Starr (surname)

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

People

• Allanah Starr, a transsexual American pornographic actress
• Bart Starr (born 1934), a former American football quarterback
• Beau Starr (born 1944), an American actor
• Belle Starr (1848–1889), an American outlaw
• Blaze Starr (1932–2015), an American stripper and burlesque star
• Brenda K. Starr (born 1966), an American singer
• Bruce Starr (born 1969), an American politician in Oregon
• Chauncey Starr (1912–2007), an American nuclear physicist
• Charles Starr (born 1933), an American politician in Oregon
• Chester G. Starr (1914–1999), an American historian
• Cornelius Vander Starr (1892–1968), a founder of the American International Group insurance corporation
• David Starr (born 1967), an American race car driver
• Don Starr (1917–1995), an American actor
• Edwin Starr (1942–2003), an American soul music singer
• Ernest Starr (1890–1981), a Canadian politician
• Freddie Starr (born 1943), an English comedian
• Fredro Starr, born Fred Scruggs (born 1970), an American rapper and actor
• Frederick Starr (1858–1933), an American anthropologist
• S. Frederick Starr (born 1940), a founder and chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
• Garrison Starr (born 1975), an American singer-songwriter
• George Reginald Starr (1904–1980), an organiser of a resistance network in France during World War II
• Georgina Starr (born 1968), an English artist
• Harry W. Starr (1879–1934), an American politician
• Henry Starr (1873–1921), an American outlaw
• Isaac Starr (1895–1989). an American physician
• Jack Starr (Texas guitarist), an American musician
• Jack Starr, an American metal and blues guitarist and songwriter
• James Harper Starr (1809–1890), a Surgeon General and Secretary of the Treasury of the Republic of Texas
• James Starr (philatelist) (1870–1948), a philatelist of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Jason Starr (born 1966), an American author and screenplay writer
• JoeyStarr (born 1967), a French rapper of Martinican origin
• John Howard Starr (1898–1989), a Colgate University hockey coach
• John Renshaw Starr, an artist and soldier in World War II
• John Robert Starr (1927–2000), an American journalist and newspaper columnist
• Kay Starr (born 1922), an American jazz and popular music singer
• Keith Starr (born 1954), an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls
• Kenneth Starr (born 1946), a special prosecutor in the impeachment investigations of President William Jefferson Clinton
• Kevin Starr (born 1940), a historian and author, State Librarian of California
• Kimberley Starr (born 1970), an Australian author
• Kinnie Starr (born 1970), a Canadian singer-songwriter
• Lucky Starr (singer) (born 1940), an Australian singer
• Lucille Starr (born 1938), a Franco-Manitoban singer, songwriter, and yodeler
• Martin Starr (born 1982), an American television and film actor
• Maurice Starr (born 1953), a Boston-based musician, songwriter, and record producer
• Michael Starr (1910–2000), a Canadian politician
• Mike Starr (actor) (born 1950), an American actor
• Mike Starr (musician) (1966–2011), a bassist in the band Alice in Chains
• Nava Starr (born 1949), a Canadian female chess player
• Patti Starr (born 1943), a Canadian businesswoman
• Pearl Starr (1868–1925), an American prostitute, bordello owner and businesswoman
• Phil Starr (1932–2005), a gay cabaret comedian and singer
• Richard Starr (disambiguation)
• Ringo Starr (born 1940 as Richard Starkey), drummer for The Beatles
• Ruby Starr (1949–1995), an American singer
• Ryan Starr (born 1982), an American Idol contestant
• Samuel H. Starr (1810–1891), an American cavalry commander
• Selig Starr (1893–1989), a Polish-born American Talmudic scholar
• Susan Starr, an American pianist
• Stephen Starr, a Philadelphia restaurateur
• Steven Starr, a filmmaker and media activist
• Stevie Starr, a Scottish performance artist
• Terrell Starr (1925–2009), an American politician
• Walter A. Starr, Jr. (1903–1933), an American lawyer and mountain climber
• William Starr (1821–1979), an American politician

Fictional characters

• Clive Starr, on the soap opera Family Affairs
• Dudley Starr, on the soap opera Family Affairs
• Herr Starr, from the comic book Preacher
• Karen Starr or Power Girl, a DC Comics superheroine
• Brenda Starr, heroine of the Brenda Starr, Reporter comic strip
• David "Lucky" Starr, hero of the Lucky Starr series of science fiction books by Isaac Asimov

See also

• Starr (disambiguation)