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'''Vesper''' means ''evening'' in [[Classical Latin]]. It may also refer to:

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==Places==
* [[Vesper, Kansas]], an unincorporated community in the United States
* [[Vesper, Oregon]], an unincorporated community in the United States
* [[Vesper, Wisconsin]], a village in the United States
* Vesper, an abandoned village southwest of [[Swift Current, Saskatchewan]], Canada
* [[Vesper Peak]], a mountain in Washington State, United States

==People==
* [[Heike Vesper]] (born 1970), German marine biologist
* [[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

==Arts, entertainment, and media==
* [[Vesper (novel)|''Vesper'' (novel)]], a young-adult novel by Jeff Sampson
* [[Vesper (film)|''Vesper'' (film)]], a 2022 Lithuanian-French-Belgian science-fiction film directed by Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper
* ''{{ill|Vésper|es}}'', a pre-Revolution Mexican feminist weekly published by [[Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza]] and Elisa Acuña
* Vesper, an organization in the manga and anime series ''[[Mahoromatic]]''
* Vesper, a banshee with unusually magical singing abilities from animated television series ''[[Mysticons]]''
* Vesper Family, a family in the book series ''[[The 39 Clues#Vesper Family|The 39 Clues]]''
* [[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, a village in the [[Ultima_(series)|Ultima]] series of video games

==Organizations==
* [[Vesper Boat Club]], an amateur rowing club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  United States
* [[Vesper Country Club]], one of the first golf courses in the United States

==Science==
* [[Vesper bat]], the largest, best-known family of bats
* [[Vesper mouse]], a rodent genus
* [[Vesper sparrow]], a medium-sized bird
* [[Vesper (plant)|''Vesper'' (plant)]], a genus of plants in the family Apiaceae
* Vesper mission, a planned Venus chemistry and dynamics orbiter of the NASA [[Discovery Program]]

==Other uses==
* [[Vesper (cocktail)]], an alcoholic beverage recipe popularized by Ian Fleming
* The Roman equivalent of [[Hesperus]], the Greek name given to the planet Venus at sunset
** [[Hesperus]], the personification of the evening star Vesper in Greek mythology
* {{HMS|Vesper|D55}}, a British destroyer in commission in the Royal Navy from 1918 to the 1920s and from 1939 to 1945

==See also==
* [[Vespa]]
* [[Vespers (disambiguation)]]
* [[VSEPR theory]] in chemistry, often pronounced "Vesper"

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