Editing Cantor (surname)

'''Cantor''' is an [[English language|English]] surname. One possible derivation is from the [[Middle English]] word ''gaunter'', 'glover'. Alternatively, it may derive from ''cantere'', 'one who sings', possibly related to the Latin base of ''cant'' or both sharing a Proto-Indo-European root with ''*kan-'', both meaning 'song' or 'to sing'. It may also refer to the [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]] ''chantour'' or the [[Old French]] ''chantroir'' meaning 'enchanter' or 'magician' or ''cantor'' meaning 'leader of a choir', possibly also from the Latin ''[[precentor]]''.

Notable people with the surname include:

* [[Andrés Cantor]] (born 1962), Spanish-language soccer announcer
* [[Arthur Cantor]] (1920–2001), American theatrical producer
* [[Aviva Cantor]] (born 1940), American journalist, lecturer and author
* [[B. Gerald Cantor]] (1916–1996), American businessman
** [[Cantor Fitzgerald]], financial services firm founded by him
* [[Brett Cantor]] (1967–1993), American record executive and nightclub owner
* [[Brian Cantor]] (born 1948), Vice-Chancellor of the University of York, UK
* [[Charles Cantor]] (born 1942), American molecular geneticist
* [[David Cantor]] (born 1954), American actor and singer
* [[Eddie Cantor]] (1892–1964), American comedian, singer, actor, songwriter
* [[Eric Cantor]] (born 1963), American politician
* [[Geoffrey Cantor (academic)]] (born 1943), professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Leeds
* [[Georg Cantor]] (1845–1918), German mathematician, founder of set theory
* [[Jacob A. Cantor]] (1854–1921), New York politician
* [[James Cantor]] (born 1966), American-Canadian clinical psychologist specializing in sexology
* [[Jay Cantor]] (born 1948), American novelist and essayist
* [[Leo Cantor]] (1919–1995), American NFL football player 
* [[Liz Cantor]] (born 1982), Australian television presenter
* [[Max Cantor]] (1959–1991), American journalist and actor
* [[Mircea Cantor]] (born 1977), Romanian visual artist
* [[Moritz Cantor]] (1829–1920), German historian of mathematics
* [[Nancy Cantor]] (born 1952), Chancellor and President of Syracuse University
* [[Noah Cantor]] (born 1971), Canadian football player
* [[Norman Cantor]] (1929–2004), Canadian medievalist
* [[Peter Cantor]] (died 1197), French Roman Catholic theologian
* [[Paul Cantor]] (1945–2022), American literary critic
* [[Paul Cantor (Canadian lawyer)]] (1942–2018), Canadian lawyer
* [[Rob Cantor]] (born 1983), American singer-songwriter
* [[Steven Cantor]], American film/television director
* [[Theodore Cantor|Theodore Edward Cantor]] (1809–1860), Danish biologist
* [[Tim Cantor]] (born 1969), American surrealism artist and writer
* [[Wulfstan the Cantor]] (c.960 – early 11th century), Anglo-Saxon monk

== See also ==
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* [[Cant (surname)]]
* [[Canter (surname)]]
* [[Cantor]]
* [[Kantor (surname)]]

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