This time in the **First Names First **we will have Barbara/Barbra ! So, take your pick and choose at least one of the names below to read more about the person ! Find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them!
Barbara Fugger* German businesswoman/banker – Augsburg (1419)
Barbara Strozzi (B) (b Valle) singer/composer – Venice, Republic of Venice (1619)
Barbara Fritchie* U.S. patriot in the Civil War – Lancaster, Province of Pennsylvania (1766)
Barbara La Marr* actress – Yakima, WA USA (1896)
Barbara Cartland* novelist (723 novels) – Edgbaston, Birmingham, England (1901)
Barbara Hepworth* artist/ sculptor – Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (1903)
Barbara Stanwyck* actress/model/dancer – New York, NY USA (1907)
Barbara W. Tuchman* historian/author – New York City, NY USA (1912)
Barbara Bel Geddes* actress – New York, NY USA (1922)
Barbara Baxley* actress/ singer – Porterville, CA USA (1923)
Barbara Hall* crossword puzzle editor/advice columnist/writer – Derby, England (1923)
Barbara Bush* First Lady – New York, NY USA (1925)
Barbara Bates* singer/actress (All About Eve) – Denver, CO USA (1925)
Barbara Howard* painter/wood engraver/designer – Long Branch, ON Canada (1926)
Barbara Sansoni* Sri Lankan designer/ entrepreneur/writer – Kandy, British Ceylon (1928)
Barbara Walters* broadcast journalist/host of The View – Boston, MA USA (1929) pic
Barbara Eden* actress (I Dream of Jeannie)/singer – Tucson, AZ USA (1931)
Barbara Feldon* model/actress (Get Smart) – Bethel Park, PA USA (1933)
Barbara Taylor Bradford* British-American novelist – Leeds, Yorkshire, England (1933)
Barbara Rose* art historian/art critic/curator – Washington, D.C. USA (1936)
Barbara Turner* screenwriter/actress – Brooklyn, NY USA (1936)
Barbara Windsor* (b Deeks) actress – Shoreditch, London, England (1937)
Barbara Colby* actress/ homicide vicitim – New York City, NY USA (1939)
Barbara Boxer* politician – Brooklyn, NY USA (1940)
Barbra Streisand* singer/actress – Brooklyn, NY USA (1942)
Barbara Stamm* (b Stocker) politician – Bad Mergentheim, Württemberg, Nazi Germany (1944)
Barbara Carrera* actress – Bluefields, Nicaragua (1945)
Barbara Judge* (b Singer) American-British lawyer / businesswoman – New York City, NY USA (1946)
Barbara Hershey* actress – Hollywood, CA USA (1948)
Barbara Hendricks* operatic soprano/ concert singer – Stephens, AR USA (1948)
Barbara Corcoran* businesswoman/ speaker/investor (Shark Tank) – Edgewater, NJ USA (1949)
Bárbara Bruno* actress/film director/ producer – Niterói, Brazil (1956)
Updated 13.2.2023