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