given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
of
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
origin, meaning "treasurer". The etymology of the given name Jasper (of Persian origin) is unrelated to that of the gemstone
jasper
Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to ...
(of Semitic origin).
Jasper may refer to:
People
Arts
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Jasper van den Bos
Jasper van den Bos (1634, Hoorn – in or shortly after 1656, Hoorn) was a Dutch Golden Age marine painter.
According to Houbraken his father was a ship's carpenter and he was trained as such, but turned his hand to painting marines, which he ...
(1634-1656), Dutch marine painter
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Jasper Broers
Jasper BroersJasper Broers at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Antwerp, 21 April 1682 – Antwerp, ...
(1682–1716), Flemish painter
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Jasper Conran
Jasper Alexander Thirlby Conran (born 12 December 1959) is a British designer. He has worked on collections of womenswear and for the home, as well as productions for the stage in ballet, opera and theatre.
Early life
He is the second son of ...
(born 1959), British fashion designer
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Jasper Francis Cropsey
Jasper Francis Cropsey (February 18, 1823 – June 22, 1900) was an American architect and artist. He is best known for his Hudson River School landscape paintings.
Early years
Cropsey was born on his father Jacob Rezeau Cropsey's farm in R ...
(1823-1900), American landscape painter
* Jasper Geeraards (c. 1620-between 1649 and 1654), Flemish painter
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Jasper Johns
Jasper Johns (born May 15, 1930) is an American painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker. Considered a central figure in the development of American postwar art, he has been variously associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and ...
(born 1930), American painter, sculptor and printmaker
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Jasper Morrison
Jasper Morrison (born 1959) is an English product and furniture designer. He is known for the refinement and apparent simplicity of his designs. In a rare interview with the designer, he is quoted as saying: "Objects should never shout."
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(born 1959), British product and furniture designer
* Jasper Proude, a pseudonym of Brian Howard (1905-1958)
Entertainment
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Jasper Carrott
Robert Norman Davis (born 14 March 1945), known by his stage name, Jasper Carrott, is an English comedian, writer, actor, singer and television presenter. His credits include '' An Audience With Jasper Carrott'' (1978), '' The Secret Policeman ...
(born 1945), British comedian
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Jasper Dolphin
Davon Lamar Wilson (born September 28, 1990), better known as Jasper Dolphin (or simply Jasper), is an American actor, rapper, and stunt performer. He is best known for being a founding member of American hip hop collective Odd Future, but has ...
(born 1990), American actor and rapper
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Jasper Duncombe, 7th Baron Feversham
Jasper Orlando Slingsby Duncombe, 7th Baron Feversham, (born 14 March 1968), also known as The Porn Baron, is a British nobleman and producer of pornographic films.
Biography
Feversham is the eldest son of the late Peter Duncombe, 6th Baron Fever ...
(born 1968), British adult film director
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Jasper Fforde
Jasper Fforde (born 11 January 1961) is an English novelist whose first novel, '' The Eyre Affair'', was published in 2001. He is known mainly for his '' Thursday Next'' novels, but has also published two books in the loosely connected '' Nurser ...
(born 1961), British novelist
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Jasper Fisher
Jasper Fisher ( 1639), was an English Anglicanism#Anglican divines, divine and dramatist.
Life
Fisher was born in 1591, the son of William Fisher of Carleton, Bedfordshire, Carleton, Bedfordshire, deputy-auditor for the Yorkshire, county of York ...
(), English divine and dramatist
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Jasper van 't Hof
Jasper van 't Hof (born 30 June 1947) is a Dutch jazz pianist and keyboard player.
Van 't Hof was born in Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands, and began studying piano at the age of five. He played in jazz bands at school, and by the age of 19 was ...
(born 1947), Dutch jazz pianist and keyboard player
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Jasper Liu
Jasper Liu Yi-hao (; born August 12, 1986) is a Taiwanese actor, model, and musician. Liu started out as a model before crossing over to acting and gaining recognition across Taiwan and other parts of Asia. Some of his notable works include '' ...
(born 1986),
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
ese actor, model and musician
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Jasper Maskelyne
Jasper Maskelyne (29 September 1902 – 15 March 1973) was a British stage magician in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of an established family of stage magicians, the son of Nevil Maskelyne and a grandson of John Nevil Maskelyne. He is most re ...
(1902-1973), British stage magician
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Jasper Pääkkönen
Joona Jasper Pääkkönen (; born 15 July 1980) is a Finnish film actor.
Following a two-decade-plus career in Finnish movies, Pääkkönen's international breakthrough role came in 2015 in the historical drama television series ''Vikings'' (20 ...
(born 1980), Finnish actor
* Jasper Redd (born 1979), American comedian
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Jasper Steverlinck
Jasper Steverlinck (born 30 April 1976) is a Belgian Flemish singer and guitarist for Ghent-based Arid.
Steverlinck and his band Arid were finalists at Humo's Rock Rally in 1996. In 2000, Arid released their debut album ''Little Things of Veno ...
(born 1976), Belgian Flemish pop rock singer and guitarist
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Jasper (actor)
Jasper is an Indian actor, who has appeared in character roles, primarily with negative shades. Jasper has done close to 200 films in a career spanning more than fifteen years, he has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and a few ...
Jasper Culpeper
Jasper Culpeper (by 1508 – 1556/1564), of Penshurst, Kent and Arlington, Sussex, was an English politician.
Family
His career was helped by his cousin, the courtier, Thomas Culpeper. It was not hindered when Thomas was executed for adultery w ...
(by 1508-1556/1564), English politician and Member of Parliament
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Jasper Martus
Jasper Martus is an American Michigan Democratic Party, Democratic politician from Michigan. He was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives from the Michigan's 69th House of Representatives district, 69th district in the 2022 Michigan H ...
, American politician from Michigan
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Jasper McLevy
Jasper McLevy (March 27, 1878November 20, 1962) was an American politician who served as mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1933 until 1957. He was a member of the Socialist Party, later leaving in protest to join the Social Democratic Federa ...
(1878-1962), American mayor
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Jasper More
Sir Jasper More (31 July 1907 – 28 October 1987) was a British Conservative Party politician, the son of Sir Thomas Jasper Mytton More (died 1947), a Shropshire landowner, and Lady Norah Browne, daughter of Henry Browne, 5th Marquess of Sli ...
(1907-1987), British politician
* Jasper K. Smith (1905-1992), American politician
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Jasper Tsang
Jasper Tsang Yok-sing ( zh, t=曾鈺成; born 17 May 1947) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the founding member of the largest pro-Beijing party the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) from 1992 to 2003 and ...
(born 1947), Hong Kong politician
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Jasper Wolfe
Jasper Travers Wolfe (3 August 1872 – 27 August 1952) was an Irish Independent politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork West from 1927 to 1933.
He was born into a Methodist family the son of William J. Wolfe. He was educated at ...
(1872-1952), Irish politician
Religion
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Jasper Heywood
Jasper Heywood (1535 – 9 January 1598) was an English Jesuit priest. He is known as the English translator of three Latin plays of Seneca, the '' Troas'' (1559), the '' Thyestes'' (1560) and '' Hercules Furens'' (1561).
Life
He was son o ...
(1535-1598), British theologian
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Jasper Mayne
Jasper Mayne (1604 – 6 December 1672) was an English clergyman, translator, and a minor poet and dramatist.
Mayne was baptized at Hatherleigh, Devon, on 23 November 1604, and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He then ...
(1604-1672), English clergyman
* Jasper Wilson (1819-1896), American Baptist preacher and politician
Sports
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Jasper Günther
Jasper Bo Michel Günther (born 31 March 1999) is a German professional basketball player for Uni Baskets Münster of the German ProA league.
Club career
Jasper Günther moved from Hagen to Münster at the end of 2019.Jasper Wiese
Jasper van der Westhuizen Wiese (born 21 October 1995) is a South African professional rugby union player who plays for Urayasu D-Rocks in Japan's Rugby League One and internationally. He can play as a number 8 or a flanker.
Rugby career
20 ...
(born 1995), South African rugby union player
* Jacobus
Jasper Cillessen
Jacobus Antonius Peter Johannes "Jasper" Cillessen (born 22 April 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Las Palmas.
Cillessen joined NEC's youth team in 2001, making his professional debut for them in 2010 ...
(born 1989), Dutch football goalkeeper
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Jasper Collins
Jasper “Junior” Collins (born November 28, 1991) is a former Canadian football wide receiver and current football coach for the Indianapolis Colts. He played college football for Mount Union. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undraf ...
(born 1991), Canadian Football League player
* Jasper Harvey (born 1983), American football player
* Jasper Lindsten (born 1994), Finnish ice hockey player
* Jasper Pittard (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
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Jasper Stuyven
Jasper Stuyven (born 17 April 1992) is a Belgian professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is considered to be a Classic cycle races, classics specialist, and has won several major races including the ...
(born 1992), Belgian racing cyclist
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Jasper Vinall
The following is a list of notable cricket players who died while playing a game, died directly from injuries sustained while playing, or died after being taken ill on the ground.
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(c. 1590-1624), English cricketer, first cricketer known to have died from an accident during a game
* Jasper Wilson (born 1947), American basketball player
Jasper Becker
Jasper Martin Becker (born 19 May 1956) is a British author, commentator, and journalist who has spent two decades as a foreign correspondent, mostly in China.
Journalism
In 1995, he joined the staff of the Hong Kong–based ''South China Mor ...
(born 1956), British author, commentator and journalist
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Jasper S. Bilby
Jasper Sherman Bilby (July 16, 1864 – July 18, 1949) was a surveyor and geodesist who worked for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1884 to 1937, including as the agency's chief signalman from 1930 to 1937. He is best known for the epon ...
(1864–1949), American surveyor
* Jasper Blaxland (1880–1963), English consultant surgeon
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Jasper Danckaerts
Jasper Danckaerts (7 May 1639, in Vlissingen – 1702/04, in Middelburg) was the founder of a colony of Labadists along the Bohemia River in what is now the US state of Maryland. He is known for his journal, kept while traveling through the te ...
, 17th-century journal writer and founder of an unsuccessful colony in what is now Maryland
* Jasper Jack Daniel (1849–1911), American distiller and founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery
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Jasper Griffin
Jasper Griffin (29 May 1937 – 22 November 2019) was a British classicist and academic. He was Public Orator and Professor of Classical Literature in the University of Oxford from 1992 until 2004.
Early life
Griffin was born on 29 May 1937. He ...
(1937–2019), British literary academic
* Jasper Grosvenor (1794–1857), American financier
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Jasper Kirkby
Jasper Kirkby is a British experimental Particle physics, particle physicist working at CERN. He is known for his pioneering idea of Super Charm-Tau factory, Tau-Charm Factory, an accelerator for the BEPC II in Beijing. He has led large particle ...
, British experimental particle physicist
* Jasper A. Maltby (1826–1867), American Civil War general
* Jasper Morris (born 1957), Master of Wine, and Burgundy expert
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Jasper Nicolls
Lieutenant General Sir Jasper Nicolls KCB (15 July 1778 – 4 May 1849) was Commander-in-Chief, India.
Military career
Born at East Farleigh in Kent and educated at a private school in Ballygall and at Trinity College, Dublin, Nicolls was com ...
(1778–1849), British Army officer and commander-in-chief, India
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Jasper O'Farrell
Jasper O'Farrell (1817–1875) was an Irish-American politician who served as the first surveyor for San Francisco. He designed the "grand promenade" that became today's Market Street. O'Farrell Street in San Francisco is named after him.
Early ...
(1817–1875), American surveyor
* Jasper Ridley (1887–1951), British barrister and banker
* Jasper Ridley (1920–2004), British writer and historical biographer
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Jasper Rine
Jasper Donald Rine (born 1953) is an American scientist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences,Jasper Seagar
Jasper Seagar (died 1721) was a pirate active in the Indian Ocean, best known for sailing with Edward England, Olivier Levasseur, and Richard Taylor.
Identity
Some sources claim Edward England was born Edward Seegar, or that Jasper Seagar was En ...
(died 1721), a pirate active in the Indian Ocean
* Jasper White (born 1954), American chef, restaurateur and cookbook author
* Jasper Yeates (1745–1817), lawyer and Pennsylvania Supreme Court judge
Fictional characters
* Jasper, one of
Cruella de Vil
Cruella de Vil is a fictional character in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel '' The Hundred and One Dalmatians''. A pampered and glamorous London heiress and fashion designer, she appears in Walt Disney Productions' animated feature film ''One Hundred an ...
's henchmen in Disney's ''101 Dalmatians''
* Jasper, a ghost of a child who haunts Spooky Island from
Rooster Teeth
Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC was an American entertainment company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2003 by Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey, Jason Saldaña, Gus Sorola, and Joel Heyman, Rooster Teeth was a subsidiary o ...
's web series ''Camp Camp''
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Jasper
Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to ...
, one of the biblical magi who were said to have visited the infant Jesus bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh
* Jasper, a carriage driver from ''
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is an 1886 Gothic fiction, Gothic horror fiction, horror novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series ...
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* Jasper (''Dr. Stone''), a character in the manga series ''Dr. Stone''
* Jasper (''Family Guy''), a dog and Brian's cousin in the animated TV series ''Family Guy''
* Jasper, a butler from '' Heaven Can Wait''
* Jasper, a controversial black puppet character in
George Pal
George Pal (born György Pál Marczincsak; ; February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer, principally associated with the fantasy and science-fiction genres. He became an American citizen after ...
's 1930s–1940s short film series ''Jasper and the Beanstalk''
* Jasper, a female character and villain on the Cartoon Network show ''
Steven Universe
''Steven Universe'' is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It tells the coming-of-age story of a young boy, Steven Universe (character), Steven Universe (Zach Callison), who lives with the Crys ...
''
* Jasper, original name of
Tom Cat
Thomas Jasper Cat Sr., known simply as Tom, is an American character and one of the two titular main protagonists (the other being Jerry Mouse) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of ''Tom and Jerry'' theatrical animated short films. Created by Wil ...
from MGM's ''
Tom and Jerry
''Tom and Jerry'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series ...
Jasper Beardley
The American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The writ ...
, a recurring character from the animated TV series ''
The Simpsons
''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a Satire (film and television), satirical depiction of American life ...
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* Jasper the Cat, a recurring character from the British TV series ''
Numberjacks
''Numberjacks'' is a British animated/live-action children's television series, aimed particularly at children aged two to five, which was formerly shown on CBeebies and occasionally on BBC Two in the United Kingdom. It was also shown on Tiny ...
''
* Jasper Dale, character on Canadian Series ''
Road to Avonlea
''Road to Avonlea'' is a Canadian television series first broadcast in Canada between January 7, 1990, and March 31, 1996, as part of the '' CBC Family Hour'' anthology series, and in the United States starting on March 5, 1990. It was created ...
''
* Jasper Dunlop, a main character from the Nickelodeon show ''
Henry Danger
''Henry Danger'' is an American comedy television series created by Dan Schneider and Dana Olsen that aired on Nickelodeon from July 26, 2014 to March 21, 2020. The series stars Jace Norman, Cooper Barnes, Riele Downs, Sean Ryan Fox, Ella ...
''
* Jasper Hale, of the Cullen family in Stephenie Meyer's ''Twilight'' series
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Jasper Jacks
Jasper "Jax" Jacks is a fictional character from ''General Hospital'', an American soap opera on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network. He has been portrayed mainly by actor Ingo Rademacher since 1996. The role was temporarily played b ...
, in the American soap opera ''
General Hospital
''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera created by Frank and Doris Hursley which has been broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC since April 1, 1963. Originally a half-hour seria ...
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* The title character of the 2009 novel ''
Jasper Jones
''Jasper Jones'' is a 2009 novel by Australian writer Craig Silvey. It has won and been shortlisted for several major awards including being shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. The novel was selected by the American Library ...
'' and its 2017 film adaptation
* Jasper Jordan, one of the original 100 juvenile prisoners from the TV series ''
The 100 The 100 or The Hundred may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* 100 (DC Comics), fictional organized crime groups appearing in DC Comics
* The 100 (novel series), ''The 100'' (novel series), a 2013–2016 science fiction novel series written by Kass ...
''
* Jasper Lamar Crabb, a character spoken of – but not seen – in the 1974 neo-noir film ''
Chinatown
Chinatown ( zh, t=唐人街) is the catch-all name for an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting. Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa, O ...
'', and whose name becomes a pivotal clue in solving a mystery
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Jasper Sitwell
Jasper Sitwell is a fictional character, an espionage agent appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The character was portrayed by Maximiliano Hernández in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Publication history
Created by wr ...
, a Marvel Comics spy
* Jasper T. Jowls, a member of
Chuck E. Cheese's
Chuck E. Cheese (formerly known as Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre, Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza, and simply Chuck E. Cheese's) is an American entertainment restaurant chain founded in May 1977.Professor T.''
* Jasper de Zoet, a rockstar guitarist and principal character in David Mitchell's novel '' Utopia Avenue''
* Jasper, an antagonist from the video game
Dragon Quest XI
''Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age'' is a 2017 role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. The eleventh entry in the ''Dragon Quest'' series, it was released in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation 4 in July 2 ...