Barnaby French (born 25 November 1975) is a former professional Australian rules footballer. French attended Pembroke School in Adelaide. A champion junior rower, French was a member of the Australian under 23s rowing team. He gave up rowing when his studies interfered. French spent the 1998 AFL season playing for South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Sturt. He was also selected in the SANFL representative team that season.