Barry Bingham was born on 10 February 1906 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was married to Mary Clifford Caperton. He died on 15 August 1988 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Second generation of a local American publishing dynasty; his father was Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937), his children were Worth Bingham, Barry Bingham Jr. (1933-2006), Sarah Montague "Sallie" Bingham (1937-), Eleanor Bingham Miller, & Jonathan (1942-1964), and his grandsons were Robert Bingham and Benjamin Worth Bingham Miller.