# 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

* 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

### Music
#### 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" (Heavy Moss 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, a television production and film distributor company in the Philippines
* 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

## 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 Magic, a talent agency in the Philippines
* 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

* 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

## Navy-related

* HMS Star, several Royal Navy ships
* USS Monticello (1859), a US Navy wooden screw-steamer briefly named Star
* HMCS Star, a reserve unit of the Canadian Maritime Command

## 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

## Places
### 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 (Wyoming), 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
* The Star, Singapore, a shopping mall and performing arts centre in Singapore

## Science and technology
### 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

## Transportation
### 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

* 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

* Barn star
* 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
* 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