Carrington (name)

For other uses, see Carrington.

Carrington and Carington are surnames originating from one of the Carringtons in England, or from the town of Carentan in Normandy, France. It is also rarely a given name.

Surname

Scientists

• Alan Carrington (1934–2013), British chemist
• Benjamin Carrington (1827–1893), British botanist
• Richard Christopher Carrington (1826–1875), British astronomer

Soldiers, politicians, diplomats and jurists

• Charles Carrington (British Army officer) (1897–1990), soldier, professor, and biographer of Rudyard Kipling
• Codrington Edmund Carrington (1769–1849), English barrister, 1st Chief Justice of Ceylon and Member of Parliament
• Edward Carrington (1748–1810), American soldier and statesman
• Edwin Carrington, ambassador to and former Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (1992–2010) from Trinidad and Tobago
• Harold Carrington (1882–1964), British Army General
• Henry B. Carrington (1824–1912), American Civil War brigadier general, lawyer, professor and author
• James M. Carrington (1904–1995), American politician
• John Carrington (judge) (1847–1913), British jurist, Solicitor General of Barbados, Chief Justice of St Lucia and Tobago, Attorney General of British Guiana and Chief Justice of Hong Kong
• John H. Carrington (1934–2017), American politician
• Matthew Carrington, Baron Carrington of Fulham (born 1947), British politician
• Paul Carrington (judge) (1733–c. 1826), American appellate judge
• Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919–2018), British former politician and Secretary-General of NATO
• Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington (1796–1868), British politician
• Rupert Carington, 4th Baron Carrington (1852–1929), British politician
• Walter Carrington (1930–2020), American diplomat and ambassador
• William Carington (1845–1914), British soldier, politician and courtier

Religious figures

• Albert Carrington, (1813–1889), American apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• John F. Carrington (1914–1985), English missionary and expert on drum language
• Philip Carrington (1892–1975), Anglican priest and author, Bishop of Quebec and Metropolitan of Canada
• Vernon Carrington (1936–2005), Jamaican religious leader, founder of the Twelve Tribes of Israel branch of the Rastafari movement

Artists and entertainers

• Chuck Carrington (born 1968), American actor
• Debbie Lee Carrington (1959–2018), American actress and stuntwoman
• Desmond Carrington (1926–2017), British radio personality and actor
• Dora Carrington or simply "Carrington" (1893–1932), British artist
• Elaine Sterne Carrington (1891–1958), American screenwriter, playwright, novelist and short story author
• Joanna Carrington (1931–2003), British artist
• Leonora Carrington (1917–2011), English-Mexican artist and novelist
• Michael Carrington (voice actor), American comic writer and voice actor
• Nicholas Toms Carrington (1777–1830), English poet
• Rebecca Carrington (born 1971), British musician and comedian
• Rodney Carrington (born 1968), American stand-up comic, actor and musician
• Terri Lyne Carrington (born 1965), American jazz drummer, composer, singer, record producer and entrepreneur
• Raymond C. Carrington (born 1930) American sculptor

Athletes

• Bob Carrington (born 1953), American former National Basketball Association player
• Carlton Carrington (born 2005), American basketball player
• Darren Carrington (born 1966), American former National Football League player
• Elijah Carrington (1914–1998), English cricketer
• Lisa Carrington (born 1989), New Zealand sprint canoeist, two-time Olympic champion
• Mark Carrington (cricketer) (born 1961), New Zealand former cricketer
• Mark Carrington (footballer) (born 1987), English footballer
• Paul Carrington (American football) (born 1982), American former National Football League player

In media

• Fitzroy Carrington (1869–1954), English-American editor
• Hereward Carrington (1880–1958), British author and investigator of spiritualism
• Michael Carrington (television executive) (born 1961), Australian broadcast executive
• Tom Carrington (illustrator) (1843–1918), journalist, political cartoonist and illustrator in colonial Australia
• Jim Carrington (children's author), (born 1977)

Other

• Dorothy Carrington (1910–2002), expatriate British writer about and scholar of Corsica
• Edith Carrington (1853–1929), English animal rights activist and writer
• Kelly Carrington, American model
• Matthew Carrington (1983–2005), student killed during a hazing incident, prompting Matt's Law
• Roger Clifford Carrington (1906–1971), classical scholar, archaeologist and teacher.

Pen name

• Charles Carrington (1867–1921), British publisher of erotic literature born Paul Harry Ferdinando
• Tori Carrington, American writing team of romance novels

Fictional characters

• Carrington family, core family of the American soap opera Dynasty
  • Adam Carrington
  • Alexis Carrington
  • Amanda Carrington
  • Ben Carrington
  • Blake Carrington
  • Claudia Carrington
  • Dana Waring Carrington
  • Danny Carrington
  • Fallon Carrington
  • Krystina Carrington
  • Krystle Carrington
  • Leslie Carrington
  • Sammy Jo Carrington
  • Steven Carrington
  • Tom Carrington
• Arthur Carrington, in the 1951 science-fiction movie The Thing From Another World
• Daniel Carrington, in the video game franchise Perfect Dark
• Mayor Carrington, in the 1993 television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
• Michael Carrington, in the 1982 movie Grease 2

Given name

• Carrington Garland (born 1964), American actress
• Carrington T. Marshall (1869–1958), American lawyer, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and a judge at the Nuremberg Trials
• Carrington Smedley (1808–1895), politician in the colony of South Australia
• C. B. Williams (1889–1991), British entomologist

See also

• Charles Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire (1843–1928), British politician, Governor of New South Wales