1. James Barr (1924-2006), was a Biblical scholar, author of The Semantics of Biblical Language
2. James Barr (1922-1995), was the pseudonym of novelist, short-story writer and playwright James Fugaté (Quatrefoil)
3. James Barr (b 1976), author of Setting the Desert on Fire
4. James Barr (1862-1928), was the pseudonym of Angus Evan Abbott who compiled Humour of America and wrote The Scottish Covenanters
5. James Barr (NZ, fl. 1879), author of The Old Identities
6) Barr, James, Capt. - Ferry across the harbor
