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

People

* Allison Starr (born 1977), American collegiate basketball player and coach *

Antony Starr Antony Starr (born 25 October 1975) is a New Zealand actor, known for his television roles. He played the dual roles of Jethro and Van West on '' Outrageous Fortune'' (2005–10), Lucas Hood on ''Banshee'' (2013–16), and Homelander on '' The Bo ...

(born 1975), New Zealand television actor *

Bart Starr Bryan Bartlett Starr (January 9, 1934 – May 26, 2019) was an American professional football quarterback and head coach for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Alab ...

(1934–2019), American football quarterback and coach *

Beau Starr Beau Starr (born September 1, 1944) is an American actor who has starred in movies and on television. He is known for his film role as Sheriff Ben Meeker in the 1988 hit horror movie '' Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers''; he reprised his ...

(born 1944), American actor *

Belle Starr Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr (February 5, 1848 – February 3, 1889), better known as Belle Starr, was an American outlaw who gained national notoriety after her violent death. She associated with the James–Younger Gang and other outlaws ...

(1848–1889), American outlaw *

Blaze Starr Blaze Starr (born Fannie Belle Fleming; April 10, 1932 – June 15, 2015) was an American stripper and burlesque star. Her vivacious presence and inventive use of stage props earned her the nickname "The Hottest Blaze in Burlesque". She ...

(1932–2015), American stripper and burlesque star *

Bobbi Starr Bobbi Starr is an American former pornographic actress. Starr also became a director for Evil Angel. Her directorial debut was ''Bobbi's World'', a female POV movie. Early life and education Starr expressed an ambition to study pre-med, wit ...

(born 1983), stage name of an American pornographic actress * Brenda K. Starr (born 1966), American singer *

Bruce Starr Bruce Starr (born January 12, 1969) is an American politician and businessman in Oregon. A Republican, he served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives before winning election to the Oregon State Senate in 2002. There he joined his f ...

(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 Comfort Starr (6 July 1589 – 2 January 1659) was a 17th-century English physician who emigrated to the Thirteen Colonies. He was one of the five founders of Harvard College. Early life Starr was born in Cranbrook, Kent, on 6 July 1589. He was ...

(1589–1659, English physician *

Cornelius Vander Starr Cornelius Vander Starr (October 15, 1892 – December 20, 1968), sometimes known as Neil Starr, was an American businessman and founder of C.V. Starr & Co. (later known as Starr Companies) in Shanghai, China, which became AIG. AIG grew from an ...

(1892–1968), a founder of the American International Group insurance corporation * David Starr (born 1967), American race car driver *

David Starr (wrestler) Max Barsky (born February 19, 1991) is an American retired professional wrestler best known by his ring name David Starr. Starr has wrestled for promotions including Combat Zone Wrestling, Evolve, Progress Wrestling, Revolution Pro Wrestling, W ...

(born 1991), American wrestler *

Don Starr Donald Starr (September 20, 1917 – July 11, 1995) was an American actor who became known for his recurring role as oil baron Jordan Lee in the CBS-TV primetime soap opera series ''Dallas''. Life and career Starr was born and raised in Rivers ...

(1917–1995), American actor *

Edwin Starr Charles Edwin Hatcher (January 21, 1942 – April 2, 2003), known by his stage name Edwin Starr, was an American singer and songwriter. Starr was famous for his Norman Whitfield-produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the number-one ...

(1942–2003), American soul and R&B singer *

Ernest Starr Ernest Henry Starr (1890 – November 10, 1981) was a municipal level politician from Alberta, Canada. Early life Starr was born in Caerphilly, Wales. He served with the Imperial Army, Medical Corps during World War I (1914–1918) in Egypt, ...

(1890–1981), Canadian politician *

Freddie Starr Freddie Starr (born Frederick Leslie Fowell; 9 January 1943 – 9 May 2019) was an English stand up comedian, impressionist, singer and actor. Starr was the lead singer of Merseybeat rock and roll group the Midniters during the early 1960s, an ...

(1943–2019), English comedian, impressionist and singer *

Frederick Starr Frederick Starr (September 2, 1858 – August 14, 1933) was an American academic, anthropologist, and "populist educator"Parezo, Nancy J. and Don D. Fowler. (2007) "Taking Ethnological Training Outside the Classroom: the 1904 Louisiana Exposi ...

(1858–1933), American anthropologist *

S. Frederick Starr Stephen Frederick Starr (born March 24, 1940) is an American expert on Russian and Eurasian affairs, a musician, and a former president of Oberlin College. Founder and chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, he is fluent in Russian a ...

(born 1940), American founder and chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute *

Fredro Starr Fred Lee Scruggs Jr. (born April 18, 1971), better known by his stage name Fredro Starr, is an American rapper and actor best known as a member of the hardcore rap group Onyx. Fredro Starr was discovered by the late hip hop star Jam Master Jay of ...

, born Fred Scruggs (born 1970), American rapper and actor * G. Gabrielle Starr, president of Pomona College *

Garrison Starr Garrison Starr (born Julia Garrison Starr on April 29, 1975) is a Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter/producer. Her major label debut, "18 Over Me" was released in 1997 (Geffen). Starr's shows have been described as "marrying pop smarts ...

(born 1975), American singer-songwriter *

George Reginald Starr George Reginald Starr (6 April 1904 – 2 September 1980), code name Hilaire, was a British mining engineer and an agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organisation in World War II. He was the organiser ...

(1904–1980), British organiser of a resistance network in France during World War II *

Georgina Starr Georgina Starr (born 1968) is an English artist and one of the Young British Artists. She is best known for her video, sound, performance and installation works. Starr's work has been described in Artforum magazine as exploring "the imaginative s ...

(born 1968), English artist * Harry W. Starr (1879–1934), American politician *

Henry Starr Henry Starr (1873–1921) was an American criminal of the wild west and an American actor of the silent film era. Biography Starr’s parents were Mary Scott Starr and George Starr. Distantly related to Sam Starr, husband of Belle Starr, he was ...

(1873–1921), American outlaw * H. James Starr (1931–2008, American politician *

Irving Starr Irving Starr (1905–1982) was an American film producer.Hischak p.244 He worked for a number of studios including MGM, Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures, generally employed on lower-budget films. Later in his career he also worked in tele ...

(1905–1982), American film producer *

Isaac Starr Isaac "Jack" Starr (March 6, 1895 – June 22, 1989), known as the father of ballistocardiography, was an American physician, heart disease specialist, and Epidemiology, clinical epidemiologist notable for developing the first practical ballistoca ...

(1895–1989), American physician * Jack Starr (Texas guitarist), American musician *

Jack Starr Jack Starr (born 1951) is an American heavy metal and blues guitarist and songwriter, born of a French mother and American father. Biography He learned to play guitar by ear, copying the riffs of R&B records. His first semi-professional ban ...

, 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 John Howard "Howie" Starr (1898 – November 14, 1989) was head coach of the Colgate University hockey team for 15 years. He was born on John Street in New London, Connecticut, in 1898. He died November 14, 1989, in Florida. A 40-year member of t ...

(1898–1989), American Colgate University hockey coach *

John Renshaw Starr John Ashford Renshaw Starr (6 August 1908 – 1996), code names Emile and Bob, was a British artist and an agent in France of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organization during World War II. He was the organise ...

(1908–1996), artist and soldier in World War II * John Robert Starr (1927–2000), American journalist and newspaper columnist *

Kay Starr Katherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922 – November 3, 2016), known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She was of Iroquois and Irish heritage. Starr performed multip ...

(1922–2016), stage name of Katherine Starks, American jazz and popular music singer *

Keith Starr Keith Edward Starr (born March 14, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player.Kenneth Starr Kenneth Winston Starr (July 21, 1946 – September 13, 2022) was an American lawyer and judge who authored the Starr Report, which led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton. He headed an investigation of members of the Clinton administration, know ...

(1946–2022), special prosecutor in the impeachment investigations of President Bill Clinton *

Kevin Starr Kevin Owen Starr (September 3, 1940 – January 14, 2017) was an American historian and California's state librarian, best known for his multi-volume series on the history of California, collectively called "Americans and the California Dream." ...

(born 1940), historian and author, State Librarian of California * Kimberley Starr (born 1970), Australian author *

Kinnie Starr Alida Kinnie Starr (born 1970) is a Canadian multidisciplinary recording artist. Early life Starr was born and raised in Calgary, where she attended Western Canada High School. Her ancestry is French, German, Irish and indigenous, specificall ...

(born 1970), Canadian singer-songwriter *

Leonard Starr Leonard Starr (October 28, 1925 – June 30, 2015) was an American cartoonist, comic book artist, and advertising artist, best known for creating the newspaper comic strip '' On Stage'' and reviving ''Little Orphan Annie''. Early life Born Octob ...

(1925-2015), Illustrator, Comic Artist, Cartoonist) *

Lucille Starr Lucille Marie Raymonde Savoie (May 13, 1938September 4, 2020), known professionally as Lucille Starr, was a Canadian singer, songwriter, and yodeler originally from Saint Boniface, Manitoba. She was best known for her 1964 hit single, "The Frenc ...

(1938–2020), Canadian singer, songwriter, and yodeler * Lucky Starr (singer) (born 1940), Australian singer *

Martin Starr Martin James Pflieger Schienle (born July 30, 1982), professionally known as Martin Starr, is an American actor and comedian. He is known for the television roles of Bill Haverchuck on the short-lived comedy drama '' Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2 ...

(born 1982), American television and film actor *

Maurice Starr Larry Curtis Johnson (born July 14, 1953), better known by his stage name Maurice Starr, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work creating songs and albums with boy bands New Edition and New Kids on ...

(born 1953), Boston-based musician, songwriter, and record producer *

Michael Starr (politician) Michael Starr, (born Michael Starchewsky; November 14, 1910 – March 16, 2000) was a Canadian politician and the first Canadian cabinet minister of Ukrainian descent, his parents having emigrated from Halychyna (Galicia), then a part of th ...

(1910–2000), Canadian politician *

Michael Starr (singer) Ralph Michael Saenz (born May 17, 1965), better known as Michael Starr, is an American musician who is best known as the lead vocalist and occasional guitarist of the comedic glam metal band Steel Panther. Early life Ralph Michael Saenz was ...

(born 1965), American singer, songwriter and musician *

Mike Starr (actor) Mike Starr is an American character actor. Tall and burly with a deep voice, Starr often performs as mobsters, police officers, blue-collar workers or tough guys. He was a regular cast member on ''The Young and the Restless'' and '' Ed'', and ...

(born 1950), American actor *

Mike Starr (musician) Michael Christopher Starr (April 4, 1966 – March 8, 2011) was an American musician best known as the original bassist for the rock band Alice in Chains, with which he played from the band's formation in 1987 until January 1993. He was ...

(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 *

Patti Starr Patricia "Patti" Starr (born ) is a former administrator and novelist. She was the chair of Ontario Place from 1986 to 1989. In 1989 she was implicated in a political scandal that resulted in her being convicted of fraud and breach of trust for whi ...

(born 1943), Canadian businesswoman *

Pearl Starr Rosie Lee Reed (September 1868 – July 6, 1925), better known as Pearl Starr, was an American bordello owner and businesswoman in Arkansas, the first child of Belle Starr, the reputed "Bandit Queen" of the American Old West. Her fathe ...

(1868–1925), American prostitute, bordello owner and businesswoman * Phil Starr (1932–2005), cabaret comedian and singer * Richard Starr (disambiguation) *

Ringo Starr Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the ...

(born 1940), English musician, drummer for The Beatles *

Ruby Starr A ruby is a pinkish red to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum ( aluminium oxide). Ruby is one of the most popular traditional jewelry gems and is very durable. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called s ...

(1949–1995), American singer *

Ryan Starr Tiffany Montgomery (born November 21, 1982), known professionally as Ryan Starr, is a singer who finished seventh on the first season of ''American Idol''. She went on to release a successful single on iTunes and participated in a handful of ...

(born 1982), ''American Idol'' contestant *

Sable Starr Sabel Hay Shields (August 15, 1957 – April 18, 2009), better known as Sable Starr, was a famous groupie, often described as the "queen of the groupie scene" in Los Angeles during the early 1970s. She stated during an interview published in the ...

(1957–2009), American rock and roll groupie *

Samuel H. Starr Samuel Henry Starr (July 31, 1810 – November 23, 1891) was a career United States Army officer, regimental commander and prisoner of war. A collection of his letters provide a rare view of military life, the War with Mexico, Indian conflicts ...

(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 *

Terrell Starr Terrell Starr (June 5, 1925 – April 19, 2009) was a Democratic member of the Georgia State Senate from 1968 to 2007. Born in Clayton County, Georgia, Starr was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 1968. He lived in Jonesboro, Georgia Jones ...

(1925–2009), American politician *

Tyler Starr Tyler Starr (born January 25, 1991) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the seventh round (255th overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at South Dakota. College career Starr ...

(born 1991), American football linebacker * Walter A. Starr, Jr. (1903–1933), American lawyer and mountain climber * William Starr (disambiguation)

Fictional characters

* Brenda Starr, heroine of the '' Brenda Starr, Reporter'' comic strip * Clive Starr, on the soap opera ''Family Affairs'' * David "Lucky" Starr, hero of the

Lucky Starr series Lucky Starr is the hero of a series of science fiction books by Isaac Asimov, using the pen name "Paul French" and intended for children. On 23 March 1951 Asimov met with his agent, Frederik Pohl, and Walter I. Bradbury, then the science fic ...

of science fiction books by Isaac Asimov *

Dudley Starr This is a list of characters from the British soap opera ''Family Affairs'' listed in alphabetical order by the characters' surnames. A * Scarlett Anderson Scarlett Anderson was played by Cat Simmons during 2005. She seduces Les Boult ...

, on the soap opera ''Family Affairs'' * Elihas Starr or Egghead, a

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

character *

Herr Starr The following is a list of Character (arts), characters from the List of Preacher story arcs, comic book series ''Preacher (comics), Preacher'', created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, and the Preacher (TV series), adaptation developed by Sam Cat ...

, from the comic book ''Preacher'' *

Karen Starr Power Girl, also known as Kara Zor-L and Karen Starr, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books by DC Comics, making her first appearance in ''All Star Comics'' #58 (January/February 1976). Power Girl is the cousin of the superhero Su ...

or Power Girl, a

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...

superheroine * Poppy Starr, on the

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...

comedy

Lego City Adventures ''Lego City Adventures'' is a computer-animated television series that premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on June 22, 2019, loosely based on the long-running Lego City toyline theme. The third season of the series was released on Netf ...

People

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