Barney (surname) explained

Barney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Albert B. Barney (1835–1910), American politician
• Albert W. Barney Jr. (1920–2010), American lawyer and Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
• Alice Pike Barney (1857–1931), American painter
• Bob Barney (born 1932), professor and Olympic scholar
• Charles D. Barney (1844–1945), American stockbroker, founder of Charles D. Barney & Co
• Darwin Barney (born 1985), American baseball player
• Dave Barney (born 1932), American educator and swimming coach
• George Barney (1792–1862), Royal Engineers officer and Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of North Australia
• Gerald O. Barney (1937–2020), American physicist
• Gerry Barney (born 1939), British designer
• Gina Barney (1933–2023), British lift engineer
• John Barney (1785–1857), U.S. Congressman from Maryland
• Joseph Barney (1753–1832), English painter
• Joseph Nicholson Barney (1818–1899), Confederate Navy officer during the American Civil War, grandson of Joshua
• Joshua Barney (1759–1818), US Navy commodore during the Revolutionary War
• Keith Barney (born 1979), American guitarist of the American metalcore band Eighteen Visions
• Lem Barney (born 1945), American football player
• Maginel Wright Enright Barney (1881–1966), American children's book illustrator
• Matthew Barney (born 1967), American sculptor and film artist
• Matthew Barney (boxer) (born 1974), British boxer
• Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972), American playwright, poet and novelist
• Rex Barney (1924–1997), American baseball player
• Scott Barney (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
• Susan Hammond Barney (1834–1922), American evangelist, writer
• Tina Barney (born 1945), American photographer