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and/or surname of French, German, Portuguese, and

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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 ...

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. It is a name of biblical origin, per Saint Gaspar, one of the wise men mentioned in the Bible. Notable people with the name include:

Mononyms

* Saint Gaspar (54 BC-55 AD), biblical saint *

Gaspar (footballer, born 1981) Odirlei de Souza Gaspar (born 18 May 1981) is a retired Brazilian football player. Honours Individual *Liechtensteiner Footballer of the Year The Liechtensteiner Footballer of the Year is an award granted every season to a Liechtensteiner footb ...

, Odirlei de Souza Gaspar, Brazilian football striker * Gaspar (Angolan footballer) (born 1997), Kialonda Gaspar, Angolan football defender * Gaspar (footballer, born 2002), Luis Eduardo Gaspar Coelho, Brazilian football forward

Given name

Gaspar Araújo Gaspar Araújo (born 17 December 1981) is a Portuguese long jumper. His personal best is 8.10 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Istanbul. Competition record References * 1981 births Living people Portuguese male long jumpers Athlete ...

(born 1981), Portuguese long jumper * Gaspar Azevedo (born 1975), Portuguese footballer * Gaspar Cassadó (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 (1781–1836), three-time mayor of San Antonio, Texas * Gaspar del Bufalo (1786-1837), saint, priest, and founder of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. * Gaspar DiGregorio (1905–1970), Italian-American organized-crime figure *

Gaspar Fagel Gaspar Fagel (25 January 1634 – 15 December 1688) was a Dutch politician, jurist, and diplomat who authored correspondence from and on behalf of William III, Prince of Orange, during the English Revolution of 1688. Early life Fagel was ...

(1634–1688), Dutch statesman * Gaspar Fernandes (1566–1629), Portuguese musical composer *

Gaspar Gálvez Burgos Gaspar is a given and/or surname of French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish origin, cognate to Casper (given name) or Casper (surname). It is a name of biblical origin, per Saint Gaspar, one of the wise men mentioned in the Bible. Notable peo ...

(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 ...

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 Gaspar Méndez (fl. 1546) was a Spanish architect of the mid 16th century. He was noted for his prolific work on buildings in Badajoz, notably Badajoz Cathedral The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist of Badajoz ( es, Catedral metro ...

(fl. 1546), Spanish architect of Badajoz *

Gaspar Méndez de Haro, 7th Marquis of Carpio Gaspar is a given and/or surname of French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish origin, cognate to Casper (given name) or Casper (surname). It is a name of biblical origin, per Saint Gaspar, one of the wise men mentioned in the Bible. Notable pe ...

(1629–1687), Spanish political figure *

Gaspar Milazzo Gaspar Milazzo (April 25, 1887 – May 31, 1930) was a major organized-crime figure in Detroit, Michigan, during the Prohibition era. He had earlier been a member of the Brooklyn-based gang that would later become known as the Bonanno crime fami ...

(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 wer ...

(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 the ...

(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 Francisco Bartolomé Sanz Celma (April 4, 1640 (baptized) – 1710), better known as Gaspar Sanz, was a Spanish composer, guitarist, and priest born to a wealthy family in Calanda in the comarca of Bajo Aragón, Spain. He studied music, theolog ...

(1640–1710), Aragonese baroque composer, guitarist, organist and priest *

Gaspar Ventura Gaspar Ventura Meseguer (born 5 February 1955) is a Spanish water polo player. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letni ...

(born 1955), Spanish water polo player *

Gaspar Yanga Established and achieved self-government for a maroon colony of freed Africans. Gaspar Yanga—often simply Yanga or Nyanga (May 14, 1545 - 1618)

(born 1545), leader of successful 1570 slave revolt in Mexico * Manuel Gaspar Haro (born 1981), Spanish footballer

Surname

* Roberto Luís Gaspar Deus Severo, (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 majo ...

(1912–1969), Portuguese footballer * Alexandre-Pierre Gaspar (born 1960), French information architect * Alfredo Rodrigues Gaspar (1865–1938), Portuguese military officer and politician * Boom Gaspar (born 1953), American musician * Chuck Gaspar (1938–2009), American special effects artist *

Edu Gaspar Eduardo César Daud Gaspar (born 16 May 1978), known as Edu, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who is the sporting director of Premier League club Arsenal. As a player, he was an attacking and central midfielder, and played for Cor ...

(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, ...

(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 Po ...

(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 Flori ...

(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 a ...

(born 1946), American Major League baseball player

In fiction

* Gaspar (Chrono Trigger), a character in the 1995 video game ''Chrono Trigger'' * A Muppet character in '' Barrio Sésamo'' * 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 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 Seth Grahame-Smith (born Seth Jared Greenberg; January 4, 1976) is an American writer and film producer, best known as the author of ''The New York Times'' best-selling novels '' Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'' and ''Abraham Lincoln, Vampire ...

* 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 sp ...

'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"

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