diff --git a/.changeset/stale-pugs-kiss.md b/.changeset/stale-pugs-kiss.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db25d1ab2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stale-pugs-kiss.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-home': patch
+---
+
+Display entity titles in `StarredEntities` home page card (if defined) and don't show entities which no longer exist
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/Content.test.tsx b/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/Content.test.tsx
index 9087ed3605..2b9fae8221 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/Content.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/Content.test.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 import { renderInTestApp, TestApiProvider } from '@backstage/test-utils';
 import {
+  catalogApiRef,
   starredEntitiesApiRef,
   MockStarredEntitiesApi,
   entityRouteRef,
@@ -22,14 +23,44 @@ import {
 import React from 'react';
 import { Content } from './Content';
 
+const entities = [
+  {
+    apiVersion: '1',
+    kind: 'Component',
+    metadata: {
+      name: 'mock-starred-entity',
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    apiVersion: '1',
+    kind: 'Component',
+    metadata: {
+      name: 'mock-starred-entity-2',
+      title: 'Mock Starred Entity 2!',
+    },
+  },
+];
+
 describe('StarredEntitiesContent', () => {
-  it('should render list of tools', async () => {
+  it('should render list of starred entities', async () => {
     const mockedApi = new MockStarredEntitiesApi();
     mockedApi.toggleStarred('component:default/mock-starred-entity');
     mockedApi.toggleStarred('component:default/mock-starred-entity-2');
+    mockedApi.toggleStarred('component:default/mock-starred-entity-3');
 
-    const { getByText } = await renderInTestApp(
-      <TestApiProvider apis={[[starredEntitiesApiRef, mockedApi]]}>
+    const mockCatalogApi = {
+      getEntities: jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockImplementation(async () => ({ items: entities })),
+    };
+
+    const { getByText, queryByText } = await renderInTestApp(
+      <TestApiProvider
+        apis={[
+          [catalogApiRef, mockCatalogApi],
+          [starredEntitiesApiRef, mockedApi],
+        ]}
+      >
         <Content />
       </TestApiProvider>,
       {
@@ -40,12 +71,13 @@ describe('StarredEntitiesContent', () => {
     );
 
     expect(getByText('mock-starred-entity')).toBeInTheDocument();
-    expect(getByText('mock-starred-entity-2')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(getByText('Mock Starred Entity 2!')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(queryByText('mock-starred-entity-3')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(getByText('mock-starred-entity').closest('a')).toHaveAttribute(
       'href',
       '/catalog/default/component/mock-starred-entity',
     );
-    expect(getByText('mock-starred-entity-2').closest('a')).toHaveAttribute(
+    expect(getByText('Mock Starred Entity 2!').closest('a')).toHaveAttribute(
       'href',
       '/catalog/default/component/mock-starred-entity-2',
     );
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/Content.tsx b/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/Content.tsx
index e82d915e3b..31fa00378e 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/Content.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/Content.tsx
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
  */
 
 import {
+  catalogApiRef,
   useStarredEntities,
+  entityRouteParams,
   entityRouteRef,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
-import { parseEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { useRouteRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
-import { Link } from '@backstage/core-components';
+import { parseEntityRef, stringifyEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { useApi, useRouteRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { Link, Progress, ResponseErrorPanel } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import {
   List,
   ListItem,
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ import {
 } from '@material-ui/core';
 import StarIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Star';
 import React from 'react';
+import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
 
 /**
  * A component to display a list of starred entities for the user.
@@ -39,9 +42,37 @@ import React from 'react';
  * @public
  */
 export const Content = () => {
+  const catalogApi = useApi(catalogApiRef);
   const catalogEntityRoute = useRouteRef(entityRouteRef);
   const { starredEntities, toggleStarredEntity } = useStarredEntities();
 
+  // Grab starred entities from catalog to ensure they still exist and also retrieve display titles
+  const entities = useAsync(async () => {
+    if (!starredEntities.size) {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    const filter = [...starredEntities]
+      .map(ent => parseEntityRef(ent))
+      .map(ref => ({
+        kind: ref.kind,
+        'metadata.namespace': ref.namespace,
+        'metadata.name': ref.name,
+      }));
+
+    return (
+      await catalogApi.getEntities({
+        filter,
+        fields: [
+          'kind',
+          'metadata.namespace',
+          'metadata.name',
+          'metadata.title',
+        ],
+      })
+    ).items;
+  }, [catalogApi, starredEntities]);
+
   if (starredEntities.size === 0)
     return (
       <Typography variant="body1">
@@ -49,26 +80,40 @@ export const Content = () => {
       </Typography>
     );
 
-  return (
+  if (entities.loading) {
+    return <Progress />;
+  }
+
+  return entities.error ? (
+    <ResponseErrorPanel error={entities.error} />
+  ) : (
     <List>
-      {Array.from(starredEntities).map(entity => (
-        <ListItem key={entity}>
-          <Link to={catalogEntityRoute(parseEntityRef(entity))}>
-            <ListItemText primary={parseEntityRef(entity).name} />
-          </Link>
-          <ListItemSecondaryAction>
-            <Tooltip title="Remove from starred">
-              <IconButton
-                edge="end"
-                aria-label="unstar"
-                onClick={() => toggleStarredEntity(entity)}
-              >
-                <StarIcon style={{ color: '#f3ba37' }} />
-              </IconButton>
-            </Tooltip>
-          </ListItemSecondaryAction>
-        </ListItem>
-      ))}
+      {entities.value
+        ?.sort((a, b) =>
+          (a.metadata.title ?? a.metadata.name).localeCompare(
+            b.metadata.title ?? b.metadata.name,
+          ),
+        )
+        .map(entity => (
+          <ListItem key={stringifyEntityRef(entity)}>
+            <Link to={catalogEntityRoute(entityRouteParams(entity))}>
+              <ListItemText
+                primary={entity.metadata.title ?? entity.metadata.name}
+              />
+            </Link>
+            <ListItemSecondaryAction>
+              <Tooltip title="Remove from starred">
+                <IconButton
+                  edge="end"
+                  aria-label="unstar"
+                  onClick={() => toggleStarredEntity(entity)}
+                >
+                  <StarIcon style={{ color: '#f3ba37' }} />
+                </IconButton>
+              </Tooltip>
+            </ListItemSecondaryAction>
+          </ListItem>
+        ))}
     </List>
   );
 };
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/StarredEntities.stories.tsx b/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/StarredEntities.stories.tsx
index 1b01820482..a5e05e56c1 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/StarredEntities.stories.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/StarredEntities/StarredEntities.stories.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import { HomePageStarredEntities } from '../../plugin';
 import { wrapInTestApp, TestApiProvider } from '@backstage/test-utils';
 import {
+  catalogApiRef,
   starredEntitiesApiRef,
   MockStarredEntitiesApi,
   entityRouteRef,
@@ -30,12 +31,56 @@ starredEntitiesApi.toggleStarred('component:default/example-starred-entity-2');
 starredEntitiesApi.toggleStarred('component:default/example-starred-entity-3');
 starredEntitiesApi.toggleStarred('component:default/example-starred-entity-4');
 
+const entities = [
+  {
+    apiVersion: '1',
+    kind: 'Component',
+    metadata: {
+      name: 'mock-starred-entity',
+      title: 'Mock Starred Entity!',
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    apiVersion: '1',
+    kind: 'Component',
+    metadata: {
+      name: 'mock-starred-entity-2',
+      title: 'Mock Starred Entity 2!',
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    apiVersion: '1',
+    kind: 'Component',
+    metadata: {
+      name: 'mock-starred-entity-3',
+      title: 'Mock Starred Entity 3!',
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    apiVersion: '1',
+    kind: 'Component',
+    metadata: {
+      name: 'mock-starred-entity-4',
+      title: 'Mock Starred Entity 4!',
+    },
+  },
+];
+
+const mockCatalogApi = {
+  getEntities: async () => ({ items: entities }),
+};
+
 export default {
   title: 'Plugins/Home/Components/StarredEntities',
   decorators: [
     (Story: ComponentType<{}>) =>
       wrapInTestApp(
-        <TestApiProvider apis={[[starredEntitiesApiRef, starredEntitiesApi]]}>
+        <TestApiProvider
+          apis={[
+            [catalogApiRef, mockCatalogApi],
+            [starredEntitiesApiRef, starredEntitiesApi],
+          ]}
+        >
           <Story />
         </TestApiProvider>,
         {