List of Famous people named Barbara

Lucy Barbara Hammond was an English social historian who researched and wrote many influential books with her husband, John Lawrence Hammond, including the Labourer trilogy about the impact of enclosure and the Industrial Revolution upon the lives of workers.

Barbara Ann Mikulski is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States Senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she also served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987. Mikulski is the longest-serving woman in the history of the United States Congress and the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Maryland history.

Barbara Trentham was an American actress, who appeared in the 1975 film Rollerball.

Barbara Köhler was a German poet and translator.

Barbara Knox, MBE is an English actress, known for her long-running portrayal of Rita Tanner in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. She first appeared as Rita for one episode in December 1964, before returning to the show as a full-time cast member in January 1972, a role which she has continued to play for over 48 years. The character of Rita has become one of the most iconic and beloved characters of any British soap opera. Since the departure of her co-star and friend Eileen Derbyshire, who portrayed Emily Bishop, in January 2016, Knox has become the show's second-longest serving cast member after William Roache, who has portrayed Ken Barlow since the show's first ever episode in 1960. She is also recognised as the longest-serving current television soap opera actress in the world.

Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland, was an English novelist who wrote romance novels, one of the best-selling authors as well as one of the most prolific and commercially successful worldwide of the 20th century. Her 723 novels were translated into 38 languages and she continues to be referenced in the Guinness World Records for the most novels published in a single year in 1977.

Barbara Charline Jordan was an American lawyer, educator and politician who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives. She was best known for her eloquent opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee hearings during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon, and as the first African-American as well as the first woman to deliver a keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous other honors. She was a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors from 1978 to 1980. She was the first African-American woman to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery. Jordan's work as chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, which recommended reducing legal immigration by about one-third, is frequently cited by American immigration restrictionists.

Mary Barbara Jefford, OBE was a British actress, best known for her theatrical performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic and the National Theatre and her role as Molly Bloom in the 1967 film of James Joyce's Ulysses.

Barbara Mertens was a Belgian journalist and television presenter.

Bárbara Sofia Holanda Bandeira is a Portuguese pop singer. She is the youngest daughter of the portuguese singer Rui Bandeira, who represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999.