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Castor most commonly refers to:
- Castor (star), a star in the Gemini constellation
- Castor, one of the Dioscuri/Gemini twins Castor and Pollux in Graeco-Roman mythology
Castor or CASTOR may also refer to:
Science and technology
- Castor (rocket stage), a family of solid-fuel rocket stages and boosters were built by Thiokol (now ATK) and used on a variety of launch vehicles
- Castor (software), data binding framework for Java
- CASTOR (nuclear waste) (cask for storage and transport of radioactive material), containers used to transport highly radioactive nuclear waste
- CASTOR experiment, "Centauro and Strange Object Research", measurement tool in the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at CERN
- Caster (or Castor), an undriven, single, double, or compound wheel
Biology
- Castor oil plant, plant from which castor bean grows
- Castor oil, oil of the castor bean
- Castor wax, type of wax produced from castor oil
- Castor, a genus name of the beaver
- Castoreum, natural scent derived from the beaver
People
Ancient
- Castor of Rhodes, Greek grammarian and rhetorician
- Drusus the Younger (13 BC-23 CE), Roman consul, son of the Emperor Tiberius, nicknamed "Castor"
- Saint Castor, the name of several Christian saints
- Castor of Apt (died c. 420), French bishop of Apt
- Castor of Karden (died c. 400), German priest and hermit
Modern
- Castor Cantero (born 1918), Paraguayan football player
- Castor McCord (1907–1963), American jazz saxophonist
Surname
- Betty Castor (born 1941), American educator and politician
- Brian Castor (1889–1979), English cricketer
- Bruce Castor (born 1961), American lawyer and politician
- George A. Castor (1855–1906), American politician
- Jimmy Castor (born 1947), American musician
- Kathy Castor (born 1966), American politician
- Stacey Castor (born 1968), American murderer
Fiction
- Castor Oyl, fictional character in the Popeye cartoons
- Castor Troy, fictional character in the 1997 movie Face/Off, portrayed by Nicolas Cage and John Travolta
- Castor, fictional character in the video game Spartan: Total Warrior
- Lord Castor, fictional character in the 2007 movie The Harpy
- Castor, fictional character in Tron: Legacy, portrayed by Michael Sheen
- "Castor, Gobernador" fictional character in The Courts of the Morning by John Buchan
- "Castor Wilds" fictional location in The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap by Nintendo
Places
- Castor, Alberta, Canada
- Castor, Cambridgeshire, England
- Castor, Louisiana, United States
- Castor (mountain), in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy
- Castor Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
- Castor Creek, Louisiana, United States
- Castor River (Missouri)
- Castor River (Ontario)
- Castor, an old name for Caistor St. Edmund, Norfolk, England
Other uses
- Castor (band), American rock band
- Castor Cracking Group, Swedish music group
- HMS Castor, the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy
- Castor gloves, gloves made from the skin of lambs or deer
See also
- Kastor (disambiguation)
- Gastor (disambiguation)
- Castro (disambiguation)
- Caster (disambiguation)