• Antonella Barba (1986-), U.S. singer and contestant on American Idol
• Eugenio Barba (1936-), Italian author, director
• Fidel LaBarba (1905-1981), U.S. boxer and sportswriter
• Juan Barbas (1959-), Argentine footballer
• María Ignacia Rodríguez de Velasco y Osorio Barba (1778-1851), figure in the society of Mexico City
• Paul Barbă Neagră (1929-), Romanian film director
• Porfirio Barba-Jacob, pseudonym of Miguel Ángel Osorio Benítez, Colombian poet

See also

• Barbas, in demonology
• Barbas (Charmed), a fictional character
• Barba is the last palace dungeon of the sixth dungeon in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. He is a serpent. When Nintendo released Zelda II in Europe and America, they called the palace boss Barba, but this has since been retconned as Volvagia, which is his original name in the Japanese version of Zelda II.