Asper
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People

  • Aemilius Asper
    Aemilius Asper
    Aemilius Asper, Latin grammarian, possibly lived in the 1st century or late 2nd century. He wrote commentaries on Terence, Sallust and Virgil dealing with content and form, and including parallels with other authors. Numerous fragments of the commentary on Virgil show that as both critic and...

    , Latin grammarian
  • David Asper
    David Asper
    David Asper is a Canadian businessman and lawyer. He is the former Executive Vice President of the Canadian media company CanWest Global Communications Corp. He is also a Professor at the Robson Hall Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Asper is the eldest son...

    , Vice-president of CanWest Global Communications Corp.
  • Gail Asper
    Gail Asper
    Gail Sheryl Asper, OC, OM is a director and corporate secretary of CanWest Global Communications Corp, president of the CanWest Global Foundation, and managing director and secretary of The Asper Foundation, the private charitable foundation spearheading the establishment of the $310 million...

    , President of the CanWest Global Foundation and managing director and secretary of The Asper Foundation
  • Hans Asper
    Hans Asper
    Hans Asper was a Swiss painter.He lived his entire life in Zurich. Nothing is known of his life until 1526, when he married the daughter of Ludwig Nöggi, a master carpenter who sat in the city council, and his first artwork dates only from 1531...

     (1499–1571), Swiss painter
  • Izzy Asper
    Izzy Asper
    Israel Harold "Izzy" Asper, , Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate, was the founder of the now defunct CanWest Global Communications Corp and father to its former CEO and President Leonard Asper, former director and corporate secretary Gail Asper, as well as Executive Vice President David Asper...

     (1932–2003), Canadian media magnate
  • Leonard Asper
    Leonard Asper
    Leonard Asper , is a Canadian businessperson and lawyer. He is a graduate of Brandeis University and the University of Toronto Law School.Leonard Asper is the son of the late Izzy Asper, founder of CanWest Global...

    , President and CEO of CanWest Global Communications Corp.
  • Linda Asper
    Linda Asper
    Linda Asper is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. Originally a New Democrat, she joined the Liberal Party and then later returned to the New Democratic Party during the 1990s. She was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1999 to 2003....

    , Manitoba politician
  • Mattias Asper
    Mattias Asper
    Mattias Asper is a Swedish football goalkeeper currently playing for Mjällby AIF. He has played 3 international matches for Sweden national football team, and was a squad member in the Euro 2000....

    , Swedish football goalkeeper

Coins

  • Aspron, a type of late Byzantine silver or billon coins
  • Akçe
    Akçe
    thumb|250px|AkçeA silver coin, the akçe was the chief monetary unit of the Ottoman Empire. The word "akçe" is derived from the Greek "" , the name of a Byzantine silver or billon coin, current in the region that eventually became the Ottoman Empire. The akçe is hence often called asper in English...

    , an Ottoman silver coin, similar to the aspron

See also

  • Asper, Belgium
    Gavere
    Gavere is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Asper, Baaigem, Dikkelvenne, Gavere, Semmerzake and Vurste. On January 1, 2006 Gavere had a total population of 12,004. The total area is 31.35 km² which gives a population...

    , a Belgian village belonging to the municipality of Gavere
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