Casper may refer to:

People

* Casper (given name) * Casper (surname) *

Casper (Maya ruler) "Casper",The real name of the ruler has not been deciphered. He was given the nickname Casper by Mayanist scholar Floyd Lounsbury because his name glyph is said to resemble the cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost. Incomplete transcription ...

(422–487?), ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque *

Tok Casper Tok Casper was the first known king of the petty Maya civilization, Maya kingdom of Quiriguá, in what is now south-eastern Guatemala.Martin & Grube 2000, p.216-217 His name is a nickname, "Casper" being Casper the Friendly Ghost whose head shows a ...

, first known king of Maya city-state Quiriguá in Guatemala, ruling beginning in 426 *

David Gray (snooker player) David Gray (born 9 February 1979) is an English former professional snooker player from London. Gray turned professional in 1996 after becoming the youngest ever winner of the prestigious English Amateur Championship. He went on to win the 200 ...

(born 1979), nicknamed Casper *

Casper (rapper) Benjamin Griffey (born 25 September 1982), better known by his stage name Casper, is a German American rapper signed to Sony Music. Early life Casper was born in Lemgo in North Rhine-Westphalia to a German mother and an American father, Arlen G ...

(born 1982), German musician * DJ Casper (born 1971), American musician

Places in the United States

* Casper, Wyoming, a city *

Casper Mountain Casper Mountain, an anticline, is located at the north end of the Laramie Mountains overlooking Casper, Wyoming along the North Platte River. At a top elevation of , the geological feature rises approximately above Casper. Recreation Ca ...

, overlooking Casper, Wyoming

Entertainment

* Casper Gutman, the primary antagonist of '' The Maltese Falcon.'' *

Casper the Friendly Ghost Casper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. He is a pleasant, personable and translucent ghost, but often criticized by his three wicked uncles, the Ghostly Trio. The ...

, a Paramount cartoon character owned by Harvey Comics **

Casper the Friendly Ghost in film The cartoon character, Casper the Friendly Ghost who appears in numerous cartoon shorts as well as Harvey Comics publication, has appeared in five films since his inception, most of which were either released in television or straight-to-video whi ...

, a series of films based on the Harvey Comics character *** ''Casper'' (film), a 1995 live-action film featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost *** '' Casper: A Spirited Beginning'', a direct-to-video prequel of the 1995 film *** ''

Casper Meets Wendy ''Casper Meets Wendy'' is a 1998 American fantasy comedy film based on the Harvey Comics cartoon characters Casper the Friendly Ghost and Wendy the Good Little Witch. The film is a sequel to '' Casper: A Spirited Beginning'', and is the second sp ...

'', a direct-to-video sequel to ''Casper: A Spirited Beginning'' *** ''

Casper's Haunted Christmas ''Casper's Haunted Christmas'' is a 2000 computer-animated Christmas supernatural dark comedy film produced by Harvey Comics and Mainframe Entertainment, based on the character Casper the Friendly Ghost, and was released by Universal Studios Ho ...

'', a direct-to-video animated feature set in Christmas Time *** '' Casper's Scare School'', second direct-to-video animated film ** '' Casper and the Spectrals'', a 2009-2010 three issued comic book miniseries that revamped Casper the Friendly Ghost ** ''Casper'' (video game), a series of video games based on the 1995 film * "Casper" (song), by Takeoff * "

The Day That Never Comes "The Day That Never Comes" is a song by heavy metal band Metallica, and the lead single from their ninth studio album, ''Death Magnetic''. The song was released to the radio and for digital download on August 21, 2008. The working title of the ...

", a song by Metallica with the working title "Casper" * Casper, one of three parts of the biocomputer in the anime series '' Neon Genesis Evangelion''

Science and technology

Casper (persistency) In Linux systems, initrd (''initial ramdisk'') is a scheme for loading a temporary root file system into memory, to be used as part of the Linux startup process. initrd and initramfs refer to two different methods of achieving this. Both are co ...

, a file used for persistency in Linux * Casper, the Apollo Command/Service Module of the Apollo 16 spacecraft

Transportation

Hyundai Casper The Hyundai Casper ( ko, 현대 캐스퍼) is a crossover city car produced by the South Korean automobile manufacturer Hyundai. It is the smallest crossover SUV ever offered by the brand, and also the smallest automobile of any kind that is cur ...

, a sport utility vehicle

Other uses

* , a World War II frigate *

Casper (cat) Casper ( 1997 – 14 January 2010) was a male domestic cat who attracted worldwide media attention in 2009 when it was reported that he was a regular bus commuter in Plymouth in Devon, England. He appeared on BBC News, was the subject of a ne ...

(c. 1997–2010), a cat famous for riding on buses *

CASPer Casper may refer to: People * Casper (given name) * Casper (surname) * Casper (Maya ruler) (422–487?), ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque * Tok Casper, first known king of Maya city-state Quiriguá in Guatemala, ruling beginning in 426 * David ...

, a medical school admissions test * Casper College, Casper, Wyoming, US *

Casper (skateboarding) Casper is a freestyle skateboarding trick that was invented by Bobby "Casper" Boyden in the late 1970s. Bo removes his back foot from the board and uses his front foot to turn the board back to its normal position with a motion that resembles an ...

, a skateboarding trick *

Casper Sleep Casper Sleep (also known as Casper) is an e-commerce company that sells sleep products online and in retail locations. Headquartered in New York City, the company has showrooms in New York City, Chicago, and elsewhere. Its mattresses are manufact ...

, a mattress manufacturer *

Casper's Casper's Famous Hot Dogs is a San Francisco Bay Area-based chain of hot dog restaurants established in 1934. They currently have 7 locations including Dublin, 2 in Hayward, Oakland, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, and Walnut Creek A walnut ...

, a hot dog restaurant chain in Northern California * a line of Swedish boardgames published by