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) (born 1953), 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 (born 1985) little bit woo little bit way
 * 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 c. 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
 * Stringfellow Barr (1897–1982), historian, author and former president of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland
 * Steven Barr (born 1962), American pastor and author
 * 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), 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.

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)