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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 Celtic punk band the Dropkick Murphys
  • Alfred Barr (1902–1981), art historian and the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City
  • Alwyn Barr (born 1938), Texas historian
  • 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 (born 1992), American football linebacker
  • Anthony James Barr (Tony Barr; Jim Barr; born 1940), American programming language designer, software engineer, and inventor
  • Art Barr (1966–1994), American professional wrestler
  • Billy Barr, English footballer 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), Record breaking Scottish sailor
  • Colin Barr, Scottish curler
  • Daisey 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 footballer
  • Dave Barr (born 1972), American football quarterback
  • Dave Barr (born 1952), Canadian golfer
  • Dave Barr (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Dave Barr (born 1953), American veteran and motorcyclist who circumnavigated the globe despite having both legs amputated
  • David Barr (born 1946), former Australian politician
  • David Barr (born 1959), Canadian Colonel
  • David Barr (born 1970), English cricketer
  • Donald Barr (novelist), science fiction writer and New York Times book reviewer
  • Donna Barr (born 1952), American comic book author and cartoonist
  • Douglas Barr (born 1949), American actor, writer and director
  • Felicity Barr (born 1970), British journalist
  • Freeman Barr (born 1973), Bahamian boxer
  • Gerry Barr, 1996 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace
  • Glenn Barr (1932–2017), former Northern Ireland politician
  • Hugh C. Barr (1878–1960), philatelist of New York City
  • Jean-Marc Barr (born 1960), French-American film actor and director
  • Jeremiah Hess Barr (1876–1955), Pennsylvania philatelist
  • Joel Barr (1916–1998), member of the Soviet Atomic Spy Ring
  • Julia Barr (born 1949), American actress
  • Kathleen Barr, Canadian voice actor
  • Leonard Barr (1903–1980), standup American comedian
  • Les Barr (born 1953), Scottish footballer
  • Margaret Barr (choreographer) (1904-1991), Australian dance-drama choreographer
  • Mark Barr, American mathematician
  • Michelle Barr (born 1978), Scottish footballer
  • Natalie Barr (born 1968), Australian journalist and television presenter
  • Nevada Barr (born 1952), American author
  • Nicky Barr (1915–2006), Australian rugby player and World War II Veteran
  • Niki Barr, American musician
  • Norman B. Barr (1868–1943), founder of Olivet Institute in Chicago, Illinois
  • 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 c. 1953), minister of the Church of Scotland
  • Stringfellow Barr (1897–1982), historian, author and former president of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland
  • Steven Barr (born 1962), American pastor, author and leader of Cast Member Church at Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
  • Tara Lynne Barr (born 1993), American actress
  • Terry Barr, former American football wide receiver
  • Thomas D. Barr (1931–2008), prominent lawyer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore
  • William Barr (born 1950), American lawyer and government official
  • Woodrow Wilson Barr (1918–1942), United States Marine
  • Yvonne Barr (born 1932), British 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)
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