Starr (surname)

Starr

Origin
Meaning	Star
Region of origin	England
Other names
Variant form(s)	Steorra, Stjarna, Sterre, Starre

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 (born 1975), New Zealand television actor
• Bart Starr (1934–2019), American football quarterback and coach
• Beau Starr (born 1944), American actor
• Belle Starr (1848–1889), American outlaw
• Blaze Starr (1932–2015), American stripper and burlesque star
• 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
• 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 (1589–1659), English physician
• Cornelius Vander Starr (1892–1968), a founder of the American International Group insurance corporation
• David Starr (disambiguation), several people
• Don Starr (1917–1995), American actor
• Edwin Starr (1942–2003), American soul and R&B singer
• Ernest Starr (1890–1981), Canadian politician
• Freddie Starr (1943–2019), English comedian, impressionist and singer
• Frederick Starr (1858–1933), 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 (1904–1980), British organiser of a resistance network in France during World War II
• Georgina Starr (born 1968), English artist
• Harry W. Starr (1879–1934), American politician
• Henry Starr (1873–1921), American outlaw
• H. James Starr (1931–2008), American politician
• Irving Starr (1905–1982), American film producer
• Isaac Starr (1895–1989), American physician
• Jack Starr (Texas guitarist), American musician
• Jack Starr, 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 (1898–1989), American Colgate University hockey coach
• John Renshaw Starr (1908–1996), British artist and soldier in World War II
• John Robert Starr (1927–2000), American journalist and newspaper columnist
• Katarzyna Starr (born 1982), Polish and English chess master
• Kay Starr, stage name of Katherine Starks (1922–2016), American jazz and popular music singer
• Keith Starr (born 1954), American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls
• Kenneth Starr (1946–2022), special prosecutor in the impeachment investigations of President Bill Clinton
• Kevin Starr (1940–2017), historian and author, State Librarian of California
• Kimberley Starr (born 1970), Australian author
• Kinnie Starr (born 1970), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Leonard Starr (1925–2015), American cartoonist
• Lucille Starr (1938–2020), Canadian singer, songwriter, and yodeler
• Lucky Starr (singer) (born 1940), Australian singer
• Martin Starr (born 1982), American television and film actor
• Maurice Starr (born 1953), American musician, songwriter, and record producer
• Michael Starr (politician) (1910–2000), Canadian politician
• Michael Starr (singer) (born 1965), American singer, songwriter and musician
• Mike Starr (actor) (born 1950), American actor
• Mike Starr (musician) (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
• Natasha Starr, Polish model
• Natalia Starr, Polish model
• Patti Starr (born 1943), Canadian businesswoman
• Pearl Starr (1868–1925), American prostitute, bordello owner and businesswoman
• Phil Starr (1932–2005), cabaret comedian and singer in England
• Richard Starr (disambiguation), several people
• Ringo Starr (born 1940), English musician, drummer for The Beatles
• Ruby Starr (1949–1995), American singer
• Ryan Starr (born 1982), American Idol contestant
• Sable Starr (1957–2009), American rock and roll groupie
• Samuel H. Starr (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 (1925–2009), American politician
• Tyler Starr (born 1991), American football linebacker
• Walter A. Starr, Jr. (1903–1933), American lawyer and mountain climber
• William Starr (disambiguation), 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
• Herr Starr, from the comic book Preacher
• Karen Starr or Power Girl, a DC Comics superheroine
• Poppy Starr, on the Nickelodeon comedy Lego City Adventures

See also

• Justice Starr (disambiguation)
• Star (name), given name and surname