A representative selection
Notable Barretts
A short list, by field, of well-documented bearers of the surname. None of the entries below have, on the available record, ever worn a Nazi SS uniform on the steps of any country's parliament. The list is not exhaustive; the Wikipedia disambiguation page for the surname carries several hundred further entries.
I. Letters
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning1806–1861. English poet; one of the most prominent English-language poets of the Victorian era; her sequence Sonnets from the Portuguese remains in print continuously since the 1850s. Wikipedia
- Andrea Barrettb. 1954. American novelist and short-story writer; awarded the National Book Award for Fiction in 1996 for Ship Fever. Wikipedia
- William Barrett1913–1992. American philosopher and editor at Partisan Review; author of Irrational Man (1958), the standard early-postwar English-language introduction to existentialism. Wikipedia
- Wayne Barrett1945–2017. American investigative journalist; long-time political reporter at The Village Voice; author of book-length investigations of New York political figures. Wikipedia
II. Music and stage
- Syd Barrett1946–2006. English musician; founder member, principal songwriter and original lead vocalist of Pink Floyd. Wikipedia
- Aston Barrett1946–2024. Jamaican bassist; long-time bandleader of The Wailers and a foundational figure in the development of reggae. Wikipedia
- Sean Barrett (actor)b. 1940. Irish actor and audiobook narrator; long career on stage, screen and as a leading reader of literary audio. Wikipedia
III. Sport
- Beauden Barrettb. 1991. New Zealand rugby union international; twice World Rugby Player of the Year (2016, 2017); long-serving All Blacks fly-half. Wikipedia
- Marvin Barrettb. 1969. American boxer; world middleweight contender of the late 1990s. Wikipedia
IV. Public life
- Sean Barrett (politician)b. 1944. Irish politician; Fine Gael TD for Dún Laoghaire over many decades; Ceann Comhairle (Speaker) of Dáil Éireann from 2011 to 2016. Wikipedia
- Amy Coney Barrettb. 1972. American jurist; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2020. Wikipedia
V. Notes
Entries above are a short representative selection, not an exhaustive list. The full Wikipedia disambiguation page for the surname carries hundreds of further entries and is the best onward reference. Corrections of fact may be sent to info@justinbarrett.ie.
The companion list of well-documented people who carry both the forename Justin and the surname Barrett is at People named Justin Barrett.