Castor most commonly refers to: Castor (star), in the Gemini constellation Castor, a genus name of the beaver Castor, one of the Dioscuri/Gemini twins Castor and Pollux in Greco-Roman mythology Caster or castor, a small undriven wheel
Castor or CASTOR may also refer to:
Clothing Castor (cloth), a woolen fabric Castor gloves, made from the skin of lambs or deer Castor hat Castore (brand), a British sportswear and athletic clothing company
Fictional entities 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 "Castor", fictional persona in the video game Persona 3. Castor is used by one of the playable characters, Shinjiro Aragaki Project Castor, a set of male clones in the TV series Orphan Black
People Given name Ancient Castor of Rhodes, Greek grammarian and rhetorician Drusus the Younger (13 BC – 23 CE), Roman consul, son of the Emperor Tiberius, nicknamed "Castor" Antonius Castor, ancient botanist 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 (1918–?), Paraguayan football player Castor McCord (1907–1963), American jazz saxophonist Castor (footballer) (born 1979), Edmilson Ferreira, Brazilian footballer
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 Helen Castor (born 1968), English historian Jean-Victor Castor (born 1962), French politician Jimmy Castor (1940–2012), American musician Kathy Castor (born 1966), American politician Stacey Castor (1968–2016), American murderer Steve Castor (born 1972/1973), American lawyer
Places Canada Castor, Alberta, Canada Queue de Castor River, Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, Jamésie, Nord-du-Québec, Canada Rivière aux Castors Noirs, river in Quebec, Canada Castor River (Ontario), Canada
United States Castor, Louisiana, Louisiana Castor Creek (Little River tributary), Louisiana Castor High School, Castor, Louisiana Castor River (Missouri) Castor Temple, a summit in the Grand Canyon
Elsewhere Castor (mountain), in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy Castor Bay, Auckland, New Zealand Castor, Cambridgeshire, England Castor, an old name for Caistor St. Edmund, Norfolk, England Castor (crater) on Saturn's small moon Janus
Science and technology Biology Castor oil plant, castor bean plant Castor oil, oil of the castor bean Castor wax, produced from castor oil Castoreum, scented exudate produced by beavers
Other uses in science and technology Castor (rocket stage), a family of solid-fuel rocket stages Castor (software), a data binding framework for Java CASTOR (nuclear waste), a proprietary cask CASTOR experiment, "Centauro and Strange Object Research" at CERN CASTOR (spacecraft), a proposed space telescope Caster or castor angle, relevant to a steered wheel
Vessels , the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy , the name of more than one ship of the Swedish Navy Castor (1782 ship), a vessel launched in 1782 that made one voyage to Bengal for the British East India Company and that was last listed in 1808 P901 Castor, a Belgian patrol ship Castor (1917 ship), a 1917 Polish tugboat
Other uses Castor (band), an American rock band Castor (trucks), a brand used by Swedish truck manufacturers Tidaholm in the 1910s Castor Cracking Group, a Swedish music group Caster sugar, fine sugar
See also Caistor, a town and civil parish situated in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England Caster (disambiguation) Castro (disambiguation) Gastor (disambiguation) Kastor (disambiguation)