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:
“It is very considerably smaller than Australia and British Somaliland put together. As things stand at present there is nothing much the Texans can do about this, and ... they are inclined to shy away from the subject in ordinary conversation, muttering defensively about the size of oranges.”
—Alex Atkinson, British humor writer. repr. In Present Laughter, ed. Alan Coren (1982)
“We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn’t the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how life’s lived before it gets to the parlor door.”
—Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)