The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: *

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 po ...

, including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname

Arts and entertainment

Film

* ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French short film * ''Victor'' (2008 film), a 2008 TV film about Canadian swimmer Victor Davis * ''Victor'' (2009 film), a French comedy * ''Victor'', a 2017 film about Victor Torres by

Brandon Dickerson Brandon Dickerson is an American writer, director, and producer whose work includes film, music video, documentary film, and television commercials. He made his feature film directorial debut with the 2011 feature film '' Sironia'', which won t ...

* ''Viktor'' (film), a 2014 Franco/Russian film

Music

* ''Victor'' (album), a 1996 album by Alex Lifeson * "Victor", a song from the 1979 album ''

Eat to the Beat ''Eat to the Beat'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Blondie, released on September 28, 1979, by Chrysalis Records. The album was certified Platinum in the United States, where it spent a year on the ''Billboard'' 200. Peakin ...

'' by Blondie

Businesses

Victor Talking Machine Company The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American recording company and phonograph manufacturer that operated independently from 1901 until 1929, when it was acquired by the Radio Corporation of America and subsequently operated as a subsidia ...

, early 20th century American recording company, forerunner of RCA Records *

Victor Company of Japan JVC (short for Japan Victor Company) is a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood corporation. Founded in 1927 as the Victor Talking Machine Company of Japan and later as , the company is best known for introducing Japan's first televisions and for ...

, usually known as JVC, a Japanese electronics corporation originally a subsidiary of the Victor Talking Machine Company **

Victor Entertainment , also known as in Japan, is a subsidiary of JVCKenwood that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It is known as JVC Entertainment in countries where Sony Music Ent ...

, or JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment, a Japanese record label **

Victor Interactive Software was a Japanese video game software publisher and developer, established on October 1, 1996 as a division of Victor Entertainment. Their first game was ''Fish Eyes'' and their last game was ''Fish Eyes 3''. Some of their games used the brand. Hi ...

, a Japanese video game software publisher and developer *

Victor Technology Victor Technology LLC (also known as Victor Calculator) is a supplier of printing calculators, scientific calculators, financial calculators, basic calculators, and desktop accessories with headquarters in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Victor products ...

, known earlier as Victor Adding Machine Co. and Victor Comptometer, an American calculator company *

Victor (sports company) Victor Rackets Industrial Corporation (stylized as VICTOR) is a Taiwanese manufacturer of sporting equipment with products ranging from badminton and squash rackets, sportswear, shoes, shuttlecocks, and other equipment for the sport. Its produc ...

, a Taiwanese manufacturer of sporting equipment * Victor (mouse trap company)

Military

Victor-class submarine The Victor class, Soviet designations Project 671 ''Yorsh'', Project 671RT ''Syomga'' and Project 671RTM/RTMK ''Shchuka'', (NATO reporting names Victor I, Victor II and Victor III, respectively), are series of nuclear-powered attack submarines ...

, NATO designation of a class of Soviet submarines *

Handley Page Victor The Handley Page Victor is a British jet-powered strategic bomber developed and produced by Handley Page during the Cold War. It was the third and final '' V bomber'' to be operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF), the other two being the Avro ...

, a Cold War era British strategic bomber aircraft * Victor, the letter "V" in the

NATO phonetic alphabet The (International) Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet, is the most widely used set of clear code words for communicating the letters of the Roman alphabet, technically a ''radiotelephonic spellin ...

People and fictional characters

* Victor Nashaba, Entrepreneur and IT expert

Places in the United States

Victor, Arkansas Victor (formerly Morning Shade) is an unincorporated community in Freeman Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States. It is located on Victor Road within the Ozark National Forest The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Hi ...

Victor, California Victor is a census-designated place and community in San Joaquin County, California, United States. The population was 215 at the 2020 census, which is lower than 293 at the 2010 census. The ZIP Code is 95253, and the settlement is inside area c ...

Victor, Colorado The City of Victor is a Statutory City in Teller County, Colorado, United States. Gold was discovered in Victor in the late 19th century, an omen of the future of the town. With Cripple Creek, the mining district became the second largest gold ...

Victor, Idaho Victor is the largest city in Teton County, Idaho, United States. The population was 1,928 at the 2010 census, up from 840 at 2000.Victor, Indiana Victor is an unincorporated community in Indian Creek Township, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History Victor is the home of Victor Oolitic Stone Company, a limestone quarry and limestone fabricator in existence since 1898. A locati ...

Victor, Iowa Victor is a town in Poweshiek and Iowa counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 875 in the 2020 census, a decline from the population of 952 in 2000. History Victor was laid out in the 1860s. The town was originally called Wilso ...

Victor, Kansas Victor is a ghost town in Blue Hills Township, Mitchell County, Kansas Mitchell County (standard abbreviation: MC) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 5,796. The largest city and ...

Victor, Montana Victor is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ravalli County, Montana, United States. The population was 745 at the 2010 census. History Victor is named for Chief Victor of the Bitterroot Salish, whose proper name was Xweɫxƛ̣ ̓cín (Many Hors ...

Victor, New York Victor is an incorporated town in Ontario County, New York. The population was 15,969 at the time of the 2020 census. The town is named after Claudius Victor Boughton, an American hero of the War of 1812. The Town of Victor contains a village, ...

Victor (village), New York Victor is a village located within the Town of Victor in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 2,696 at the 2010 census. The Village of Victor is in the southeast part of the town and is southeast of the City of Rocheste ...

Victor, South Dakota Victor is an unincorporated community in Roberts County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also pa ...

Victor, Utah Victor (also known as Desert Lake) is a ghost town in Castle Valley in northern Emery County, Utah, United States. Description The town was inhabited from 1910 to 1920. The community has the name of George W. Victor, a postal worker. History Vi ...

Victor, Fayette County, West Virginia Victor is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Victor is located on U.S. Route 60, east of Ansted. Victor has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail serv ...

Victor, Kanawha County, West Virginia Victor is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographer ...

Victor Township (disambiguation) Victor Township may refer to the following places in the United States: * Victor Township, DeKalb County, Illinois * Victor Township, Osborne County, Kansas * Victor Township, Clinton County, Michigan * Victor Township, Wright County, Minnesota * ...

Other uses

Victor (champion) A champion (from the late Latin ''campio'') is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, a ...

, the winner in a challenge, contest or competition *

Victor (symbol) The victor symbol (Spanish: or ) is an emblem that is painted on the walls of some Spain, Spanish and Latin American universities to commemorate students who have received the degree of doctorate. The custom dates back to the 14th century, and th ...

, an emblem in some Spanish and Latin American universities * ''Victor'', formerly ''

Empire Ben Suffix beginning with B ''Empire Baffin'' was a 6,978 Gross register tonnage, GRT cargo ship that was built by Lithgows, Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow. She was launched on 28 August 1941 and completed in October 1941. In May 1942 she was a mem ...

'', a ship * Victor, Wanswerd, a Dutch windmill *

Tropical Storm Victor The name Victor has been used for five tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of ...

. various storms named Victor * TVS Victor, a motorcycle by

TVS Motor Company TVS Motor Company (commonly known as TVS) is an Indian multinational motorcycle manufacturer headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the third largest motorcycle company in India with a revenue of over in 2018–19. The company has ...

Victor 3900 The Victor 3900 is the first electronic calculator to have been built entirely of integrated circuits (ICs). For its era, the 3900 is extremely advanced; it has a cathode ray tube screen to produce a 5-line display, has separate memory for storin ...

, an old computor