Starr (surname)

Starr is a family name, originating from the pre-Modern English word starre or sterre, meaning "star".

People

 * Albert Starr (born 1926), American cardiovascular surgeon and inventor
 * Allison Starr (born 1977), American collegiate basketball player and coach
 * Antony Starr (born 1975), New Zealand television actor
 * Ayra Starr (born 2002), Nigerian singer and songwriter
 * Barbara Starr, American television news journalist
 * Bart Starr (1934–2019), American football quarterback and coach
 * Beau Starr (born 1944), American actor
 * Belle Starr (1848–1889), American outlaw
 * Ben Starr (1921–2014), American television producer, creator, writer and playwright
 * Blaze Starr (1932–2015), American stripper and burlesque star
 * Bob Starr, several people
 * Bobbi Starr (born 1983), stage name of an American pornographic actress
 * Brenda K. Starr (born 1966), American singer
 * Bruce Starr (born 1969), American politician in Oregon
 * Charles Starr (born 1933), American politician in Oregon
 * Charmaine Starr (born 1979), Filipino pornographic actress
 * Chauncey Starr (1912–2007), American nuclear physicist
 * Chester G. Starr (1914–1999), American historian
 * Comfort Starr (1589–1659), English physician
 * Cornelius Vander Starr (1892–1968), a founder of the American International Group insurance corporation
 * David Starr (disambiguation), several people
 * Don Starr (1917–1995), American actor
 * Edwin Starr (1942–2003), American soul and R&B singer
 * Ernest Starr (1890–1981), Canadian politician
 * Freddie Starr (1943–2019), English comedian, impressionist and singer
 * Frederick Starr (1858–1933), American anthropologist
 * S. Frederick Starr (born 1940), American founder and chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
 * Fredro Starr, born Fred Scruggs in 1970, American rapper and actor
 * G. Gabrielle Starr, president of Pomona College
 * Garrison Starr (born 1975), American singer-songwriter
 * George Reginald Starr (1904–1980), British organiser of a resistance network in France during World War II
 * Georgina Starr (born 1968), English artist
 * Harry W. Starr (1879–1934), American politician
 * Henry Starr (1873–1921), American outlaw
 * H. James Starr (1931–2008), American politician
 * Irving Starr (1905–1982), American film producer
 * Isaac Starr (1895–1989), American physician
 * Jack Starr (Texas guitarist), American musician
 * Jack Starr, American metal and blues guitarist and songwriter
 * James Harper Starr (1809–1890), Surgeon General and Secretary of the Treasury of the Republic of Texas
 * James Starr (philatelist) (1870–1948), American philatelist
 * Jason Starr (born 1966), American author and screenplay writer
 * Joeystarr (born 1967), French rapper of Martinican origin
 * John Howard Starr (1898–1989), American Colgate University hockey coach
 * John Renshaw Starr (1908–1996), British artist and soldier in World War II
 * John Robert Starr (1927–2000), American journalist and newspaper columnist
 * Katarzyna Starr (born 1982), Polish and English chess master
 * Kay Starr, stage name of Katherine Starks (1922–2016), American jazz and popular music singer
 * Keith Starr (born 1954), American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls
 * Ken Starr (1946–2022), American judge
 * Kenn Starr, American rapper
 * Kenny Starr (born 1952), American country singer
 * Kenneth I. Starr (born 1943/1944), American former certified public accountant and disbarred attorney
 * Kevin Starr (1940–2017), historian and author, State Librarian of California
 * Kimberley Starr (born 1970), Australian author
 * Kinnie Starr (born 1970), Canadian singer-songwriter
 * Leonard Starr (1925–2015), American cartoonist
 * Lucille Starr (1938–2020), Canadian singer, songwriter, and yodeler
 * Lucky Starr (singer) (born 1940), Australian singer
 * Mark Starr (1962–2013), English professional wrestler
 * Mark Starr (labor educationalist) (1894–1985), British American historian and pedagogue
 * Martin Starr (born 1982), American television and film actor
 * Maurice Starr (born 1953), American musician, songwriter, and record producer
 * Michael Starr (politician) (1910–2000), Canadian politician
 * Michael Starr (singer) (born 1965), American singer, songwriter and musician
 * Mike Starr (actor) (born 1950), American actor
 * Mike Starr (musician) (1966–2011), American bassist in the band Alice in Chains
 * Mortimer P. Starr (1917–1989), American microbiologist
 * Nava Starr (born 1949), Canadian female chess player
 * Natasha Starr, Polish model
 * Natalia Starr, Polish model
 * Oliver Starr (1883–1961), American judge
 * Patti Starr (born 1943), Canadian businesswoman
 * Paul Starr (born 1949), professor of sociology and public affairs
 * Pearl Starr (1868–1925), American prostitute, bordello owner and businesswoman
 * Phil Starr (1932–2005), cabaret comedian and singer in England
 * Rachel Starr, American pornographic actress
 * Richard Starr (disambiguation), several people
 * Ringo Starr (born 1940), English musician, drummer for The Beatles
 * Ron Starr (1951–2017), American professional wrestler
 * Ruby Starr (1949–1995), American singer
 * Ryan Starr (born 1982), American Idol contestant
 * Sable Starr (1957–2009), American rock and roll groupie
 * Sally Starr, several people
 * Samuel H. Starr (1810–1891), American cavalry commander
 * Stephen Starr, Philadelphia restaurateur
 * Steven Starr (born 1957), American filmmaker and media activist
 * Stevie Starr (born 1962), Scottish performance artist
 * Susan Starr, American pianist
 * Tom Starr (c. 1813–1890), American outlaw
 * Terrell Starr (1925–2009), American politician
 * Tyler Starr (born 1991), American football linebacker
 * Walter A. Starr, Jr. (1903–1933), American lawyer and mountain climber
 * William Starr (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters

 * Brenda Starr, heroine of the Brenda Starr, Reporter comic strip and its film adaptations
 * Clive Starr, on the soap opera Family Affairs
 * Daniel Starr, nicknamed Dear Daniel, a cat and Hello Kitty's boyfriend in the Sanrio universe
 * David "Lucky" Starr, hero of the Lucky Starr series of science fiction books by Isaac Asimov
 * Dudley Starr, on the soap opera Family Affairs
 * Elihas Starr or Egghead, a Marvel Comics character
 * Herr Starr, from the comic book Preacher
 * Karen Starr or Power Girl, a DC Comics superheroine
 * Lone Starr, in the film Spaceballs
 * Poppy Starr, on the Nickelodeon comedy Lego City Adventures