Herring is a surname which may refer to:

Contents

• People
• Fictional characters
• See also

People

• Aggie Herring (1876–1939), American actress
• Alfred Cecil Herring (1888–1966), Royal Army Service Corps officer
• Amy H. Herring, American biostatistician
• Annie Herring, American Christian singer
• Art Herring (1906–1995), American baseball player
• Aubrey Herring, American track and field athlete
• Augustus Moore Herring (1865–1926), American aviation pioneer
• Ben Herring (born 1980), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Bill Herring, American baseball player
• Caroline Herring, singer-songwriter
• Charles R. Herring (born 1945), chiropractor who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1988 to 1992
• Clyde L. Herring (1879–1945), American politician
• Conyers Herring (1914–2009), American physicist
• Corey Herring, American basketball player
• Cornelius T. Herring (1849–1931), American rancher, banker and hotelier.
• Dennis Herring, American record producer
• E. Pendleton Herring (1903–2004), American political scientist
• Edmund Herring (1892–1982), Australian Army officer
• Eli Herring, American football player
• Elijah Herring, American football player
• Elizabeth Warren, née Herring, American politician
• Frances Elizabeth Herring (1851-1916), Canadian journalist and novelist
• Hal Herring (1924–2014), American football player and coach
• Hank Herring (1922–1999), American boxer
• Heath Herring (born 1978), American mixed martial artist
• Horace Herring (1884–1962), New Zealand politician
• Jamel Herring (1985), American boxer
• James Red Herring (1896–1974), American boxer
• James V. Herring (1887–1969), American artist
• Jan Herring (1923–2000), American artist
• Jimmy Herring (born 1962), American rock guitarist
• Joanne Herring (born 1929), American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and talk show host
• John Frederick Herring Sr. (1795–1865), British painter
• John Frederick Herring Jr. (1820–1907), British painter
• Katherine Herring (1933–2018), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Kim Herring (born 1975), American football player
• Louise McCarren Herring (1909–1987), American cooperative activist
• Lynn Herring (born 1958), American soap opera actress
• Malik Herring (born 1997), American football player
• Mark Herring (born 1961), American politician
• Mary Herring (1895–1981), Australian physician and community worker
• Pembroke J. Herring (1930–2020), American film editor
• Percy Herring (1872–1967) New Zealand physician
• Reggie Herring (born 1959), American football coach
• Richard Herring (born 1967), British comedian
• Robert Herring (poet), Scottish poet
• Robert Herring (businessman), American entrepreneur
• Robert Herring (RAF officer) (1896–1973), World War I flying ace
• Robert Herring (cricketer) (1898–1964), Australian cricketer
• Rufus G. Herring (1921–1996), United States Naval Reserve officer
• Scarlett Miller (née Herring), American engineering professor
• Sydney Herring (1881–1951), Australian Army colonel
• Thomas Herring (1693–1757), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Thomas A. Herring (born 1955), Australian-American geophysicist
• Vincent Herring (born 1964), American jazz saxophonist
• William Herring (1718–1774), Anglican priest
• William Herring (politician) (1833–1912), American politician, lawyer, and businessman
• Will Herring (born 1983), American football player

Fictional characters

• Albert Herring, from the 1947 comic chamber opera by Benjamin Britten
• A henchman of dictator Adenoid Hynkel in The Great Dictator

See also

• Senator Herring (disambiguation)

Surname list

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