Parr is a surname. People with the surname include: * Adam Parr (born 1965), British investment banker *

Albert Eide Parr Albert Eide Parr (15 August 1900 – 16 July 1991) was a Norwegian-born, American marine biologist, zoologist and oceanographer. He was the director of the American Museum of Natural History from 1942 to 1959. '' Parrosaurus missouriensis'', a spe ...

(1900-1991) Norwegian-born, American marine biologist, zoologist and oceanographer * Allan Parr (1879–1954), Canadian hockey player * Anne Parr (disambiguation), various people *

Archie Parr Archer "Archie" Parr (December 25, 1860 or 1859 – October 18, 1942), was a Texas cattle rancher and politician, who was nicknamed "the Duke of Duval County", where he was the local Democratic Party political boss. Beginning in 1914, Parr was ...

(1860–1942), American rancher and politician *

Bartholomew Parr Bartholomew Parr FRS FRSE (1750–1810) was an 18th-century British physician and medical author, known for his ''London Medical Dictionary'' published in 1809. After earning his Doctor of Medicine in 1773 at the University of Edinburgh, Parr se ...

(1750–1810), British physician * Ben Parr (born 1985), American journalist, author, venture capitalist and entrepreneur * Bob Parr (born 1957), New Zealand television personality, former UK Special Forces operator * Butler Parr (1810–1872), English cricketer *

Carolyn Miller Parr Carolyn Miller Parr (born April 17, 1937) was a judge of the United States Tax Court from 1985 to 2002. Early life, education, and career Born in Palatka, Florida, to Arthur C. and Audrey Dunklin Miller, Parr received a B.A. in English from Stets ...

(born 1937), judge of the United States Tax Court *

Catherine Parr Catherine Parr (sometimes alternatively spelled Katherine, Katheryn, Kateryn, or Katharine; 1512 – 5 September 1548) was Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 12 July 1543 until ...

(1512–1548), Queen of England (1543–1547) * Cecil Parr (1847–1928), British tennis player *

Charles Henry Parr Charles Henry Parr (March 18, 1868 – June 10, 1941) was an American mechanical engineer, inventor, and pioneer in the development of the gasoline powered agricultural tractor and cofounder of Hart-Parr Company. Early life and education Parr was ...

(1868–1941), American mechanical engineer *

Charlie Parr Charlie Parr is an American country blues musician. Born in Austin, Minnesota, he spent part of his childhood in Hollandale before starting his music career in Duluth. His influences include Charlie Patton, Bukka White, Reverend Gary Davis, Dave ...

(born 1967), American country blues musician *

Chris Parr Chris Parr (born 1943) is a British theatre director and television drama producer and executive. Career Chris Parr grew up in Littlehampton, Sussex.He was educated at Chichester High School for Boys, where his contemporaries included Howard Bren ...

(born 1944), British theatre director and television executive * Cory Parr (born 1987), American tennis player * Delia Parr, pen name of Mary Lechleidner, American author * Edmund Parr (1849–1925), American politician * Eleeshushe Parr (1896–1975), Inuk artist * Elizabeth Parr (disambiguation), various people *

Frank Parr Frank Parr (17 December 1918 – 28 December 2003) was an English chess player who was born in Wandsworth. He was British Boys (Under 18) champion in 1935. Biography Parr won the Hastings Premier in 1939/1940 with a score of 6/7, having allo ...

(1918–2003), English chess player *

Frank Parr (musician) Francis David Parr (1 June 1928 – 8 May 2012) was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire and a jazz trombonist with the Mick Mulligan Band.

(1928–2012), English cricketer * Gary Parr, American investment banker *

George Parr (cricketer) George Parr (22 May 1826 – 23 June 1891) was an English cricketer whose first-class career lasted from 1844 to 1870. Known popularly as the "Lion of the North", Parr was a right-handed batsman and bowled occasional right-handed underarm deli ...

(1826–1891), English cricketer *

George Berham Parr George Berham Parr (March 1, 1901 – April 1, 1975) was an American politician, who controlled a Democratic political machine that dominated Duval County, Texas and, to a lesser extent, Jim Wells County. He was known as "The Duke of Du ...

(1901–1975), American rancher and politician * Gordon Parr (born 1938), English footballer *

Harriet Parr Harriet(t) may refer to: * Harriet (name), a female name ''(includes list of people with the name)'' Places *Harriet, Queensland, rural locality in Australia * Harriet, Arkansas, unincorporated community in the United States * Harriett, Texas, ...

(1828–1900), British author * Harry Parr (1914–after 1939), English footballer * Harry Parr (footballer, born 1915) (1915–2004), English footballer * Hugo Parr (born 1947), Norwegian physicist, civil servant and politician * Jack Parr (1936–2015), American basketball player * Jackie Parr (1920–1985), English footballer * James Parr (disambiguation), various people *

Jerry Parr Jerry S. Parr (September 16, 1930 – October 9, 2015) was a United States Secret Service special agent who is best known for defending President Ronald Reagan during the Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, attempt on the president's life o ...

(1930–2015), Secret Service agent for Ronald Reagan * Jill Parr, American musician *

Jim Parr James Gordon Parr (May 26, 1927 – April 5, 2000) was an English-Canadian academic, broadcaster and provincial civil servant in the province of Ontario, Canada.Donn Downey, "Jim Parr:CBC Radio fans recall his show on metallurgy In addition to ...

(1927-2000), English-Canadian academic, broadcaster and civil servant * Jocelyn Parr (born 1967), New Zealand footballer * Jocelyn Parr (writer), Canadian writer * John Parr (disambiguation), various people *

John Wayne Parr John Wayne "The Gunslinger" Parr (born 25 May 1976), also known as JWP, is a retired Australian Muay Thai fighter, kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of Boonchu Gym in Gold Coast, Queensland. He is a former 10-time World Champion and was the ru ...

(born 1976), Australian kickboxer * Jonathan Parr (born 1988), Norwegian footballer *

Joseph Parr Joseph Parr (1790–1868) was a town crier of Derby. Parr was born in 1790 and died in 1868, at the age of 78. He is believed to have been a descendant of a decayed branch of a local family that had rented space in The Shambles The Shambl ...

(1790–1868), town crier of Derby *

Joy Parr Joy Parr (born 1949) is a Canadian historian. Parr is a professor at the University of Western Ontario and holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Technology, Culture and Risk. She is known for her work in the fields of labour and gender histo ...

(born 1949), Canadian historian * Judy Margaret Parr, New Zealand educational psychologist * Katherine Parr (actress), English actress * Ken Parr, English rugby league footballer * Ken Parr (sport shooter) (born 1962), British sport shooter *

Kenneth Parr Kenneth Parr (born 3 October 1988) is a male British sport shooter who has medalled at three Commonwealth Games. In 2016 he won a silver medal at the ISSF World Cup in Baku. Sport shooting career In 2006 Parr was selected to represent Great Bri ...

(born 1988), British sport shooter *

Larry Parr (chess player) Lawrence "Larry" Parr (May 21, 1946 – April 2, 2011) was a chess player, author and editor. Born in 1946 and originally from Bothell, Washington, Parr served from 1985 to 1988 as editor of ''Chess Life'' magazine, the official publication of t ...

(1946–2011), American chess player, author and editor * Larry Parr (director), New Zealand film director and screenwriter *

Lenton Parr Thomas Lenton Parr AM (11 September 1924 – 8 August 2003) was an Australian sculptor and teacher . Sculptor Born in East Coburg, Victoria, Lenton Parr spent eight years in the Royal Australian Air Force (Svc No. A33223) before enrolling to st ...

(1924–2003), Australian sculptor and art teacher *

Leslie Parr Dr Leslie James Albert Parr (15 June 1897 – 3 December 1956) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1951 until his death. He was a member of the Liberal Party. Parr was born in Rockdale, N ...

(1897–1956), Australian politician *

Lily Parr Lilian Parr (26 April 1905 – 24 May 1978) was an English professional women's association football player who played as a winger. She is best known for playing for the Dick, Kerr's Ladies team, which was founded in 1917 and based in Preston, ...

(1905–1978), English footballer * Louisa Parr (–1903), British writer *

Lulu Bell Parr Lulu Bell Parr (November 14, 1876 – January 17, 1955), was a Wild West performer known for her sharpshooting, trick riding, bronc riding, and buffalo riding. During her career she was titled the "Champion Lady Bucking Horse Rider of the World." ...

(1876–1960), American Wild West performer * Maria Parr (born 1981), Norwegian children's writer *

Martin Parr Martin Parr (born 23 May 1952) is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in p ...

(born 1952), British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector * Martin Willoughby Parr (1892–1985), governor of the British-administered province of Equatoria in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan * Mary Parr (born 1961), Irish hurdler * Matthew Parr (disambiguation), various people *

Maud Green Maud Green, Lady Parr (6 April 1492 – 1 December 1531) was an English courtier. She was the mother of Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII of England. She was a close friend and lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon. She was also ...

, Lady Parr (1492–1531), mother-in-law of Henry VIII *

Michael Parr Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian an ...

(born 1986), British actor * Mike Parr (born 1945), Australian performance artist and printmaker *

Nowell Parr Thomas Henry Nowell Parr FRIBA (1864 – 23 September 1933) was a British architect, best known for designing pubs in west London. Many of these were built while Parr was "house architect" for Fuller's Brewery. Parr designed various buildings i ...

(1864–1933), British architect *

Percival Parr Percival Chase Parr (2 December 1859 – 3 September 1912) was an English footballer who earned one cap for the national team in 1882. Parr played club football usually as goalkeeper but later as centre-forward for Oxford University, taking part ...

(1859–1912), English footballer * Rajat Parr, Indian-American sommelier and winemaker * Ralph Parr (1924–2012), American flying ace * Richard Parr (–1644), English bishop *

Robert Parr Robert Ghormley Parr (September 22, 1921 – March 27, 2017) was an American theoretical chemist who was a Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Career Parr received an A. B. degree ''magna cum laude'' ...

(1921–2017), American chemist *Robert Parr, pseudonym of

Erle Stanley Gardner Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970) was an American lawyer and author. He is best known for the Perry Mason series of crime fiction, detective stories, but he wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces and also a series of ...

(1889–1970) * Rose Marie Parr, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for Scotland *

Russ Parr Russ Parr (born 1959 in California) is an American radio DJ, film director, writer, actor and television personality known for such television shows as '' Rock 'N' America''. Career Parr began as a Production Services Director at ABC TV. Russ wa ...

(born 1959), American radio and television personality *

Samuel Parr Samuel Parr (26 January 1747 – 6 March 1825), was an English schoolmaster, writer, minister and Doctor of Law. He was known in his time for political writing, and (flatteringly) as "the Whig Johnson", though his reputation has lasted less well ...

(1747 – 1825), English schoolmaster and writer * Samuel Parr (cricketer) (1820–1873), English cricketer * Samuel Wilson Parr (1857–1931), American chemist * Simon Parr, British Chief Constable *

Steve Parr (broadcaster) Steve Parr (born 1955) is a New Zealand-based former TV and radio personality. Parr was a presenter on the children's TV show ''What Now'' during the years 1983 to 1984. From 1989 to 1995, Parr then hosted the New Zealand edition of ''Sale of t ...

(born 1955), New Zealand television and radio personality * Steve Parr (footballer) (1926–2019), English footballer * Susanna Parr (), British religious writer *

Sydney Parr Sydney Parr is an American softball player. She attended North Little Rock High School in North Little Rock, Arkansas. She later attended the University of Arkansas, where she played outfield for the Arkansas Razorbacks softball team. Personal l ...

, American softball player *

Terence Parr Terence John Parr (born 1964 in Los Angeles) is a professor of computer science at the University of San Francisco. He is best known for his ANTLR parser generator and contributions to parsing theory. He also developed the StringTemplate engine ...

(born 1964), American computer scientist *

Thelma Parr Thelma Parr (born Thelma Sill, October 19, 1906 – February 13, 2000) was an American actress. She is best remembered for her roles in Mack Sennett comedies as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties, appearing in numerous films for Mack Sennet ...

(1906–2000), American actress * Thomas Parr (disambiguation), various people *

Todd Parr Todd Parr (born July 9, 1962) is an American author, illustrator, animator and television producer. Parr grew up in Rock Springs, Wyoming and later moved to San Francisco in 1995, where he pursued a career as an artist. He has also worked as a fl ...

(born 1962), American children's writer *

Old Tom Parr Thomas "Old Tom" Parr ( (reputedly) – 13 November 1635) was an Englishman who was said to have lived for 152 years. A portrait of Parr hangs at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, with an inscription which reads "Thomas Parr died at the age of ...

(reputedly 1483–1635), English supercentenarian who claimed to have lived for 152 years * Tony Parr (born 1955), Royal New Zealand Navy admiral * William Parr (disambiguation), various people

Fictional characters

* The Parr family, from ''The Incredibles'' **Robert "Bob" Parr – Mr. Incredible ** Helen Parr (''The Incredibles'') **

Violet Parr Violet Parr is a fictional character in Pixar's computer animated superhero film ''The Incredibles'' (2004) and its sequel ''Incredibles 2'' (2018). The eldest child of Bob and Helen Parr (Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl), Violet is born with the ...

Dash Parr Dashiell Robert Parr is a fictional character created by Brad Bird for the Pixar franchise ''The Incredibles''. The character is voiced by Spencer Fox in the first film and Huckleberry Milner in the second film. Restless, relentless and curious, D ...

Jack-Jack Parr The following is a list of fictional characters from the 2004 Disney/Pixar computer-animated superhero film ''The Incredibles'' and its 2018 sequel ''Incredibles 2''. The Parr Family (The Incredibles) Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) Robert "Bob" Pa ...

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