- The Organization of American Historians annually bestows the Erik Barnouw Award "in recognition of outstanding reporting or programming on network or cable television, or in documentary film, concerned with American history, the study of American history, and/or the promotion of history." The first recipient was Ken Burns in 1983.
- Historian and author. Specialized in the history of broadcasting media.
- Children: son Jeffrey; daughters Susanna and Karen.
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