# How many named stars are there?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 12, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-named-stars-are-there/524596 "2010-01-12T02:00:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-named-stars-are-there/524596/41 "2015-02-24T01:01:48Z")

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Wiki Biblical names of stars.

Cause it’s interesting.

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**Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-named-stars-are-there/524596/42 "2015-02-24T03:31:17Z")

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According to [this Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame) there are more than 2500 stars named, and that’s just on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.

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