Red star (disambiguation)

A red star is a red colored star. The red star also often symbolizes Socialism and Communism. It may also refer to:

On Flags and Coats of arms:
* Since Napoleonic times on the Coats of arms of the Valais state of the Swiss Confederation
* The New Zealand Royal flag and Coats of Arms New Zealand
* The Flag of North Korea
* The state flag of California

In sport:
* A French football club Red Star Saint-Ouen in Paris since 1897
* Red Star Belgrade, a football club based in Belgrade, Serbia
* Red Star Belgrade, a Serbian basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia
* Roter Stern Leipzig (Red Star Leipzig), a football club based in Leipzig, Germany

In fiction:
* "Red Star", a 1908 novel by Alexander Bogdanov
* "The Red Star", a graphic novel series by Christian Gossettset
* "The Red Star (video game)", a video game based on the graphic novel of the same name
* Red Star (comics), a character in the DC universe
* Red Star (G.I. Joe), a character in the "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero" series
* "Red Star", a fictional planet in the Dragonriders of Pern universe
* The Red Star (Bionicle), a mysterious planet-like star in the sky that seems to have magical abilities.It also has lifeform(s) living inside it

In astronomy:
* Red dwarf, a small and relatively cool star
* Red giant, a large, cool non-main sequence star
* Any star with a suitable spectral type
*Historically, the planet Mars has been called a red "star"
*Notable controversy surrounds Sirius, a clearly white star which some ancient observers described as a "red star"

In news media:
* "Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star)", a Soviet military newspaper

In music:
* "Red Star" (album), the first Kid Twist technopunk album
* Red Star (song) by Third Eye Blind
* Red Stars, by The Birthday Massacre

Other uses:
* The San_Pellegrino Italian mineral water trademark
* The Heineken International beer logo
* The Macy's store chain logo
* Red Star, an unrecognized humanitarian protection emblem proposed by Zimbabwe
* "Red Star", another name for the Red Sex Link breed of poultry
* Red Star Yeast, a brand of yeast produced in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Red Star Parcels, a former parcels service in the UK
* Red Star Line, a former passenger ocean line between Antwerp and New York City, that transported many immigrants to the USA