Prosper (name)

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

People with the given name

• Prosper of Aquitaine (c. 390–c. 455), also known as Prosper Tiro, Christian saint, writer and disciple of St Augustine
• Prosper of Reggio (died 466), bishop of Reggio Emilia and saint
• Prosper of Reggio Emilia (theologian) (died 1332/3), Augustinian scholar
• Prosper or Prospero Alpini (1553–1617), Venetian physician and botanist
• Prosper Ahiabu (born 1999), Ghanaian footballer
• 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 Karangwa (born 1978), Canadian basketball executive and former player
• 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 Padera (born 2006), Zimbabwean footballer
• Prosper Poullet (1868–1937), Belgian politician
• Prosper Sainton (1813–1890), French violinist and conductor
• Prosper Utseya (born 1985), Zimbabwean cricketer
• Prosper Lanchantin-Valmore (1793-1881), French stage actor and second husband of poet Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
• 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

• Cassandre Prosper (born 2005), Canadian basketball player
• Harrison Prosper, Dominican-born British-American physicist, father of Olivia
• Lester Prosper (born 1988), Indonesian basketball player
• Olivia Prosper, French-born American mathematical biologist, daughter of Harrison
• Olivier-Maxence Prosper (born 2002), Canadian 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 by Cornelia Funke

See also

• Prosper family murders, triple homicide in the UK in 2024