title: Barringer
text: # Barringer
  
  Barringer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Anthony R. Barringer (1925–2009), Canadian/American geophysicist and inventor
  * Daniel Barringer (1860–1929), American geologist best known for proving the Meteor Crater to be an impact crater
  * Daniel Laurens Barringer (1788–1832), U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, 1825–1834.
  * Daniel Moreau Barringer (1806–1873), U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, 1843–1848.
  * Emily Barringer (1876–1961), American and the first female ambulance surgeon and the first woman to secure a surgical residency
  * Ethel Barringer (1883–1925), South Australian artist, sister-in-law to Gwen Barringer
  * Gwen Barringer (1882–1960) South Australian watercolorist
  * Jennifer Simpson, née Barringer, (born 1986), American track and field athlete
  * Leslie Barringer (1895–1968), British fantasy author
  * Patricia Barringer (1924–2007), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player and manager
  * Rufus Barringer (1821–1895), Confederate military general from North Carolina during the American Civil War
  * William H. Barringer (1841–1917), Union hero of the American Civil War
  * William N. Barringer, superintendent of Newark Public Schools for whom Barringer High School is named
  