Gold Star, Goldstar, or similar may refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Goldstar (comics) Goldstar is the name used by three fictional characters in publications from DC Comics: Trixie Collins, Michelle Carter and Ernest Widdle. Fictional character biographies Trixie Collins The Goldstar name was actually Booster Gold's original chose ...

, the name of several fictional characters from DC Comics * Commissioner Goldstar, a major character in ''Fresh Beat Band of Spies''

Awards and decorations

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...

, a medal awarded as a gold star *

Hero of the Russian Federation Hero of the Russian Federation (russian: Герой Российской Федерации, Geroy Rossiyskoy Federatsii), also unofficially Hero of Russia (russian: link=no, Герой России, Geroy Rossii), is the highest honorary title ...

, the medal succeeding the aforementioned Soviet medal, also awarded as a gold star *

Gold Star Order Gold Star Order ( vi, Huân chương Sao vàng) is the highest decoration in Vietnam awards and decorations awarded by the Government of Vietnam for a military or civil "personnel who completed exceptional service or organization established excell ...

, awarded in Vietnam * Gold Star Service Banner, United States service flag for family of members who died during military service * Gold

5/16 inch star A inch star (9.7mm) is a miniature gold or silver five-pointed star that is authorized by the United States Armed Forces as a ribbon device to denote subsequent awards for specific decorations of the Department of the Navy, Coast Guard, Public He ...

, a United States ribbon device indicating an additional award

Music industry

Gold Star Records Gold Star Records is an American independent record label, which was founded in 1941. Gold Star Recording Company and Gold Star Sound Services Gold Star Recording Company originated as a recording studio in Houston, Texas, and was founded i ...

, record label issued by the Quinn Recording Company of Houston, Texas, in the mid-20th century *

Gold Star Studios Gold Star Studios was an independent recording studio located in Los Angeles, California, United States. For more than thirty years, from 1950 to 1984, Gold Star was one of the most successful commercial recording studios in the world. Founded ...

, major independent recording studio located in Los Angeles, California

Brands and enterprises

BSA Gold Star The BSA Gold Star is a motorcycle made by BSA from 1938 to 1963. They were 350 cc and 500 cc single-cylinder four-stroke production motorcycles known for being among the fastest bikes of the 1950s. Being hand built and with many opt ...

, 500 cc 4-stroke production motorcycle *

Gold Star Chili Gold Star Chili is a restaurant chain based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that sells Cincinnati chili. The original restaurant was established in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Mt. Washington in 1965 by four Daoud brothers, immigrants from Jordan. Gold S ...

, restaurant located in Cincinnati, Ohio known for serving Cincinnati-style chili * Goldstar (beer), an Israeli brand of beer *

GoldStar GoldStar was a South Korean electronics company established in 1958. The corporate name was changed to LG Electronics and LG Cable on February 28, 1995, after merging with Lucky Chemical. LG Cable was spun off from LG Electronics and changed i ...

, former Korean electronics company and predecessor to LG Electronics (which still uses the name as a budget brand in the US) *

Goldstar Events Goldstar is a privately held event discovery service based in Pasadena, California that sells tickets to leisure activities such as live entertainment, theatre, concerts, dance, film screenings, and sporting events. The company serves markets in 2 ...

, an online discount ticket retailer for entertainment events *

Goldstar shoes Goldstar shoes (Nepali:गोल्ड स्टार जुत्ता) is a brand of shoe produced in Nepal. The shoe is popularly tied with the Maoist insurgency Maoism, officially called Mao Zedong Thought by the Chinese Communis ...

, a Nepali shoe brand

Sports

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Motorsport Australia, formerly the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS), is the nationally recognised governing and sanctioning body for four-wheeled motorsport in Australia. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l' ...

(CAMS) Gold Star, awarded to the winner of the Australian Drivers' Championship, the country's premier open wheel motor racing series *

Kinboshi is a notation used in professional sumo wrestling to record a lower-ranked (''maegashira'') wrestler's victory over a ''yokozuna''. It is believed that the term stems from the usage of the terms ''shiroboshi'' (lit: white star) to designate a bo ...

or Gold Star, awarded in the sport of Sumo to any Maegashira-level wrestler who defeats any of the top-ranked Yokozuna in a bout * Gold Star, a former name of the defunct Nippon Professional Baseball team, the

Daiei Stars The were a Japanese professional baseball team that was founded in 1946, and played in various incarnations until 1957, when it merged with another team. Overall, the franchise only had three winning seasons, never rising higher than third place. ...

Other uses

* Gold star (slang), any of the LGBT slang terms ''gold star gay'', ''gold star lesbian'' and ''gold star asexual'' * Gold Star Bridge, a pair of steel truss bridges located in New London, Connecticut, U.S. *

American Gold Star Mothers American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. (AGSM), is a private nonprofit organization of American mothers who lost sons or daughters in service of the United States Armed Forces. It was originally formed in 1928 for mothers of those lost in World War I, a ...

, a nonprofit organization