Prosper is both a given male name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
People with the given name
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Prosper of Aquitaine
Prosper of Aquitaine (; – AD), also called ''Prosper Tiro'', was a Christian writer and disciple of Augustine of Hippo, and the first continuator of Jerome's Universal Chronicle. Particularly, Prosper is identified with the (later) axiom ''†...
(c. 390–c. 455), also known as Prosper Tiro, Christian saint, writer and disciple of St Augustine
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Prosper of Reggio (died 466), bishop of Reggio Emilia and saint
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Prosper of Reggio Emilia (theologian) (died 1332/3), Augustinian scholar
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Prospero Alpini
Prospero Alpini (also known as Prosper Alpinus, Prospero Alpinio and Latinized as Prosperus Alpinus) (23 November 15536 February 1617) was a Venetian physician and botanist. He travelled around Egypt and served as the fourth prefect in charge of ...
(1553–1617), Venetian physician and botanist
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Prosper Ahiabu (born 1999), Ghanaian footballer
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Prosper Arsenault (1894–1987), Canadian educator and politician
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Prosper Avril (born 1937), President of Haiti from 1988 to 1990
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Prosper Boulanger (1918–2002), Canadian politician and businessman
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Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674–1762), French poet and tragedian
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Prosper Dérivis (1808–1880), French operatic bass
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Prosper Garnot
Prosper Garnot (13 January 1794 – 8 October 1838) was a French surgeon and naturalist.
Garnot was born at Brest. He was an assistant surgeon under Louis Isidore Duperrey on ''La Coquille'' during its circumnavigation of the globe (1822–182 ...
(1794–1838), French surgeon and naturalist
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Prosper Giquel (1835–1886), French naval officer and mercenary in China
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Prosper Guéranger (1805–1875), French Benedictine priest, abbot and founder of the French Benedictine Congregation
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Prosper Henry (1849–1903), French optician and astronomer
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Prosper Higiro (born 1961), Rwandan politician
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Prosper Karangwa (born 1978), Canadian basketball executive and former player
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Prosper L'Orange (1876–1939), German engineer and inventor
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Prosper de Mestre (1789–1844), businessman in Sydney, Australia
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Prosper Mérimée (1803–1870), French writer
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Prosper Montagné
Prosper Montagné (; 14 November 1865 – 22 April 1948) was one of the most renowned French chefs of the Belle Époque and author of many books and articles on food, cooking, and gastronomy, notably '' Larousse Gastronomique'' (1938), an encyclo ...
(1865–1948), French chef and author
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Prosper Padera (born 2006), Zimbabwean footballer
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Prosper Poullet (1868–1937), Belgian politician
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Prosper Sainton (1813–1890), French violinist and conductor
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Prosper Utseya (born 1985), Zimbabwean cricketer
*Prosper Lanchantin-Valmore (1793-1881), French stage actor and second husband of poet
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
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Prosper Weil (1926–2018), French lawyer
* "Prosper", codename of
Francis Suttill, Special Operations Executive agent in World War II Occupied France
People with the surname
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Cassandre Prosper (born 2005), Canadian basketball player
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Lester Prosper
Lester Prosper (born September 21, 1988) is a Dominican-born British Virgin Islands-Indonesian professional basketball player for the Dewa United Banten of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He played college basketball for the SUNY Old We ...
(born 1988), Indonesian basketball player
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Olivier-Maxence Prosper (born 2002), Canadian basketball player
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Peter Prosper (born 1969), Trinidadian footballer
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Pierre-Richard Prosper (born 1963), American lawyer
Fictional characters with the name
* Prosper, fictional orphaned protagonist of the children's novel ''
The Thief Lord'' by Cornelia Funke
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