Brian Barry, FBA (7 August 1936 – 10 March 2009) was a moral and political philosopher.

Along with David Braybrooke, Richard E. Flathman, Felix Oppenheim, and Abraham Kaplan, he is widely credited with having fused analytic philosophy and political science.

Barry also taught at the University of Chicago, in the departments of philosophy and political science.

During this time he edited the journal Ethics, helping raise its publication standards.

[4] Barry was a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of York in 2006.