Astor may refer to:
People
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Astor (surname) Astor is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor (born 1948), British businesswoman
* Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902–56), daughter of John Jacob Astor IV
*Bronwen Astor, Viscountess Astor (1 ...
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Astor family
The Astor family achieved prominence in business, society, and politics in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries. With ancestral roots in the Italian Alps region of Italy by way of Germany,
the Astors s ...
, a wealthy 18th-century American family who became prominent in 20th-century British politics
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Astor Bennett, a character in the Showtime television series ''Dexter''
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Ástor 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 ...
, a tango musician
Places
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Astore (disambiguation), also spelt ''Astor'', several places in northern Pakistan
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Astor, Florida, United States
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Astor, Kansas
Astor is a ghost town in Greeley County, Kansas
Greeley County (county code: GL) is a county located in western Kansas, in the Central United States. Its county seat and largest city is Tribune. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,2 ...
, United States
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Astor, West Virginia
Astor is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers ...
, United States
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The Astor Theatre, a picture theatre located in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Buildings and locations
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Astor Court, located in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, is a re-creation of a Ming Dynasty-style, Chinese-garden courtyard.
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Astor Court Building, an apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, built in 1916.
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Astor Place (Manhattan), a place leading to Broadway in New York City
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Astor Row
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Astor Row is the name given to 28 row houses on the south side of West 130th Street, between Fifth and Lenox Avenues in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, which were among the first speculative townhouses built in th ...
, the name given to 130th Street between Fifth Avenue and Lenox in Harlem
Other uses
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Astor Pictures
Astor Pictures was a 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 released independently ma ...
, a New York-based motion picture releasing company
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Astor Radio Corporation, an Australian consumer electronics manufacturer from 1926 onwards, which also owned the Astor Records label
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Astor Records, an Australian recording company and recorded music distributor that operated from the 1960s to the early 1980s
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Astor Trust Company, a New York-based financial trust that merged with Bankers Trust in 1917.
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Astor National Bank, a New York-based bank that became the Astor Trust Company in 1907.
* , 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
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ASTOR (disambiguation), a military acronym
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Astor Care and Nursing Agency, Based in Woking England providing home care across surrey
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MG Astor, a sport utility vehicle sold in India
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Astor (Food Brand), a popular
Roll Wafer
Roll or Rolls may refer to:
Movement about the longitudinal axis
* Roll angle (or roll rotation), one of the 3 angular degrees of freedom of any stiff body (for example a vehicle), describing motion about the longitudinal axis
** Roll (aviation) ...
in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia
See also
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Astore (disambiguation)
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Astoria (disambiguation)
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Aster (disambiguation)
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