Herring (surname)

Herring is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aggie Herring (1876–1939), U.S. actress
• Alfred Cecil Herring (1888–1966), Royal Army Service Corps officer
• Amy H. Herring, U.S. biostatistician
• Annie Herring, U.S. Christian singer
• Art Herring (1906–1995), U.S. baseball player
• Aubrey Herring, U.S. track and field athlete
• Augustus Moore Herring (1865–1926), U.S. aviation pioneer
• Ben Herring (born 1980), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Bill Herring, U.S. baseball player
• Caroline Herring, singer-songwriter
• Charles R. Herring (born 1945), chiropractor who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1988 to 1992
• Clyde L. Herring (1879–1945), U.S. politician
• Conyers Herring (born 1914), U.S. physicist
• Corey Herring, U.S. basketball player
• Cornelius T. Herring (1849-1931), American rancher, banker and hotelier.
• Dennis Herring, U.S. record producer
• E. Pendleton Herring (1903–2004), U.S. political scientist
• Edmund Herring (1892–1982), Australian Army officer
• Eli Herring, U.S. football player
• Elizabeth Warren, née Herring, U.S. politician
• Hal Herring (born 1924), U.S. football player and coach
• Hank Herring (1922–1999), U.S. boxer
• Heath Herring (born 1978), U.S. mixed martial artist
• Horace Herring (1884–1962), New Zealand politician
• Hubert Herring (1889-1967), U.S. historian of Latin America
• James Red Herring (1896–1974), U.S. boxer
• James V. Herring (1887–1969), U.S. artist
• Jan Herring (1923-2000), American artist
• Jim Herring (born 1938), American politician
• Jimmy Herring (born 1962), U.S. rock guitarist
• Joanne Herring (born 1929), U.S. entrepreneur, philanthropist, and talk show host
• John Frederick Herring, Sr. (1795–1865), British painter
• John Frederick Herring, Jr. (1820–1907), British painter
• Katherine Herring (born 1933), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Kim Herring (born 1975), U.S. football player
• Louise McCarren Herring (1909–1987), U.S. cooperative activist
• Lynn Herring (born 1958), U.S. soap opera actress
• Mark Herring (born 1961), U.S. politician
• Mary Herring (1895–1981), Australian physician and community worker
• Nathalie Herring (born 1986), NYC female longboarder, DJ, entrepreneur
• Pembroke J. Herring (born 1930), American film editor
• Percy Theodore Herring (1872–1967) New Zealand physician
• Reggie Herring (born 1959), U.S. football coach
• Richard Herring (born 1967), British comedian
• Robert Herring (poet), Scottish poet
• Robert Herring (businessman), U.S. entrepreneur
• Rufus G. Herring (1921–1996), United States Naval Reserve officer
• Sydney Herring (1881–1951), Australian Army colonel
• Thomas Herring (1693–1757), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Vincent Herring (born 1964), U.S. jazz saxophonist
• William Herring (1718–1774), Anglican priest
• William Herring (politician) (1833–1912), American politician, lawyer, and businessman
• Will Herring (born 1983), U.S. football player

Fictional characters:

• Albert Herring, from the 1947 comic chamber opera by Benjamin Britten
• A henchman of Dictator Adenoid Hynkel in The Great Dictator

See also

• Silas Herring, inventor of the Herring, Hall and Marvin fire proof safe.