Barr is an English, Scottish, and Irish surname, and may refer to:

People

• Adam Barr, American television screenwriter and producer
• Al Barr (born 1968), lead singer of the Celtic punk band the Dropkick Murphys
• Alfred Barr (1902–1981), art historian and the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City
• Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919), British American novelist
• Andrew Barr (born 1973), Australian politician
• Andrew Barr (musician) (born 1977), drummer with The Sip and The Barr Brothers
• Anthony Barr (born 1992), American football linebacker
• Anthony James Barr (Tony Barr; Jim Barr; born 1940), American programming language designer, software engineer, and inventor
• Billy Barr (footballer), English footballer and coach
• Billy Barr (naturalist), famous for collecting 40 years of climate change data
• Bob Barr (born 1948), American politician
• Burton Barr (1917-1997), American politician from Arizona
• Candy Barr (1935–2005) American stripper, burlesque exotic dancer, actress, and model
• Charlie Barr (1864–1911), Record breaking Scottish sailor
• Colin Barr, Scottish curler
• Daisey Douglas Barr, leader of the Indiana Women's Ku Klux Klan in the early 1920s and member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union
• Darren Barr, Scottish footballer
• Dave Barr (born 1972), American football quarterback
• Dave Barr (born 1952), Canadian golfer
• Dave Barr (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey player
• Dave Barr (born 1953), American veteran and motorcyclist who circumnavigated the globe despite having both legs amputated
• David Barr (born 1946), former Australian politician
• David Barr (born 1959), Canadian Colonel
• David Barr (born 1970), English cricketer
• Donald Barr, science fiction writer and New York Times book reviewer
• Donna Barr (born 1952), American comic book author and cartoonist
• Douglas Barr (born 1949), American actor, writer and director
• Felicity Barr (born 1970), British journalist
• Freeman Barr (born 1973), Bahamian boxer
• Gerry Barr, 1996 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace
• Glenn Barr (1932–2017), former Northern Ireland politician
• Hugh C. Barr (1878–1960), philatelist of New York City
• Jean-Marc Barr (born 1960), French-American film actor and director
• Jeremiah Hess Barr (1876–1955), Pennsylvania philatelist
• Joel Barr (1916–1998), member of the Soviet Atomic Spy Ring
• Julia Barr (born 1949), American actress
• Kathleen Barr (born 1967), Canadian voice actor
• Leonard Barr (1903–1980), standup American comedian
• Les Barr (born 1953), Scottish footballer
• Margaret Barr (choreographer) (1904-1991), Australian dance-drama choreographer
• Mark Barr, American mathematician
• Michelle Barr (born 1978), Scottish footballer
• Natalie Barr (born 1968), Australian journalist and television presenter
• Nevada Barr (born 1952), American author
• Nicky Barr (1915–2006), Australian rugby player and World War II Veteran
• Niki Barr, American musician
• Norman B. Barr (1868–1943), founder of Olivet Institute in Chicago, Illinois
• Patrick Barr (1908–1985), British actor
• Rachel Barr, member of faculty of Georgetown University
• Richard J. Barr (1865-1951), American lawyer and politician
• Robert Barr (born 1978), Scottish field hockey player
• Roseanne Barr (born 1952), American comedian, actress and writer
• Russell Barr (born c. 1953), minister of the Church of Scotland
• The Barr family of American professional wrestlers:
  • Sandy Barr (1938–2007; born Ferrin Barr), family patriarch; also a promoter
  • Ferrin Barr Jr. (born 1959), older son best known as Jimmy Jack Funk
  • Art Barr (1966–1994), younger son
• Samuel Russell Barr (1914-2001), American businessman and politician
• Stringfellow Barr (1897–1982), historian, author and former president of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland
• Steven Barr (born 1962), American pastor, author and leader of Cast Member Church at Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
• Tara Lynne Barr (born 1993), American actress
• Terry Barr, former American football wide receiver
• Thomas D. Barr (1931–2008), prominent lawyer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore
• William Barr (born 1950), American lawyer and government official
• Woodrow Wilson Barr (1918–1942), United States Marine
• Yvonne Barr (1932–2016), British virologist

Fictional characters

• Dallas Barr, 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 Barr, fictional twin characters appearing in the American soap opera Santa Barbara.

See also