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Cantor

Cantor may refer to:

In general

The Latin word for singer, e.g. the main singer of a cantus
Cantor (church), an ecclesiastical officer leading liturgical music in several branches of the Christian Church
Hazzan - Similar function in a Jewish synagogue
Cantor (crater), a lunar crater
Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm

In mathematics

The Cantor set or Cantor dust
The Cantor function
The Cantor space

As a surname

Andrés Cantor, Spanish-language soccer announcer
Betty Cantor, Grateful Dead producer and tapist
Brian Cantor, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York, UK
David Cantor (born 1954), American actor and singer
Eddie Cantor (1892-1964), American comedian, singer, actor, songwriter
Eric Cantor (born 1963), American politician
Georg Cantor (1845-1918), German mathematician, founder of set theory
Jacob A. Cantor (1854-1921), New York politician
Max Cantor (1959-1991), American journalist and actor
Moritz Cantor (1829-1920), German historian of mathematics
Nancy Cantor, Chancellor and President of Syracuse University
Norman Cantor (1929-2004), Canadian medievalist
Theodore Edward Cantor (1809-1860), Danish biologist

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Cantor" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Simple English.

Translation(s) in other languages: Japanese: カントル, Portuguese: Cantor (desambiguação), Romanian: Cantor (dezambiguizare).


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