Centaur (disambiguation)

A centaur is creature from Greek mythology that is half human, half horse.

Centaur, Centaurs or The Centaur may also refer to:

Fictional entities

 * 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

 * Centaur (2016 film), a Kyrgyzstani film
 * Centaur (2023 film), a Russian film
 * The Centaurs (1921 film), an animated film

Literature

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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 aircraft carrier
 * Centaur-class fast assault craft, of the Ukrainian Navy

Science and technology

 * 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

 * 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

 * Centaur (pinball), a pinball machine
 * Centaur (typeface), a serif typeface
 * Centaur chess, or advanced chess
 * Centaur Theatre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada