Astor or ASTOR may refer to:

Companies

Astor Pictures Astor Pictures was a film distribution, motion picture distribution company in the United States from 1930 to 1963. It was founded by Robert M. Savini (29 August 1886 – 29 April 1956). Astor specialized in film re-releases. It later release ...

, a New York-based motion picture releasing company * Astor Radio Corporation, an Australian consumer electronics manufacturer from 1926 onwards, which also owned the Astor Records label *

Astor Records Astor Records was an Australian recorded music manufacturer and distributor that operated from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. Astor was the trade name of the consumer electronics manufacturer Radio Corporation Pty. Ltd., a division of Electro ...

, an Australian recording company and recorded music distributor that operated from the 1960s to the early 1980s * Astor Trust Company, a New York-based financial trust, formerly Astor National Bank

Military uses

* Mark 45 torpedo, Anti-Submarine TORpedo (known as ASTOR) * Raytheon Sentinel, Airborne STand-Off Radar (known as ASTOR)

People

* Astor (surname) *

Astor family The Astor family achieved prominence in business sector, business, Socialite, society, and politics in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries. With Germans, German roots, some of their ancestry goes back to th ...

, a wealthy 18th-century American family who became prominent in 20th-century British politics * Astor Bennett, a character in the Showtime television series ''Dexter'' *

Astor Henríquez Astor Shermón Henríquez Cooper (; born 26 February 1983) is a Honduran footballer, who currently plays for Marathón in the Honduran National League as a defender. Club career Henríquez started his career at Universidad and, after a shor ...

, Honduran footballer *

Astor Piazzolla Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (, ; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed '' nuevo tango'', incorporating elements fr ...

, Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger * Astor C. Wuchter, American Lutheran pastor and author

Places and buildings

Astor, Florida Astor is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Florida, Lake County, Florida, United States, located on the west side of the St. Johns River between Lake George (Florida), ...

, United States *

Astor, Kansas Astor is a ghost town in Greeley County, Kansas, United States. It was located at . History The post office in Astor closed in 1896. See also * List of ghost towns in Kansas This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in the state of Kansa ...

, United States *

Astor, West Virginia Astor is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The Un ...

, United States *

Astor Court (Metropolitan Museum of Art) The Astor Court, located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, is a re-creation of a Ming dynasty-style, Chinese garden, Chinese-garden courtyard. It is also known as the Ming Hall (明軒). The first permanent cultural exchange bet ...

, New York City, a Chinese-garden courtyard at the museum *

Astor Court Building The Astor Court Building is a 12-story, 164 unit apartment building on Broadway between West 89th Street and 90th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most po ...

, an apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan *

Astor Hotel (disambiguation) Astor Hotel usually refers to the Hotel Astor in New York City. Astor Hotel or Hotel Astor may also refer to: * Astor on the Lake, also known as Astor Hotel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States * Astor Hotel, Adelaide, Australia * John Jacob A ...

, several hotels *

Astor Place (Manhattan) Astor Place is a street in NoHo/ East Village, in the lower part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is divided into two sections: One segment runs from Broadway in the west (just below East 8th Street) to Lafayette Street, and t ...

, a place leading to Broadway in New York City *

Astor Row Astor Row is a group of 28 row houses on the south side of West 130th Street, between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Lenox Avenue (Manhattan), Lenox Avenues in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, which were among the first speculativ ...

, the name given to 130th Street between Fifth Avenue and Lenox in Harlem *

Astor Theatre (disambiguation) Astor Theatre or Astor Cinema can refer to: Australia * Astor Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria * Astor Theatre, Perth, Western Australia * Astor Theatre, Surat, Queensland * Astor Cinema, Sydney, New South Wales United States * Astor Place Theat ...

, several theatres and cinemas

Transport

MG Astor The MG ZS is a subcompact crossover SUV produced by the Chinese automotive manufacturer SAIC Motor under the British MG marque. Announced at the 2016 Guangzhou Auto Show in China, the MG ZS is the second SUV to be produced under the MG marq ...

, a sport utility vehicle sold in India * , a cruise ship that sailed under the name in 1981–1985 for Hadag Cruise Line and Safmarine * , a cruise ship that sailed under the name in 1986–1987 for Marlan Corporation and 1995 onwards for Transocean Tours * , a Panamanian cargo ship in service 1955–70