Cato

Cato can refer to several different things.

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• Suzy Cato is a New Zealand children's entertainer
• Cato is a Roman cognomen used by a branch of the Porcii family. At least two Roman politicians are known to have used this name:
• Marcus Porcius Cato, the Elder, (2nd century BCE), the censor.
• Marcus Porcius Cato, the Younger, (1st century BCE), his great-grandson, Julius Caesar's enemy.
• Cato the name commonly used for the Distichs of Cato, a medieval Latin text used as a schoolbook, and moral compass throughout the Middle Ages. It is commonly known through its reference in Canterbury Tales, and Benjamin Franklin's 18th century translation.
• ' is a 18th century dramatic play by Joseph Addison, based upon the life of Cato the Younger.
• CATO stands for CATastrOphic failure of a rocket engine.
• The Village of Cato is a village in New York in the USA.
• The Town of Cato is also a town in New York in the USA.
• The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C.
• Cato was used as a pseudonym by the author of a series of anti-Federalist articles in the New York Journal. George Clinton is widely believed to be the author.
• Cato was also used as a pseudonym by three British journalists (Michael Foot, Frank Owen and Peter Howard) when they wrote the book Guilty Men. Guilty Men was an attack on leading British politicians for their policy of appeasement towards Nazi Germany in the 1930s.