Barbour is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Barbour (1862–1930), Scottish international footballer
• Anna Maynard Barbour (d.1941), an American author
• Conway Barbour (1818–1876), American former slave and Arkansas state legislator
• Dave Barbour (1912–1965), an American jazz guitarist
• Edward A. Barbour Jr., an American politician
• Eilidh Barbour (b.1982), Scottish television presenter and reporter
• Erwin Hinckley Barbour (1856–1947), an American geologist and paleontologist
• George Brown Barbour (1890-1977), Scottish geologist and educator
• Haley Reeves Barbour (b.1947), an American attorney, politician, and lobbyist who served as the 63rd Governor of Mississippi
• Henry Gray Barbour (1886–1943), American physiologist and pharmacologist
• Ian Barbour (1923–2013), an American scholar on the relationship between science and religion
• James Barbour (1775–1842), the 18th Governor of Virginia, U.S. Senator, and United States Secretary of War
• James Barbour (1828–1895), Virginia lawyer, planter, politician, and Confederate officer
• James Stacy Barbour (born 1966), an American singer and theatre actor
• John Barbour (c. 1320–1395), a Scottish poet and the first major named literary figure to write in Scots
• John Barbour (actor) (b.1933), a Canadian actor, comedian, and television host who has worked extensively in the United States
• John S. Barbour Jr. (1820–1892), a U.S. Representative and a Senator from Virginia
• Josephus Pius Barbour (1894–1974), American Baptist pastor
• Julian Barbour (b.1937), a British physicist with research interests in quantum gravity and the history of science
• Lucius A. Barbour (1846–1922), American general
• Mary Barbour (1875–1958), a Scottish political activist
• Nelson H. Barbour (1824–1905), a Millerite Adventist writer and publisher
• Philip Lemont Barbour (1898–1980), an American linguist, historian, and radio broadcaster
• Philip P. Barbour (1783–1841), 10th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, brother of James Barbour
• Ralph Henry Barbour (1870–1944), an American author of sports fiction for boys
• Robert Barbour (New South Wales politician) (1827–1895), Australian politician, merchant, and squatter
• Robert Barbour (Victorian politician) (c. 1845–1914), Australian politician
• Robert Barbour (RAF officer) (1895–1980), Scottish World War I flying ace
• Robert Barbour (cricketer) (1899–1994), Australian cricketer
• Robin Barbour (1921–2014), Church of Scotland minister and author
• Samuel Barbour (1860–1938), an Australian chemist, photographer, and X-ray pioneer
• Thomas Barbour (1884–1946), an American herpetologist
• Thomas Barbour Lathrop (1847–1927), an American philanthropist and world traveler, grandson of James Barbour
• Tommy Barbour (1887–1967), Scottish footballer
• Walworth Barbour (1908–1982), a United States Ambassador to Israel
• William Warren Barbour (1888–1943), a US Senator from New Jersey

Notable people with the given name Barbour include:

• Arthur Bruce Barbour Moore (1906–2004), Canadian Moderator of the United Church of Canada, President and Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto
• Barbour Lewis (1818–1893), an American politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Tennessee