Herring is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Aggie Herring (1876–1939), U.S. actress
Alfred Cecil Herring (1888–1966), Royal Army Service Corps officer
Annie Herring, U.S. Christian singer
Art Herring (1906–1995), U.S. baseball player
Aubrey Herring, U.S. track and field athlete
Augustus Moore Herring (1865–1926), U.S. aviation pioneer
Ben Herring (born 1980), New Zealand rugby union footballer
Caroline Herring, singer-songwriter
Daren Herring (born 1966), Welsh National F2 Rally Champion 1993, songwriter, producer
Bill Herring, U.S. baseball player
Charles R. Herring (born 1945), chiropractor who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1988 to 1992
Clyde L. Herring (1879–1945), U.S. politician
Conyers Herring (born 1914), U.S. physicist
Corey Herring, U.S. basketball player
Cornelius T. Herring (1849-1931), American rancher, banker and hotelier.
Dennis Herring, U.S. record producer
E. Pendleton Herring (1903–2004), U.S. political scientist
Edmund Herring (1892–1982), Australian Army officer
Eli Herring, U.S. football player
Hal Herring (born 1924), U.S. football player and coach
Hank Herring (1922–1999), U.S. boxer
Heath Herring (born 1978), U.S. mixed martial artist
Horace Herring (1884–1962), New Zealand politician
James Red Herring (1896–1974), U.S. boxer
James V. Herring (1887–1969), U.S. artist
Jim Herring (born 1938), American politician
Jimmy Herring (born 1962), U.S. rock guitarist
Joanne Herring (born 1929), U.S. entrepreneur, philanthropist, and talk show host
John Frederick Herring, Sr. (1795–1865), British painter
John Frederick Herring, Jr. (1820–1907), British painter
Kim Herring (born 1975), U.S. football player
Louise McCarren Herring (1909–1987), U.S. cooperative activist
Lynn Herring (born 1958), U.S. soap opera actress
Mark Herring (born 1961), U.S. politician
Mary Herring (1895–1981), Australian physician and community worker
Pembroke J. Herring (born 1930), American film editor
Percy Theodore Herring (1872–1967) New Zealand physician
Reggie Herring (born 1959), U.S. football coach
Richard Herring (born 1967), British comedian
Robert Herring (poet), Scottish poet
Robert Herring (businessman), U.S. entrepreneur
Rufus G. Herring (1921–1996), United States Naval Reserve officer
Sydney Herring (1881–1951), Australian Army colonel
Thomas Herring (1693–1757), Archbishop of Canterbury
Vincent Herring (born 1964), U.S. jazz saxophonist
Will Herring (born 1983), U.S. football player
Fictional characters:
Albert Herring, from the 1947 comic chamber opera by Benjamin Britten
A henchman of Dictator Adenoid Hynkel in The Great Dictator
