'Cantor' may refer to:
★ The Latin word for
singer, e.g. the main singer of a
cantus
★ ''
Hazzan'', in Judaism, the English name for a professional singer who leads prayer services (Kantor is a frequently noted jewish patronym)
★ A
church Cantor, an ecclesiastical officer leading liturgical music in several branches of the Christian Church
In mathematics 'Cantor' may refer to:
★ The
Cantor set or
Cantor dust
★ The
Cantor function
★ The
Cantor space
'Cantor' as a
surname may refer to:
★
Andrés Cantor, Spanish-language soccer announcer
★
Brian Cantor, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York, UK
★
David Cantor, American actor and singer
★
Eddie Cantor, American singer & entertainer
★
Eric Cantor, American politician
★
Georg Cantor, German mathematician, important in set theory
★
Moritz Cantor, German historian of mathematics
★
Norman Cantor, Canadian medievalist
★
Theodore Edward Cantor, Danish biologist
'Cantor' is a shortened form of these names and terms:
★
Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm
See also
★
cant
★
Precentor
★
Kantor
★
Canter
★
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