Famous People with Name Barry

Barry Hall            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Barry Hall: a professional Australian rules footballer. While he had played several seasons at the St Kilda Football Club, Hall is best known for his playing career at the Sydney Swans AFL club, where he has been a prolific goalkicker and onfield leader who has captained the side on numerous occasions.Nicknamed "Big, Bad, Bustling Barry Hall" (also "Bazza", "Big Bad Barry" or various combinations of these) by media and football fans alike. Hall was a prominent junior boxer training out of his hometown, Broadford, Victoria winning a state title in his early teenage years, but decided to focus on a career in Australian rules football

Barry Phillips-Moore            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Barry Phillips-Moore: was an Australian tennis player of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. In singles, he twice reached the semifinals of the Australian Championships, in 1961 and 1968. In doubles, he was a quarterfinalist at Australian Championships/Australian Open eight times, and also made the quarterfinals at the French Open in 1972.

Barry Kay            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Barry Kay: who studied arts at the Académie Julian in Paris, was a stage and costume designer of international renown. In the course of his career, lasting almost four decades, he designed for the ballet, drama and opera alike, working with established directors and choreographers at major theatres and opera houses and their companies worldwide. Kay's emphasis, however, lay in pioneering three-dimensional stage set designs for the ballet. By breaking away from the traditional use of "flat wings" scenery, in designing for the theatre he expanded on the revolutionary ideas of the Russian Constructivists and the Italian Futurists in the early part of the 20th century.

Barry Hill            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Barry Hill: an Australian historian, poet, journalist and academic.Hill was born in Melbourne, Australia.[1] He studied at the University of Melbourne gaining his Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Education (B Ed) and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and from there went to London where he gained his Master of Arts (MA) degree from the University of London.Hill has worked in both Melbourne and London. In London he worked for the Times Literary Supplement.[2] Since 1975 Hill has been a full time writer and is currently Poetry Editor of The Australian newspaper.[1]

Barry Dancer            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Barry Dancer: is a former field hockey player from Australia, who competed in 48 international matches for Australia between 1973 and 1979. His highlights were winning the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, and bronze at the Hockey World Cup in Bueno

Max Barry            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Max Barry: a contemporary Australian author. He says about himself that he "put an extra X in his name for Syrup because he thought it was a funny joke about marketing and failed to realize everyone would assume he was a pretentious asshole." [1] He commands a cult following for his blog and his "funny and clever" [2] books.Barry is also the creator of NationStates (a game created to help advertise Jennifer Government) and is the owner of the website Tales of Corporate Oppression. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and daughter and worked as a marketer for Hewlett-Packard before he became a novelist.

John Barry            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

John Barry: was a tennis player. He played for New Zealand in the Davis Cup of 1947 and 1954.

Ellen Barry            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Ellen Barry: was a New Zealand professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking was 253, which she reached on May 26, 2008. Barry retired from all forms of tennis in November, 2010, citing injury problems and a lack of interest in the game as her bigges

Michael Joseph "Mick" Barry            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Michael Joseph "Mick" Barry: was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Barry, a scrum-half, claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.

Veronica Lesley "Bonny" Barry            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Veronica Lesley "Bonny" Barry: is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2009, representing the district of Aspley. Barry was first elected to parliament at the 2001 state election when she defeated incumbent Liberal MP John