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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Barrington, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from Barrington, Illinois.
| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Beckett |  | February 11, 1985 | Lead singer of The Academy Is... | Resides in Barrington, Graduate of Barrington High School | [1] | |
| Charles Boyce | September 21, 1949 | Cartoonist, creator of Compu-toon | [ citation needed ] | |||
| Sam Campbell | August 1, 1895 | April 13, 1962 (aged 66) | Author and nature writer | Lived and died in Barrington | [2] | |
| Kristin Cavallari |  | January 5, 1987 | Actress ( Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County) | Attended school in Barrington | [3] | |
| Bailey Chase |  | May 1, 1972 | Actor | [ citation needed ] | ||
| Edward D. Dart | 1922 | July 9, 1975 | Modernist architect | [ citation needed ] | ||
| Kallen Esperian | June 8, 1961 | Lyric soprano | Born in Barrington | [4] | ||
| William Fuller | 1953 | Poet | Born in Barrington | [ citation needed ] | ||
| Jeff Galfer |  | October 18, 1979 | Actor, producer, writer. | Graduate of Barrington High School | [5] | |
| Christopher Lasch | June 1, 1932 | February 14, 1994 | Historian, moralist, and cultural critic | [6] | ||
| Marvin Lipofsky | September 1, 1938 | Jan 15, 2016 | Glass artist | [4] [7] | ||
| Connor Mackey | September 12, 1996 | Hockey Player | Born and raised in Tower Lakes, Illinois | |||
| Charles L. Mee | September 15, 1938 | Playwright | [8] | |||
| Terry Moran |  | December 9, 1959 | Co-anchor of Nightline | [4] | ||
| Bill Moseley |  | November 11, 1951 | Actor | Born in Barrington | [ citation needed ] | |
| Colleen Zenk Pinter | January 20, 1953 | Emmy-nominated actress, As the World Turns | Born in Barrington | [4] | ||
| Veronica Roth |  | August 19, 1988 | Author of the Divergent trilogy | Raised in Barrington | ||
| Cynthia Rowley | July 29, 1958 | Fashion designer | Raised in Barrington | [9] | ||
| Yury Shulman |  | April 29, 1975 | Chess grandmaster; winner of the 2008 U.S. Chess Championship | [10] | ||
| Carrie Snodgress | October 27, 1945 | April 1, 2004 | Actress | Born in Barrington | [11] | |
| Richard Threlkeld | November 30, 1937 | January 13, 2012 | CBS news correspondent | Raised in Barrington | [12] | |
| Waid Vanderpoel | May 19, 1922 | August 25, 2003 | Author and former Chief Investment Officer for First National Bank of Chicago | [13] | ||
| Gene Wolfe |  | May 7, 1931 | Apr 14, 2019 | Author | [14] |
| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa Bean |  | January 22, 1962 | US congresswoman representing Illinois's 8th congressional district | Resides in Barrington | [15] [16] | |
| Ira Joy Chase |  | December 7, 1834 | May 11, 1895 | Co-founder of the Grand Army of the Republic, 22nd governor of Indiana, and first Barrington citizen to enlist in the Union Army | Moved to Barrington as a young man | [17] |
| Kevin Furey | January 24, 1983 | US congressman from Montana | Born in Barrington | [18] | ||
| Gregory Garre |  | November 1, 1964 | United States Solicitor General | Was raised in Barrington | [4] | |
| Valerie Allen Marland | 1917 | 1977 | First Lady of West Virginia | [ citation needed ] | ||
| William C. Marland |  | March 26, 1918 | November 26, 1965 | 24th governor of West Virginia | Lived and died in Barrington | [19] |
| Henry Paulson |  | March 28, 1946 | United States Secretary of the Treasury | Graduate of Barrington High School | ||
| Richard J. Stephenson | Businessman and backer of FreedomWorks |
| Name | Image | Birth | Death | Known for | Association | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Anderson |  | May 21, 1981 | Goaltender for the Ottawa Senators | Graduate of Barrington High School | [20] | |
| Kirk Cousins |  | August 19, 1988 | Quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons | Born in Barrington | [ citation needed ] | |
| Bryan Bulaga | March 21, 1989 | Offensive lineman for Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers | Born in Barrington | |||
| Gary Fencik | June 11, 1954 | Safety for Super Bowl XX champion Chicago Bears | Graduate of Barrington High School | [4] [21] | ||
| Gary Hallberg | May 31, 1958 | Golfer on PGA Tour | [4] | |||
| Scott Langley | April 28, 1989 | Golfer on PGA Tour, 2010 NCAA champion | Born in Barrington | |||
| Jeff Likens | August 28, 1985 | Defenseman for the American Hockey League and Deutsche Eishockey Liga | Born in Barrington | [22] | ||
| Ryan Miller |  | December 14, 1984 | Defender and midfielder for D.C. United | Born in Barrington | [4] | |
| Scotty Miller | July 31, 1997 | Wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Born in Barrington, graduated Barrington High School | [4] | ||
| Dan Wilson |  | March 25, 1969 | Catcher for the Cincinnati Reds and Seattle Mariners | Born in Barrington | [4] [23] |
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