Alexander Astor
Honorific-prefixRabbi
Birth nameAlexander Ostroff
Birth date11 August 1900
Birth placeHelsinki, Finland
Death date24 June 1988 (aged 87)
Death placeWellington, New Zealand

Alexander Astor (11 August 1900 – 24 June 1988) was a New Zealand rabbi and community leader.[1]

In 1953, Astor was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[2] In the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[3]

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  2. ^ Taylor, Alister & Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 51. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  3. ^ No. 44602. 8 June 1968. p. 6340.