Carter Tate Barron (January 30, 1905 – November 16, 1950) was a college football player and motion picture executive.

[3] A knee injury ultimately ended his football career.

[1][5] The Carter Barron Amphitheatre is located in Rock Creek Park of Washington, D. C. The plan was expanded upon by Barron as Vice-Chairman for the Sesquicentennial Commission in 1947 as a way to memorialize the 150th Anniversary of Washington, D. C. as the nation's capital.

[4] Politically a Democrat, Barron was a personal friend of presidents Harry Truman[1] and Franklin D.

Atchison and Lietch in 2017, were featured in an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution about their long standing attendance to Tech Football games started by Carter Barron.