Jarre (French: [ʒaʁ]) is a French surname that may refer to the following notable people: Cyrillus Jarre (1878–1952), Franciscan Archbishop in Jinan, China Jean-Michel Jarre (born 1948), composer of electronic and new age music, son of Maurice 4422 Jarre, an asteroid named in honor of both Maurice and Jean-Michel Jarre Jérôme Jarre, French entrepreneur Maurice Jarre (1924–2009), film score composer Kevin Jarre (1954–2011), American screenwriter, stepbrother of Jean-Michel Jarre French-language surnames