Talk:List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

message: Pardon for asking, but if there is already a category for this list, why does this page exist? Joygerhardt 22:06, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of them have been famous in their own days. Should stars of forgotten celebrities be removed? I don't think so, it's an interesting historical information. John Anderson 09:34, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: I removed Neil Young from this list as there is no record of him having a star at the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce official list. Ted Wilkes 16:28, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This is true. Kensit does not have a star nor does she merit one. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 15:18, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps we should stay away from discussions on who does or does not 'merit' a star? Run Amok (talk) 15:23, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Removals

message: I have a feeling that the Jack Smith who is on the list is the singer "Whispering" Jack Smith, not the New York-based underground filmmaker.  I'm assuming that the Jack Smith (music) stub is the correct one for "Whispering" Jack Smith.  The old link went to a stub for Jack Smith (Actor) which was redundant and contained less information on the underground filmmaker than Jack Smith (Film Director) which is where I am moving most links pertaining to the director of the underground film "Flaming Creatures"—Preceding unsigned comment added by Larrybob (talk) • contribs) 23:07, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Any confirmation on that? Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 23:07, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jack Smith 

message: Can anyone tell me which John Hall has a star? The website says he was in the movies, but there's no obvious movie John Hall in Wikipedia, and IMDB has 40+ choices. Simon12 04:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Hall 

message: I think this list should make note of recipients of the reward who are fictional characters, as opposed to real people. There are quite a few, from Big Bird to Godzilla. It's an interesting peice of information which wouldn't take much work. I'd do it myself, but I'm not sure how we should go about it. Should we make a seperate list at the bottom of the page, or asterik all apropiate names. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Animedude360 (talk • contribs) 09:20, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think that just marking these would be of any benefit, as there is already a list on the main article. This could be included in a 'Notable for..' or 'Comment' column which I think may be useful, as would the star number and award date, but with over 2000 people and information that is difficult to find, this would be a bit of a task! mattbr30 09:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fictional Characters

message: The rolling stones ARE NOT in the walk of fame??? oh my god! (i'm italian...)! keithina ((^@^)) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.28.11.172 (talk) 16:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What??? 

message: Added Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.  Their prints are now at Grauman's Chinese Theater, the ceremony held July 9th, 2007.  Unfortunately, the Walk of Fame site hasn't yet been updated.  -FeralDruid 08:52, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, it occurs to me I may have done this incorrectly.  Does the Walk of Fame include only stars, or also the prints at Grauman's?  R, G & W have prints at Grauman's, but not stars.  -FeralDruid 09:24, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Reverted my prior edits -- looking at the Walk of Fame site, it doesn't look as though prints at Grauman's are part of the Walk of Fame.  -FeralDruid 09:33, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  No, prints at Grauman's are not part of the Walk of Fame - they are two separate entities. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 23:08, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Harry Potter

message: According to Christina Aguilera's page, Johnny Grant has stated that she will receive a star sometime in 2008. Should we have a section for this and any other intended future stars?--Tim Thomason 00:57, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Future recipients

message: is it true vince mcmahon has a star as its on his wiki page but he's not in the list 82.27.243.237 (talk) 03:39, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  vince mcmahon 

message: Added chilean singer Lucho Gatica.  --Warkoholic 2008  21:16, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lucho Gatica 

message: On 25 June 2009, after the death of the King of Pop, fans gather around the star of the other Michael Jackson.  Per this news item, I've updated the WP list to reflect the pop star at 6927 Hollywood Blvd., and the radio commentator at 1541 Vine St. — Hiplibrarianship (talk) 01:03, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  multiple Michael Jackson stars 

message: I noticed them - but don't edit things on this website:
- Edward Arnold - Motion Picture Actor – Not a Recording Artist [Corrected - Eddie Arnold is the recording star - 9/22/09]
- James Bacon – Motion Picture / TV Actor - Not a Recording Artist [Corrected - 9/22/09]
- Frankie Carle – Star Address of 1751 Hollywood Boulevard Seems Way off the Beaten Path – Cited as 1767 Vine St [1751 address correct per HWoF website]
- Joni James & Sonny James – Noted as 1 Star – Apparently Are Unrelated Non-Collaborators[Single Star correct per HWoF website] 
:: Incorrect as per Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (www.hollywoodchamber.net) -- called at (323) 469-8311 on 5/24/2010 and confirmed that the two have separate stars. They have nothing to do with each other personally or professionally. See my comments below. Their website is most accurate. Fixed May 24, 2010. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 10:40, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind, just blowing off steam.  Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 10:34, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: A Few Minor Mistakes On The List

message: For some reason, probably an innocent mistake, Sonny and Joni James were listed as sharing the same star. Although they both share the same stage surname (James), they have nothing to do with each other, either personally or professionally. I confirmed by calling the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (www.hollywoodchamber.net) at (323) 469-8311 and confirmed that the two have separate stars and updated the list accordingly. Hopefully the  sites that pick up information from Wikipedia and other sources will quickly rectify. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 10:30, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Joni James and Sonny James

message: The Hollywood Walk of Fame official website shows Perry Como with only two stars -- TV and Radio. Some reliable sources credit him with a third star for Recording. I emailed the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and they confirmed that the third star is correct. Run Amok (talk) 17:02, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Perry Como

message: Hi,
I was wondering if there is any rule regarding where people with hyphened or double barrel surnames are placed, eg 'Julia Louis-Dreyfus' has been listed twice under 'D' and 'L' for sometime; I don't think honorees need to be listed twice. Susan Saint James for example is listed under 'S', but Marco Antonio Solís is listed under 'S' as well. I think it would be a good idea to have a rule on where honorees with such names are placed, as they are currently inconsistent.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.109.57.237 (talk) 19:05, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: This strikes me as a common-sense issue:  The list is alphabetized by last names.  Susan Saint James's last name is "Saint James", so it goes under "S."  Marco Antonio Solis's last name is "Solis", so it goes under "S" too.  It's usually pretty easy to distinguish a middle name from a 2-word last name.  Any names where the distinction is not obvious can be handled on a case-by-case basis. DoctorJoeE (talk) 21:09, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hyphened/Double barrelled surnames 

message: Contrary to press reports, Robert Downey Jr. does not have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The press reports from late 2009 inproperly identified the placement of his had/footprints at the Chinese Theatre as a 'Star' -- these are two different honors. 
Run Amok (talk) 23:21, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Robert Downey Jr. 

message: A recent edit has removed the image one of the actual 'stars' on teh walk of fame as 'irrelevant'. I find theg inclusion of the image to be both relevant and interesting.  Is there a consensus opinion on this? Run Amok (talk) 19:59, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do we want / need an image? 

message: Per this BBC source, Danny DeVito has received a star.  Per this HWoF website, it's the "2,445th Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Category of  Television", located at 6906 Hollywood Boulevard.  Requesting the page be updated accordingly. Thanks --88.104.36.157 (talk) 12:21, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Done --Jnorton7558 (talk) 13:25, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Danny DeVito 

message: Does Janet Jackson actually have her own star at 1500 Vine, or is this just "The Jacksons" star at that location?  Can someone verify that she has a specific star personally, or alternatively remove the listing, since none of the other Jacksons are listed individually (except Michael, who does have a separate star in his name)? 174.65.175.154 (talk) 01:06, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Per the official HWOF website, Janet Jackson was inducted to the Walk of Fame with her own star on on April 20, 1990. Run Amok (talk) 20:55, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Janet Jackson 

message: For a long time, there was a listing of a star at 6778 Hollywood Blvd. for one Jamie Lowe, a redlink. There was absolutely no info on who this Lowe was/is, so I contacted Ana Martinez and Marlene Panoyan at the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce website on September 1 asking who this guy/gal is/was. The next day Ms. Martinez responded, claiming there were only two Lowes on the HWOF, and denied there was any Jamie Lowe star. I pointed out that there had been sites (including  and ), which listed the star (just as it was listed here on Wikipedia until today), although those sites had recently disappeared. I checked the address (6778 Hollywood Blvd.) and there is no indication there was any star there, so I have rv Jamie Lowe as an apparent hoax. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk)  14:31, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Jamie Lowe hoax

message: How many of these things are there?? Clankbang (talk) 21:22, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: How many of these things are there?

message: She has a star, although "unveiled". 
http://hwof.com/star/recording/mariah-carey/2849  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.133.12.13 (talk) 03:58, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a list of Stars actually on the Walk of Fame. Mariah Carey was selected for a star in 2006, but the Star has never been installed or unveiled. This is an excellent example of why we ask that new additions to this list wait for the actual ceremony. Run Amok (talk) 01:25, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: You are missing Mariah Carey

message: who was the first name on the walk of fame  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.197.153.23 (talk) 23:40, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: There was no "first" name.  The Walk of Fame was created in the early 1960s with an initial installation of scores of names.  Subsequently names have been added, usually one at a time. Monkeyzpop (talk) 01:58, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  first name 

message: Why not separate this list by category, and then by name? And I think groups/bands should be separated from individuals because it's a jumbled mess as it is now, with the list sorted by last name and band name.--Krystaleen 10:05, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Lists such as 'people who turned it down' are best handled on the main HWoF page rather than this page, which is a simple browsing list of the stars. Run Amok (talk) 17:35, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too hard to navigate 

message: Who started adding "1/2" to the stars locations: Desi Arnaz, George Arliss and Fred Allen?? Is this vandalism?? Quis separabit? 21:46, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  Fixed but vandal alert!! Quis separabit? 21:57, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Question

message: Should there be a section for scheduled stars? I feel this is information that at least deserves to be placed somewhere, especially since 26 were just revealed to be placed in 2014 a few days ago. Beerest355 Talk 18:33, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scheduled stars 

message: I have heard, for those that are unfamiliar, not everyone who has made an imprint at the theater have their work inducted forever. There are occasions when the event is only for publicity and is removed later.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by A1Houseboy (talk • contribs) 08:02, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grauman Theater Cement Imprints 

message: I'm trying to re-organize the "C" section of this page about the list of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I want the section to be like the "A" "B" "E" and other sections that have 2 spilt sections on the same level to make it easier for other people to read the article. Can anyone please help me do this? Mr. Brain (talk) 04:08, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.--Krystaleen 04:19, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trying to re-organize the "C" section of this Hollywood Walk of Fame article. 

message: No mentioned of date of each added, how is this so?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.115.139.252 (talk) 02:59, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. That would be a valuable addition.--Paracel63 (talk) 18:23, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  WHEN WERE THEY ADDED 

message: They are not listed as having a star even though have got one on the walk  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Butler97 (talk • contribs) 18:45, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Destinys Child  

message: Star has Betty Compson, but not Betty Compton. Betty Compton was born 1907, but on the page indicated 1897. In 1897 was born Betty Compson. See. --87.244.63.130 (talk) 09:34, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  Good work. Will investigate. Quis separabit? 10:45, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  Star is for Compson but info at website re years/places of birth/death is wrong. I contacted the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce about it. Hopefully they'll fix it. Quis separabit? 11:10, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Error. Betty Compton

message: If anyone knows how to fix uneven columns, H, L & M can be tweaked. I don't know how. Thanks. Quis separabit? 03:34, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Oops. My bad. Sorry. Quis separabit? 18:20, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: H/L/M

message: Cosby star not removed from HWOF (see  and ). Quis separabit? 03:27, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Bill Cosby

message: Were any stars removed?  OJ Simpson?  Robert Blake?  Phil Spector?   None of them ever had a star on the Walk of Fame?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.95.174.225 (talk) 23:43, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: No. You may read somewhere on the official site (the "Frequently Asked Questions" or History page?) that they never remove stars, for any reason, except temporarily for construction work on the sidewalk. Can't find the text on the site anymore, so maybe they are re-thinking that policy. The 3 names mentioned—in case anyone's still wondering a year later—never had stars. Brian W. Schaller (talk) 23:56, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stars Ever Removed? 

message: Would fan-made stars count for the purposes of this list? I know that Carrie Fisher never had one but in the wake of her death fans created one from a blank star. Would this count or not? -A lad insane (Channel 2) 21:29, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: This may sound callous, but no, otherwise nearly every famous entertainer without a star would end up on this list after they die—there are 100's of blank stars on the walk. You, or a fan club, could nominate anyone famous enough for consideration posthumously, after a 5 year waiting period and $40,000 (currently) are raised for the installation and maintenance of a real star. Brian W. Schaller (talk) 00:02, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Fan made stars

message: The following names are potentially mis-categorized (besides the 16 other names just fixed, which were all obviously wrong according to the usual sources - the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce site ("official" site) and the LA Times Star Walk site):
Name : Current cat → Proper cat (?)
*Eddy Arnold (not Edward) : Radio → Recording ("officially" Radio, but the LA Times states Music/Recording with a matching photo, which may be due to an initial placement mistake or a subsequent repair mistake)
*Billy Barty : TV → Motion pictures (the official site & a document link found there both state 'motion pictures' and the enlarged photo shows what appears to be a film camera, but the LA Times photo has a TV set which, however, may be due to a subsequent repair mistake)
*Monty Woolley : TV → Motion pictures (the official site states 'motion pictures', but the LA Times photo has a TV set, which the current Wiki article claims is the mistake; Woolley had about 30 film credits but only 2 TV credits, apparently 1 episode in each of 2 programs, so most likely a motion pictures star)
Any other insights about, or objections to changing, those three? Brian W. Schaller (talk) 09:24, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Changing the three above as no objections have been raised. Of course, feel free to change back if any are definitely wrong. Brian W. Schaller (talk) 23:38, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Potentially mis-categorized names 

message: The question was asked over 9 years ago by another editor, but ignored (see Proposed changes section). Converting to a single sortable table seems like a reasonable request. Still wondering why a 2 column, separate tables format with letter links was chosen when searching by name is as easy as Ctrl-F (find within a page). Maybe sorting by all surnames, categories and addresses is not important to most people. Brian W. Schaller (talk) 01:43, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that would be a very good idea. It used to be a problem loading large articles like this to edit so sections makes it easier, but not anymore and a single sortable list is a no-brainer. Reywas92Talk 10:32, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello  I just realized it, hope you are fine with that!? Regards --W like wiki good to know 18:12, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should the list be combined into a single sortable table? 

message: Can we have a date added clooum 92.232.119.244 (talk) 00:28, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time minchine 

message: Where's Peter O'Toole's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? --Thomas Mulligan (talk) 21:03, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: He doesn't have one, according to the HWoF site and LA Times. Brian W. Schaller (talk) 23:24, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peter O'Toole 

message: Where's the "A" section for the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? --Thomas Mulligan (talk) 15:17, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Just reverted it to version of June 15, before vandalism. Brian W. Schaller (talk) 23:20, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where's the "A" section for the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? 

message: Donald Trumps star has been destroyed so should it be removed from the list till it is restored?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.0.86.9 (talk) 15:23, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Donald Trumps star 

message: Does she really have 2 stars - in the same category? Doesn't seem logical; she didn't reinvent herself & go in a completely different musical direction to justify 2 stars in the same category. Seems like it's just a mistake on the walkoffame website, and on the LA Times website which shows identical photos, down to the marks on the star & sidewalk. Maybe they placed two stars by mistake, or there's a more obscure Sarah Vaughan recording artist, or an actress with that name who got the wrong icon placed on their star? Anyway, she was 36 in 1960 (substantially younger than the average age of star recipients, but a popular artist in the 1950s; 1960 was the initial year of star placement) & she went on to much wider international success later, in the 1970s and 80s, with Grammy awards, etc. Nearly all other sources only mention the 1985 star and say "a star" not two stars, or "second star" which would seem to be very noteworthy if true: newarksymphonyhall.org, crossroadstheatrecompany.org, famoussingers.org, biography.com, imdb.com... Does anyone who lives in LA have some time to check the stars at those addresses? Or maybe the woman who currently organizes the HWoF events would answer an email. Would be interesting to know. Brian W. Schaller (talk) 22:41, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi New World Man: Please let me/us know what you think about the above. Thanks, Brian W. Schaller (talk) 04:44, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

text: OK, I sent a message to the Chamber of Commerce just now, identifying myself as a Wikipedia editor and asking whether Sarah Vaughan has two Recording stars or only one, and if only one, which address is correct. Will post reply here, if any. Brian W. Schaller (talk) 01:37, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sarah Vaughan 

message: Has Mark Wahlberg apologized for bad things he had done in the past? --TMProofreader (talk) 18:04, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mark Wahlberg 

message: Where do you want to put in the name of Alvin and the Chipmunks? A or C? --TMProofreader (talk) 15:43, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alvin and the Chipmunks 

message: Where is Ben Alexander's radio star located at? --TMProofreader (talk) 15:08, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ben Alexander's radio star 

message: Who said this about tht ellen show? Mr. Boyled (talk) 03:14, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  ??!!! 

message: Could someone make an A-Z list for the lists with a chronological order—Preceding unsigned comment added by SevenPunch (talk • contribs) 11:46, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chronological  

message: While trying to make an Arabic list for this article I discovered some differences between the languages.
*The French and Spanish articles say that Mark Wallengren & Kim Amidon have a star in the walk of fame but not in the English one
*The Spanish article includes the nationality but the English one doesn't 
*The French article includes the dates which is nice, I think
*Roy Acuff exists in the English article but not the French one
What gives?? Which one should I believe?  --Omar.idma (talk) 22:25, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Here is a photo of the Mark & Kim star. The list lists Mark & Kim twice — under "K" for Kim and under "M" for Mark. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 08:18, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  I can't find [[Kim Amidon]] 

message: It should be noted that the unveiling of the star for Aerosmith was scheduled to take place in February 2019, but it was postponed due to bad weather and has not been rescheduled. Thus, the star, which would have been the 2657th, is not considered as installed and should not be added to the list. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 23:57, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Aerosmith star

message: So most early entries state their star was added on February 8th 1960, but when checking on the Walk of Fame website (by comparing to recent entries), I found out they're using the American date notation, thus it should be August 2 1960. --MVH43 (talk) 20:07, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong dates?

message: With this 13:19, 2 February 2020 edit,  changed:
:The stars are ordered alphabetically by surname.
to:
:The stars are ordered alphabetically by surname, and all names are shown as they appear on the stars.
This seems to have been a bold edit; I haven't found any past discussion on the matter. I don't think this is necessary.  should be sufficient for explaining the errors that were carved in stone. Wikipedia shouldn't propagate the mistakes by publishing them in this list. wbm1058 (talk) 19:40, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Names as they appear on the stars, even if misspelled?