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  2. List of proper names of stars - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...

  3. Starr (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Star (name), given name and surname; Patrick Starrr (born 1989), American make-up artist This page was last edited on 5 January 2025, at 19:47 ...

  4. List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - Wikipedia

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    The list does not include a star's name until his or her award ceremony has taken place, not at the time of nomination or an accepted nomination. The stars are ordered alphabetically by surname , and all names are shown as they appear on the stars.

  5. Category:English-language surnames - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,354 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. Star (name) - Wikipedia

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    Star is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Surname. Darren Star (born 1961), American producer, director and writer;

  7. Lists of star names - Wikipedia

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    In astronomy, star names, in contrast to star designations, are proper names of stars that have emerged from usage in pre-modern astronomical traditions. Lists of these names appear in the following articles: List of Arabic star names; List of Chinese star names; List of proper names of stars: traditional proper names in modern usage around ...

  8. Stars named after people - Wikipedia

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    Barnard's Star, the fourth-closest star to the solar system, named after the American astronomer E. E. Barnard who discovered it has the highest known proper motion of any star. Cor Caroli ( Latin for 'heart of Charles') for the star Alpha Canum Venaticorum, so named in honour of King Charles I of England by Sir Charles Scarborough , his physician.

  9. List of stage names - Wikipedia

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    This list of stage names lists names used by those in the entertainment industry, alphabetically by their stage name's surname followed by their birth name. Individuals who dropped their last name and substituted their middle name as their last name are listed.