Namesakes
Barbara
(f) ?-235 
Saints
Barbara Allen
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 16xx Barbara Allen
Barbara Han A-gi
(f) 1791-1839
Saints
Franziska, Princess of Liechtenstein
(middle name Barbara) (f) 1813-1881
Other Royalty 1836-1858 Liechtenstein (princess consort)
Pola Negri
(a.k.a. Barbara) (f) 1897-1987
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Cartland
(f) 1901-2000
Notable Writers
Barbara McClintock
(f) 1902-1992
Nobel Prize Winners 1983 (medicine)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Barbara Jo Allen
(f) 1906-1974
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Stanwyck
(f) 1907-1990
Emmy Award Winners 1961; 1966 The Barbara Stanwyck Show; The Big Valley (actress)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara O'Neil
(f) 1910-1980
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Pym
(f) 1913-1980
Notable Writers
Barbara Billingsley
(f) 1915-2010
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Burke
(f) 1917-1998
Olympic Medalists 1936 4x100 m relay (silver)
Barbara Britton
(f) 1920-1980
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Bel Geddes
(f) 1922-2005
Emmy Award Winners 1980 Dallas (actress)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Bush
(f) 1925-2018
American First Ladies 1989-1993
Shirley Strickland
(middle name Barbara) (f) 1925-2004
Olympic Medalists 1948; 1952; 1956 100 m; 80 m hurdles; 4x100 m relay (silver/bronze/gold)
Barbara Rush
(f) 1927-2024
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Walters
(f) 1929-2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers (presenter)
Notable Journalists
Barbara Murray
(f) 1929-2014
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Quant
(a.k.a. Barbara) (f) 1930-2023
Notable Artists
Ruth Rendell
(middle name Barbara) (f) 1930-2015
Notable Writers
Barbara Barrie
(f) 1931-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Eden
(f) 1931-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Bain
(f) 1931-
Emmy Award Winners 1967; 1968; 1969 Mission: Impossible (actress)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Harris
(f) 1935-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Sobotta
(f) 1936-2000
Olympic Medalists 1960 4x100 m relay (bronze)
Barbara Babcock
(f) 1937-
Emmy Award Winners 1981 Hill Street Blues (actress)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Jones
(f) 1937-
Olympic Medalists 1952; 1960 4x100 m relay (gold)
Teresa Ciepły
(middle name Barbara) (f) 1937-2006
Olympic Medalists 1960; 1964 4x100 m relay; 80 m hurdles (bronze/gold/silver)
Barbara
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1939 Barbara
Barbra Streisand
(a.k.a. Barbara) (f) 1942-
Grammy Award Winners 1964; 1978 The Barbra Streisand Album; Evergreen (album of the year/song of the year)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Oscar Award Winners 1969 Funny Girl (actress)
Barbara Göbel
(f) 1943-
Olympic Medalists 1960 swimming - 200 m breaststroke (bronze)
Barbara Bouchet
(f) 1943-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Carrera
(f) 1945-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Ferrell
(f) 1947-
Olympic Medalists 1968 100 m; 4x100 m relay (silver/gold)
Barbara Bach
(f) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Dickson
(f) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Barbara Hershey
(f) 1948-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Barbara Flynn
(f) 1948-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lillian Board
(middle name Barbara) (f) 1948-1970
Olympic Medalists 1968 400 m (silver)
Barbi Benton
(f) 1950-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/model)
Barbara
(f)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 1953 (hurricane)
Barbara
(f)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 1954 (storm)
Barbara Stevens
(f) 1954-
Hall-of-Famers 2020 (basketball)
Basia
(f) 1954-
Notable Musicians
Barbara Kingsolver
(f) 1955-
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 2023 Demon Copperhead
Barbara Krug
(f) 1956-
Olympic Medalists 1980 4x400 m relay (silver)
Barbara Clark
(f) 1958-
Olympic Medalists 1976 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (bronze)
Barbara Krause
(f) 1959-
Olympic Medalists 1980 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (gold)
Barbara Mensing
(f) 1960-
Olympic Medalists 1996; 2000 archery - team (silver/bronze)
Barbara Ann
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1965 Barbara Ann
Guusje Nederhorst
(a.k.a. Barbara) (f) 1969-2004
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
B. J. Bedford
(a.k.a. Barbara) (f) 1972-
Olympic Medalists 2000 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (gold)
Barbara Schett
(f) 1976-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Barbara Havers
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1988 A Great Deliverance
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Barbara Palvin
(f) 1993-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (model)
Barbie Ferreira
(f) 1996-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/model)
Barb Henrickson
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2006 Big Love
Leslie Knope
(middle name Barbara) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2009 Parks and Recreation
Barbara
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2012 Barbara