# 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 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 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), 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.