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

See also

• Castro (disambiguation)
• de Castro
• Chester (surname)