Caspar

For other uses, see Caspar (disambiguation).

Caspar is a masculine given name. It may refer to:

People

• Caspar (magus), a name traditionally given to one of the Three Magi in the Bible who brought the baby Jesus gifts
• Caspar Austa (born 1982), Estonian cyclist
• Caspar Badrutt (1848–1904), Swiss businessman and pioneer of alpine resorts
• Caspar Barlaeus (1584–1648), Dutch polymath, Renaissance humanist, theologian, poet and historian
• Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585–1629), Danish theologian and medical professor
• Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655–1738), Danish anatomist
• Caspar Buberl (1834–1899), American sculptor
• Caspar del Bufalo (1786–1837), Italian priest and saint
• Caspar Commelijn (1668–1731), Dutch botanist
• Caspar de Crayer (1582–1669), Flemish painter
• Caspar Cruciger the Younger (1525–1597), German theologian, son of Caspar Creuziger
• Caspar Creuziger or Caspar Cruciger the Elder (1504–1548), German humanist, professor of theology and preacher
• Caspar Detlef Gustav Müller (1927–2003), German professor and Coptologist
• Caspar Einem (born 1948), Austrian politician
• Caspar Ett (1788–1847), German composer and organist
• Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840), German painter
• Caspar F. Goodrich (1847–1925), US Navy rear admiral
• Caspar René Gregory (1846–1917), American-born German theologian
• Caspar Frederik Harsdorff (1735–1799), Danish architect
• Caspar Hennenberger (1529–1600), German Lutheran pastor, historian and cartographer
• Caspar John (1903–1984), British First Sea Lord and admiral of the fleet
• Caspar Lee (1994), South African YouTuber and actor
• Caspar Levias (1860–1934), Lithuanian-American academic
• Caspar Memering (born 1953), German former footballer
• Caspar Neher (1897–1962), Austrian-German scenographer and librettist, best known for his work with Bertolt Brecht
• Caspar Netscher (1639–1684), Dutch painter
• Caspar Olevian (1536–1587), German theologian
• Caspar Peucer (1525–1602), German reformer, physician and scholar
• Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773–1854), Prussian-born Dutch botanist
• Caspar de Robles, (1527–1585), ruler of two provinces of the Netherlands
• Caspar Schoppe (1576–1649), German controversialist and scholar
• Caspar Schütz (c. 1540 – 1594), German historian
• Caspar Schwenckfeld (1489 or 1490–1561), German theologian, writer, preacher, Protestant Reformer and spiritualist
• Caspar Stoll (probably between 1725 and 1730–1791), Dutch entomologist
• Caspar Voght (1752–1839), German merchant and social reformer
• Caspar Weinberger (1917–2006), American politician and U.S. Secretary of Defense
• Caspar Wessel (1745–1818), Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer
• Caspar Wistar (glassmaker) (1696–1752), German-born glassmaker and landowner in Pennsylvania
• Caspar Wistar (physician) (1761–1818), American physician and anatomist, grandson of the above
• Caspar van Wittel (1652 or 1653–1736), Dutch painter
• Caspar Veldkamp (born 1964), Dutch politician
• Caspar Whitney (1864–1929), American author, editor, explorer and war correspondent
• Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1735–1794), German physiologist and one of the founders of embryology
• Caspar Wrede (1929–1998), Finnish film and theatre director

Places

• Caspar, California

Fictional characters

• Caspar von Bergliez, a fictional character from the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

See also

• Casper (given name)