Carrington (name)

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
• DiJonai Carrington (born 1998), American basketball 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