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2 unusual facts about A.G. Barr


A.G. Barr

It is particularly notable for the manufacture of the popular Scottish drinks, Irn-Bru and Rubicon.

In 2001 the company acquired Findlays Mineral Water which is sourced in the Lammermuir Hills.


Batman: In Darkest Knight

Batman: In Darkest Knight is a one-shot comic book, published in 1994 and written by Mike W. Barr with art by Jerry Bingham.

Donald Barr

He and his wife Mary had four children, including Attorney General William P. Barr.

Finnegan Foundation

Founders of the foundation included: Pittsburgh Mayor Joe Barr, Commonwealth Judge Genevieve Blatt, Democratic National Committeewoman Louise M. John, Pennsylvania Gov. David Lawrence, U.S. Ambassador Matthew H. McCloskey II, U.S. Ambassador John Rice, and Pennsylvania State Treasurer Grace M. Sloan.

James Barr

James R. Barr (1885–1910), Scottish engineer and lecturer in Electrical Engineering at Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh

James J. Saxon

Mindful of congressional cries that gangsters may still be buying up banks to sanitize their hot money, Joseph W. Barr, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, announced that he set up a unit to help the Justice Department weed out criminals in banking.

James R. Barr

Robert Archibald from Dundee Technical College revised and corrected the proofs for its publication in 1913.

José Gómez-Sicre

In 1944, he served as an advisor to Alfred H. Barr, Jr., of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, putting together an exhibition of Cuban paintings that traveled across the United States for the next two years.

Mary Miller

For that exhibition, she wrote the catalogue of the same title—a finalist for the Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award of the College Art Association—with Simon Martin, senior epigrapher at the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.

Thomas Barr

Thomas D. Barr (1931–2008), prominent lawyer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore

Thomas D. Barr

Thomas Barr is best known for representing the International Business Machines Corporation in a 13-year antitrust battle with the federal government, as well as satellite cases by competitors and the EEC.

William S. Sessions

A report by outgoing Attorney General William P. Barr presented to the Justice Department that month by the Office of Professional Responsibility included criticisms that he had used an FBI plane to travel to visit his daughter on several occasions, and had a security system installed in his home at government expense.


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