Star (disambiguation)

A star is a luminous astronomical object.

Star, The Star or STAR may also refer to:

Shapes and symbols

 * Star polygon, a geometric shape with acute points arranged radially
 * Star (glyph), a typographical symbol
 * Star (heraldry), star-like shapes used in heraldry
 * Star (classification), a rating system for hotels, movies, or other products
 * Star (sport badge), on a team uniform, representing titles won

Arts and entertainment

 * Star (person) or celebrity
 * Movie star, a person famous for performing in films
 * Leading actor, or the star of a production

Fictional entities

 * S.T.A.R. Labs, an organization in the DC Comics fictional universe
 * Star (Marvel Comics), the name of three fictional characters in Marvel Comics
 * Star Butterfly, a character in the Disney animated series Star vs. the Forces of Evil
 * Patrick Star, a character in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants
 * Characters named Star also appear in:
 * The Good Night Show and its spin-off Nina's World
 * The game Yie Ar Kung-Fu
 * Wish (film)

Films

 * The Star (1952 film), an American film
 * The Star (1953 film), a Russian film
 * Star! (film), a 1968 American musical
 * Star (1982 film), an Indian Hindi film
 * Danielle Steel's Star, a 1993 American television film
 * Star (2001 film), an Indian Tamil film
 * The Star (2002 film), a Russian remake of the 1953 film
 * Star (2014 film), a Russian comedy
 * Star (2015 film), a Canadian short drama film
 * The Star (2017 film), an American animated film
 * Star (2024 Indian film), an Indian Tamil film

Gaming

 * Star (board game)
 * *Star, board game
 * Star, an item that grants invincibility in the Super Mario franchise

Albums

 * Star (702 album)
 * Star (Belly album)
 * StAR (Jan Garbarek album)
 * Star (Milky album)
 * Star (Murk album)
 * Star (Mika Nakashima album)
 * Star (Super Junior album)
 * Star/Boom Boom, the soundtrack album to the 1982 film Star
 * The Star (album), by JO1

Songs

 * "Star" (Brockhampton song)
 * "Star" (Bryan Adams song)
 * "Star" (Kevin Ayers song)
 * "Star" (Earth, Wind & Fire song)
 * "Star" (Erasure song)
 * "Star" (Extreme song)
 * "Star" (Loona song)
 * "Star" (Primal Scream song)
 * "Star" (Stealers Wheel song)
 * "Star" (Stellar song)
 * "Star", by Bazzi from Cosmic
 * "Star", by Biddu and Zohaib Hassan from Star/Boom Boom
 * "Star", by David Bowie from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
 * "Star", by Brotherhood of Man from Images
 * "Star", by Stela Cole
 * "Star", by Estelle
 * "Star", by Kiki Dee
 * "Star", by Rebecca Ferguson from Superwoman
 * "Star", by Terri Walker from L.O.V.E
 * "Star", by The Crash from Wildlife
 * "Star", by The Cult from The Cult
 * "Star", by Hellyeah from their eponymous album
 * "Star", by The Hollies from Write On
 * "Star", by Savoy from Mountains of Time
 * "Star", by Silverbullit
 * "Star (*)", by Project 86 from Drawing Black Lines
 * "The Star" (Mariah Carey song)
 * "The Star" (Ross D. Wyllie song)
 * "The Star", by Kikki Danielsson from Midnight Sunshine

Television

 * Star (TV series), a musical drama series broadcast by Fox
 * The Star (TV series), a Thai singing competition reality show
 * "The Star" (Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake), an episode of the animated series
 * "The Star" (Homeland), the season 3 finale of the series
 * "The Star" (The Twilight Zone), an episode based on Arthur C. Clarke's short story

Writing

 * Star, a novel by Pamela Anderson
 * Star, a novel by Danielle Steel
 * "Star" (short story), by Yukio Mishima
 * "The Star" (Clarke short story), by Arthur C. Clarke
 * "The Star" (Wells short story), by H. G. Wells, written in 1897
 * "The Star", a poem by Jane Taylor, the first line of which is "Twinkle, twinkle, little star"

Other uses in arts and entertainment

 * Star (guitar), a guitar body shape
 * Star (Disney+), a hub within the Disney+ streaming service for an adult audience
 * Star Cinema Circuit, an historic Australian cinema chain, proprietors D. Clifford Theatres
 * Star Distribution, a Latin American and Brazilian film distributor
 * Star Theatre (disambiguation), several cinemas and theatres
 * The Star Performing Arts Centre, Singapore

Media

 * Star (newspaper), various newspapers called either Star or The Star
 * Star (magazine), an American celebrity tabloid
 * St. Austin Review (StAR), a Catholic magazine
 * The Star (Bangladesh), a current affairs magazine
 * Star, a historical bookseller, founded by Henry Denham in Paternoster Row, London
 * List of radio stations named Star; see also Star FM (disambiguation)
 * Star Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics (1984–1988)
 * Star Film (Dutch East Indies company), a Dutch East Indies former film production company
 * Star FM (disambiguation), the name of several radio broadcasters
 * Star Media Group, a division of Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd.
 * Star Music, a recording company in the Philippines
 * Star TV (disambiguation), the name of several TV broadcasters and streaming services

Air

 * Star Air (disambiguation), several airlines
 * Star Airlines, a former name of XL Airways France
 * Star Alliance, an alliance of airlines
 * Star Aviation, an Algerian airline

Land

 * FSC Star, a Polish truck manufacturer
 * Società Torinese Automobili Rapid an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1904 to 1921
 * Star Motor Company, an 1898–1932 British car manufacturer
 * Star Motorcycles, a division of Yamaha Motor Corporation, US
 * Service des transports en commun de l'agglomération rennaise [fr], a public transport operator in Rennes, France
 * STAR Transit, a transit agency in Texas

Sea

 * Star Cruises, a cruise line
 * Star Ferry, a Hong Kong ferryboat service
 * Star Line (shipping company), a defunct Irish shipping company

Other businesses

 * STAR (interbank network), the largest American interbank network
 * Star Bonifacio Echeverria, a defunct Spanish firearms manufacturer
 * Star Entertainment Group, an Australian gambling and entertainment company
 * The Star, Sydney, a casino
 * The Star Gold Coast, a casino and hotel
 * STAR Lager, a Nigerian beer brand
 * Star Market, a chain of supermarkets based in Boston, US
 * Star Micronics, a Japanese printer manufacturer

Education

 * California Standardized Testing and Reporting Program, a school assessment program
 * New York State School Tax Relief Program, or STAR Program
 * Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman, a Malaysian public school

Law enforcement

 * Special Tactics and Rescue (Singapore), a division of the Singapore Police Force
 * Special Task and Rescue, a division of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
 * Special Tasks and Rescue, (STAR Group) a police unit of the South Australia police

Private organizations

 * STAR (student association)
 * Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers, a British organization
 * Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, a former American organization
 * Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal, an American Jewish organisation

People

 * Star (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname
 * Star, a female professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
 * Star Jr. (born 1994), the ring name of a Mexican professional wrestler
 * Zonnique "Star" Pullins, member of the teenage girl group OMG Girlz

United Kingdom

 * Star, Fife, a village in Scotland
 * Star, Pembrokeshire, a hamlet in Wales
 * Star, Somerset, a hamlet in the civil parish of Shipham, England
 * Star, a small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Wales

United States

 * Star, Idaho, a city
 * Star, Munising Township, Michigan, an unincorporated community
 * Star, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
 * Star, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
 * Star, North Carolina, a town
 * Star, Texas, an unincorporated community
 * Star Island (disambiguation)
 * Star Lake (Cook County, Minnesota)
 * Star Lake (Otter Tail County, Minnesota), a lake in central Minnesota
 * Star Lake (Vilas County, Wisconsin)
 * Star Township (disambiguation), various townships
 * Star Valley, in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho

Elsewhere

 * Star, Alberta, a hamlet in Canada
 * Star, Bryansk Oblast, Russia
 * Star, Novgorod Oblast, Russia
 * Star Mountains, Papua New Guinea

Biology

 * STAR (gene), the gene that encodes steroidogenic acute regulatory protein
 * Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR), a transport protein
 * Ulmus americana 'Star', an elm cultivar

Computing

 * STAR (software), an educational software series
 * Star (Unix), an implementation of the tar file archiver
 * Xerox Star, a 1981 computer workstation
 * Kleene star, a wildcard symbol used in computer science

Mathematics

 * Star (game theory), a position in combinatorial game theory
 * Star (graph theory), a graph with a structure that resembles a star
 * Star (simplicial complex), the set of simplices containing a given vertex in a simplicial complex

Other uses in science and technology

 * STAR detector, a particle physics experiment
 * Synthetically thinned aperture radar, an interferometric radar method
 * Star Bus, a satellite platform

Sport

 * KK Star, a basketball club in Serbia
 * Supporters' Trust at Reading, a Reading Football Club supporters' organization
 * Manglerud Star Ishockey, a Norwegian hockey team
 * Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race, a yacht race
 * Star (keelboat), a one-design racing keelboat
 * The Star (stadium), an indoor stadium in Frisco, Texas

Aerospace

 * Standard terminal arrival route, a flight procedure
 * Star (rocket stage), a family of American solid-fuel rocket motors

Land

 * Star (automobile), a marque assembled by the Durant Motors Company between 1922 and 1928
 * American Star Bicycle, an early type of bicycle
 * Southern Tagalog Arterial Road, or STAR Tollway, an expressway in the Philippines
 * GWR 4000 Class, or Star, a type of steam locomotive
 * GWR Star Class, a type of steam locomotive
 * Suburban Transit Access Route, or STAR Line, a defunct rail proposal in Chicago, US

Sea

 * HMS Star, several Royal Navy ships
 * USS Monticello (1859), a US Navy wooden screw-steamer briefly named Star
 * MS Star (1978), originally Merzario Hispania and later MS Nordic Ferry, a car ferry
 * MS Star (2006), a Ro-Pax ferry operated by the Estonian ferry company Tallink
 * Star (keelboat), a one-design racing keelboat

Other uses

 * Star (Chinese constellation)
 * The Star (Ketchikan, Alaska), a historic commercial building in Ketchikan, Alaska
 * Star (dog), a dog who was shot by the New York City Police
 * Star, a horse coat facial marking
 * HMCS Star, a reserve unit of the Canadian Maritime Command
 * An-Najm ("The Star"), the 53rd sura of the Qur'an
 * Pyrotechnic star, in fireworks displays
 * Situation, task, action, result, an interview technique
 * STAR voting (Score Then Automatic Runoff), a cardinal electoral system
 * The Star (Tarot card), a Major Arcana tarot card
 * Star Scout (Boy Scouts of America), the third-highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America