Farr (surname)

Farr is a surname, and may refer to:

A

• Albert L. Farr (1871—1947), American architect
• Amy Farr (born 1982), New Zealand rugby union player
• Asa W. Farr (1821–1863), American lawyer and politician
• Asahel Farr (1820–1887), American surgeon

B

• Bruce Farr (born 1949), New Zealand yacht designer
• Bryan Farr (1924–2017), English cricketer and landowner

C

• Charles Farr (builder) (c. 1812–1888), timber merchant and builder in South Australia
• Charles Farr (civil servant) (1959–2019), British civil servant, intelligence officer and diplomat
• Charlotte Farr (born 1988), Scottish cricketer
• Chick Farr (1914–1980), British football goalkeeper
• Coleridge Farr (1866–1943), New Zealand geophysicist, electrical engineer and academic

D

• Dan Farr (born 1967), American technology entrepreneur
• David Farr (businessman) (born 1955), American business executive
• David Farr (theatre director) (born 1969), British writer and theatrical director
• Debi Farr (born c. 1955), American politician
• Deitra Farr (born 1957), American singer-songwriter
• Dennie L. Farr (1861–1909), American businessman and politician
• Dennis Farr (1929–2006), British art historian and curator
• Derek Farr (1912–1986), English actor
• Diane Farr (born 1969), American actress
• Diane Farr (writer), American historical romance novelist
• D'Marco Farr (born 1971), American football player
• Dorathy Farr (1910–1989), American artist
• Doug Farr, American architect and urban planner

E

• Edith May Farr (1864–1956), American botanist
• Elizabeth Farr, American harpsichordist
• Ellen Frances Burpee Farr (1840–1907), American painter
• Evarts Worcester Farr (1840–1880), American politician

F

• Felicia Farr (born 1932), American actress
• Finis Farr (1904–1982), American author
• Florence Farr (1860–1917), British stage actress and composer
• Fred Farr (1910–1997), American politician
• Frencheska Farr (born 1992), Filipina singer, actress and model

G

• Gareth Farr (born 1968), New Zealand composer
• Gary Farr (1944–1994), English singer
• George Henry Farr (1819–1904), Anglican priest and headmaster in South Australia
• George W. Farr (1875–1957), Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
• Glenn Farr (1946–2023), film and TV editor
• Grahame Farr (1912–1983), British maritime historian

H

• Harry Farr (1891–1916), British soldier executed for cowardice
• Heather Farr (1965–1993), American golfer
• Helen Farr, British maritime archaeologist and prehistorian
• Henry V. Farr (1877–1958), American industrial chemist (Mallinckrodt)
• Hilary Farr (born 1951), Canadian reality television personality

J

• Jack Farr (born 1946), US military intelligence officer
• James M. Farr (1874–1947), English language scholar and president of the University of Florida (1927–1928)
• James Farr (basketball) (born 1992), American basketball player
• Jamie Farr (born 1934), Lebanese-American actor
• Jim Farr (born 1956), American baseball player
• John R. Farr (1857–1933), American politician
• John Farr (British politician) (1922–1997), Conservative Party politician
• John Farr, nom-de-plume of novelist Jack Webb
• Jordan Farr (born 1994), American soccer goalkeeper
• Judi Farr (1938–2023), Australian actress
• Judy Farr (set decorator), British art director and set decorator
• Julia Farr (1824–1914), philanthropist in South Australia, wife of George Henry Farr

K

• Kathryn Farr (born 1967), English discus athlete
• Kevin Farr (1951–2011), South African cricketer

L

• Lee Farr (1927–2017), American actor
• Lorin Farr (1820–1909), American Mormon pioneer

M

• Malcolm Farr (born 1951), Australian journalist
• Malcolm D. Farr (1884-1956), American businessman and politician
• Marcia E. Farr (born 1944), American sociolinguist and ethnographer
• Marie Leonore Farr (1927–2014), American mycologist
• Mark Farr (born 1968), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Martyn Farr (born 1951), Welsh caver
• Mary Noyes Farr (1853—1938), American osteopathic physician and suffragist
• Matthew Burrow Farr(1862–1941), British trade unionist and Labour Party politician
• Mel Farr (1944–2015), American football player and businessman
• Mel Farr Jr. (born 1966), American football player, son of Mel Farr
• Michael Farr (born 1953), British Tintin expert
• Michael K. Farr, American author
• Mike Farr (born 1967), American football player, son of Mel Farr
• Miller Farr (1943–2023), American football player, brother of Mel Farr

N

• Nick Farr-Jones (born 1962), Australian rugby union player

O

• Oliver Farr (born 1988), Welsh golfer

P

• Patricia Farr (1913–1948), American movie actress

R

• Rocky Farr (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• Robert Maclaughlin Farr (1936–2013), Northern Ireland social psychologist
• Russell B. Farr, Australian editor and writer of speculative fiction

S

• Sam Farr (born 1941), American politician
• Samuel Farr (architect) (1827–1918), builder and architect in New Zealand
• Samuel Farr (physician) (1741–1795), English physician
• Shana Farr, Colombian singer and actress
• Simeon Farr, American 19th-century politician
• Snowy Farr (1919–2007), English charity fundraiser
• Stephen Farr (born 1967), British organist
• Steve Farr (born 1956), American baseball player

T

• Thena Mae Farr (1927–1985), National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame inductee
• Thomas Farr (1954–2024), American attorney
• Tommy Farr (1913–1986), Welsh boxer
• Tracy Farr (born 1962), New Zealand writer and scientist
• Tyler Farr (born 1984), American country music singer

W

• Wanda Kirkbride Farr (1895–1983), American botanist
• William Farr (1807–1883), British epidemiologist
• William C. Farr (1841–1921), fifth Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey

See also

• Pfarr
• Fara (surname)