Castro (surname)
Castro is a Romance (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Galician) surname coming from Latin castrum, a fortification. The English equivalent is Chester. Notable people with the surname include:
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Castro family coat of arms (Portugal).
- Alicia Castro (born 1949), Argentine diplomat
- Alvaro Castro (born 1989), Argentine developer
- Américo Castro (1885–1972), Spanish historian
- Ángel Castro y Argiz (1875–1956), father of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raúl Castro
- Ariel Castro (1960–2013), Puerto Rican American kidnapper and rapist
- Arles Castro (born 1979), Colombian track and road cyclist
- Arturo Castro (1918–1975), Mexican actor of film and television
- Aureo Castro (1917–1993), Macanese–Portuguese composer, musician and teacher
- Balthazar (Isaac) Orobio de Castro, (c.1617–1687) Jewish philosopher
- Bernadette Castro (born 1944), U.S. politician
- Carlos Castro Mora (born 1978), Costa Rican footballer
- Carlos Castro Borja (born 1967), Salvadoran footballer
- César Castro (born 1982), Brazilian diver
- Cipriano Castro (1858–1924), President of Venezuela
- Crispin Castro Monroy (born 1936), Mexican politician
- Daniel Castro (born 1992), Mexican baseball player
- David Castro (born 1964), Brazilian swimmer
- David Castro (actor) (born 1996), American actor
- Dionísio Castro (born 1963), Portuguese long-distance runner
- Domingos Castro (born 1963), Portuguese long-distance runner
- Edmond Castro, Belizean politician
- Eduardo Castro (born 1954), Mexican long-distance runner
- Eduardo Viveiros de Castro (born 1951), Brazilian ethnologist
- Elizabeth Castro, U.S. writer on web sites
- Fernando Castro Pacheco (1918–2013), Mexican artist
- Fidel Castro (1926–2016), former President of Cuba
- Francisco Castro (disambiguation), multiple people
- Germán Castro Caycedo (born 1940), Colombian journalist and writer
- Gonzalo Castro (born 1987), German footballer
- Gonzalo Castro Irizábal (born 1984), Uruguayan footballer
- Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569–1631), Spanish dramatist
- Héctor Castro (1904–1960), Uruguayan footballer
- Henri Castro (1786–1865), pioneer of the Republic of Texas
- Inês de Castro (1325–1355), Galician noblewoman and Queen of Portugal after her death
- Jason Castro (baseball) (born 1987), U.S. baseball player
- Jason Castro (singer) (born 1987), U.S. singer
- Jayson Castro (born 1986), Filipino basketball player
- Joaquín Castro (born 1974), American politician
- Jorge Castro (boxer) (born 1967), Argentine boxer
- José Castro (1808–1860), Mexican general governor of Alta California
- José Antonio Castro (born 1980), Mexican footballer
- Juan Castro (born 1972), Mexican baseball player
- Juan José Castro (1895–1968), Argentine composer
- Juanita Castro (born 1933), Cuban revolutionary, sister of Fidel and Raul Castro
- Julian Castro (born 1974), American politician
- Julián Castro (1810 – 1875), President of Venezuela
- Luciano Castro (born 1975), Argentine actor
- Luz Dary Castro (born 1978), Colombian shot putter and discus thrower
- Marco Castro (born 1976), a Peruvian American film director
- Mariela Castro (born 1962), Cuban LGBT and sex education activist, and daughter of Raúl Castro
- Mauricio Castro (born 1981), Honduran footballer
- Michael Castro, American poet
- Miguel Castro (born 1994), Dominican professional baseball player
- Nelson Castro (politician), a member of the New York State Assembly
- Nelson Castro (weightlifter) (born 1974), Colombian weightlifter
- Noli de Castro (born 1949), Filipino politician
- Oscar Castro-Neves (1940–2013), Brazilian musician
- Pablo Castro (born 2001), dancer
- Ramón Castro (Cuban revolutionary) (1924-2016), brother of Fidel and Raul Castro
- Ramón Castro (born 1976), U.S. baseball player
- Ramón Castro Jijón (1915–1984), military ruler of Ecuador
- Raquel Castro (born 1994), American actress
- Raul Hector Castro (1916–2015), U.S. politician
- Raúl Castro (born 1931), current President of Cuba
- Roberto Michael Castro (born 1989), Ecuadorian footballer
- Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885), Spanish Galician language writer and poet
- Sal Castro (1933–2013), Mexican-American educator and activist
- Saleta Castro (born 1989), a Spanish (Galician) triathlete
- Salvador Castaneda Castro (1888–1965), Salvadorian politician
- Sheilla Castro (born 1983), Brazilian volleyball player
- Starlin Castro (born 1990), Dominican baseball player
- Verónica Castro (born 1952), Mexican actress
- Zulema Castro de Peña (c. 1920–2013), Argentine activist
See also
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