Starr (surname)
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Starr is a family name and may refer to:
- Allanah StarrAllanah StarrAllanah Starr is an American male-to-female transsexual pornographic actress, performance artist, model, and party promoter.She was born in Cuba and emigrated to the United States at five, with her family. Her father had been a political prisoner...
, transsexual American pornographic actress - Bart StarrBart StarrBryan Bartlett "Bart" Starr is a former professional American football player and coach. Wearing #15, he was the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers from 1956 to 1971 and head coach from 1975 to 1983, compiling a record of 52–76–3 ....
(born 1934), former American football quarterback - Beau StarrBeau StarrBeau Starr 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 role in the 1989 sequel Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers.Starr was born...
(born 1944), American actor - Belle StarrBelle StarrMyra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr , better known as Belle Starr, was a notorious American outlaw.-Early life:...
(born 1848), American outlaw - Blaze StarrBlaze StarrBlaze Starr is an American former stripper and American burlesque star. Her vivacious presence and inventive use of stage props earned her the nickname "The Hottest Blaze in Burlesque"...
(born 1932), former American stripper and burlesque star - Brenda K. StarrBrenda K. StarrBrenda K. Starr is an American singer-songwriter. She is well known originally in dance-pop, but now mostly in salsa-based music...
(born 1966), American singer - Bruce StarrBruce StarrBruce Starr 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 father Senator Charles Starr and they became the first father-son team to serve...
, American politician in Oregon - Chauncey StarrChauncey StarrChauncey Starr was an American electrical engineer who was an expert in nuclear energy.Born in Newark, New Jersey, Starr received an electrical engineering degree in 1932 and a Ph.D. in physics in 1935 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Starr was Vice President of Rockwell International and...
(born 1912), nuclear physicist - Charles StarrCharles StarrCharles Starr is an American politician and farmer in Oregon. He served as a Republican member of the Oregon Legislature for 14 years, serving in both houses...
, American politician in Oregon - Chester G. Starr, American historian
- Cornelius Vander StarrCornelius Vander StarrCornelius Van der Starr also known as Neil Starr or CV Starr was an American businessman and Office of Strategic Services operative who founded the American International Group insurance corporation and a major philanthropic foundation.-Early life:Starr was born in Fort Bragg, California with the...
(born 1892), founder of the American International Group insurance corporation - David StarrDavid StarrDavid Starr is an American stock car driver. He currently drives the #95 WRL General Contractors/TWD Drywall/B&D Electrical/Fenton Motor Group Ford Fusion for Leavine Fenton Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series part-time and the #81 Zachry Holdings, Inc. Toyota Tundra for SS-Green Light Racing...
(born 1967), American race car driver - Don StarrDon StarrDon Starr was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of oil baron "Jordan Lee" in the television series Dallas. Other TV credits include: The High Chaparral, Little House on the Prairie, The Rockford Files, Charlie's Angels, The Incredible Hulk, Knots Landing, V: The Final Battle, Hill...
, American actor - Edwin StarrEdwin StarrEdwin Starr was an American soul music singer. Starr is most famous for his Norman Whitfield produced singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit "War".-Biography:...
(born 1942), American soul music singer - Ernest StarrErnest StarrErnest Henry Starr 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 in Egypt, Salonika and the Dardanelles...
(born 1890), Canadian politician - Freddie StarrFreddie StarrFreddie Starr is an English comedian who became famous in the early 1970s. He is also an impressionist and singer, with a chart album After the Laughter and UK Top 10 single, "It's You", in March 1974 to his credit.-Early career:Under his real name, he appeared as a teenager in the film Violent...
(born 1943), English comedian - Fredro StarrFredro StarrFredro Scruggs better known by his stage name Fredro Starr, is an American rapper and actor from South Jamaica, Queens, New York best known as a member of hardcore hip hop group Onyx.-Music career:...
(born 1970), American rapper and actor - Frederick StarrFrederick StarrFrederick Starr , aka Ofuda Hakushi in Japan, was an American academic, anthropologist, and "populist educator" born at Auburn, New York.-Biography:...
(born 1858), American anthropologist - S. Frederick StarrS. Frederick StarrStephen Frederick Starr is the founder and Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute. He is also a noted musician.-Academic career:...
(born 1940), founder and chairman of the Central Asia-Caucus Institute - Garrison StarrGarrison StarrGarrison Starr is a singer-songwriter who originally hails from Hernando, Mississippi, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. As a solo artist, she has recorded seven full-length albums, as well as two EPs and one live album...
(born 1975), American singer-songwriter - George Starr (born 1904), British mining engineer
- George Reginald StarrGeorge Reginald StarrGeorge Reginald Starr DSO MC was a British mining engineer and one of the Special Operations Executive's best secret agents during World War II.-Early life:...
(born 1904), organiser of a resistance network in France during World War II - Georgina StarrGeorgina StarrGeorgina Starr is an English artist and one of the Young British Artists notable for her "pop style installations and films." Her major works have been described as "large-scale installations combining video and sculpture" to create emotional stories about lost or fragile phenomena.-Life and...
(born 1968), English artist - Henry StarrHenry StarrHenry Starr was an American outlaw: specifically, a horse thief and train robber. He was also convicted of murder once, of U.S. Deputy Marshal on December 13, 1892. Henry Starr claimed in court to not have known he was a U.S. Marshal and only to know that a man had opened fire on him without...
, American outlaw - Jack Starr, American musician
- Jack StarrJack StarrJack Starr was an outsider musician who recorded in 1960s Texas and whose recordings have been released by Norton Records. A comprehensive compilation of his work has recently been repressed as the "Born Petrified" LP...
, American metal and blues guitarist and songwriter - James Starr: see also Major James Starr (1870-1948) of Philadelphia.
- James Harper StarrJames Harper StarrJames Harper Starr served as a commissioner of the Texas General Land Office and later Secretary of the Treasury of the Republic of Texas and also as director of the postal service of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War as well as the...
(born 1809), Surgeon General and Secretary of the Treasury of the Republic of Texas - Jason StarrJason StarrJason Starr is an American author and screenplay writer from New York City. Starr has written numerous crime fiction novels and thrillers....
(born 1966), American author and screenplay writer - JoeyStarr (born 1967), French rapper of Martinican origin
- John Howard StarrJohn Howard StarrJohn Howard "Howie" Starr , was head coach of the Colgate University hockey team for 15 years. He born on John Street in New London, Connecticut in 1898. He died November 14, 1989, in Florida. A 40-year member of the Colgate faculty, Howie retired in 1965 when the University's hockey arena was...
(born 1898), Colgate University hockey coach - John Renshaw StarrJohn Renshaw StarrJohn Renshaw Starr , was one of two sons of Alfred Demarest Starr and Ethel Renshaw . He was a grandson of William Robert Renshaw. He was an artist and a soldier during the Second World War. His story is told in a book, The Starr Affair, by Jean Overton Fuller.-Military career:When war broke out...
, artist and soldier in World War II - John Robert StarrJohn Robert StarrJohn Robert Starr was an American journalist and newspaper columnist. Starr was noted for his role in the demise of the Arkansas Gazette during the 1980s and his criticism of President Bill Clinton including popularizing the term "Slick Willie".John Robert Starr wrote sports for the Memphis...
(born 1927), American journalist and newspaper columnist - Kay StarrKay StarrKay Starr is an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the 1940s and 50s. She is best remembered for introducing two songs that became #1 hits in the 1950s, "Wheel of Fortune" and "The Rock And Roll Waltz"....
(born 1922), American jazz and popular music singer - Kenneth StarrKenneth StarrKenneth Winston "Ken" Starr is an American lawyer and educational administrator who has also been a federal judge. He is best known for his investigation of figures during the Clinton administration....
(born 1946), special prosecutor in the impeachment investigations of President William Jefferson Clinton - Kevin StarrKevin StarrKevin Starr is an American historian, best known for his multi-volume series on the history of California, collectively called "Americans and the California Dream."-Life:Kevin Starr was born in San Francisco, California....
(born 1940), historian and author, State Librarian of California - Kimberley StarrKimberley StarrKimberley Starr is a novelist who moved to Australia as a young child. She began her education at the Armidale Demonstration School, moving on to Garran Primary School, and Padua Catholic High School, ACT , before completing her secondary education at Loreto Normanhurst...
(born 1970), Australian author - Kinnie StarrKinnie StarrAlida Kinnie Starr Pierre is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Calgary, Alberta. Her music, which blends hip hop and alternative rock, has been described as "hip hop aggro groove". Her songs have been included on the soundtracks for the TV series The L Word and the movie Thirteen...
, Canadian singer-songwriter - Lucille StarrLucille StarrLucille Starr is a Franco-Manitoban / British Columbian singer, songwriter, and yodeler best known for her 1964 hit single, "Quand Le Soleil Dit Bonjour Aux Montagnes" .-Biography:...
(born 1938), Franco-Manitoban singer, songwriter, and yodeler - Major James StarrMajor James StarrMajor James Starr , of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was one of the earliest philatelists who collected, studied, and wrote on, stamps of China.-Collecting interests:...
(1870-1948), philatelist of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Martin StarrMartin StarrMartin Starr is an American television and film actor, known for his roles as Bill Haverchuck on the short-lived NBC comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks and as Roman DeBeers on the Starz comedy series Party Down, as well as for his roles in the films Knocked Up, Cheats, and Adventureland.-Life and...
(born 1982), American television and film actor - Maurice StarrMaurice StarrMaurice Starr is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer.-Biography:Starr, originally from Florida, moved to Boston with his brother Michael in the early 1970s. After moving to Boston he recorded two unsuccessful R&B albums, Flaming Starr and Spacey Lady...
(born 1953), Boston-based musician, songwriter, and record producer - Michael StarrMichael StarrMichael Starr, PC was a Canadian politician and the first Canadian cabinet minister of Ukrainian descent, his parents having immigrated from Ukraine, then a part of the Russian Empire....
(born 1910), Canadian politician - Mike Starr (actor)Mike Starr (actor)Michael "Mike" Starr is an American actor. Starr is notable for his large size, standing 6 ft 3 1/2 in , and has typically been typecast as thugs or henchmen....
(born 1950), American actor - Mike Starr (musician)Mike Starr (musician)Michael Christopher "Mike" Starr was an American musician, best known as the original bassist in Alice in Chains, with whom he played from the band's formation in 1987 until 1993.- Career :...
(born 1966), original bassist of the band Alice in Chains - Nava StarrNava StarrNava Starr is one of the top female chess players in Canada. She is an eight-time Canadian Ladies' champion, and a Women's International Master...
(born 1949), Canadian female chess player - Patti StarrPatti StarrPatricia "Patti" Starr was the chair of Ontario Place from 1987 to 1989 and involved in a scandal that damaged the Liberal government of David Peterson in the late 1980s, contributing to its defeat in the 1990 provincial election...
(born 1943), Canadian businesswoman - Pearl StarrPearl StarrRosie Lee Reed , 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, and Jim Reed, Belle's first husband.-Early life:Pearl Starr was born in Rich Hill, Missouri...
(born 1868), American prostitute, bordello owner and businesswoman - Phil StarrPhil StarrPhil Starr , birth name Arthur James Fuller, was a gay cabaret comedian, singer, mainstay and regular feature of the London and English south coast gay scene during a career spanning from the 1950s, until his sudden and unexpected death...
(born 1932), gay cabaret comedian and singer - Ringo StarrRingo StarrRichard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...
(born 1940 as Richard Starkey), drummer for The Beatles - Ruby StarrRuby StarrRuby Starr was born Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak in Toledo, Ohio. Starr started performing at the age of nine under the stage name Connie Little and later joined Ruby Jones in 1969. In 1971 they were signed to Curtom Records and recorded their first album, Ruby Jones...
(born 1949), American singer - Ryan StarrRyan StarrRyan Starr is an American female singer, songwriter and actress. She ranked seventh on the season 1 of the talent search television series American Idol...
(born 1982), American Idol contestant - Samuel H. StarrSamuel H. StarrSamuel Henry Starr 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, the Civil War, his fall from grace, recovery and post Civil War service...
(1810-1891) American cavalry commander - Selig StarrSelig StarrRabbi Selig Starr born Zelig Starobinski was a 20th century talmudic scholar in Poland, Chicago and Jerusalem...
(born 1893), Talmudic scholar - Susan StarrSusan Starr-Biography:She began her studies with Eleanor Sokoloff at age four. She later entered the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Rudolf Serkin until her graduation in 1961...
, American pianist - Stephen StarrStephen StarrStephen Starr is the owner of several restaurants in Philadelphia, New York City, Fort Lauderdale and Atlantic City. All of these restaurants are part of the Starr Restaurant Organization.- Reality TV :...
, Philadelphia restaurateur - Steven StarrSteven StarrSteven Starr is the producer of FLOW: For Love Of Water, and the founder of Revver.-Background:Steven Starr was born on Long Island. Starr started his career in high school as a volunteer journalist at WLIR-FM in New York, pursued a degree in Radio, TV and Film at the University of...
, Filmmaker and media activist - Stevie StarrStevie StarrStevie Starr is a performance artist who refers to himself as a professional regurgitator. His act consists of swallowing various items and regurgitating them. He has never described exactly how this is done, and the implausibility of some of his regurgitations have led some to believe that he is...
, the Regurgitator - Terrell StarrTerrell StarrTerrell Starr 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.-Notes:...
, American politician - Walter A. Starr, Jr.Walter A. Starr, Jr.Walter A. "Pete" Starr, Jr. was an American lawyer and mountain climber.A graduate of Stanford University, Starr was a respected lawyer in San Francisco, but he is better known for his abilities as a mountain climber and an explorer of the Sierra Nevada.In August 1933, he failed to return from a...
(born 1903), American lawyer and mountain climber