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Contemporary Notables of the name Karr (post 1700) +

  • Gary Michael Karr (1941-2025), American classical double bass virtuoso and teacher, considered one of the best bassists of the 20th and 21st centuries
  • Ron Karr, American speaker, marketing consultant and author based in New Jersey, President of National Speakers Association for 2013-14, President of Karr Associates, Inc
  • Benjamin Joyce "Ben" Karr (1893-1968), nicknamed Baldy Karr, an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played between 1920 and 1927 for the Boston Red Sox (1920–22) and Cleveland Indians (1925–27)
  • Chris Karr, American businessman and politician serving as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 11th district (2017-)
  • Sarah Rose Karr (b. 1984), American former child actress, best known for her roles in the movies Beethoven and Beethoven's 2nd as Emily Newton
  • Mary Karr (b. 1955), American poet, essayist and memoirist, noted for her 1995 bestselling memoir The Liars' Club.
  • John Andrew Karr, American author and self described programmer analyst
  • Phyllis Ann Karr (b. 1944), American author of fantasy, romances, mysteries, and non-fiction
  • David Harold Karr (1918-1979), controversial American journalist and businessman
  • ... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X


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