Barr (surname)

Barr is an English, Scottish, and Irish surname, and may refer to:

People

• Adam Barr, American television screenwriter and producer
• Al Barr (born 1968), lead singer of the Dropkick Murphys
• Alfred Barr (1902–1981), American art historian, first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City
• Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919), British American novelist
• Andrew Barr (born 1973), Australian politician
• Andrew Barr (musician) (born 1977), drummer with The Sip and The Barr Brothers
• Anthony Barr (American football) (born 1992), American football player
• Anthony James Barr (born 1940), American software engineer
• Billy Barr (footballer), English football player and coach
• Billy Barr (naturalist), famous for collecting 40 years of climate change data
• Bob Barr (born 1948), American politician
• Burton Barr (1917–1997), American politician from Arizona
• Candy Barr (1935–2005) American stripper, burlesque exotic dancer, actress, and model
• Charlie Barr (1864–1911), Scottish sailor
• Colin Barr, Scottish curler
• Daisy Douglas Barr, leader of the Indiana Women's Ku Klux Klan in the early 1920s and member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union
• Darren Barr, Scottish football player
• Dave Barr (American football) (born 1972), American football player
• Dave Barr (golfer) (born 1952), Canadian golfer
• Dave Barr (ice hockey) (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey player
• Dave Barr (motorcyclist) (1952–2024), American motorcyclist
• David Barr (politician) (born 1946), Australian politician
• David Barr (Canadian Forces officer) (born 1959), Canadian colonel
• David Barr (English cricketer) (born 1970), English cricketer
• Donald Barr, American science fiction writer and book reviewer
• Donna Barr (born 1952), American comic book author and cartoonist
• Douglas Barr (born 1949), American actor, writer and director
• Edith Alice Barr (1884–1974), American pioneer, postmaster, and undercover FBI agent
• Felicity Barr (born 1970), British journalist
• Freeman Barr (born 1973), Bahamian boxer
• Gerry Barr, recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace
• Glenn Barr (1932–2017), Northern Ireland politician
• Hugh C. Barr (1878–1960), American philatelist
• Jean-Marc Barr (born 1960), French-American film actor and director
• Jeremiah Hess Barr (1876–1955), American philatelist
• Joel Barr (1916–1998), member of the Soviet Atomic Spy Ring
• Julia Barr (born 1949), American actress
• Katherine J. Boskins Barr (1872–1931), American civic leader and nurse
• Kathleen Barr (born 1967), Canadian voice actor
• Leonard Barr (1903–1980), standup American comedian
• Les Barr (born 1953), Scottish football player
• Margaret Barr (choreographer) (1904–1991), Australian dance-drama choreographer
• Mark Barr, American mathematician
• Michelle Barr (born 1978), Scottish football player
• Natalie Barr (born 1968), Australian journalist and television presenter
• Nevada Barr (born 1952), American author
• Nick Barr English economist
• Nicky Barr (1915–2006), Australian player and soldier
• Niki Barr, American musician
• Norman B. Barr (1868–1943), founder of Olivet Institute in Chicago
• Patrick Barr (1908–1985), British actor
• Rachel Barr, member of faculty of Georgetown University
• Richard J. Barr (1865–1951), American lawyer and politician
• Robert Barr (born 1978), Scottish field hockey player
• Roseanne Barr (born 1952), American comedian, actress and writer
• Russell Barr (born 1953), minister of the Church of Scotland
• The Barr family of American professional wrestlers:
  • Sandy Barr (1938–2007; born Ferrin Barr), family patriarch; also a promoter
  • Ferrin Barr Jr. (born 1959), older son, known as Jimmy Jack Funk
  • Art Barr (1966–1994), younger son
• Samuel Russell Barr (1914–2001), American businessman and politician
• Steven Barr (born 1962), American pastor and author
• Stringfellow Barr (1897–1982), historian, author and former president of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland
• Tara Lynne Barr (born 1993), American actress
• Terry Barr, American football player
• Thomas D. Barr (1931–2008), American lawyer
• William Barr (born 1950), American lawyer and government official
• Woodrow Wilson Barr (1918–1942), American marine
• Yvonne Barr (1932–2016), Irish-born Australian virologist

Fictional characters

• Dallas Barr, fictional character in the eponymous comic book series by Marvano
• Ducem Barr, fictional character, part of Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series
• Onum Barr, fictional character, part of Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series
• Quinn Armitage and Robert Barr, fictional twin characters appearing in the American soap opera Santa Barbara.

See also

People with the surname Barr and identical first names

• David Barr (disambiguation), including Dave Barr
• George Barr (disambiguation)
• James Barr (disambiguation), including Jim Barr
• Joseph Barr (disambiguation), including Joe Barr
• Michael Barr (disambiguation)
  • Mike Barr (disambiguation)
• Robert Barr (disambiguation), including Bob Barr
• Thomas Barr (disambiguation)
• William Barr (disambiguation), including Bill or Billy Barr

Barr as a word

• Barr (disambiguation)