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'''Castor''' may refer to:
==Historical people==
* [[Julius Caesar Drusus]], son of the Emperor Tiberius, nicknamed "Castor"
* [[Castor of Rhodes]], a Greek grammarian and rhetorician
* [[Saint Castor]], name of several Christian saints, such as [[Castor of Apt]]
* A family name, see [[List of people by name: Cas-Caz#Castl - Castr|List of people by name: Cas-Caz]]
==Fictional people==
* [[Castor and Pollux|Castor (mythology)]], one of the Gemini twins
* [[Castor Oyl]], a fictional character in the [[Popeye]] cartoons and brother of [[Olive Oyl]].
* the villain in the movie ''[[Face/Off]]'', Castor Troy, portrayed by Nicolas Cage before the surgery and John Travolta after the surgery.
* One of the Spartan's allies in the game [[Spartan: Total Warrior]].
==Science and Technology==
* [[Castor (star)]], α Geminorum
* [[Castor (software)]], a data binding framework for Java
* [[Castor oil plant|Castor bean]], a poisonous spurge seed
* [[Castor oil]], the oil of the castor bean
* [[Caster angle|Castor angle]], alignment in the vertical longitudinal plane of a motor vehicle's wheels
* [[CASTOR at CERN]] is the acronym for CERN Advanced STORage manager, a data storage system used at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. CERN is the European Laboratory for the Research in Particle Physics.
* CASTOR, an acronym for "Centauro And Strange Object Research," a forward [[Compact Muon Solenoid|CMS]] [[calorimeter]]
* [[CASTOR]] is the acronym for Cask for storage and transport of radioactive material (containers used to transport highly nuclear waste)
* ''[[Castor (genus)|Castor]]'', the genus name of (and in many Romance languages the word for) the [[beaver]]
* the [[Castor (rocket stage)]]
* a variant spelling of [[caster]], a type of wheel
*on the Saturnian moon [[Janus (moon)]]
* a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive of the [[South Devon Railway Eagle class]]
==Music==
* [[Castor (band)]], an independent rock band from Champaign, IL
* [[Castor Cracking Group]], a demo group from Sweden active on ZX Spectrum
==Places==
* [[Castor, Alberta]], Canada
* [[Castor, Cambridgeshire]], England
* [[Castor, Louisiana]], United States
* [[Castor (mountain)]], in the Pennine Alps
* [[Castor Bay]] in North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand
* [[Castor Creek]] in Louisiana, United States
* [[Castor River (Missouri)]]
* [[Castor River (Ontario)]]
* an old name for [[Caistor St. Edmund]], in Norfolk, England
==HMS ''Castor''==
Four ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name '''HMS ''Castor'''''. Named after one of the [[Castor and Pollux|Gemini twins]] in [[Greek mythology]]. ''Castor'' also means "he who excels".
*[[HMS Castor (1781)|HMS ''Castor'']] was a 36-gun [[fifth-rate]] captured from the [[Dutch]] in 1781 by [[HMS Flora (1781)|HMS ''Flora'']]. One month later she was captured by the French ''Frippone'' off Cadiz.
*[[HMS Castor (1785)|HMS ''Castor'']] was a 32-gun fifth-rate launched in 1785. She was briefly in French hands in 1794, but was recaptured. She was sold in 1819.
*[[HMS Castor (1832)|HMS ''Castor'']] was a 26-gun fifth-rate launched in 1832. In 1860 she became a training ship. She was sold in 1902.
*[[HMS Castor (1915)|HMS ''Castor'']] was a [[C class cruiser|C-class]] [[light cruiser]] launched in 1915. She was sold in 1936.
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