Barrow is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adama Barrow (born 1965), Gambian President
• Al Barrow (born 1968), English musician
• Anibal Barrow (1948–2013), Honduran journalist
• Bernard Barrow (1927–1993), American actor
• Claire Barrow, English artist
• Clyde Barrow (1909–1934), American gangster, part of the Bonnie and Clyde crime duo
• Dean Barrow (born 1951), Belizean politician
• Ed Barrow (1868–1953), baseball executive
• Errol Barrow (1920–1987), Barbados founding prime minister
• Frances Elizabeth Barrow (1822–1894), American children's writer
• Geoff Barrow (born 1971), English musician
• Geoffrey Wallis Steuart Barrow (1924–2013), Scottish historian
• George Barrow (geologist) (1853–1932), British geologist
• George Barrow (musician) (1921–2013), American jazz saxophonist
• George L. Barrow (1851–1925), Australian journalist, son of John H. Barrow
• Henry Barrowe (c. 1550–1593), 16th-century English Puritan and separatist
• Irvine Barrow (1913–2005), Canadian politician
• Isaac Barrow (1630–1677), English divine, scholar and mathematician
• Isaac Barrow (bishop) (1613–1680), Bishop of Sodor and Man and of St Asaph; Governor of the Isle of Man
• Jill Barrow (born 1951), British businesswoman
• Jocelyn Barrow (1929–2020), British educator, community activist and politician
• Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764–1848), English statesman
• John Barrow (U.S. politician) (born 1955), Representative for Georgia's 12th congressional district
• John D. Barrow (1952–2020), English theoretical physicist
• John Henry Barrow (1817–1874), Congregational minister, journalist and South Australian politician
• Joseph Louis Barrow (1914–1981), American boxer and heavyweight champion better known as "Joe Louis"
• Malcolm Palliser Barrow (1900–1973), Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland politician
• Middleton P. Barrow (1839–1903), Senator from Georgia
• Modou Barrow (born 1992), Gambian professional footballer
• Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician
• Musa Barrow (born 1998), Gambian professional footballer
• Nita Barrow (1916–1995), Governor-General of Barbados
• Robert H. Barrow (1922–2008), American general, 27th Commandant of the US Marine Corps
• Robert Ruffin Barrow (1798–1875), American sugar planter and slave owner
• Rosemary Barrow (1968–2016), British art historian
• Simeon Barrow (born 2002), American football player
• Steve Barrow (born 1945), reggae historian
• Timothy A. Barrow (1934–2019), American politician
• Tim Barrow (born 1964), British diplomat
• Thomas Barrow (Jesuit) (1747–1813), British Jesuit
• Thomas Barrow (politician) (1916–1982), politician in Manitoba, Canada
• Tony Barrow (1936–2016), English public relations man for The Beatles
• The Bravado Brothers, American professional wrestling tag team consisting of Clint Barrow (born 1989) and Houston Barrow (born 1985)

As an artist name:

• Typh Barrow (born 1987), Belgian singer-songwriter

• Barrows (surname)