Star (disambiguation) explained
A star is a luminous astronomical object.
Star, The Star or STAR may also refer to:
Shapes and symbols
Arts and entertainment
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:
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
Music
Albums
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
Businesses
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
Transport companies
Air
Land
Sea
Other businesses
Education
Law enforcement
Private organizations
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
Places
United Kingdom
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
Science and technology
Biology
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
Sport
Transportation
Aerospace
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
- , several Royal Navy ships
- , 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
- , 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
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