Star of the East

Star of the East may refer to:

• Barney Aaron, English lightweight champion boxer
• The Evening Star newspaper, which had this title between 1885 and 1893
• Umm Kulthum (1904-1975), an Egyptian singer
• A diamond bought by Evalyn Walsh McLean from Cartier SA of Paris
• An illuminated art-work in Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire
• A Christmas carol:
  • "Star of the East" (song), oh Bethlehem star
• "The Star of the East", nickname of snooker player Ding Junhui
• "The Star of the East", a ship appearing in an urban legend about a man called James Bartley who supposedly survived being swallowed by a whale.

Star in the East may refer to:

• A radical newspaper in Wisbech between 1836 and 1840 , owned by the family of Octavia Hill , also known as the Wisbech and East of England Gazette and Advertiser
• The Order of the Star in the East, a theosophical organisation
• The Star of Bethlehem (referring to Matthew 2:2)
• A hymn:
  • "Lo! the star in the East! over Bethlehem’s plain" by J. M. Lowrie, in The Silver Song, by William Augustine Ogden
  • "Brightest and Best", also known as "Star in the East"