Herbert Barker Hungerford (30 August 1885 – 13 May 1963) was an American entomologist and professor at the University of Kansas who specialized in the taxonomy, systematics and ecology of aquatic bugs in the families Corixidae and Notonectidae.
In 1928 he visited Europe, examining the type specimens of water bugs at various collections.
He became a head of the department of entomology in 1924 and was also posted as the State Entomologist for Kansas.
During his lifetime he made extensive collections of the aquatic bugs and published numerous descriptions and research papers in entomology.
[1][2] Hungerford married Mary Frances Kenney, a friend from college, in 1905 and they had a daughter.