Prospero
Prospero is a male name.
Origin and meaning
Prospero is a variant of the first name Prosper , more information can be found there.
Name bearer
- Prospero Alpini (1553–1617), Italian doctor and botanist
- Prospero Cavalieri (1768–1833), Italian clergyman
- Prospero Colonna (Condottiere) (1452–1523)
- Prospero Colonna (Cardinal) († 1463)
- Prospero Fontana (1512–1597), Italian Renaissance painter
- Prospero Frescobaldi (1550–1578), Italian painter, musician and architect
- Prospero Nograles (1947–2019), Philippine politician (Lakas Kampi CMD) and spokesman for the Philippine House of Representatives
Fictional people
- Prospero, main character in Shakespeare's The Tempest
- Prince Prospero, main character in the story The Mask of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe