Prosper is both a given male name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

People with the given name

Prosper of Aquitaine Prosper of Aquitaine ( la, Prosper Aquitanus; – AD), a Christian writer and disciple of Augustine of Hippo, was the first continuator of Jerome's Universal Chronicle. Life Prosper was a native of Aquitaine, and may have been educated at ...

(c. 390–c. 455), also known as Prosper Tiro, Christian saint, writer and disciple of St Augustine *

Prosper of Reggio Saint Prosper of Reggio ( it, San Prospero; died 25 June c. 466) is an Italian saint. Tradition holds that he was a bishop of Reggio Emilia for twenty-two years. Little is known of his life, but documents attest that he was indeed bishop of Re ...

(died 466), bishop of Reggio Emilia and saint * Prosper or

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 *

Prosper Arsenault Prosper A. Arsenault (May 25, 1894 – October 28, 1987) was an educator and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 1st Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1956 to 1959 and from 1962 to 1970 as a ...

(1894–1987), Canadian educator and politician * Prosper Avril (born 1937), President of Haiti from 1988 to 1990 * Prosper Boulanger (1918–2002), Canadian politician and businessman *

Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (13 January 1674 – 17 June 1762) was a French poet and tragedian. Biography Crébillon was born in Dijon, where his father, Melchior Jolyot, was notary-royal. Having been educated at the Jesuit school in the town, ...

(1674–1762), French poet and tragedian * Prosper Dérivis (1808–1880), French operatic bass *

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 (1822–1825 ...

(1794–1838), French surgeon and naturalist *

Prosper Giquel Prosper Marie Giquel (20 November 1835 – 19 February 1886) was a French naval officer who played an important role in the modernization of 19th century China. His Chinese name was 日意格 (). Career Prosper Giquel first arrived in China in ...

(1835–1886), French naval officer and mercenary in China * Prosper Guéranger (1805–1875), French Benedictine priest, abbot and founder of the French Benedictine Congregation *

Prosper Henry {{wiktionary, prosper Prosper may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places in the United States * Prosper, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Prosper, North Dakota, an unincorporated community * Prosper, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Prosper, Texa ...

(1849–1903), French optician and astronomer *

Prosper Higiro Prosper Higiro (born 28 January 1961) is a Rwandan politician and member of the Liberal Party as its official chairperson. Since 10 October 2004, Prosper has been a Senator and Vice-President of the Senate representing the Kirehe District in th ...

(born 1961), Rwandan politician *

Prosper L'Orange Prosper L'Orange (born 1 February 1876, Beirut; died 30 July 1939, Stuttgart) was a German engineer and inventor who pioneered the precombustion chamber (or prechamber), which made possible high-speed diesel engines that did not require an air co ...

(1876–1939), German engineer and inventor * Prosper de Mestre (1789–1844), businessman in Sydney, Australia *

Prosper Mérimée Prosper Mérimée (; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, and one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, and a ...

(1803–1870), French writer *

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 encyclopedic ...

(1865–1948), French chef and author *

Prosper Poullet Prosper Antoine Marie Joseph, Viscount Poullet (5 March 1868 – 3 December 1937) was a Belgian politician. Born in Leuven, Poullet studied law at the Catholic University of Leuven and was later a professor at the university. He was of mem ...

(1868–1937), Belgian politician * Prosper Sainton (1813–1890), French violinist and conductor *

Prosper Utseya Prosper Utseya (born 26 March 1985 in Harare, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean cricketer, who plays all formats of the game. He was the former captain of Zimbabwe from 2006 to 2010. He bowls right-arm off break and is a useful right-hand batsman. Uts ...

(born 1985), Zimbabwean cricketer *Prosper Lanchantin-Valmore (1793-1881), French stage actor and second husband of poet Marceline Desbordes-Valmore *

Prosper Weil Prosper Weil (21 September 1926 – 3 October 2018), was a French lawyer, professor emeritus of Panthéon-Assas University's law school and, since 1999, a member of the Institut de France's Académie des sciences morales et politiques. Life Weil w ...

(born 1926), French lawyer * "Prosper", codename of

Francis Suttill Francis Alfred Suttill DSO (born, France, 17 March 1910 – executed, c. 23 March 1945), code name Prosper, was an agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organization in World War II. Suttill was the cre ...

, Special Operations Executive agent in World War II Occupied France

People with the surname

Lester Prosper Lester Prosper (born 21 September 1988) is a Dominican-born Indonesian professional basketball player for the Suwon KT Sonicboom of the Korean Basketball League. College career Lester Prosper played four years with the State University of New Y ...

(born 1988), Indonesian basketball player * Peter Prosper (born 1969), Trinidadian footballer * Pierre-Richard Prosper (born 1963), American lawyer

Fictional characters with the name

* Prosper, fictional orphaned protagonist of the children's novel ''

The Thief Lord ''The Thief Lord'' is a children's novel written by Cornelia Funke. It was published in Germany in 2000 and translated into English by Oliver Latsch in 2002 for The Chicken House, a division of Scholastic publishing company. It was Funke's fir ...

'' by Cornelia Funke {{given name, type=both French masculine given names