Alan Barnes may refer to:
- Alan Barnes (murder victim) (c. 1962–1979), murder victim in Adelaide, possibly killed by Bevan Spencer von Einem
- Alan Barnes (architect) (died 1987), Northern Ireland architect
- Alan Barnes (writer), writer and editor in the field of cult film and television
- Alan Barnes (musician) (born 1959), English jazz musician
- Alan Barnes (cricketer) (1850–1915), English cricketer
- Alan Barnes (cricket administrator) former secretary of the Australian Board of Control (1960–80)
Famous quotes containing the words alan and/or barnes:
“Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.”
—Korean proverb, quoted in Alan L. Mackay, The Harvest of a Quiet Eye (1977)
“After all, it is not where one washes one’s neck that counts but where one moistens one’s throat.”
—Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)