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 (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"