Vespers
Vesper (from Old High German vespera , Middle High German vesper , from Latin vespera , "evening (time)") means:
- Vespers (liturgy) , the evening prayer of the Church's Liturgy of the Hours
- Sicilian Vespers , popular uprising in the 13th century
- Vespers of Ephesus , massacre of Romans and Italians in Asia Minor 88 BC Chr.
- or the Alemannic dialect and the Vesper, a snack or dinner
- Vesper (Cocktail) from the book Casino Royale
- Vesper (plant genus) , a North American plant genus from the umbelliferae family (Apiaceae)
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- Vesper , pseudonym of Martiros Dabaghyan (1893–1977), Armenian writer
- Alex Vesper (* 1967), German drummer
- Bernward Vesper (1938–1971), German writer
- Ekkehart Vesper (1924–2005), German librarian
- Elke Vesper (* 1949), German writer
- Georg Christian Wilhelm Vesper (1802–1880), mayor of Korbach and Waldeck country estate
- Guntram Vesper (* 1941), German writer
- Heike Vesper (* 1970), German biologist
- Karl Vesper (1883–1933), German resistance fighter
- Karl-Heinz Vesper (1931–2006), German diplomat, ambassador of the GDR
- Ludwig Vesper (1806–1863), German businessman and politician
- Martin Vesper (* 1964), German manager
- Michael Vesper (* 1952), German sports official and former politician of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (B'90 / Greens)
- Otto Vesper (1875-1923), German politician (SPD)
- Rudolf Vesper (* 1939), German wrestler
- Stefan Vesper (* 1956), General Secretary of the Central Committee of German Catholics
- Walter Vesper (1897–1978), German politician (KPD)
- Will Vesper (1882–1962), German writer
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