Harrington (surname)

Harrington (or Harington) is an English habitational name from places in Cumbria, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire. It is also a common surname in south west Ireland and adopted as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surnames Ó hArrachtáin and Ó hIongardail. Notable people with the surname include:

Harrington

• Adam Harrington (disambiguation)
• Al Harrington, American basketball player
• Al Harrington (actor)
• Alan Harrington, Welsh footballer
• Anna Short Harrington, actress portraying Aunt Jemima
• Anthony David Harrington aka Anthony David, American R&B singer
• Baron Harrington of Aldingham
• Bernard Joseph Harrington, American clergyman
• Betty Jean Harrington, American gymnast
• Sir Brendan Harrington, A noble ship captain, died at sea
• Brooke Harrington, American economic sociologist
• Celestine Tate Harrington, street musician
• Cheryl Francis Harrington, actress
• Chris Harrington may refer to :
  • Chris Harrington (American football), American football player
  • Chris Harrington (ice hockey), ice hockey player
• Conrad Harrington, Canadian businessman
• Curtis Harrington, American film director
• Dan Harrington may refer to :
  • Dan Harrington, professional poker player
  • Dan Harrington (Montana politician)
• Daniel J. Harrington (1940–2014), American biblical scholar
• David C. Harrington, American politician
• The de Harringtons, English Barons of Muchland
• Dedrick Harrington, American football player
• Desmond Harrington, American actor
• Donald J. Harrington, president of St. John's University in New York
• Donald S. Harrington, American politician and religious leader
• Doris Harrington, American baseball player
• Doug Harrington, guitarist
• Earl of Harrington
• Ed Harrington, Canadian football player
• Edward Harrington (disambiguation)
• Edward Harrington, aka Eddy Clearwater, American blues musician
• Emerson Harrington, American politician
• Eric Harrington, Canadian businessman
• Ethel Harrington, American sprinter
• Fred Harvey Harrington, American educator
• George Harrington may refer to:
  • George Christy, American minstrel performer born George Harrington
  • George P. Harrington, American politician from Wisconsin
• Gerry Harrington, Irish Gaelic athletics chairman
• Gordon Sidney Harrington, Canadian politician
• Hago Harrington, American ice-hockey player
• Henry F. Harrington, American newspaper editor
• Henry Moore Harrington, American military officer
• Henry W. Harrington, American politician
• Illtyd Harrington (1931–2015), British politician
• James Harrington may refer to :
  • James Harrington (Yorkist knight)
  • James Harrington (author), usually spelled Harington, English political philosopher (1611-1677)
  • Major-General Sir James Harrington, 3rd Baronet, officer in the New Model Army
• Jay Harrington, American actor
• Jessica Harrington, Irish racehorse trainer
• J. J. Harrington, American politician
• Joe Harrington (baseball)
• Joey Harrington, American football player
• John Harrington may refer to :
  • John Peabody Harrington (1884–1961), American linguist and ethnologist
  • John Harrington (American football) (1921–1992), American football player
  • John Harrington (baseball) (born c. late 1930s), American business manager
  • John Harrington (ice hockey) (born 1957), American player
• Joseph Harrington may refer to :
  • Joseph Julian Harrington, North Carolina politician
• Josh Harrington, American BMX rider
• Kate Harrington, American actress
• Kate Harrington (poet)
• Kevin Harrington (actor), Australian actor
• Laura Harrington, American actress
• Laurence Harrington, British actor
• Leo Harrington, American mathematician
• Lorinza Harrington, American basketball player
• Mae Harrington, American supercentenarian
• Margaret Harrington, Canadian politician
• Mark Harrington (disambiguation)
• Martin Harrington, British songwriter and record producer
• Maura Harrington, Irish activist
• Melissa Harrington, American actress
• Michael Harrington may refer to :
  • Michael Harrington, American socialist
  • Michael J. Harrington, American politician
  • Michael Harrington (soccer)
  • Michael Harrington (Canadian writer), Newfoundland writer and editor
  • Mike Harrington, computer game developer
• Nancy Harrington (1926-2020), American politician
• Ollie Harrington, American cartoonist
• Othella Harrington, American basketball player
• Paddy Harrington (1933–2005), Irish sportsman, father of Pádraig
• Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer
• Pat Harrington may refer to :
  • Pat Harrington, Sr., Canadian actor
  • Pat Harrington, Jr., his son, American actor
  • Pat Harrington (soccer), Canadian soccer player
• Patrick Harrison:
  • Patrick Harrison (barrister), Welsh Queens Counsel
  • Patrick Harrington (activist), far right politician in the United Kingdom
  • Patrick Harrington (Roman Catholic Bishop), bishop of the Diocese of Lodwar in Kenya
• Paul Harrington, Irish musician
• Paul Randall Harrington, American orthopaedic surgeon and designer of the Harrington Rod
• Perry Harrington, American football player
• Perry G. Harrington, American politician
• Phil Harrington, Welsh footballer
• Rex Harrington, Canadian ballet dancer
• Richard Harrington (photographer) (1911–2005), German-Canadian photographer
• Richard Harrington (actor) (1975-), Welsh actor
• Richard Harrington (British politician) (1957-), MP for Watford since 2010
• Richard C. Harrington, British physician and psychologist
• Robert Harrington may refer to :
  • Robert George Harrington (1904–1987), astronomer, worked at Palomar Observatory
  • Robert Sutton Harrington (1942–1993), astronomer, worked at the US Naval Observatory
• Rod Harrington, English darts player
• Rowdy L. Harrington, American film director
• Samuel M. Harrington (1882-1948), American marine officer
• Samuel M. Harrington (politician), see List of justices of the Delaware Supreme Court
• Scott Harrington (racing driver), American racing driver
• S. W. Harrington, American physician, All-American football player, and head football coach
• Steven Harrington a.k.a. Steve Strange, Welsh pop singer
• Sybil B. Harrington (1908–1998), American philanthropist
• Theophilus Harrington, American jurist
• Thomas Harrington (disambiguation), including Tom
• Tim Harrington, founding member of hard rock group Masters of Reality
• Timothy Charles Harrington, Irish politician
• Ty Harrington, American college baseball coach
• Vincent F. Harrington, American politician
• Wilfred Harrington, Irish priest
• William Harrington (disambiguation), including Bill

Harington

• Audrey Harington, aka Ethelreda, alleged illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII of England and the royal laundress
• Bridget Harington (1579-1609), British courtier
• Charles Harington may refer to :
  • Sir Charles Robert Harington, Welsh chemist
  • General Sir Charles Henry Pepys Harington, British army officer
  • General Sir Charles Harington Harington, British army officer
• Donald Harington (writer), American novelist
• Edward Harington of Ridlington (d. 1652), English landowner
• Hastings Edward Harington, English VC recipient
• Henry Harington (d. 1613), English soldier
• James Harington (1611-1677), English author
• James Harington (lawyer) (d. 1592) English landowner
• James Harington (1542–1614) of Ridlington, English landowner
• Sir James Harington, 3rd Baronet of Ridlington (1607-1680), English landowner
• John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton (1592-1614), English courtier
• John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton (1539–1613), British politician
• John Harington (treasurer), official of Henry VIII
• John Harington (writer) (1561–1612), British writer, son of the treasurer and inventor of the flushable toilet
• Kit Harington (born 1986), English actor
• Lucy Harington, English Countess
• Mabel Harington (d.1603), English courtier
• Margaret Harington (d. 1601), English courtier
• Odile Harington, alleged South African agent
• Sarah Harington (1565-1629), English courtier
• Theodosia Harington (d. 1649), English courtier