical area. Harrington hosts the annual Delaware State Fair each July. The population was 3,774 in 2020. History Harrington was named fo ...

Harrington, Maine Harrington is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The population was 962 at the 2020 census. Harrington is an old seafaring and shipbuilding village. History Originally called Plantation Number 5, it was one of six townships ea ...

Harrington (Princess Anne, Maryland) Harrington is a historic home located at Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story, mid-18th century, frame farm house approximately . It is one of the very few existing two-story frame 18th century farm house ...

, listed on the NRHP in Maryland * Harrington, South Dakota * Harrington, Virginia *

Harrington, Washington Harrington is a city in Lincoln County, Washington, United States. The population was 429 at the 2020 census. It was named after W.P. Harrington, a banker from Colusa, California, who had heavily invested in local land.Phillips, James W. ''Was ...

* Harrington Bay, Maine *

Harrington Beach State Park Harrington Beach State Park is a Wisconsin List of Wisconsin state parks, state park on the shore of Lake Michigan in the Belgium (town), Wisconsin, Town of Belgium. In addition to a mile-long beach, the park contains a white cedar swamp surro ...

, Wisconsin * Harrington Creek, California *

Harrington House (Weston, Massachusetts) The Harrington House is a historic First Period house in Weston, Massachusetts, USA. With its oldest portion dating to about 1710, it is one of the town's oldest surviving buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...

* Lake Harrington, a lake in Minnesota * Harrington Meeting House, Maine *

Harrington Park, New Jersey Harrington Park is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,741, an increase of 77 (+1.7%) from the 2010 Uni ...

Camp Don Harrington The Golden Spread Council is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America and serves youth in the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma. Its service area includes all or part of 23 counties in Texas and three counties in Oklahoma. Through 2010, the c ...

, Texas * Don Harrington Discovery Center, Amarillo, Texas

Characters

Allison Chou Harrington This is a list of fictional characters appearing in the stories set in the Honor Harrington universe or Honorverse, a best-selling series of over twenty military science fiction novels and anthologies invented and written by David Weber. The stor ...

, fictional character in David Weber's Honorverse * Brandy Harrington, animated dog *Catherine Harrington, fictional character in TV drama '' Peyton Place'' *

Derby Harrington Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area on the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England. Derbyshire is named after Derby, which was its original county town. As a unitary authority, Derby is administratively independent from Derbyshire Coun ...

, fictional character from the video game ''Bully'' * Eve Harrington, lead character in the film ''All about Eve'' * Faith Harrington, character in ''Lost'' TV series *

Honor Harrington The Honorverse is a military science fiction book series, its two Spin-off (media), subseries, two prequel series, and anthologies created by David Weber and published by Baen Books. They are centered on the space navy career of the principal p ...

, fictional character in David Weber's Honorverse *Leslie Harrington, fictional character in TV drama ''Peyton Place'' *

Rodney Harrington Rodney "Rod" Harrington is a fictional character in the 1956 Grace Metalious novel '' Peyton Place'', the 1957 film adaptation, and the 1960s television adaptation '' Peyton Place''. He was portrayed by Barry Coe in the film, and by Ryan O'Nea ...

, fictional character in TV drama ''Peyton Place'' * Stephanie Harrington, fictional superhero *

Steve Harrington Steve Harrington is a fictional character from the Netflix television series ''Stranger Things'', portrayed by Joe Keery. Though initially characterized as a stereotypically unlikeable jock, Steve has progressed throughout the series into a mo ...

, fictional character from the Netflix series ''Stranger Things''

Other

*'' Evan Harrington'', a novel by George Meredith * ''Harrington'' (novel), an 1817 novel by Maria Edgeworth *

Harrington–Hollingsworth experiment The Harrington–Hollingsworth experiment was an experiment that established the autoimmune nature of the blood disorder immune thrombocytopenic purpura. It was performed in 1950 by the academic staff of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missour ...

, in hematology *

Harrington & Richardson Harrington & Richardson Arms Company (or H&R) is an American brand of firearms and a subsidiary of JJE Capital Holdings. H&R ceased independent production February 27, 2015. History The original H&R firm was in business for over a century from 1 ...

, an American brand of firearms * Harington baronets, an English title *

Harrington College of Design Harrington College of Design (1931–2015) was a for-profit college in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois, US, that closed in 2015. It offered students programs leading to either a master's, bachelor's or associate's degree upon completion of t ...

, Chicago * Harrington College Icebergs, a Canadian ice hockey team *

Harrington (typeface) Harrington (or Harington) may refer to: People as a surname *Harrington (surname) People as a forename * Arthur Raikes (Arthur Edward Harington Raikes, 1867–1915), British army officer * Charles Harrington Elster, American writer *Edward Josep ...

, a typeface included with Microsoft Windows *

Harrington rod The Harrington rod (or Harrington implant) is a stainless steel surgical device. Historically, this rod was implanted along the spinal column to treat, among other conditions, a lateral or coronal-plane curvature of the spine, or scoliosis. Up ...

Harrington jacket A Harrington jacket (originally known only as a Baracuta jacket or a G9) is a lightweight, waist-length jacket made of cotton, polyester, wool or suede. Designs often incorporate traditional Fraser tartan or checkerboard-patterned lining. Hi ...

Harrington Park Press Harrington Park Press (HPP) is an academic/scholarly book publisher based in New York City, specializing in LGBTQ topics such as diversity, inclusivity, and equality. Originally an imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc. (now part of the Routledge ...

Harrington's gerbil Harrington's gerbil or Harrington's tateril (''Taterillus harringtoni'') is a species of rodent found in the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical ...

Harrington's rat Harrington's rat (''Desmomys harringtoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland Shrub ...

* Harrington-Wilson 1, a galaxy *''

Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P. ''Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P.'', 603 U.S. 204 (2024), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The case addressed the 2022-2023 Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement and whether, under Chapter 11 of ...

,'' a 2024 United States Supreme Court case * SS ''D. W. Harrington'', a U.S. cargo ship in the Second World War *

Thomas Harrington & Sons Thomas Harrington & Sons was a coachbuilder in the county of Sussex from 1897 until 1966, initially at Brighton but from 1930 until the end in a purpose built Art Deco factory (an image of which was used on the builder's transfers) in Old Sho ...

, a British coachbuilding business ** Harrington Legionnaire, a coach body built by Thomas Harrington Ltd * 52P/Harrington–Abell, a comet * 3216 Harrington, an asteroid {{disambiguation, given name, geo