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Barnet F.C.
Barnet F.C., the Bees, English club founded 1888, playing at The Hive, Harrow, since 2013; four-time Conference/National League champions (1991, 2005, 2015, 2025), FA Amateur Cup winners 1946, back in EFL League Two.
Barnett formula
The Barnett formula, also known as Barnett consequentials, is the UK Treasury rule for setting changes to the devolved block grants of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Barnett Newman
Barnett Newman (1905–1970) was an American painter and founding member of abstract expressionism, best known for large fields of solid color divided by narrow vertical bands he called "zips."
Barnett Rosenberg
Barnett Rosenberg (1926–2009) was an American biophysicist at Michigan State University who discovered in 1965 that a platinum compound stopped cell division, leading to cisplatin.
Barnett Shale
The Barnett Shale is a hydrocarbon-producing rock formation in north-central Texas covering about 5,000 square miles, the play where commercial shale gas production was first worked out.
Barney (franchise)
Barney is an American children's media franchise centered on a purple Tyrannosaurus rex who teaches preschoolers through songs, known through the PBS series Barney & Friends.
Barney & Friends
Barney & Friends is an American children's television series on PBS from 1992 to 2010, starring Barney, a purple Tyrannosaurus rex who teaches young children through song and dance.
Barney and Betty Hill incident
Barney and Betty Hill incident, also called the Hill Abduction or Zeta Reticuli Incident: a September 19–20, 1961 reported UFO encounter near Franconia Notch, New Hampshire, the first widely publicized American alien-abduction account, told through 1964 hypnosis and John Fuller's 1966 book The Interrupted Journey.
Barney Ewell
Barney Ewell (Henry Norwood Ewell, 1918–1996), American sprinter and long jumper from Pennsylvania; nine-time All-American at Penn State who tied the 100 m world record of 10.2 at the 1948 Trials and won gold, silver, and silver at the 1948 London Olympics at age 30.
Barney Fife
Barney Fife (Bernard Fife) is the fictional, bumbling deputy sheriff of Mayberry on The Andy Griffith Show, played by Don Knotts, who won five Emmys; the character carried one bullet in his shirt pocket and left for Raleigh in 1965.
Barney Frank
Barney Frank (1940-2026), Massachusetts Democratic congressman 1981-2013, first sitting member of Congress to come out voluntarily as gay (1987), chaired House Financial Services and co-authored the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform act.
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith: American comic strip created by Billy DeBeck, debuted June 17, 1919 as Take Barney Google, F'rinstance; a King Features Appalachian comedy starring Snuffy Smith since 1934, drawn by Lasswell 1942–2001 and John Rose since.
Barney Graham
Barney Graham, born 1953, is an American physician-scientist and immunologist known for structure-based design of the RSV F protein immunogen and the 2P-stabilized coronavirus spike used in COVID-19 vaccines.
Barney Hartman
Barney Hartman, born Bernard Hartman in 1894, was an American beverage bottler in Knoxville, Tennessee who co-created Mountain Dew with his brother Ally and died in May 1949, months after its introduction.
Barney Hussey-Yeo
Barnaby Hussey-Yeo is a British entrepreneur who founded the AI financial assistant Cleo in 2016 after working as a data scientist at Wonga; it became a unicorn in 2025.
Barney Martin
Barney Martin (1923–2005), American character actor, NYPD detective turned performer; played Morty Seinfeld on Seinfeld, Amos Hart in Chicago's original Broadway cast, and appeared in The Producers and Arthur. Not the 1953 Cincinnati Redlegs pitcher.
Barney Miller
Barney Miller: American ABC sitcom (1975–1982, 8 seasons, 168 episodes) created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker, set in a Greenwich Village NYPD precinct, starring Hal Linden; won 3 Emmys including 1982 Outstanding Comedy Series.
Barney Rubble
Barney Rubble (Bernard Matthew Rubble) is the deuteragonist of The Flintstones (ABC, 1960-1966), Fred Flintstone's best friend, Betty's husband, Bamm-Bamm's adoptive father; modeled on Ed Norton, voiced by Mel Blanc, and also Cockney slang for trouble.
Barney Stewart
Barney Stewart (born 2004, London) is a Scottish forward who rose from Heriot-Watt University football to Falkirk, scored 17 goals in 2025-26, and joined West Bromwich Albion in June 2026.
Barney Stinson
Barney Stinson is the womanizing, suit-obsessed character played by Neil Patrick Harris on CBS's How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014), a mocked embodiment of pre-feminist masculinity later criticized as misogynistic and reprised in How I Met Your Father.
Barney the Dinosaur
Barney the Dinosaur is the purple T. rex created by Dallas teacher Sheryl Leach in 1987 home videos, adapted by Connecticut Public Television into PBS's Barney & Friends (1992), a preschool phenomenon that also drew intense adult backlash before Mattel's 2024 revival.
Barney's World
Barney's World is a 2024 CGI-animated preschool series rebooting Barney & Friends, co-produced by Mattel Television and Nelvana. It premiered October 14, 2024 on Max and Treehouse TV, set in a playground with Barney, Billy, Baby Bop, and kids David, Mel, and Vivie.
Barneys New York
Barneys New York was a Manhattan luxury department store founded in 1923 by Barney Pressman as a discount menswear shop, famous for launching designers like Armani, closing after a 2019 bankruptcy and sale to Authentic Brands Group, now licensed for revival.
Barns Courtney
Barns Courtney (Barnaby George Courtney, born 1990, Aylesbury, England) is an English singer-songwriter raised partly in Seattle whose singles "Fire" and "Glitter & Gold" broke through via the 2015 film Burnt; albums include The Attractions of Youth (2017), 404 (2019), and Supernatural (2024).
Barnsley
Barnsley, South Yorkshire market town between Leeds and Sheffield, grew on the Barnsley coal seam with glass, linen and wire industries; now known for Glass Works regeneration, 9.3 million town centre visits, and Health on the High Street.
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley F.C., the Tykes, is an English football club founded in 1887, playing in EFL League One at Oakwell Stadium (capacity 23,009); FA Cup winner 1912, promoted with a record 91 points in 2019.
Barnsley Park (United Kingdom)
Barnsley Park, Gloucestershire: Grade I Georgian house and Grade II registered park near Cirencester, built by Brereton Bourchier from c 1700, altered by John Nash, containing a scheduled Roman villa and 49 ha field system.
Barnstable County
Barnstable County, Massachusetts: the county covering Cape Cod's 15 towns, established June 2, 1685 by Plymouth Colony, seat at Barnstable. One of four intact Massachusetts county governments, run since 1988 under a Home Rule Charter with an Assembly of Delegates and Board of Regional Commissioners; 2020 population 228,996.
Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area
Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area (CBSA 12700) is the metropolitan statistical area covering Barnstable County and all of Cape Cod; about 232,600 residents in 2024, median age 56.1, 206th-largest US metro.
Barnstorming
Barnstorming was itinerant aviation entertainment in which pilots, many World War I veterans, flew from town to town in the United States staging air shows and selling rides.