Astor Explained

Astor or ASTOR may refer to:

Companies

• Astor Pictures, a New York-based motion picture releasing company
• Astor Radio Corporation, an Australian consumer electronics manufacturer from 1926 onwards, which also owned the Astor Records label
• Astor Records, an Australian recording company and recorded music distributor that operated from the 1960s to the early 1980s
• Astor Trust Company, a New York-based financial trust, formerly Astor National Bank

Military uses

• Mark 45 torpedo, Anti-Submarine TORpedo (known as ASTOR)
• Raytheon Sentinel, Airborne STand-Off Radar (known as ASTOR)

People

• Astor (surname)
• Astor family, a wealthy 18th-century American family who became prominent in 20th-century British politics
• Astor Bennett, a character in the Showtime television series Dexter
• Astor Henríquez, Honduran footballer
• Astor Piazzolla, Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger
• Astor C. Wuchter, American Lutheran pastor and author

Places and buildings

• Astor, Florida, United States
• Astor, Kansas, United States
• Astor, West Virginia, United States
• Astor Court (Metropolitan Museum of Art), New York City, a Chinese-garden courtyard at the museum
• Astor Court Building, an apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan
• Astor Hotel (disambiguation), several hotels
• Astor Place (Manhattan), a place leading to Broadway in New York City
• Astor Row, the name given to 130th Street between Fifth Avenue and Lenox in Harlem
• Astor Theatre (disambiguation), several theatres and cinemas

Transport

• MG Astor, a sport utility vehicle sold in India
• , a cruise ship that sailed under the name in 1981–1985 for Hadag Cruise Line and Safmarine
• , a cruise ship that sailed under the name in 1986–1987 for Marlan Corporation and 1995 onwards for Transocean Tours
• , a Panamanian cargo ship in service 1955–70

See also

• • • Astore (disambiguation)
• Astoria (disambiguation)
• Aster (disambiguation)