Occupation

A barker is a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, such as a carnival, by exhorting passing public, describing attractions of show and emphasizing variety, novelty, beauty, or some other feature believed to incite listeners to attend entertainment. A barker may conduct a brief free show, introducing performers and describing acts to be given at the feature performance. A barker is also a southern term for whore in the UK. Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival is a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ...

The term barker can also apply to a television channel which has a continuous loop of programming, such as a pay-per-view preview channel or one demonstrating the various services of a cable or satellite service. Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed optical... A satellite is any object that orbits another object (which is known as its primary). ...

People

People whose surname is or was Barker include A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ...

• Barker, Arj, (born 1974), U.S. comedian, actor
• Barker, Bernard, Watergate burglar
• Barker, Bob, (born 1923), game show host, television personality
• Barker, Clive, (born 1952), British horror author
• Barker, Collet (1784-1831), Explorer
• Barker, Dave, guitarist from Trial of Error.
• Barker, Edmund Henry, (1788-1839)
• Barker, George, (1882-1965), U.S. painter
• Barker, George, (1913-1991), British poet
• Barker, Jane, 18th century British poet and novelist
• Barker, Kate "Ma", (born Arizona Clark c.1871-1935), reputed gang leader
• Barker, Les, British comedian
• Barker, Lex, (1919-1973), actor
• Barker, Pat, author
• Barker, Ronnie, (1929-2005), British comedian
• Barker, Travis, (born 1975), Drummer from Blink 182,Plus-44 & Box Car Racer

Arj Barker (born August 12, 1974) is a stand-up comedian from California. ... Bernard L. Barker, former member of the Cuban secret police under the Batista regime and subsequently one of the Plumbers, the Nixon White Houses so-called Special Investigations Unit, was one of the five burglars paid by the Committee to Re-elect the President, Nixons re-election campaign... The term Watergate refers to a series of events, spanning from 1972 to 1974, that began with U.S. President Nixons administrations abuse of power toward the goal of undermining political opposition in the public anti-war movement and the Democratic Party. ... Robert William Barker (born December 12, 1923) is an American television game show host best known for The Price Is Right. ... A game show involves members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... Clive Barker (born October 5, 1952, Liverpool, England) is a British author, director and visual artist. ... Collet Barker (1784-30 April 1831), military officer and explorer, explored areas of South Australia. ... Edmund Henry Barker (1788 - March 21, 1839), English classical scholar, was born at Hollym in Yorkshire. ... See George Barker for other notable people with the same name. ... See George Barker for other notable people with the same name. ... Jane Barker Jane Barker (1652 – 1730) was a poet and novelist of the early 18th century. ... Kate Ma Barker (birth name Arizona Clark) ( c. ... Les Barker (born January 30, 1947) is an English poet. ... Lex Barker as Tarzan Lex Barker (May 8, 1919 - May 11, 1973) was born Alexander Crichlow Barker, Jr. ... Pat Barker (born May 8, 1943) is an English writer and historian. ... Ronnie Barker Ronald William George Barker OBE (September 25, 1929 – October 3, 2005), popularly known as Ronnie Barker and (as a writer) Gerald Wiley , was an English comic actor and writer. ... Travis Landon Barker (born November 14, 1975 in Fontana, California, USA) is the drummer for The Transplants and Plus 44. ... Blink-182 was a Southern-Californian Pop-Punk band that was formed in 1992 by Tom Delonge, Mark Hoppus, and Scott Raynor in the northern San Diego suburb of Poway, California. ... Plus 44 is an electronica-based side project from blink-182 members Mark Hoppus (bass and vocals) and Travis Barker (drums and keyboards). ... Box Car Racer was a side-project (it is insisted by Tom Delonge that it was never a band but rather a project) created by Tom DeLonge of blink-182. ...

Places

• Division of Barker is an electorate for the Australian House of Representatives.

The Division of Barker is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. ... Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ... Mount Barker is a small city in the Mount Lofty Ranges, 40 kilometres from Adelaide, South Australia. ...

School

• Barker College is a private college in Sydney, Australia