Castor Explained
Castor most commonly refers to:
Castor or CASTOR may also refer to:
Science and technology
Biology
- Castor oil plant, plant from which castor bean grows
- Castor, a genus name of the beaver
- Castoreum, natural scent derived from the beaver
People
Ancient
Modern
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
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
- Lord Castor, fictional character in the 2007 movie The Harpy
- Castor, fictional character in , portrayed by Michael Sheen
- "Castor, Gobernador" fictional character in The Courts of the Morning by John Buchan
- "Castor Wilds" fictional location in by Nintendo
- "Castor", fictional persona in the video game Persona 3. Castor is used by one of the playable characters, Shinjiro Aragaki
Places
- 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), Ontario, Canada
- Castor, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States
- Castor Creek, Louisiana, United States
- Castor River (Missouri), United-States
- Castor (mountain), in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy
- Castor Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
- Castor, Cambridgeshire, England
- Castor Temple, a summit in the Grand Canyon, United States
- Castor, an old name for Caistor St. Edmund, Norfolk, England
- Castor (crater) on Saturn's small moon Janus
Other uses
See also