People
- Non-fictional
- Frank Proto, American composer and bassist
- Ludovic Proto (1965– ), French boxer
- Silvio Proto, a Belgian goalkeeper
- Proto (see Protus and Hyacinth), a Christian martyr during the persecution of Valerian I
- Fictional
- Proto, one of the Nereids in Greek mythology
- Proto (Ghost in the Shell), a fictional character in Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell anime and manga
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