# Starr (surname)

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

## People

* Albert Starr (1926–2024), 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 (born 1950), American television news journalist
* Barbara Starr Scott (1939–2020), Cherokee Nation politician
* Bart Starr (1934–2019), American football quarterback and coach
* Beau Starr (born 1944), American actor
* Belle Starr (1848–1889), American outlaw
* Ben Starr (television producer) (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
* Candace Lynn Starr (born 1975), American murder victim
* Charles Starr (born 1933), American politician in Oregon
* Charmaine Starr (born 1979), Philippine-born American 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, 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, several people
** Jack Starr (Texas guitarist), American musician
** Jack Starr, American metal and blues guitarist and songwriter
* James Starr, several people
** 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 Starr, several people
** John Howard Starr (1898–1989), American 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
* Lee Anna Starr (1853–1937), American minister, writer, suffragist
* Leonard Starr (1925–2015), American cartoonist
* Lucille Starr (1938–2020), Canadian singer, songwriter, and yodeler
* Lucky Starr (singer) (born 1940), Australian singer
* Manya Starr (1921-2000), American writer
* 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/Mike Starr, several people
** 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 [pl], Polish model
* Natalia Starr [pl], 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, 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, 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