Barr (surname)
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People
- Adam BarrAdam BarrAdam Barr is a television screenwriter and producer best known for his comedy credits, including the hit NBC series Will and Grace.In the early nineties he teamed up with Peter Ocko, with whom he wrote 12 episodes of Parker Lewis Can't Lose...
, American television screenwriter and producer - Al BarrAl BarrAlexander Martin "Al" Barr is the lead singer of the Dropkick Murphys. He was also a founder and lead singer for The Bruisers, which he helped form in 1988 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His first band circa 1984, was called D.V.A....
, lead singer of the Celtic punk band the Dropkick Murphys - Alfred BarrAlfred BarrAlfred Hamilton Barr, Jr. , known as Alfred H. Barr, Jr., was an American art historian and the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City...
(1902–1981), art historian and the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City - Alwyn BarrAlwyn BarrChester Alwyn Barr is an American historian who specializes in African American studies, the American South, the American Civil War, and Reconstruction. He is a professor emeritus and former history department chairman at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.-Works:Barr received his Ph.D...
(born 1938), Texas historian - Amelia Edith Huddleston BarrAmelia Edith Huddleston BarrAmelia Edith Barr in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist.-Biography:...
(1831–1919), British American novelist - Andrew BarrAndrew BarrAndrew Barr is an Australian politician and Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. He has been an Australian Labor Party member for the seat of Molonglo in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 5 April 2006, after being elected on a countback to replace...
(born 1973), Australian politician - Anthony James BarrAnthony James BarrAnthony James Barr, aka Tony Barr or Jim Barr is an American "programming language" designer, software engineer, and inventor...
(Tony Barr; Jim Barr; born 1940), American programming language designer, software engineer, and inventor - Art BarrArt BarrArthur Leon "Art" Barr was an American professional wrestler. While he wrestled briefly for World Championship Wrestling, he found his greatest success in Mexico's Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion....
(1966–1994), American professional wrestler - Bob BarrBob BarrRobert Laurence "Bob" Barr, Jr. is a former federal prosecutorand a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Republican from 1995 to 2003. Barr attained national prominence as one of the leaders of the impeachment of...
(born 1948), American politician - Candy BarrCandy BarrCandy Barr was an American stripper, burlesque exotic dancer, actress in one pornographic movie, and model in men's magazines of the mid-20th century....
(1935–2005) American stripper, burlesque exotic dancer, actress, and model - Charlie BarrCharlie BarrCharlie Barr , was an accomplished sailing skipper who captained the winning yacht in the America's Cup three times.-Early life:...
(1864–1911), Record breakingAtlantic (yacht)The Atlantic was built in 1903 by Townsend and Downey shipyard, and designed by William Gardner, for Wilson Marshall. The three-masted schooner was skippered by Charlie Barr and it held the record for fastest transatlantic passage by a monohull in the 1905 Kaiser's Cup race...
Scottish sailor - Daisey Douglas BarrDaisey Douglas BarrDaisy Douglas Barr was Imperial Empress of the Indiana Women's Ku Klux Klan in the early 1920s and an active member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union . Professionally, she was a Quaker minister in two prominent churches....
, leader of the Indiana Women's Ku Klux Klan in the early 1920s and member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union - Darren BarrDarren BarrDarren Barr is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Heart of Midlothian as a defender.Barr was brought up in Moodiesburn.-Falkirk:...
, Scottish footballer - Donald Barr (novelist)Donald Barr (novelist)Donald Barr was a US educator and author, who taught English at Columbia University, was headmaster at the Dalton School in New York City , the Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY, and was the author of two science fiction novels...
, science fiction writer and New York Times book reviewer - Donna BarrDonna BarrDonna Barr is an American comic book author and cartoonist.She was born in Everett, Washington, the second child in a family of six siblings....
(born 1952), American comic book author and cartoonist - Douglas BarrDouglas BarrDouglas Barr is an American actor, writer, and director. He has starred in movies and on television.Douglas was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His first TV series, during the 1980s, was When the Whistle Blows. Later on, his big role came in the ABC TV series The Fall Guy as Howie Munson from 1981–1986...
(born 1949), American actor, writer and director - Felicity BarrFelicity BarrFelicity Barr is a British journalist working for Al Jazeera English.-Early career:Barr trained as a journalist at 2-Ten FM, before she specialised in sports reporting, covering events in sport since 1994 when she worked as a freelance journalist...
(born 1970), British journalist - Freeman BarrFreeman BarrFreeman Barr is a boxer from the Bahamas, who made his professional debut on 1993-02-26. He is nicknamed The Natural.-Pro career:...
(born 1973), Bahamian boxer - Gerry BarrGerry BarrGerry Barr is the 1996 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace for the creation of the Steelworkers Humanity Fund.- External links :*...
, 1996 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace - Glenn BarrGlenn BarrGlenn Barr, OBE , is a former politician from Derry, Northern Ireland who was an advocate of Ulster nationalism. For a time during the 1970s he straddled both Unionism and Loyalism due to simultaneously holding important positions in the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party and the Ulster Defence...
(born 1932), former Northern Ireland politician - Hugh C. BarrHugh C. BarrHugh C. Barr , of New York City, was a stamp dealer and auctioneer who started out in the stamp business in 1900.-Selling stamps:Barr was a respected dealer and started selling stamps by auction in 1931, continuing selling by auction for the next twenty five years...
(1878–1960), philatelist of New York City - James Barr, pseudonym of American author James Fugaté
- Jean-Marc BarrJean-Marc BarrJean-Marc Barr is a French-American film actor and director. His mother is French. His American father was in the US Air Force and served in the Second World War. Jean-Marc Barr is primarily known as an actor, but is also a film director, screenwriter and producer...
(born 1960), French-American film actor and director - Jeremiah Hess BarrJeremiah Hess BarrJeremiah Hess Barr , of Pennsylvania, was a stamp collector who was active in collecting and writing on philately.-Collecting interests:...
(1876–1955), Pennsylvania philatelist - Joel BarrJoel BarrJoel Barr , also Iozef Veniaminovich Berg and Joseph Berg, was part of the Soviet Atomic Spy Ring...
(1916–1998), member of the Soviet Atomic Spy Ring - Julia BarrJulia BarrJulia Barr is an American actress. Barr is most famous for her role on the soap opera All My Children, playing the character of Brooke English...
(born 1949), American actress - Kathleen BarrKathleen BarrKathleen Barr is a Canadian voice actress. She is also the sister of Professor Mark Lyle Barr at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.-Filmography:...
, Canadian voice actor - Leonard BarrLeonard BarrLeonard Barr , born Leonard Barra, was an old-style, one-liner standup American comic in the tradition of Henny Youngman. He was the uncle of Dean Martin...
(1903–1980), standup American comedian - Les BarrLes BarrLes Barr is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Montrose and Dundee in the Scottish Football League.- External links :*, Neil Brown...
(born 1953), Scottish footballer - Mark BarrMark BarrMark Barr was an American mathematician who, according to Theodore Andrea Cook, in about 1909, gave the golden ratio the name of phi, the first Greek letter in the name of Phidias, the Greek sculptor who lived around 450 BC.-References:...
, American mathematician - Mary James Barr (1879–1935), daughter of American outlaw Jesse James
- Natalie BarrNatalie BarrNatalie Anne Barr is an Australian journalist, news and television presenter.Barr is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's Sunrise and presenter of Seven Early News.-Career:...
(born 1968), Australian journalist and television presenter - Nevada BarrNevada BarrNevada Barr is an American author best known for her Anna Pigeon series of mystery novels set in national parks in the United States. Barr won an Agatha Award and Anthony Award for best first novel for Track of the Cat...
(born 1952), American author - Nicky BarrNicky BarrAndrew William "Nicky" Barr, OBE, MC, DFC & Bar was a member of the Australian national rugby union team who became a fighter ace in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. He was credited with twelve aerial victories, all scored flying the Curtiss P-40...
(1915–2006), Australian rugby player and World War II Veteran - Niki BarrNiki BarrNiki Barr is an American musician from Denton, Maryland. Niki began writing, performing, and recording at age 15 and soon after, began working with Mike Marucci of Marucci Artist Management, Inc. He introduced Niki to producer, Jim Ebert . Jim and Niki worked together on her records The Other...
, American musician - Norman B. BarrNorman B. BarrNorman Burton Barr is credited with dramatically expanding the work of the Olivet Institute which was founded in 1888 in Chicago.-Biography:...
(1868–1943), founder of Olivet Institute in Chicago, Illinois - Patrick BarrPatrick BarrPatrick David Barr was a British film and television actor.Born in Akola, India, Patrick Barr went from stage to screen with The Merry Men of Sherwood . He spent the 1930s playing various beneficent authority figures and "reliable friend" types...
(1908–1985), British actor - Rachel BarrRachel BarrRachel Barr, Ph.D. is an associate professor at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on understanding the learning and memory mechanisms that develop during infancy. Because infants are preverbal, her techniques rely on imitation and learning methods to find out what infants have learned and...
, member of faculty of Georgetown University - Roseanne BarrRoseanne BarrRoseanne Cherrie Barr is an American actress, comedian, writer, television producer and director. Barr began her career in stand-up comedy at clubs before gaining fame for her role in the sitcom Roseanne. The show was a hit and lasted nine seasons, from 1988 to 1997...
(born 1952), American comedian, actress and writer - Stringfellow BarrStringfellow BarrStringfellow Barr was an historian, author, and former president of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, where he, together with Scott Buchanan, instituted the Great Books curriculum.Barr was the editor of Virginia Quarterly Review from 1931-1937...
(1897–1982), historian, author and former president of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland - Terry BarrTerry BarrTerry Albert Barr was an American football wide receiver. He played for nine seasons in the NFL, all with the Detroit Lions....
, former American football wide receiver - Woodrow Wilson BarrWoodrow Wilson BarrWoodrow Wilson Barr was a United States Marine with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion. He was killed in action at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, August 7, 1942 — and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for his "conspicuous gallantry and intrepedity in action" during the action at...
(1918–1942), United States Marine - Yvonne BarrYvonne BarrYvonne Barr is a British virologist. She assisted Michael Anthony Epstein in the discovery of the Epstein-Barr virus . Barr graduated from the University of London in 1966 with a Ph.D. Later in her life, she married an Australian, and moved to his home country.-External links:*...
(born 1932), British virologist
Fictional characters
- Dallas BarrDallas BarrDallas Barr is a comic book series by Belgian artist Marvano adapted from American science fiction author Joe Haldeman's 1989 novel Buying Time. The protagonist, Dallas Barr, is 132 years old...
, 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 BarrQuinn Armitage and Robert BarrQuinn Armitage and Robert Barr were fictional characters on the American soap opera Santa Barbara. The twin brothers were portrayed by American actor Roscoe Born. Robert first appeared on June 14, 1989, and left on February 9, 1990, only to return on June 13, 1990. Quinn made his first appearance...
, fictional twin characters appearing in the American soap opera Santa Barbara.
People with the surname Barr and identical first names
- David Barr (disambiguation)David Barr (disambiguation)David or Dave Barr may refer to:*David Barr , Australian politician*David Barr , Canadian colonel*Dave Barr , American football quarterback...
, 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)Robert Barr (disambiguation)Robert Barr or Bob Barr may refer to:* Robert Barr * Robert Barr , British-Canadian novelist* Robert M. Barr , American conductor of Jordan High School Band* Bob Barr Robert Barr or Bob Barr may refer to:* Robert Barr (Australian politician) (1862–1947)* Robert Barr (writer) (1850–1912),...
, including Bob Barr - Thomas Barr (disambiguation)
- William Barr (disambiguation), including Bill or Billy Barr