Alexander Astor

{{Short description|New Zealand rabbi and community leader}}

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox Jewish leader

|honorific-prefix = Rabbi

|name = Alexander Astor

|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|size=100%}}

|birth_name = Alexander Ostroff

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|08|11|df=y}}

|birth_place = Helsinki, Finland

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|06|24|1900|08|11|df=y}}

|death_place = Wellington, New Zealand

}}

Alexander Astor {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|size=85%}} (11 August 1900 – 24 June 1988) was a New Zealand rabbi and community leader.{{DNZB|title=Alexander Astor|first= Ann J.|last= Gluckman|id=5a23|accessdate=10 February 2012}}

In 1953, Astor was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |authorlink1=Alister Taylor |authorlink2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=51}} In the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.{{London Gazette |issue=44602 |date=8 June 1968 |page=6340 |supp=3}}