Vesper
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Vesper means evening in Classical Latin. It can refer to:
Places
- Vesper, Kansas, an unincorporated community
- Vesper, Oregon, an unincorporated community
- Vesper, Wisconsin, a village
- Vesper Peak, a mountain in Washington State
- Vesper, an abandoned village southwest of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
People
- Iulian Vesper (1908-1986), Romanian writer
- Rose Vesper, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1993–2000)
- Rudolf Vesper (born 1939), East German Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling
- Will Vesper (1882–1962), German author and literary critic
In fiction and mythology
- Vesper, the Roman equivalent of the Greek demigod Hesperus
- Vesper (comics), a female mutant in the Marvel Comics universe
- Vesper (novel), a young-adult novel by Jeff Sampson
- Vesper Holly, a character from a book series by Lloyd Alexander
- Vesper Lynd, a character in the James Bond novel and film Casino Royale
- Vesper, an organization in the manga and anime series Mahoromatic
- Vesper Family, a family in the book series The 39 Clues
Films
- Vesper (film), French film directed by Keyvan Sheikhalishahi
In science
- Vesper bat, the largest, best-known family of bats
- Vesper mouse, a rodent genus
- Vesper sparrow, a medium-sized bird
- Vesper mission, a planned Venus chemistry and dynamics orbiter of the NASA Discovery Program
Organizations
- Vesper Boat Club, an amateur rowing club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Vesper Country Club, one of the first golf courses in the United States
Other uses
- Vesper (cocktail), a martini-style alcoholic beverage recipe created by Ian Fleming
- HMS Vesper (D55), a British destroyer in commission in the Royal Navy from 1918 to the 1920s and from 1939 to 1945
See also
- La Vesper
- Vespa
- Vespers (disambiguation)
- VSEPR theory in chemistry, often pronounced "Vesper"
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