Casper

Caspar, one of the Three Biblical Magi

Casper may refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Given name 1.2 Surname 2 Fiction 3 Places 4 Other uses 5 See also

People

Given name

• Casper (Maya ruler), 5th Century ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque
• Caspar Badrutt (1848-1904), Swiss businessman and pioneer of alpine resorts
• Caspar Buberl (1834-1899), American sculptor
• Caspar del Bufalo (1786-1837), Italian priest and saint
• Caspar de Robles, (1527-1585), ruler of two provinces of the Netherlands
• Caspar Einem (born 1948), Austrian politician
• Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), German painter
• Caspar John (1903-1984), British admiral
• Caspar Netscher (1639-1684), Dutch painter
• Casper ten Boom (1859-1944), Dutch watchmaker who aided Jews during the Holocaust
• Casper Van Dien (born 1968), American actor
• Caspar Weinberger (1917-2006), American politician and U.S. Secretary of Defense
• Caspar Weinberger Jr. (born 1947), American writer
• DJ Casper, American musician

Surname

• Dave Casper, American professional football player
• Donald Caspar (born 1927), American scientist
• Drew Casper, American film historian and theorist
• Joseph Caspar (1799-1847), Swiss painter

Fiction

• Casper the Friendly Ghost, Paramount cartoon character owned by Harvey Comics

• Casper (film), 1995 film featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost
• The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper, 1996-98 television series
• Casper (video game), series of video games based on the film
• Casper (handheld video game), Game Boy game based on the film

• Casper, one of three parts of the biocomputer in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion

Places

• Casper, Wyoming
• Caspar, California
• Caspar Headlands State Beach, California

Other uses

• Casper (cat), a cat famous for riding on buses
  • Casper the Commuting Cat, a non-fiction book about Casper
• Casper (skateboarding), a skateboarding trick
• The command module of the Apollo 16 spacecraft
• CASPAR digital preservation project
• A software package that allows initramfs-based Linux systems to boot from read-only media
• A tool to automate the verification of cryptographic security protocols
• Caspar-Werke, German aircraft manufacturer
• The nickname of snooker player David Gray
• "Casper", the working title of the song "The Day That Never Comes" by Metallica

See also

• Casper (name)
• Casspir, South African armored personnel carrier
• Kasper (disambiguation)

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