Prosper (name)

Updated on Oct 29, 2023

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

People with the given name

Prosper of Aquitaine (390-455), also known as Prosper Tiro, Christian writer and disciple of St Augustine

Prosper of Catenanuova, martyr, patron saint of Catenanuova

Prosper of Reggio (died 466), bishop of Reggio Emilia, 5th century

Prosper or Prospero Alpini (1553–1617), Venetian physician and botanist

Prosper Arsenault (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 (1674–1762), French poet and tragedian

Prosper Dérivis (1808–1880), French operatic bass

Prosper Garnot (1794–1838), French surgeon and naturalist

Prosper Giquel (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 (1849–1903), French optician and astronomer

Prosper Higiro (born 1961), Rwandan politician

Prosper L'Orange (1876–1939), German engineer and inventor

Prosper de Mestre (1789–1844), businessman in Sydney, Australia

Prosper Mérimée (1803–1870), French writer

Prosper Montagné (1865–1948), French chef and author

Prosper Poullet (1868–1937), Belgian politician

Prosper Sainton (1813–1890), French violinist and conductor

Prosper Utseya (born 1985), Zimbabwean cricketer

Prosper Weil (born 1926), French lawyer

"Prosper", codename of Francis Suttill, Special Operations Executive agent in World War II Occupied France

Peter Prosper (born 1969), Trinidadian footballer

Pierre-Richard Prosper (born 1963), American lawyer

Prosper, fictional orphaned protagonist of the children's novel The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

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