Casimir

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Casimir may refer to:

• Casimir effect, an attraction between parallel plates best explained by quantum mechanics
• Casimir invariant, of a Lie algebra
• Casimir (dinosaur), from the French TV show l'Île aux enfants
• Casimir, Ontario a community in the Canadian province of Ontario
• St. Casimir Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church, in Sioux City, Iowa
• Casimir (film), 1950 film

People

• Artur von Casimir (1907-2005), German pilot
• Hendrik Casimir (1909–2000), a Dutch physicist
• Casimir Pulaski (1746-1779), Polish general in the American Revolutionary War
• Casimir Gzowski (1813–1898), an engineer and acting Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
• Casimir Zeglen, pastor and inventor of a bullet resistant cloth
• Johann Casimir of Simmern (1543-1592)
• Casimir, Comte de Montrond (1768-1843)
• Saint Casimir (1458-1484), patron saint of Poland and Lithuania
• Casimir I of Poland, Polish name Kazimierz I the Restorer (1015-1058)
• Casimir II of Poland, Polish name Kazimierz II the Just (1138-1194)
• Casimir III of Poland, Polish name Kazimierz III the Great (1310–1370)
• Casimir IV of Poland, Polish name Kazimierz IV Jagiellon (1427-1492)
• Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1481-1527)

[edit] See also

• Kazimierz (disambiguation)