Here's a famous barefoot:

"byname Magnus Barefoot, Norwegian Magnus Berrføtt, Old Norse Magnus Barfot king of Norway (1093–1103), warrior who consolidated Norwegian rule in the Orkney and Hebrides islands and on the Isle of Man (all now part of the United Kingdom). He was called Barefoot (i.e., bareleg) because he often wore Scottish kilts. "

Now there's some roundabout thinking. He wore kilts; bareleg; barefoot. You go figure.