North Star is the prominent star that is closest in the sky to the north celestial pole. It appears just about directly overhead to an observer at the Earth's North Pole.

North Star may also be:

Places
In Australia:
 North Star, New South Wales, Australia

In Canada:
 North Star Hotel, a hotel in Vancouver, Canada

In the United States:
 Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
 North Star, California
 North Star, Delaware
 North Star, Ohio
 North Star, Wisconsin
 North Star Township, Michigan
 North Star Township, Brown County, Minnesota
 North Star Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota
 North Star Mall, a shopping center in San Antonio, Texas

Newspapers
 North Star (anti-slavery newspaper), an anti-slavery newspaper published from 1847 to 1851 by the escaped slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass
 The North Star, a slip edition for Ross & Cromarty of the Inverness-based Highland News

Transportation
 MS North Star, a small expedition ship operated by Lindblad Expeditions for cruising in remote areas
 North Star (aircraft), a passenger aircraft manufactured by Canadair for Trans Canada Airlines
 North Star, a brand name of NZ Bus in Auckland, New Zealand, providing services between the Northern suburbs and the central city
 North Star, a vessel borrowed by the U.S. Navy during World War II and renamed USS Crossbill
 North Star was the name given to four different locomotives of the Great Western Railway (GWR):
 North Star (broad gauge locomotive, 1837–71), a locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson and one of the first to run on the Great Western Railway
 North Star (1866–1902), one of the GWR 378 Class locomotives; named  and name removed 
 North Star (1898–1912), one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915; renamed Bulkeley in 1906.
 North Star (1906–29), one of the GWR 4000 Class locomotives, rebuilt to 4073 Class in 1929
 North Star (1929–57), a GWR 4073 Class rebuilt from the above
 North Star (Amtrak), a former train route in Minnesota

Entertainment
 North Star (1925 film) directed by Paul Powell.
 The North Star (1943 film) directed by Lewis Milestone
 North Star (1996 film) directed by Nils Gaup.
 "North Star" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a third-season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
 "North Star" (Glenn Martin, DDS episode), an episode of Glenn Martin, DDS
 "North Star", a song by Robert Fripp from the 1979 album Exposure
 "North Star", a song by Magnolia Electric Co. from the 2005 album Trials & Errors
 "North Star", an unreleased song by U2, only played live during their 360° Tour
 "North Star", a 1977 composition by Philip Glass
 A cover of the Glass composition by Mike Oldfield on his 1979 album Platinum
 North Star Federation, a Cyber Nations alliance
 Under the North Star, novel trilogy by Finnish author Väinö Linna, published 1959–1962

Company
 Beijing North Star, a conglomerate company in Beijing, China
 North Star Computers, a company established in 1976
 North Star Mine, Grass Valley, CA, USA
 North Star Mine Powerhouse
 North Star House (Grass Valley, California)
 North Star, brand of shoes owned by Bata Shoes

Education
 North Star School District, a school district in Pennsylvania
 North Star (education), an Unschool based in Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
 North Star Middle School (disambiguation)

Sports
 Minnesota North Stars, a team in the National Hockey League between 1967 and 1993
 Kildonan North Stars, a team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League between 1976 and 1990

Other
 VMware ThinApp, a product by VMware with the codename VMware Project North Star
 "North Star State", nickname of the U.S. state of Minnesota
 North Star (organization), a group for LGBT Mormons