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Prospero is the protagonist of The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare.

Prospero may also refer to:

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Prospero (band), a Canadian industrial rock/noise band
Prospero Productions, an Australian-based television production company
Prince Prospero, the protagonist of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"
Prospero, the wizard protagonist of John Bellairs' novel The Face in the Frost
Prospero, the home planet of the Thousand Sons traitor legion in Warhammer 40,000
Prospero, a canceled video game by Valve Corporation

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Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias (1657–1661), Spanish heir apparent and son of Philip IV of Spain and Mariana of Austria
Pope Benedict XIV (1675–1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini
Prospero Alpini (1553–1617), Venetian physician and botanist
Prospero Amatong (1931–2009), Philippine politician and former member of the House of Representatives
Prospero Caterini (1795–1881), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
Prospero Colonna (1452–1523), Italian condottiere
Prospero Colonna (cardinal) (died 1463), cardinal-nephew of Pope Martin V
Prospero Colonna (politician), mayor of Rome in 1899–1904
Prospero Colonna di Sciarra (1707–1765), Italian cardinal
Prospero Fagnani (died 1678), Italian canon lawyer
Prospero Farinacci (1554–1618), Italian lawyer and judge, noted for his harsh sentencing
Prospero Fontana (1512–1597), Italian painter of the late Renaissance
Prospero Gallinari (1951–2013), Italian terrorist and member of the Red Brigades
Prospero Grech (1925–2019), Augustinian friar and cardinal
Prospero Intorcetta (1626–1696), Jesuit missionary in China
Prospero Nograles (1947–2019), Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Prospero Pichay Jr. (born 1950), Philippine politician and former member of the Philippine House of Representatives
Prospero Rabaglio, late 16th-century Italian painter
Prospero Santacroce (1514–1589), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
Prospero Spani (1516–1584), Italian sculptor a.k.a. Prospero Clementi, Prospero Clemente or il Clemente
Prospero Zannichelli (1698–1772), Italian painter
Próspero Fernández Oreamuno (1834–1885), President of Costa Rica (1882–1885)
Próspero París (1846–1931), French Roman Catholic prelate and Apostolic Vicar of Nanking
Próspero Penados del Barrio (1925–2005), Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate and Archbishop of Guatemala City
San Prospero di Reggio Emilia a.k.a. Prosper of Reggio (died 466 AD), Italian saint

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PROX1, which stands for Prospero homeobox protein 1
Prospero (file system), a global file system based on the Virtual System Model
Prospero (moon), a moon of the planet Uranus
Prospero (plant), a genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae
Prospero (satellite), launched by the United Kingdom in 1971
PROSPERO, a database for the prospective registration of studies in medicine, social care, welfare, crime, justice and international development studies

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Prospero, California, an unincorporated community
Prospero (mountain), mountain in Australia
HMS Prospero
Prospero, a newspaper for BBC pensioners

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