Farrington (name)

Farrington is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with this name include:

Surname

• Adele Farrington (1867–1936), American actor
• Amy Farrington (born 1966), American actor
• Sir Anthony Farrington, 1st Baronet (1742–1823), General of the British Army
• Benjamin Farrington (1891–1974), Irish classicist
• Betty Farrington (1898–1989), American character actress
• Bo Farrington (1936–1964), American football player
• Colleen Farrington (1936–2015), American model and nightclub singer
• David P. Farrington (born 1944), British criminologist
• Don Farrington (died 2000), American aviator
• Edward Silsby Farrington (1856–1929), American judge
• Elizabeth P. Farrington (1898–1984), Honolulu Star-Bulletin publisher, Congressional Delegate for the Territory of Hawaii and wife of Joseph Rider Farrington
• Frank Farrington (actor) (1873–1924), American silent film actor
• Frank Farrington (rugby league) (1926–2014), Australian rugby league player
• Frank G. Farrington (1872–1933), American lawyer and politician from Maine
• Fred Farrington (died 1931), British footballer
• George Farrington, English footballer
• Gregory C. Farrington, 12th president of Lehigh University
• Harry Webb Farrington (1879–1930), American author
• Iain Farrington (born 1977), British pianist, organist, composer and arranger
• James Farrington (1791–1859), New Hampshire politician
• James Edward Butler Futtit Farrington (1908–2002), polar explorer
• Jeff Farrington, American politician from Michigan
• John Farrington (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • John Farrington (footballer) (born 1947), English professional footballer
  • John Farrington (athlete) (born 1942), Australian long-distance runner
  • John Farrington (MP) (1609–1680), Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester
• Joseph Rider Farrington (1897–1954), Honolulu Star-Bulletin publisher and Congressional Delegate for the Territory of Hawaii
• Josie Farrington, Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton (1940–2018), British Labour Party politician
• Kaitlyn Farrington (born 1989), American snowboarder
• Ken Farrington (born 1936), English actor
• Mark Farrington (born 1965), English footballer
• Michael Farrington (born 1966), Canadian ice dancer
• Neil Farrington (died 2009), English musician
• Oliver C. Farrington (1864–1934), American geologist
• Richard Farrington (1702–1772), Welsh Anglican priest and antiquarian
• Sinead Farrington, British particle physicist
• Sloane Farrington (1923–1997), Bahamian competitive sailor
• Suzanne Farrington (1933–2015), married name of the only child of actress Vivien Leigh
• Thomas Farrington (disambiguation), several people
• Wallace Rider Farrington (1871–1933), Honolulu Star-Bulletin publisher and Governor of the Territory of Hawaii
• William Farrington (soldier) (fl. 1412), English soldier and diplomat
• William Farrington (Royalist) (died 1659), English politician
• Yolanda Ivonne Montes Farrington (born 1932), American-born exotic dancer and actor
• Ronald A. Farrington (1962- ), American Army Pilot, Gulf War

Given name

• Farrington Daniels (1889–1972), American physical chemist

Fictional character

• Harriet Farrington, protagonist of 1980s British TV series Farrington of the F.O.