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Gaspar is a given and/or
surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
of French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish origin, cognate to
Casper (given name) Casper (with the same sounding Kasper) is a family and personal name derived from Aramaic that means "Treasurer". The origins of the name have been traced as far back as the Old Testament and variations of the name have been adopted by a variety ...
or
Casper (surname) Casper is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne Casper (born 1965), American diplomat and ambassador *Billy Casper (1931–2015), American golfer *Chris Casper (born 1975), English former footballer and football manager *Dave ...
. It is a name of biblical origin, per
Saint Gaspar Saint Caspar (otherwise known as Casper, Gaspar, Kaspar, and other variations) was one of the 'Three Kings', along with Melchior and Balthazar, representing the wise men or 'Biblical Magi' mentioned in the Bible in the Gospel of Matthew, verses ...
, one of the wise men mentioned in the Bible. Notable people with the name include:


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Saint Gaspar Saint Caspar (otherwise known as Casper, Gaspar, Kaspar, and other variations) was one of the 'Three Kings', along with Melchior and Balthazar, representing the wise men or 'Biblical Magi' mentioned in the Bible in the Gospel of Matthew, verses ...
(54 BC-55 AD), biblical saint * Gaspar (footballer, born 1981), Odirlei de Souza Gaspar, Brazilian football striker *
Gaspar (Angolan footballer) Esmevânio Kialonda Gaspar (born 27 September 1997), sometimes known as just Gaspar, is an Angolan footballer who currently plays as a defender for the Portuguese Estrela . Career Gaspar began his playing career with the Angolan club Sagrada ...
(born 1997), Kialonda Gaspar, Angolan football defender *
Gaspar (footballer, born 2002) Luis Eduardo Gaspar Coelho (born 31 July 2002), commonly known as Gaspar, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Avaí. Club career Gaspar was born in Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso, and joined Avaí's youth setup in August 2019, f ...
, Luis Eduardo Gaspar Coelho, Brazilian football forward


Given name

* Gaspar Araújo (born 1981), Portuguese long jumper * Gaspar Azevedo (born 1975), Portuguese footballer *
Gaspar Cassadó Gaspar Cassadó i Moreu (30 September or 5 October 1897 – 24 December 1966) was a Spanish cellist and composer of the early 20th century. He was born in Barcelona to a church musician father, Joaquim Cassadó, and began taking cello lesson ...
(1897–1966), Spanish cellist and musical composer *
Gaspar Corte-Real Gaspar Corte-Real (1450–1501) was a Portuguese explorer who, alongside his father João Vaz Corte-Real and brother Miguel, participated in various exploratory voyages sponsored by the Portuguese Crown. These voyages are said to have been some o ...
(1450–1501), Portuguese explorer *
Gaspar Flores de Abrego José Gaspar Flores de Abrego (1781–1836) was a Tejano who served three terms as the mayor of San Antonio, Texas. He was also a land commissioner and associate of Austin's early colonists. Gaspar Flores was a member of a group opposing the di ...
(1781–1836), three-time mayor of San Antonio, Texas *
Gaspar del Bufalo Gaspar Melchior Balthazar del Bufalo (January 6, 1786 – December 28, 1837), also known as Gaspare del Bufalo, was a Catholic priest and the founder of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. Canonised as a saint in 1954, he is liturgically comm ...
(1786-1837), saint, priest, and founder of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. *
Gaspar DiGregorio Gaspar or Gaspare DiGregorio (October 4, 1905 – June 11, 1970) was a New York mobster and a high-ranking member of the Bonanno crime family who was a key figure in the "Banana War". In October 1964, during Joseph Bonanno's two-year absence, Bona ...
(1905–1970), Italian-American organized-crime figure * Gaspar Fagel (1634–1688), Dutch statesman *
Gaspar Fernandes Gaspar Fernandes (sometimes written ''Gaspar Fernández'', the Spanish version of his name) (1566–1629) was a Portuguese-Mexican composer and organist active in the cathedrals of Santiago de Guatemala (present-day Antigua Guatemala) and Puebla de ...
(1566–1629), Portuguese musical composer * Gaspar Gálvez Burgos (born 1979), Spanish footballer known simply as Gaspar * Gaspar Lococo, co-founder of
Funtime, Inc. Funtime, Inc was an American amusement and entertainment company located in Cleveland, Ohio. The company was established in 1965. It owned several properties throughout its 31-year-long lifespan. History Funtime Inc. was established in 1965 w ...
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Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (born Gaspar Melchor de Jove y Llanos, 5 January 1744 – 27 November 1811) was a Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain. Life and influence of ...
(1744–1811), Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher * Gaspar Méndez (fl. 1546), Spanish architect of Badajoz * Gaspar Méndez de Haro, 7th Marquis of Carpio (1629–1687), Spanish political figure * Gaspar Milazzo (1887–1930), Italian-American organized-crime figure *
Gaspar Noé Gaspar Noé (, ; born 27 December 1963) is an Argentine filmmaker based in Paris, France. He is the son of Argentine painter, writer, and intellectual Luis Felipe Noé. In the early 1990s, Noé along with his wife Lucile Hadžihalilović were ...
(born 1963), Argentine-born, French-based filmmaker *
Gaspar de Portolá Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira (January 1, 1716 – October 10, 1786) was a Spanish military officer, best known for leading the Portolá expedition into California and for serving as the first Governor of the Californias. His expedition laid t ...
(1716–1786), Spanish soldier and politician *
Gaspar Saladino Gaspar Saladino (September 1, 1927 – August 4, 2016) was an American letterer and logo designer who worked for more than sixty years in the comic book industry, mostly for DC Comics. Eventually Saladino went by one name, "Gaspar," which he wrote ...
(1927–2016), American comic book letterer and logo designer * Gaspar Sanz (1640–1710), Aragonese baroque composer, guitarist, organist and priest * Gaspar Ventura (born 1955), Spanish water polo player * Gaspar Yanga (born 1545), leader of successful 1570 slave revolt in Mexico * Manuel Gaspar Haro (born 1981), Spanish footballer


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Roberto Luís Gaspar Deus Severo Roberto Luís Gaspar de Deus Severo (born 3 May 1976), known as Beto (), is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played mainly as a central defender. He played most of his professional career with Sporting CP (ten seasons, more tha ...
, (born 1976), Portuguese footballer known as Beto *
Gaspar Pinto Álvaro Gaspar Pinto (27 February 1912 – 27 April 1969), known as Gaspar Pinto, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a defender. Over the course of 11 seasons he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 154 games and four goals, spending the maj ...
(1912–1969), Portuguese footballer * Alexandre-Pierre Gaspar (born 1960), French information architect *
Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar (8 December 1865 in Funchal – 1 December 1938 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese military officer and politician. Rodrigues Gaspar was President of the Ministry (Prime Minister) of one of the many governments of the Portug ...
(1865–1938), Portuguese military officer and politician * Boom Gaspar (born 1953), American musician *
Chuck Gaspar Chuck Gaspar (January 25, 1938 – January 15, 2009) was an American special effects artist who worked on 70 different films and TV shows, such as '' The Birds'', '' Ghostbusters'', ''Pale Rider'' and ''Armageddon''. He was nominated at the 57th ...
(1938–2009), American special effects artist * Edu Gaspar (born 1978), Brazilian footballer *
Enrique Gaspar Enrique Lucio Eugenio Gaspar y Rimbau (2 March 1842 in Madrid – 7 September 1902 in Oloron) was a Spanish diplomat and writer, who wrote many plays (''zarzuelas''), and one of the first novels involving time travel with a time machine, El ...
(1842–1902), Spanish playwright *
Hugo Gaspar Hugo Fernando Lucas Gaspar (born 2 September 1982) is a Portuguese volleyball player who plays for Benfica and the Portugal national team. He became the ''Best Scorer'' at the second 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Espinho, where Por ...
(born 1982), Portuguese volleyball player *
José Gaspar José Gaspar, also known by his nickname Gasparilla (supposedly lived c. 1756 – 1821), is an apocryphal Spanish pirate, the "Last of the Buccaneers " who legend says terrorized the Gulf of Mexico for many years from his base in southwest Florid ...
(also known as Gasparilla), a mythical Spanish pirate supposedly based in southwest Florida during the late 17th and early 18th centuries *
Rod Gaspar Rodney Earl Gaspar (born April 3, 1946 in Long Beach, California, United States) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. A switch hitter, Gaspar played for the New York Mets (1969–70) and San Diego Padres (1971, 1974). A former player at ...
(born 1946), American Major League baseball player


In fiction

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Gaspar (Chrono Trigger) This is a listing of notable characters from the video game ''Chrono Trigger'', a role-playing video game released in 1995 by Square Co. (now Square Enix) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. In keeping with the time ...
, a character in the 1995 video game ''Chrono Trigger'' * A Muppet character in ''
Barrio Sésamo Barrio Sésamo (Sesame Neighborhood in English) was the Spanish co-production of the popular U.S. children's television series ''Sesame Street'' produced by Televisión Española and Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop) from ...
'' * One of the spells in the computer game series ''
Zork ''Zork'' is a text-based adventure game first released in 1977 by developers Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling for the PDP-10 mainframe computer. The original developers and others, as the company Infocom, expanded a ...
'' * A planet in the ''
Ratchet & Clank ''Ratchet & Clank'' is a series of action platformer and third-person shooter video games. The franchise was created and developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation consoles, such as PlayStation ...
'' video game series * Gaspar, a character in the 2012 novel ''Unholy Night'' by Seth Grahame-Smith * Gaspar de la Croix, a character in the video game '' Assassin's Creed II: Discovery'' *The title character in
Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language; though he did not spe ...
's story ''Gaspar Ruiz'', adapted for film as ''Gaspar the Strong Man'' *Gaspar, a Haunter holding an everstone sent over trade in Snowpoint city, in "Pokémon Diamond", Pokémon Pearl", "Pokémon Platinum", "Pokémon Brilliant Diamond", and "Pokemon Shining Pearl"


See also

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Gáspár Gáspár is a Hungarian masculine given name, equivalent to English Jasper, and may refer to: *Gáspár Bekes (1520–1579), Hungarian nobleman * Gáspár Boldizsár (fl. 1990s), Hungarian sprint canoer * Gáspár Borbás (1884–1976), Hungarian ...
, a Hungarian cognate * Gašpar, a Slavic cognate * Gaspard (given name), a French cognate *
Gasparilla (disambiguation) Gasparilla may refer to: *Gasparilla Pirate Festival, a large parade and related events held annually in Tampa, Florida *José Gaspar, also known as Gasparilla, a Spanish pirate from Florida folklore for whom the festival is named * Gasparilla Bow ...
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