Vic (name)
Vic and Vik are short forms of the given names Victor (name), Victor and Viktor. Notable people and characters with these names include: * Vik Adhopia, Canadian radio reporter * Vic Aldridge (1893–1973), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Vik Armen, (born 1937) stage name of Canadian country music singer and songwriter Bryan Fustukian * Vik Barn (born 1995), better known as Vikkstar123, English YouTuber and Internet personality (Vik is not short for Viktor but Vikram) * Vic Bellamy (born 1963), American football player * Vic Chesnutt (1964–2009), American singer-songwriter * Vic Chou (born 1981), Taiwanese actor, singer and commercial model * Vic Cianca (1918–2010), American police officer * Vic Damone (1928–2018), American singer and entertainer * Vic Dana (born 1940), American actor and singer * Vic Davalillo (born 1936), Venezuelan baseball player * Vic Dhillon (born 1969), Canadian politician * Vic Dickenson (1906–1984), African-American jazz trombonist * Vic Dug ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Victor (name)
Victor is both a given name and a surname. It is Latin in origin meaning ''winner'' or ''conqueror''. Although not directly associated with a Biblical name, Victor is one of the earliest Christian names, borne (as Vittorio) by several saints and popes, symbolizing Christ's victory over sin and death. Translations * Albanian: *Amharic: *Arabic: ** Direct derivation: ''Vīktūr'' ** Equivalent meaning: ''Ẓāfir'' (literally "victor, conqueror"); '' Manṣūr'', ''Muntaṣir'' (both meaning "given victory"); '' Fawwāz'' ("winner") *Armenian: Վիկտոր (Viktor); (Viken, Vigen) * Asturian: Vítor *Basque: Bittor * Belarusian: (Viktar) *Bulgarian: (Viktor) *Catalan: Víctor *Chinese: , Wéikètuō *Czech: Viktor *Danish: Viktor, Victor *Dutch: Viktor, Victor *English: Victor, Vic * Estonian: Viktor *Filipino: Biktor *Finnish: Vihtori, Viktor * French: Victor (Victoire) * Galician: Vítor *German: Viktor, Victor *Greek: Βίκτωρας (Viktoras) *Gujarati: (Vikṭa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vic Godard
Vic Godard (born Victor John Napper) is an English singer-songwriter formerly of the punk group Subway Sect. He is now also a solo performer, while continuing to appear with various incarnations of Subway Sect. Biography Born Victor John Napper in Mortlake, Surrey, Godard was raised in nearby Barnes, London.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 75-6 In 1976, Godard formed Subway Sect with three other fans of the Sex Pistols at the suggestion of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, who wanted another band for the line-up of the 100 Club Punk Festival. Despite their inexperience, Subway Sect made a successful debut at the festival and were taken on by Clash manager Bernie Rhodes. They appeared with The Clash on the White Riot Tour in 1977 and released their debut single, "Nobody's Scared"/"Don't Split It", in March 1978. While recording their debut album at Gooseberry Studios, Rhodes suddenly fired the entire band except for Godard. Two tracks ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vik Muniz
Vik Muniz (; born 1961) is a Brazilian artist and photographer. Initially a sculptor, Muniz grew interested with the photographic representations of his work, eventually focusing completely on photography. Primarily working with unconventional materials such as tomato sauce, diamonds, magazine clippings, chocolate syrup, dust, dirt, etc., Muniz creates works of art, referencing old master's paintings and celebrity portraits, among other things, and then photographs them. His work has been met with both commercial success and critical acclaim, and has been exhibited worldwide. He is currently represented by Galeria Nara Roesler based in New York and Brazil. In 2010, Muniz was featured in the documentary film '' Waste Land.'' Directed by Lucy Walker, the film highlights Muniz's work on one of the world's largest garbage dumps, Jardim Gramacho, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The film was nominated to the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 83rd Academy Awards. E ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vic Morrow
Victor Morrow (born Victor Morozoff; February 14, 1929 – July 23, 1982) was an American actor. He came to prominence as one of the leads of the ABC drama series ''Combat!'' (1962–1967), which earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series. Active on screen for over three decades, his film roles include ''Blackboard Jungle'' (1955), ''King Creole'' (1958), ''God's Little Acre'' (1958), '' Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry'' (1974), and ''The Bad News Bears'' (1976). Morrow continued acting up to his death during filming of '' Twilight Zone: The Movie'' (1983) when he and two child actors were killed by a helicopter crash during filming. Early years Morrow was born in the Bronx, New York City, to a middle-class Jewish family. He was a son of Harry Morozoff, an electrical engineer, and his wife Jean (Kress) Morozoff. Morrow dropped out of high school when he was 17 and enlisted in the United States Navy. Morrow and his family lived in As ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vic Mizzy
Victor Mizzy (January 9, 1916 – October 17, 2009) was an American composer for television and movies and musician whose best-known works are the themes to the 1960s television sitcoms ''Green Acres'' and ''The Addams Family''. Mizzy also wrote top-20 songs from the 1930s to 1940s. Early life Mizzy was born in Brooklyn, New York, to two Jewish immigrants, and attended New York University.Burlingame, Jon.Composer Vic Mizzy Dies at 93, ''Variety'', October 19, 2009, 3:14 p.m. PT As a child, he played accordion and piano, and was largely self-taught as a composer. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy where he wrote some of his hit songs. Songwriting In the late 1930s, while based in New York City, Mizzy began composing a string of popular songs. These included Doris Day's 1945 hit "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time". Other Mizzy compositions were "There's a Faraway Look in Your Eye" and " Three Little Sisters", both co-written with lyricist Irving Ta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vic Mignogna
Victor Joseph Mignogna (); born August 27, 1962)Birthday tweet: * is an American voice actor and musician known for his voice-over work in the English dubs of Japanese anime shows, such as Edward Elric from the ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' series, which earned him the American Anime Award for Best Actor in 2007. Other animation roles include Broly from the ''Dragon Ball'' films, Tamaki Suoh in ''Ouran High School Host Club'', Fai D. Flowright in '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'', Dark in ''D.N.Angel'', Kurz Weber in the ''Full Metal Panic!'' series, Zero and Ichiru Kiryu in the ''Vampire Knight'' series, Christopher Aonuma in ''Digimon Fusion'', Nagato and Obito Uchiha in ''Naruto Shippuden'', Ikkaku Madarame in ''Bleach'', Rohan Kishibe in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable'', Qrow Branwen in ''RWBY'', and Matt Ishida in ''Digimon Adventure tri.'' In video games, he has voiced E-123 Omega in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series and Junpei Iori from ''Persona 3''. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vic Maile
Vic Maile (1943 – 11 July 1989) was a British record producer. After starting his career as sound engineer with Pye mobile studios for the Animals on their song "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", Maile worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry, such as Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, the Pirates, Hawkwind, Motörhead, the Godfathers, the Kinks, Small Faces, the Inmates, Dr. Feelgood, the Screaming Blue Messiahs, the Lords of the New Church, Girlschool and Michael Moorcock & the Deep Fix. Career Maile was partly responsible for the recording of the 1970 live album ''Live at Leeds'' by the Who, although the production is credited to the band. He produced the 1980 album ''Ace of Spades'' by Motörhead, followed by their chart-topping live album, ''No Sleep 'til Hammersmith''. He also produced albums such as ''Birth, School, Work, Death'' and ''More Songs About Love and Hate'' by the Godfathers, ''Bikini Red'' by the Screaming Blue M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vic Lewis
Victor Lewis MBE (29 July 1919 – 9 February 2009) was a British jazz guitarist and bandleader. He also enjoyed success as an artists' agent and manager. Biography He was born in London, England. Lewis began playing the guitar at the age of three, and dabbled with cornet and trombone. One of his early bands included George Shearing, then a teenager, among its members. Lewis first toured the United States in 1938, where he did recording sessions with a band that had Bobby Hackett, Eddie Condon, and Pee Wee Russell among its members. He served in the Royal Air Force from 1941 to 1944; during this time he recorded with Buddy Featherstonhaugh. He worked with Stephane Grappelli during 1944-45 and with Ted Heath soon after. While he was in the RAF, he met Jack Parnell and together they formed the "Vic Lewis/Jack Parnell Jazzmen". Lewis put together his first big band in 1946 to play swing jazz, but soon after its formation Lewis began to direct the ensemble toward the sound of St ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vic Lee (other) (born 1964), Hong Kong-Canadian businessman
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Vic Lee may refer to: * Vic Lee, the owner of Vic Lee Racing * Vic Lee (journalist) (born 1946), TV reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area See also *Victor Li Tzar-kuoi Victor Li Tzar-kuoi is a Hong Kong businessman, the chair of the board and group co-managing director of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited and the chairman of the board and managing director of CK Asset Holdings Limited and the Chairman of CK Inf ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vik Lalić
Vik Lalić (born 9 February 1976) is a retired Croatian football player who played as a defender. He is currently a coach of NK Croatia Zmijavci. Club career He started his career at Hajduk Split in 1996 before moving to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in Germany in 2001. The following season he returned to Hajduk, transferring to NK Solin in 2005 before finally moving to Neuchâtel Xamax in 2006. He was champion of the Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva ... with Hajduk in 2001, 2004 and 2005. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lalic, Vik 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Makarska Men's association football defenders Croatian footballers HNK Hajduk Split players NK Zadar players Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players NK Solin players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vic Kulbitski
Victor John Kulbitski (June 15, 1921 – May 23, 1998) was an American football fullback who played two seasons with the Buffalo Bisons/Bills of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventh round of the 1944 NFL Draft. He first enrolled at the University of Minnesota before transferring to the University of Notre Dame and later transferring back to the University of Minnesota. Kulbitski attended Red Wing High School in Red Wing, Minnesota Red Wing is a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, along the upper Mississippi River. The population was 16,547 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Goodhue County. This .... References External linksJust Sports Stats* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kulbitski, Vic 1921 births 1998 deaths Players of American football from Minnesota American football fullbacks Minnesota Golden Gophers football players Notre Dame Fighti ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vic Juris
Victor Edward Jurusz Jr. (September 26, 1953 – December 31, 2019), known professionally as Vic Juris, was an American jazz guitarist. Music career Juris was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, but he moved with his family to Parsippany early in his life. In 1963, at the age of 10, he began learning guitar. At 11, he studied guitar at the home of his teacher, Ed Berg, and got interested in jazz listening to Berg's records of guitarists Django Reinhardt, Jim Hall, Barney Kessel, Jimmy Raney, and Johnny Smith. In his teens he played the rock music of the 1960s. When he was 19, he met blind saxophonist Eric Kloss and they became friends. He made his first recording on Kloss's album ''Bodies' Warmth'' (Muse, 1975). Around the same time, he met guitarist Pat Martino, who became a friend and mentor. Juris recorded with Richie Cole during 1976–78 and released his debut album as a leader, ''Road Song'', in 1979. In the early 1980s, he turned to acoustic guitar in duos with Larry Cor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |