Starr is a family name, originating from the pre-Modern English word starre or sterre, meaning "star".
People
- Albert Starr (1926âÂÂ2024), 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 (1939âÂÂ2020), Cherokee Nation politician
- Bart Starr (1934âÂÂ2019), American football quarterback and coach
- Beau Starr (born 1944), American actor
- Belle Starr (1848âÂÂ1889), American outlaw
- Ben Starr (television producer) (1921âÂÂ2014), American television producer, creator, writer and playwright
- Blaze Starr (1932âÂÂ2015), 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 (1912âÂÂ2007), American nuclear physicist
- Chester G. Starr (1914âÂÂ1999), American historian
- Comfort Starr (1589âÂÂ1659), English physician
- Cornelius Vander Starr (1892âÂÂ1968), a founder of the American International Group insurance corporation
- David Starr, several people
- Don Starr (1917âÂÂ1995), American actor
- Edwin Starr (1942âÂÂ2003), American soul and R&B singer
- Ernest Starr (1890âÂÂ1981), Canadian politician
- Freddie Starr (1943âÂÂ2019), English comedian, impressionist and singer
- Frederick Starr (1858âÂÂ1933), 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 (1904âÂÂ1980), British organiser of a resistance network in France during World War II
- Georgina Starr (born 1968), English artist
- Harry W. Starr (1879âÂÂ1934), American politician
- Henry Starr (1873âÂÂ1921), American outlaw
- H. James Starr (1931âÂÂ2008), American politician
- Irving Starr (1905âÂÂ1982), American film producer
- Isaac Starr (1895âÂÂ1989), 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 (1809âÂÂ1890), Surgeon General and Secretary of the Treasury of the Republic of Texas
- James Starr (philatelist) (1870âÂÂ1948), 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 (1898âÂÂ1989), American hockey coach
- John Renshaw Starr (1908âÂÂ1996), British artist and soldier in World War II
- John Robert Starr (1927âÂÂ2000), American journalist and newspaper columnist
- Katarzyna Starr (born 1982), Polish and English chess master
- Kay Starr, stage name of Katherine Starks (1922âÂÂ2016), American jazz and popular music singer
- Keith Starr (born 1954), American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls
- Ken Starr (1946âÂÂ2022), 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 (1940âÂÂ2017), historian and author, State Librarian of California
- Kimberley Starr (born 1970), Australian author
- Kinnie Starr (born 1970), Canadian singer-songwriter
- Lee Anna Starr (1853âÂÂ1937), American minister, writer, suffragist
- Leonard Starr (1925âÂÂ2015), American cartoonist
- Lucille Starr (1938âÂÂ2020), Canadian singer, songwriter, and yodeler
- Lucky Starr (singer) (born 1940), Australian singer
- Manya Starr (1921-2000), American writer
- Mark Starr (1962âÂÂ2013), English professional wrestler
- Mark Starr (labor educationalist) (1894âÂÂ1985), 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) (1910âÂÂ2000), Canadian politician
- Michael Starr (singer) (born 1965), American singer, songwriter and musician
- Mike Starr (actor) (born 1950), American actor
- Mike Starr (musician) (1966âÂÂ2011), American bassist in the band Alice in Chains
- Mortimer P. Starr (1917âÂÂ1989), American microbiologist
- Nava Starr (born 1949), Canadian female chess player
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- Oliver Starr (1883âÂÂ1961), American judge
- Patti Starr (1941âÂÂ2024), Canadian businesswoman
- Paul Starr (born 1949), professor of sociology and public affairs
- Pearl Starr (1868âÂÂ1925), American prostitute, bordello owner and businesswoman
- Phil Starr (1932âÂÂ2005), 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 (1951âÂÂ2017), American professional wrestler
- Ruby Starr (1949âÂÂ1995), American singer
- Ryan Starr (born 1982), American Idol contestant
- Sable Starr (1957âÂÂ2009), American rock and roll groupie
- Sally Starr, several people
- Samuel H. Starr (1810âÂÂ1891), 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. 1813âÂÂ1890), American outlaw
- Terrell Starr (1925âÂÂ2009), American politician
- Tyler Starr (born 1991), American football linebacker
- Walter A. Starr, Jr. (1903âÂÂ1933), 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
- Ava Starr or Ghost, a Marvel Cinematic Universe 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
See also