Ken or Kenneth Barnes is the name of: Ken Barnes (writer) (1933–2015), British writer, record producer and film historian Ken Barnes (English footballer) (1929–2010), English footballer Ken Barnes (soldier) (1935–2009), Jamaican soldier, politician, and footballer Sir Kenneth Barnes (1878–1957), director of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Sir Kenneth Barnes (civil servant), English civil servant Kenneth Barnes (bank robber) Ken Barnes (Australian footballer) (born 1941), Australian rules footballer