Prosper (name)

Prosper is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

• Prosper of Aquitaine (390-455), also known as Prosper Tiro, Christian writer and disciple of St Augustine
• Prosper of Catenanuova, martyr, patron saint of Catenanuova
• Prosper of Reggio (died 466), bishop of Reggio Emilia, 5th century
• Prosper or Prospero Alpini (1553–1617), Venetian physician and botanist
• Prosper Arsenault (1894–1987), Canadian educator and politician
• Prosper Avril (born 1937), President of Haiti from 1988 to 1990
• Prosper Boulanger (1918–2002), Canadian politician and businessman
• Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674–1762), French poet and tragedian
• Prosper Dérivis (1808–1880), French operatic bass
• Prosper Garnot (1794–1838), French surgeon and naturalist
• Prosper Giquel (1835–1886), French naval officer and mercenary in China
• Prosper Guéranger (1805–1875), French Benedictine priest, abbot and founder of the French Benedictine Congregation
• Prosper Henry (1849–1903), French optician and astronomer
• Prosper Higiro (born 1961), Rwandan politician
• Prosper L'Orange (1876–1939), German engineer and inventor
• Prosper de Mestre (1789–1844), businessman in Sydney, Australia
• Prosper Mérimée (1803–1870), French writer
• Prosper Montagné (1865–1948), French chef and author
• Prosper Poullet (1868–1937), Belgian politician
• Prosper Sainton (1813–1890), French violinist and conductor
• Prosper Utseya (born 1985), Zimbabwean cricketer
• Prosper Weil (born 1926), French lawyer
• "Prosper", codename of Francis Suttill, Special Operations Executive agent in World War II Occupied France

Surname:

• Peter Prosper (born 1969), Trinidadian footballer
• Pierre-Richard Prosper (born 1963), American lawyer, prosecutor and second United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues (2001–2005)

Fictional characters:

• Prosper, fictional orphaned protagonist of the children's novel The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

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