Barlow
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Barlow is a place name and a family name. The name is English in origin, meaning "[lives on] the bare hill".
The ancestry of most Barlows traces back to the North West of England:
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- Barlow, professional name of Tom Barlow, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Francis Barlow (1626?–1704), the British painter, etcher, and illustrator
- Francis C. Barlow (1834–1896), the US lawyer, politician, and general
- Gary Barlow, English Singer/Songwriter, best known for being a member of the Boy Band, Take That
- George Hilario Barlow Acting Governor-General of India from 1805 to 1807
- Horace Barlow Cambridge physiologist, neuroscientist, vision scientist
- John Barlow, English diplomat
- John Barlow, English 21st century writer
- John Perry Barlow, US poet and essayist, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
- other people called John Barlow
- Kurt Barlow, character in Stephen King's novel 'Salem's Lot
- Lou Barlow, musician, member of the bands Dinosaur Jr and Sebadoh
- Matt Barlow, former vocalist of the heavy metal band Iced Earth
- Maude Barlow, Canadian author and activist.
- Peter Barlow (1776-1862), the English engineer, inventor of Barlow's Wheel and the Barlow lens
- Sam Barlow (1792–1867), Oregon pioneer and entrepreneur who helped build the Barlow Road at the end of the Oregon Trail
- Samuel Barlow, the canal carrier or his son and business partner John Barlow
- Thomas Barlow (1607 - 1691), English bishop
- Sir Thomas Barlow (1845-1945), British physician
- Thomas Barlow (1896-1983), U.S. basketball player
- Thomas Barlow (1940- ), Kentucky politician
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- BarlowGirl is a Christian musical rock group since about 2004
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- Barlow lens, used in telescope eyepieces.
- Barlow's Wheel
- Barlow Road
- Barlow Planetarium
- Barlow sisters
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