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 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 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
 * Lester Prosper (born 1988), Indonesian basketball player
 * 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