Prospero (disambiguation)

Prospero may refer to:

Literature and culture

• Prospero, the protagonist of William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest
• Prince Prospero, the protagonist of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"
• Prospero, the wizard protagonist of John Bellairs' novel The Face in the Frost
• Prospero, former homeworld to the Thousand Sons Legion of Space Marines in Warhammer 40,000
• Prospero (band), a Canadian Industrial/Noise band
• Prospero, the name of a young alien in the comic book series PS238, named for the character in The Tempest
• A cancelled vaporware videogame by the Valve Corporation

Science and nature

• Prospero (moon), a moon of the planet Uranus
• Prospero (plant), a genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae
• Prospero (satellite), launched by the United Kingdom in 1971

Technology

• Prospero (file system), a global file system based on the Virtual System Model, and the protocol used to implement the file system
• Prospero Pascal, a Pascal compiler produced by Prospero Software of England

People

• Pope Benedict XIV (1675–1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini
• San Prospero di Reggio Emilia, an Italian saint (see Prosper of Reggio)
• San Prospero martire, a martyr and saint in Rome at the time of Diocletian, his remains were translated to Catenanuova in Sicily in the eighteenth century
• Prospero Alpini (1553-1617), Venetian physician and botanist
• Prospero Amatong (1931-2009), Governor of the Province of Davao del Norte and Congressman in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
• Prospero Caterini (1795–1881), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
• Prospero Colonna (1452–1523), Italian condottiere
• Prospero Colonna (cardinal) (c. 1410–1463), cardinal-nephew of Pope Martin V
• Prospero Colonna di Sciarra (1707-1765), Italian cardinal
• Prospero Colonna (politician), mayor of Rome in 1899-1904
• Prospero Fagnani (died 1678), Italian canon lawyer
• Prospero Farinacci (1554–1618), Italian lawyer and judge, noted for his harsh sentencing
• Prospero Fontana (1512–1597), Italian painter of the late Renaissance
• Prospero Gallinari (1951-2013), Italian terrorist and member of the Red Brigades
• Prospero Grech (born 1925), Augustinian friar and cardinal
• Prospero Intorcetta (1626–1696), Jesuit missionary in China
• Prospero Nograles (born 1947), Speaker of the House of the Republic of the Philippines
• Próspero Fernández Oreamuno, President of Costa Rica from 1882 to 1885
• Próspero París (1846-1931), French Roman Catholic prelate and Apostolic Vicar of Nanking
• Próspero Penados del Barrio (1925–2005), Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate and Archbishop of Guatemala City
• Prospero Pichay, Jr. (born 1950), Philippine politician
• Prospero Rabaglio, late 16th-century Italian painter
• Prospero Santacroce (1514–1589), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
• Prospero Spani (1516-1584), Italian sculptor also known as Prospero Clementi, Prospero Clemente or il Clemente
• Prospero Zannichelli (1698-1772), Italian painter

Places

• Prospero, California, an unincorporated community

See also

• San Prospero, a town in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna
• Prosper (disambiguation)