Castro (surname)

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Contents 1 People 1.1 Europeans 1.2 North Americans 1.3 Cubans 1.4 Central Americans 1.5 South Americans 1.6 Asians

Castro is a Romance (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Galician) word coming from Latin castrum, a fortification (cf: Greek: kastron; Proto-Celtic: *Kassrik; Breton: kaer, *kastro). It may refer to:

[edit] People

[edit] Europeans

• Aureo Castro (1917-1993), Macanese/Portuguese composer, musician and teacher
• Enrique Castro, Quini, Asturian football player
• Americo Castro (1885-1972), Spanish cultural historian of Galician origin
• Balthazar (Isaac) Orobio de Castro (1617-1687), philosopher
• Gonzalo Castro, German football (soccer) player of Galician descent
• Inês de Castro (1325-1355), Galician noblewoman
• Rosalía de Castro (1837-1885), Galician writer and poet in the Galician language.
• Ysaías Castro Sanchez, Lawyer of Spanish decendance
• Various members of the de Castro family

[edit] North Americans

• David Castro Diaz de Briseño y Monroy, also known as Emperor Kastrovanovfska I of the United States
• Bernadette Castro, New York politician
• Elizabeth Castro, author of books on creating web sites
• Henri Castro (1786-1865), pioneer of the Republic of Texas
• Jason Castro (born 1987), American singer-songwriter and American Idol contestant
• José Castro (1808-1860), Mexican general governor of Alta California
• Juan Castro (born 1972), Mexican baseball player
• Raúl Héctor Castro (born 1916), Arizona governor 1975-1977
• Joshua Albert Castro (born 1984), Mexican collector/God Friendly Kansas City,MO

[edit] Cubans

• Fidel Castro (born 1926), Former president of Cuba
• Raúl Castro (born 1931), President of Cuba, 1st Vice President of Cuba, brother of Fidel Castro
• Ramón Castro (born 1924), Cuban revolutionary, brother of Fidel Castro
• Ángel Castro (1875-1956), Galician immigrant in Cuba and father of Fidel Castro
• Mariela Castro (born 1963), director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education and daughter of Raúl Castro
• Juanita Castro (born 1933), Cuban revolutionary and exile, sister of Fidel Castro

[edit] Central Americans

• Carlos Castro (born 1978), Costa Rican footballer
• Eduardo Castro (born 1954), Mexican long-distance runner
• Salvador Castaneda Castro (1888-1965), President of El Salvador
• Crispin Castro Monroy (born 1936), Municipal President of Santa Cruz Atizapan Edo. de Mexico

[edit] South Americans

• Germán Castro Caycedo (born 1940), Colombian journalist and writer
• Camilla de Castro (1979-2005), transsexual model and actress
• Cipriano Castro (1858-1924), President of Venezuela (1899-1908)
• Ramón Castro Jijón (1915-1984), Military ruler of Ecuador (1963-1966)
• Sheilla Castro (born 1983), Brazilian volleyball player
• Juan José Castro (1895-1968), Argentinian composer

[edit] Asians

• Noli de Castro, Philippine Politician - Vice-President
• Clemen Castro, Philippine Musician/Composer - "Orange and Lemons" and formed the new pop band "the camerawalls"