Behr
Behr is a given name and surname that derives from the German Bär. Older forms of the name, Bela and Belo, occur in the Memorbuch. The diminutive forms Baeril ' and Baerush ' are used among Polish and Russian Jews.
An additional origin of the name is from Middle Dutch baer meaning naked or bare, possibly indicating someone who wore rags.
Given name
- Behr Perlhefter, Jewish scholar and rabbi
Surname
- Barbara Behr, photographer, film director and magazine editor
- Bernd Behr, German artist
- Bill Behr, American professional basketball player
- Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist
- Carel Jacobus Behr, Dutch painter, watercolorist and draftsman
- Carl Behr, German ophthalmologist
- Carlos Boloña Behr, Peruvian politician
- Christoph Behr, German footballer
- Dani Behr, British television presenter and singer
- Edgar Behr, German sailor
- Emilio Behr, Dutch DJ, record producer and musician known by his stage name Justin Mylo
- Felicia Minei Behr, American television producer and network executive
- Franz Behr, German composer
- Giorgio Behr, Swiss businessman and professor
- Hans Hermann Behr, German-American botanist and entomologist
- Ira Steven Behr, American television producer and scriptwriter
- James Behr, American pianist, composer, recording artist and educator
- Jason Behr, American actor
- Jean-Paul Behr, French chemist
- Johann Behr, an Austrian author, court official and composer
- John Behr, British Eastern Orthodox priest and theologian
- Julia Behr, German portrait painter
- Kaelyn Behr, birth name of Styalz Fuego, an Australian music producer, vocalist and songwriter
- Karl Behr, American tennis player, banker, and survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic
- Kurt von Behr, head of Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg in France; see Bruno Lohse
- Mark Behr, South African author
- Matthias Behr, German foil fencer.
- Noam Behr, tennis player
- Ottomar von Behr, German-American meteorologist and naturalist
- Pamela Behr, retired German alpine ski racer
- Paul Behr, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Peter H. Behr, California State Senator and lawyer
- Rafael Behr, a columnist at The Guardian, since 2014, and former political editor at the New Statesman
- Reinhold Behr, German fencer
- Sepp Behr, German Olympic alpine skier
- Therese Behr, German contralto
- Victor de Behr, Belgian athlete whose main event was water polo
- William Joseph Behr, German writer
- Winrich Behr, German soldier