Barney Aaron (21 November 1800 at Aldgate – 1850 in Whitechapel, London, England) was an English bare-knuckle boxer.
The father of Hall of Famer Young Barney Aaron began boxing in 1819, and became a leading lightweight contender in the 1820s, arguably the top rated lightweight of the era in England.
Known as The Star of the East, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001.