Centaur (disambiguation)
A centaur is creature from Greek mythology that is half human, half horse.
Centaur, Centaurs or The Centaur may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
[edit]Fictional entities
[edit]- USS Centaur, a spaceship in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's "A Time to Stand"
- Narnian Centaurs, in C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia
- Centaur (Dungeons & Dragons)
Film and television
[edit]- Centaur (2016 film), a Kyrgyzstani film
- Centaur (2023 film), a Russian film
- The Centaurs (1921 film), an animated film
Literature
[edit]- The Centaur, a 1963 novel by John Updike
- The Centaur, a 1911 novel by Algernon Blackwood
- Centaur Publications (1938–1942), one of the earliest American comic book publishers
Music
[edit]- Centaur, an American rock band formed in 2000 by Hum founder Matt Talbott
- "The Centaur," a song by Buck 65 from the 1997 album Vertex
Businesses and organisations
[edit]- Centaur Media, a British marketing company
- Centaur Film Company, American motion picture production company founded in 1907
- Centaur Press, later Centaur Books, a New York small publisher, from late 1960s to 1981
- Centaur Press (British publisher), 1954–1998
- Centaur Publications, also known as Centaur Comics, an early American comic book publisher
- Centaur Records, a classical music record label in America
- Centaur Technology, a CPU design company
Military
[edit]- Centaur tank, a development of the British Cromwell tank
- AHS Centaur, an Australian hospital ship sunk by the Japanese during World War II
- HMS Centaur, the name of several Royal Navy ships
- Centaur-class fast assault craft, of the Ukrainian Navy
Science and technology
[edit]- Centaur (computing), a memory buffer chip in POWER8 microprocessors
- Centaur (rocket stage), used for space launches
- Centaur (small Solar System body), orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune
Transportation
[edit]- Centaur (1849 ship), a brig shipwrecked off Western Australia
- SB Centaur, an 1895 Thames sailing barge
- Acme Centaur, a development of the 1945 Stinson L-13 aircraft
- Rambler Centaur, a 1962 show car by American Motors
Other uses
[edit]- Centaur (pinball), a pinball machine
- Centaur (typeface), a serif typeface
- Centaur chess, or advanced chess
- Centaur Theatre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada