Victor is both a given name and a surname. It is
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
in origin meaning ''winner'' or ''conqueror'', and the word “victor” still means this in
Modern English
Modern English, sometimes called New English (NE) or present-day English (PDE) as opposed to Middle and Old English, is the form of the English language that has been spoken since the Great Vowel Shift in England
England is a Count ...
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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
Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...
' victory over both
sin
In religious context, sin is a transgression against divine law or a law of the deities. Each culture has its own interpretation of what it means to commit a sin. While sins are generally considered actions, any thought, word, or act considered ...
and
death
Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose sh ...
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People with the given name and mononym
Aristocracy
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Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy
Victor Amadeus I (; 8 May 1587 – 7 October 1637) was the Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 26 July 1630 until his death in 1637. He was also known as the ''Lion of Susa''.
He was succeeded by two of his sons; Francis Hya ...
(1587–1637)
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Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus II (; 14 May 166631 October 1732) was the head of the House of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 12 June 1675 until his abdication in 1730. He was the first of his house to acquire a royal crown, ruling first as King o ...
(1666–1732)
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Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus III (Vittorio Amedeo Maria; 26 June 1726 – 16 October 1796) was King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard state, Savoyard states from 20 February 1773 to his death in 1796. Although he was politically conservative, he carrie ...
(1726–1796)
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Victor de Broglie (1756–1794), French soldier and politician, son of the 2nd duc de Broglie
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Victor de Broglie (1785–1870)
Victor de Broglie, 3rd Duke of Broglie (; 28 November 178525 January 1870), briefly Victor de Broglie, was a French peer, statesman, and diplomat. He was the third duke of Broglie and served as president of the Council during the July M ...
, 3rd duc de Broglie, French statesman and diplomat
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Victor de Broglie (1846–1906)
Louis-Alphonse-Victor, 5th duc de Broglie, called Victor de Broglie (30 October 1846 – 26 August 1906), was a French aristocrat.
Biography
Victor de Broglie was born in Rome, Italy where his father, monarchist politician Albert, 4th duc de Br ...
, 5th duc de Broglie, French politician and diplomat
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Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia
Victor Emmanuel I (; 24 July 1759 – 10 January 1824) was the Duke of Savoy, King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 4 June 1802 until his reign ended in 1821 upon abdication due to a liberal revolution. Shortly thereafter, hi ...
(1759–1824), Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia
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Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
Victor Emmanuel II (; full name: ''Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di House of Savoy, Savoia''; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia (also informally known as Piedmont–Sardinia) from 23 March 1849 u ...
(1820–1878), King of Sardinia
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Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Victor Emmanuel III (; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946. A member of the House of Savoy, he also reigned as Emperor of Ethiopia from 1936 to 1941 and King of the Albania ...
(1869–1947), King of Italy
Religion
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Pope Victor I
Pope Victor I (died 199) was a Roman African prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Bishop of Rome in the late second century. The dates of his tenure are uncertain, but one source states he became pope in 189 and gives the year of h ...
(died 199), also a saint
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Pope Victor II
Pope Victor II (c. 1018 – 28 July 1057), born Gebhard von Dollnstein-Hirschberg, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 April 1055 until his death in 1057. Victor II was one of a series of German-born popes ...
(c. 1018–1057)
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Pope Victor III
Pope Victor III ( 1026 – 16 September 1087), born Dauferio Epifani Del Zotto, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 May 1086 to his death. He was the successor of Pope Gregory VII, yet his pontificate is far ...
(c. 1026–1087)
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Antipope Victor IV (1138)
Victor IV (died after April 1139) was an antipope for a short time, from March to 29 May 1138.
Biography
Possibly he was born in Ceccano, as Gregorio dei Conti di Ceccano.
Pope Paschal II created him cardinal-priest of SS. XII Apostoli, at t ...
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Antipope Victor IV (1159–1164)
Victor IV (born Octavian or Octavianus: ''Ottaviano dei Crescenzi Ottaviani di Monticelli'') (1095 – 20 April 1164) was elected as a Ghibelline antipope in 1159, following the death of Pope Adrian IV and the election of Alexander III. His ele ...
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Victor of Marseilles
Victor of Marseilles (died c. 290) was an Egyptian Christian martyr. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Church, and Eastern Orthodox Church.
Life
Victor is said to have been a Roman army officer in Marseille, who ...
(died c. 290), a saint
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Victor Maurus
Victor the Moor (in Latin: Victor Maurus) (born 3rd century in Mauretania; died ca. 303 in Milan) was a native of Mauretania and a Christian martyr, according to tradition, and is venerated as a saint.
Life
Victor, born into a Christian family ...
(died c. 303), Victor the Moor or Victor of Milan, a saint
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Viktor of Xanten (died 4th century), a saint
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Victor I (bishop of Chur)
Victor I was a 7th-century bishop of Chur, the first of the Victorid family which was to control the bishopric and the province of Rhaetia until the early ninth century.
On 10 October 614, he signed the canons of the Fifth Council of Paris on ch ...
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Victor II (bishop of Chur) Victor II was an 8th-century bishop of Chur of the Victorid family which had controlled the bishopric and the province of Rhaetia since the early seventh century.
He is mentioned in an inscription on the tomb of his predecessor Paschal in the mon ...
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Victor III (bishop of Chur)
Victor III (died 7 January before 836) was the Bishop of Chur from after 800 until his death. He was the last member of the Victorid family to hold the bishopric of Chur and the secular power in Rhaetia concurrently.
He succeeded the bishop Reme ...
(died in or before 836)
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Victor (bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux) Victor was a bishop of the former Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux in the 6th century.
Salonius and Sagittarius
Salonius of Embrun and Sagittarius of Gap were two contemporary Frankish bishops. According to Gregory of Tours ...
, 6th century
Academics
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Victor Babeş
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to:
* Victor (name), 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 shor ...
(1854–1926), Romanian biologist
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Victor Bright
Victor Bright from the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics En ...
, American electrical engineer
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Victor Dzau
Victor Joseph Dzau (; born 23 October 1945) is a Chinese-American physician and academic. He serves as the President of the United States National Academy of Medicine (formerly the ''Institute of Medicine'') of the United States National Academy ...
(born 1945), Chinese-American doctor and academic
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Viktor Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl (; 26 March 1905 – 2 September 1997)
was an Austrian neurologist, psychologist, philosopher, and The Holocaust, Holocaust survivor, who founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy that describes a search for a life's mean ...
(1905–1997), Austrian psychiatrist
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Victor Gautier
Victor Gautier (1824–1890) was a Swiss physician. He served as President of the Medical Society of Geneva.
Early life and education
Horace Charles Victor Gautier was born at Geneva in 1824.
He began his medical studies at Zurich in 1841. Two ...
(1824-1890), Swiss physician
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Victor Ginzburg
Victor Ginzburg (born 1957) is a Russian American mathematician who works in representation theory and in noncommutative geometry. He is known for his contributions to geometric representation theory, especially, for his works on representations ...
(born 1957), Russian-American mathematician
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Victor Goldschmidt
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt (27 January 1888 – 20 March 1947) was a Norwegian mineralogist considered (together with Vladimir Vernadsky) to be the founder of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry, developer of the Goldschmidt Classificatio ...
(1888–1947), Norwegian mineralogist
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Victor Gunnarsson (1953–1993), Swedish teacher who once prosecuted for the assassination of its prime minister
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Victor L. King (1886–1958), American chemist
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Viktor Kokochashvili (1904-1986), Georgian chemist
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Victor Loche
Victor Loche (1806–1863) was a French soldier and naturalist.
In 1856–1857, he participated in an expedition to the Algerian part of the Sahara, and described the mammals and birds of Algeria in the book ''Catalogue des mammifères et des oise ...
(1806–1863), French zoologist
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Victor Ninov
Victor Ninov (; born June 27, 1959) is a Bulgarian physicist and former researcher who worked primarily in creating superheavy elements. He is known for the co-discoveries of elements 110, 111, and 112 ( darmstadtium, roentgenium and copernic ...
(born 1959), Bulgarian physicist
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Victor A. Pogadaev (born 1946), Russian historian, orientalist, and translator
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Victor Ricciardi, American professor of business and author
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Victor Skumin (born 1948), Russian psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychologist
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Victor Slăvescu (1891–1977), Romanian economist
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Victor Sumsky (born 1953), Russian orientalist and academician
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Victor Vâlcovici
Victor Vâlcovici ( – 21 June 1970) was a Romanian mechanician and mathematician.
Biography
Born into a modest family in Galați, he graduated first in his class in 1904 from Nicolae Bălcescu National College, Nicolae Bălcescu High Sch ...
(1885–1970), Romanian mechanician and mathematician
Arts and entertainment
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Victor Ambrus
Victor Ambrus (born László Győző Ambrus, 19 August 1935 – 10 February 2021) was a Hungarian-born British illustrator of history, folk tales, and animal story books. He also became known from his appearances on the Channel 4 television ...
(1935–2021), Hungarian-born British illustrator
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Victor Anastasi (1913–1992), Maltese designer and draughtsman
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Víctor Balaguer (1824–1901), Spanish poet and politician
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Victor Borge
Børge Rosenbaum (; 3 January 1909 – 23 December 2000), known professionally as Victor Borge ( ), was a Danish and American actor, comedian, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in both North America and Europe. Hi ...
(1909–2000), Danish-born American musician and comedian
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Victor Buono
Victor Charles Buono (February 3, 1938 – January 1, 1982) was an American actor, comic, and briefly a recording artist. He was known for playing the villain King Tut (comics), King Tut in the television series ''Batman (TV series), Batman'' (1 ...
(1938–1982), American actor
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Victor Assis Brasil (1945–1981), Brazilian jazz saxophonist
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Víctor Català
Caterina Albert i Paradís (L'Escala, Spain, 11 September 1869 — 27 January 1966), better known by her pen name Víctor Català, was a Catalan writer in Catalan language, Catalan and Spanish language, Spanish who participated in the Modern ...
(1869–1966), pen name of the Spanish writer Caterina Albert
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Victor De La Rosa, American visual artist, educator
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Viktor Đerek
Viktor Đerek (born March 8, 2000) is a Croats, Croatian photographer. His work includes nature, landscape, portrait and historiographical subjects.
In 2013, he collaborated on a short documentary film that was used in an advertising campaign fo ...
(born 2000), Croatian photographer
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Víctor Erice
Víctor Erice Aras (; born 30 June 1940) is a Spanish film director. He is best known for his first two feature fiction films, '' The Spirit of the Beehive'' (1973), which many regard as one of the greatest Spanish films ever made, and '' El Sur' ...
(born 1940), Spanish film director
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Victor Fonfreide (1872–1934), French painter
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Victor French
Victor Edwin French (December 4, 1934 – June 15, 1989) was an American actor and director. He is remembered for roles on the television programs ''Gunsmoke'', '' Little House on the Prairie'', '' Highway to Heaven'', and '' Carter Country''.
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(1934–1989), American actor
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Victor Garber
Victor Garber, (born March 16, 1949) is a Canadian stage and film actor and singer. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has been nominated for three Gemini Awards, four Tony Awards, and six Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2022, he was made an ...
(born 1949), Canadian actor
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Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician.
His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...
(1802–1885), French writer
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Victor Honoré Janssens
Victor Honorius Janssens or Victor Honoré Janssens (or Jansens) (11 June 165814 August 1736) was a Flemish painter of religious and mythological works and a tapestry designer. He spent a substantial period of his career abroad and worked in Germ ...
(1658–1736), Flemish painter
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Victor Ivaniv (1977-2015), Russian poet
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Víctor Jara
Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez (; 28 September 1932 – 16 September 1973) was a Chilean teacher, theatre director, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and PCCh, Communist political activist. He developed Chilean theater by directing a bro ...
(1932–1973), Chilean musician
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Victor J. Kemper (1927–2023), American cinematographer
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Victor Martinez (author)
Victor L. Martinez (February 21, 1954 – February 18, 2011) was an American poet and author. He won the 1996 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for his first novel, ''Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida''. (1954–2011), Mexican American poet and author
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Victor Mature
Victor John Mature (January 29, 1913 – August 4, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actor who was a leading man in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. His best known film roles include '' One Million B.C.'' (1940), '' My Darli ...
(1913–1999), American actor
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Victor McLaglen
Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British-American actor and boxer.Obituary '' Variety'', 11 November 1959, page 79. His film career spanned from the early 1920s through the 1950s, initially ...
(1886–1959), British actor
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Victor Meirelles
Victor Meirelles de Lima (18 August 1832 – 22 February 1903) was a Brazilian painter and teacher who is best known for his works relating to his nation's culture and history. From humble origins, his talent was soon recognized, being admitted a ...
(1832–1903), Brazilian painter
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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 work in the English dubs of Japanese anime shows, such as Edward Elric from the ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' series, which earne ...
(born 1962), American actor
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Víctor Mora (comics)
Víctor Mora (6 June 1931 – 17 August 2016) was a Spanish comic book writer.
Born in Barcelona, Mora created and wrote the series ''Capitán Trueno'', ''El Jabato'', ' (art by Carlos Giménez (comics), Carlos Giménez), ''El Cosaco Verde'', ...
(1931–2016), Spanish writer of comic books
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Viktor Preiss
Viktor Preiss (born 13 March 1947 in Prague) is a Czech actor. He popularly known for his roles in ''Hospital at the End of the City'' or ''Give the Devil His Due''. He starred in dozens of Czech films and television programs, including the film ...
(born 1947), Czech actor
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Victor Rasuk (born 1984), American actor
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Victor Rathnayake
Rathnayake Arachchilage Victor ( Sinhala: වික්ටර් රත්නායක; born 18 February 1942), popularly known as Victor Rathnayake, is a Sri Lankan singer, composer, lyricist and a renowned musician. He was the first Sri Lankan a ...
(born 1942), Sri Lankan Sinhala folk musician
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Victor Richards
Victor Richards is a British actor, writer and poet of West Indian descent, who also performs as VJay. He lives in Leicester, England.
Richards worked as both a fashion model and choreographer for many years before taking a High diploma in Perfo ...
, British actor, writer and poet
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Victor Silvester
Victor Marlborough Silvester OBE (25 February 190014 August 1978) was an English dancer, writer, musician and bandleader from the British dance band era. He was a significant figure in the development of ballroom dance during the first half ...
(1900–1978), British dancer and bandleader
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Victor Sloan (born 1945), Irish artist
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Victor Socaciu (1953–2021), Romanian folk singer and composer
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Victor Spinetti
Vittorio Giorgio Andre "Victor" Spinetti (2 September 1929 – 19 June 2012) was a Welsh actor, author, poet and raconteur. He appeared in dozens of films and stage plays throughout his fifty-year career, including the three 1960s Beatles films ...
(1929–2012), Welsh actor
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Víctor Trujillo (born 1961), Mexican comedian
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Viktor Tsoi
Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (, ; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Russian singer-songwriter and actor who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and influential bands in the history of Russian music.
Born and raised in Leningrad (mode ...
(1962–1990), Russian musician
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Victor Willis
Victor Edward Willis (born July 1, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and a founding member of the disco group Village People. He performed as their lead singer and was co-songwriter for all of their most successful singles. In the group, h ...
(born 1951), American musician
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Victor Yerrid
Victor Yerrid (born November 13, 1971) is an American actor and puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company and has performed Muppet characters in many films, television commercials and television shows. He is best known in the Muppet World for his wor ...
(born 1971), American puppeteer and voice actor
Business
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Victor Chandler
Victor William Chandler (born 18 April 1951) is a British businessman, bookmaker, and the former chairman of Victor Chandler International.
Early life
Chandler is the son of Victor Chandler Sr, and the grandson of William Chandler, who fou ...
(born 1951), British bookmaker and businessman
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Victor Civita
Victor Civita (February 9, 1907 - August 24, 1990) was an Italian-born Brazilian journalist and publisher. His family emigrated from Italy to New York in 1938 following passage of the Race Law.
In 1949 Civita relocated his family to Brazil, wh ...
(1907–1990), Brazilian publisher
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Victor Kassir (1910–1997), Lebanese businessman
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Victor Kiam
Victor Kermit Kiam II (December 7, 1926 – May 27, 2001) was an American entrepreneur and TV spokesman for Remington Products, and the owner of the New England Patriots football team from 1988 New England Patriots season, 1988–1991 New England ...
(1926–2001), American entrepreneur
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Victor Li Tzar-kuoi (born 1964), Hong Kong businessman
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Victor Vargas (born 1952), Venezuelan entrepreneur and philanthropist
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Victor Vescovo
Victor Lance Vescovo (born February 10, 1966) is an American private equity investor, retired naval officer, sub-orbital spaceflight participant, and undersea explorer.
He was a co-founder and managing partner of private equity company Insight ...
(born 1966), American financier and undersea explorer
Crime
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Viktor Bout
Viktor Anatolyevich Bout (; ; born 13 January 1967) is a Russian Arms industry, arms dealer and politician. A weapons manufacturer and former Soviet military translator, he used his companies to smuggle arms from Eastern Europe to Africa and the ...
(born 1967), Russian arms dealer
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Víctor Manuel Gerena (born 1958), American fugitive robber
*Viktor Sayenko (born 1988), Ukrainian serial killer, part of the group known as
Dnepropetrovsk maniacs
Military
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Victor H. Czegka (1880–1973), Austrian-American Marine officer
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Victor Gunasekara
Major Victor Joseph Harold Gunasekera, CCS (1921 — 1993) was a former Ceylonese civil servant. The former Controller of Imports Exports, Government Agent of Kegalle and Secretary to the Board of Control for Cricket. A reservist, he was a Maj ...
(1921-1993), Sri Lankan Sinhala army major and civil servant
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Victor Jones (British Army officer)
Lieutenant Colonel Victor Harry Jones OBE (b. 1898) was a British intelligence officer and "visual deception" expert during the Second World War. First serving with the 14th/20th King's Hussars in the First World War, he made a name for himself ...
, Second World War British Army officer
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Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov
Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov (; born 4 April 1962) is an officer of the Russian Navy and former commander of the Black Sea Fleet. He holds the rank of admiral.
In 2016, as deputy commander, Sokolov was in charge of a detachment of the Northern ...
(born 1962), Russian naval officer
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Viktor Zolotov
Viktor Vasilyevich Zolotov (; born 27 January 1954) is a Russian military officer who is the Director of the National Guard (Rosgvardiya, concurrently serving as National Guard Forces Commander-in-Chief) and a member of the Security Council. Zo ...
, commander of Russias National Guard
Politics and diplomacy
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Victor Backlund (born 1936), American politician and athlete
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Victor Bădulescu (1892–1953), Romanian economist, lawyer, and diplomat
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Victor Banks
Victor Franklin Banks (born 8 November 1947)[Victor Banks](_blank)
Caribbean Elections ...
(born 1947), Anguillan politician
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Viktor Laiskodat (born 1965), Indonesian politician who is the 8th governor of East Nusa Tenggara
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Victor de Broglie (1756–1794), French soldier and politician
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Victor de Broglie (1785–1870)
Victor de Broglie, 3rd Duke of Broglie (; 28 November 178525 January 1870), briefly Victor de Broglie, was a French peer, statesman, and diplomat. He was the third duke of Broglie and served as president of the Council during the July M ...
, 3rd duc de Broglie, French statesman and diplomat
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Victor de Broglie (1846–1906)
Louis-Alphonse-Victor, 5th duc de Broglie, called Victor de Broglie (30 October 1846 – 26 August 1906), was a French aristocrat.
Biography
Victor de Broglie was born in Rome, Italy where his father, monarchist politician Albert, 4th duc de Br ...
, 5th duc de Broglie, French politician and diplomat
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Victor Ciorbea (born 1954), Romanian politician
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Victor Corea
Charles Edward Victor Seneviratne Corea (born 29 January 1871 – 6 June 1962) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, legislator, politician, civil rights activist, and anti-colonial nationalist. As a lawyer, Corea was an Advocate of the Supreme Court of ...
(1871-1962), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician and lawyer
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Victor Deleu
Victor Deleu (25 May 1876 – 11 December 1939) was a politician from Romania.
Deleu was born in Szilágyperecsen, Austria-Hungary, now Pericei, Sălaj County, Romania, the son of Daniel Deleu and Iuliana Cosma. His grandfather, (1804–1880) ...
(1876–1939), Romanian politician
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Victor Gram (1910–1969), Danish politician
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Viktor Grishin
Viktor Vasilyevich Grishin (; – 25 May 1992) was a Soviet politician. He was a candidate (1961–1971) and full member (1971–1986) of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Biography
Gris ...
(1914-1992), Soviet politician and member of the
Politburo of the CPSU
The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, abbreviated as Politburo, was the de facto highest executive authority in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). While elected by and formally a ...
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Victor Kamber (born 1943), American political consultant
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Viktor Klima (born 1947), Austrian politician
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Víctor Hipólito Martínez (1924–2017), former Vice President of Argentina
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Victor A. Nicholas
Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Albert Nicholas, MBE, (4 May 1897 - 1956) was the sixteenth Postmaster General of Ceylon, serving between 1951 and 1956, and the second Ceylonese to hold the post.
Victor Albert Nicholas was born on 4 May 1897 in Badu ...
(1897-1956), second Sri Lankan to hold post of
Postmaster General of Sri Lanka
The Postmaster General of Sri Lanka is the appointed head of Sri Lanka Post, which is a government department. The current Postmaster General is Ranjith Ariyaratne.
History
The first mail service in Ceylon, was in 1788, established by the Dutc ...
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Viktor Orbán
Viktor Mihály Orbán (; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has been the 56th prime minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has also led the Fidesz political party since 200 ...
(born 1963), Hungarian politician
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Victor Owusu (1923-2000), Ghanaian lawyer and politician
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Victor Perera, Sri Lankan governor
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Victor Ponta
Victor Viorel Ponta (; born 20 September 1972) is a Romanian politician and jurist who served as Prime Minister of Romania from 2012 to 2015. He was president of the Social Democratic Party (Romania), Social Democratic Party (PSD) from 2010 to ...
(born 1972), Romanian politician
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Victor Rădulescu-Pogoneanu (1910–1962), Romanian diplomat
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Victor Garvin Weerawardana Ratnayake (1908-1994), Sri Lankan politician
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Vico Sotto
Victor Ma. Regis "Vico" Nubla Sotto (; born June 17, 1989) is a Filipino politician who has served as the 12th mayor of Pasig since 2019. He previously served as a member of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, Pasig City Council for the first district ...
(born 1989), Filipino politician
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Victor Stănculescu
Victor Atanasie Stănculescu (10 May 1928 – 19 June 2016) was a Romanian general during the Communist era. He played a central role in the overthrow of the dictatorship by refusing to carry out the orders of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușesc ...
(1928–2016), Romanian general officer and politician
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Victor Stern
Victor Stern (29 October 1885 – 27 March 1958) was an Austrian philosopher, teacher and communist politician. He was active in communist parties in Austria and Germany until 1923 when he was forced to exile. He settled first in Czechoslovakia a ...
(1885–1958), Austrian philosopher and politician
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Victor L. Tomseth (born 1941), American former diplomat
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Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (born 9 July 1950) is a Ukrainian politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. He also served as the prime minister of Ukraine several times between 2002 and 2007 and was a member of t ...
(born 1950), Ukrainian politician
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Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Andriiovych Yushchenko (, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. He aimed to orient Ukraine towards Western world, the West, European Union, and N ...
(born 1954), Ukrainian politician
Sports
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Viktor (wrestler)
Eric Thompson (born December 4, 1980) is a Canadian professional wrestler making appearances for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), under the ring name Zyon. He is best known for his time with WWE under the ring name Viktor.
While in WWE's ...
(Eric Thompson, born 1980), a Canadian professional wrestler
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Viktor Apostolov
Viktor Apostolov (; November 1, 1962 – October 30, 2011)[Viktor Apostolov's obituary](_blank)
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(born 1962), Bulgarian hammer thrower
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Viktor Axelsen
Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is a two-time Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Champion, two-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and four-time European Badminton Championships, European Cha ...
(born 1994), Danish badminton player and men's singles world champion
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Victor Leandro Bagy (born 1983), Brazilian football goalkeeper known simply as Victor
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Vítor Baía
Vítor Manuel Martins Baía, OIH (; born 15 October 1969) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
One of the most decorated goalkeepers of all time, his career was intimately connected with FC Porto, which h ...
(born 1969), Portuguese football player
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Víctor Baute (born 1972), Spanish boxer
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Vitor Belfort
Vítor Vieira Belfort (; born 1 April 1977) is a Brazilian professional boxer and retired mixed martial artist who competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he fought in the Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight, and Middleweight d ...
(born 1977), Brazilian mixed martial artist
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Vic Bellamy
Victor K. Bellamy (born June 2, 1963) is an American former professional football defensive back who played one season with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Syracuse University.
Early l ...
(born 1963), American football player
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Viktor Berg (born 1977), Canadian squash player
*
Víctor Bird (born 1982), Puerto Rican volleyball player
*
Victor Boniface (born 2000), Nigerian football player
*
Víctor Blasco
Victor Blasco Llorens (born 1 July 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Maltese club Balzan.
Career Early career
Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Blasco spent his youth career with Barcelona, Cornellà and Mallorca ...
(born 1994), Spanish footballer
*
Victor Corrêa
Victor Corrêa (born March 14, 1990, in Alfenas) is a Brazilian racing driver currently competing in the European F3 Open Championship.
Career
The young Victor Corrêa began his career in karting in 1999 in Alfenas at 9 years old competing in ...
(born 1990), Brazilian race car driver
*
Victor Cruz (American football)
Victor Michael Cruz (born November 11, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL), spending seven seasons with the New York Giants. He played college football at UMas ...
(born 1986), American football player
*
Victor Davis
Victor Nicolas Davis, CM (February 10, 1964 – November 13, 1989) was a Canadian Olympic and world champion swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke. He also enjoyed success in the individual medley and the butterfly.
Biography
Victor D ...
(1964–1989), Canadian Olympic champion swimmer
*
Victor Dimukeje (born 1999), American football player
*
Victor Eklund (born 2006), Swedish ice hockey player
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Viktor Fischer
Viktor Gorridsen Fischer (born 9 June 1994) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger for clubs such as Ajax and Copenhagen as well as for the Denmark national team.
Widely considered among the ...
(born 1994), Danish footballer
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Víctor Genes
Víctor Genes (29 June 1961 – 17 March 2019) was a Paraguayan football player and manager. An attacking midfielder, he played professional football in Paraguay for Cerro Porteño. He was the football manager of Paraguay from 2013 to 2014.
Ca ...
(1961–2019), Paraguayan footballer and football manager
*
Víctor Hugo González (born 1974), Colombian cyclist
*
Victor Hedman
Victor Erik Olof Hedman (; born 18 December 1990) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman and Captain (ice hockey), captain for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hedman was selected second overall by the Lightni ...
(born 1990), National Hockey League player from Sweden
*
Victor Heflin (born 1960), American football player
*
Víctor Herrera (cyclist) (born 1970), Colombian cyclist
*
Víctor Herrera Piggott (born 1980), Panamanian footballer
*
Victor Hicks (born 1957), American football player
*
Victor Houston (athlete) (born 1974), Barbadian track and field athlete
*
Victor Jones (cricketer) (1881–1923), Australian cricketer
*
Victor Jones (linebacker) (born 1966), American football player
*
Victor Jones (running back) (born 1967), American football player
*
Viktor Karlsson (born 1988), Swedish bandy player
*
Viktor Kassai
Viktor Kassai (''Kassai Viktor'', Hungarian pronunciation: ; born 10 September 1975) is a Hungarian football official and a former referee who is the current head of refereeing department of the Bulgarian Football Union. He participated in the ...
(born 1975), Hungarian football referee
*
Victor Kros (born 1981), Dutch football player
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Viktor Kuznetsov (swimmer)
Viktor Aleksandrovich Kuznetsov (, born 21 May 1961) is a former backstroke swimmer from the Soviet Union. He won two silver medals at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), comm ...
(born 1961), Russian swimmer
*
Victor Leandro Bagy (born 1983), Brazilian football player
*
Victor Lindelöf
Victor Jörgen Nilsson Lindelöf (; born 17 July 1994) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for and captains the Sweden national team. He is currently a free agent. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a right-back ...
(born 1994) Swedish football player
*
Victor Loturi (born 2001), Canadian soccer player
*
Víctor Maldonado (born 1939), Venezuelan hurdler
*
Víctor Martínez (athlete) Víctor Martínez may refer to:
* Victor Martinez (author) (1954–2011), Mexican American poet and author
*Víctor Martínez (baseball) (born 1978), Venezuelan-born Major League Baseball player
*Víctor Martínez (bodybuilder)
Víctor Martínez ...
(born 1975), Andorran middle-distance runner
*
Víctor Martínez (baseball)
Víctor Jesús Martínez (born December 23, 1978), also known by his nickname "V-Mart", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball designated hitter and catcher. Martínez played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Boston ...
(born 1978), Venezuelan-born Major League Baseball player
*
Víctor Martínez (bodybuilder)
Víctor Martínez (born July 29, 1973) is a retired International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) professional bodybuilder, and the second Dominican bodybuilder to turn professional (the first being Tony Domenench from Puerto Plata, who t ...
(born 1973), Dominican professional bodybuilder
*
Victor Matfield
Victor Matfield (born 11 May 1977) is a South African former professional rugby union player. He played for and South African rugby union captains, captained the South Africa national rugby union team, South Africa national team (Springboks) as ...
(born 1977), South African rugby player
*
Viktor Mazin (1954–2022), Soviet weightlifter
*
Viktor Mitrou
Viktor Mitrou (; born 24 June 1973) is a retired male Greek weightlifter. He initially represented Albania, but became internationally distinguished with the Greece national team. Mitrou won a Silver Medal for Greece in the 2000 Summer Olympics. ...
(born 1973), Greek weightlifter
*
Victor Montalvo
Victor Bernudez Montalvo (born May 1, 1994), also known mononymously as Victor, is an American b-boy. He was born in Kissimmee, Florida to parents from Puebla, Mexico.
He participated at the 2022 World Games in the dancesport competition where ...
(born 1994), American breakdancer
*
Víctor Mora (athlete) (born 1944), Colombian retired long-distance runner
*
Victor Moses
Victor Moses (born 12 December 1990) is a Nigerian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), winger for club Luton Town F.C., Luton Town. He has also been deployed as a wing-back (association f ...
(born 1990), Nigerian football player
*
Víctor Hugo Mora Víctor is a Spanish masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Vítor in Portuguese. Notable people with the given name include:
* Víctor Barrio (1987–2016), Spanish bullfighter
* Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer)
* Vícto ...
(born 1974), Mexican football manager
*
Víctor Moreno (born 1979), Venezuelan baseball player
*
Víctor Moreno (cyclist)
Víctor Cecilio Moreno Sevilla (born July 15, 1985 in Cojedes (state), Cojedes) is a Venezuelan former road racing cyclist.
Major results
Source: (born 1985), Venezuelan cyclist
*
Víctor Muñoz
Víctor Muñoz Manrique, (born 15 March 1957), known simply as Víctor as a player, is a Spanish retired football midfielder and manager.
He spent most of his professional career with Barcelona, winning six titles and achieving La Liga totals ...
(born 1957), Spanish football coach and player
*
Victor Nelsson (born 1998), Danish football player
*
Victor Oladipo
Kehinde Babatunde Victor Oladipo ( ; born May 4, 1992) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player who last played for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently a sports analyst for ESPN. Oladipo play ...
(born 1992), American basketball player
*
Viktor Olsen (1924–2023), Norwegian long-distance runner
*
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (; born 14 October 1969) is a former Russian Association football, football Defender (association football), defender. He is the assistant manager of both FC Rostov in the Russian Premier League and the Russia national ...
(born 1969), Russian football coach and former player
*
Victor Ortíz
Victor Ortiz (born January 31, 1987) is an American professional boxer and film actor. He held the WBC welterweight title in 2011, and was formerly rated as one of the world's top three active welterweights by most sporting news and boxing we ...
(born 1987), American boxer
*
Victor Osimhen
Victor James Osimhen (born 29 December 1998) is a Nigerian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for Süper Lig club Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray on loan from SSC Napoli, ...
(born 1998), Nigerian professional footballer
*
Victor Perez ("Young"; 1911–45), Tunisian world champion flyweight boxer
*
Victor Quintana (born 1976), Paraguayan football player
*
Víctor Rivera (football manager)
Victor Hugo Rivera Coronado, popularly known as "El Chino", (born 10 November 1968) is a Peruvian football manager, currently in charge of Universidad San Martín.
Rivera previously managed Universidad San Martín de Porres, where he won back- ...
(born 1968), Peruvian football manager
*
Victor Rivera (volleyball) Victor Rivera may refer to:
* Victor Rivera (bishop) (1916–2005), American Episcopalian bishop
* Víctor Rivera (judoka) (born 1965), Puerto Rican judoka
* Victor Rivera (wrestler) (born 1944), Puerto Rican professional wrestler
* Víctor Riv ...
(born 1976), Puerto Rican volleyball player
*
Victor Ross (1900–1974), American lacrosse player
*
Víctor Sánchez (born 1976), Spanish retired footballer
*
Victor Scott (born 1962), American football player
*
Victor Scott II (born 2001), American baseball player
*
Victor "Vic" Seixas (1923–2024), American Hall of Fame top-10 tennis player
*
Victor Simões (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
*
Viktor Solmunde (born 2007), Danish skateboarder
*
Viktor Spasov (born 1957), Soviet pole vaulter
*
Viktor Troicki
Viktor Troicki ( sr-Cyrl, Виктор Троицки, ; born 10 February 1986) is a Serbian tennis coach and a former professional player. He won three singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Tour. Troicki won his first ATP singles title at t ...
(born 1986), Serbian tennis player
*
Victor Trumper
Victor Thomas Trumper (2 November 1877 – 28 June 1915) was an Australian cricketer known as the most stylish and versatile batsman of the Golden Age of cricket, capable of playing match-winning innings on wet wickets his contemporaries found ...
(1877–1915), Australian cricketer
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Victor Wembanyama
Victor Wembanyama ( ; ; born 4 January 2004), nicknamed "Wemby" and "The Alien", is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Considered one of the best basketball prospec ...
(born 2004), French Basketball Player
*
Víctor Valdés
Víctor Valdés Arribas (; born 14 January 1982) is a Spanish association football, football coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He spent most of his professional career with FC Ba ...
(born 1982), Spanish retired football goalkeeper
*
Viktor Zaitsev (born 1966), Uzbekistani javelin thrower
*
Chick Zamick (1926–2007), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*
Viktor Zhurba (born 1950), Soviet discus thrower
Other people
*
Victor Agosto
Victor Manuel Agosto (born May 13, 1985) is an American anti-war activist and a former United States Army private. He is noted for his direct and public resistance to the War in Afghanistan as an active duty soldier.
Background
Agosto was born ...
(born 1985), American anti-war activist
*
Victor of Aveyron
Victor of Aveyron (; ) was a French feral child who was found around the age of 9. Not only is he considered one of the most famous feral children, but his case is also the most documented case of a feral child. Upon his discovery, he was captur ...
(1785–1828), French feral child
*
Victor Chang
Victor Peter Chang (born Chang Yam Him; 21 November 1936 – 4 July 1991) was a Chinese-born Australian cardiac surgeon and a pioneer of modern heart transplantation in Australia.
His murder in 1991 stunned Australia and is considered one of ...
(1936–1991), Australian–Chinese cardiac surgeon
*
Victor Horta
Victor Pierre Horta (; Victor, Baron Horta after 1932; 6 January 1861 – 8 September 1947) was a Belgian architect and designer, and one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement. He was a fervent admirer of the French architectural theoris ...
(1861–1947), Belgian architect
*
Victor Korchnoi
Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi (, ; 23 March 1931 – 6 June 2016) was a Soviet (before 1976) and Swiss (after 1980) chess grandmaster (GM) and chess writer. He is considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion.
Bo ...
(1931–2016), Soviet-born Swiss chess player
*
Víctor Martínez (disambiguation)
*
Victor Rivera (bishop) (1916–2005), American Episcopalian bishop
*
Victor Rivera Gonzalez (born 1948), Puerto Rican police chief and lawyer
*
Viktor Schauberger
Viktor Schauberger (; 30 June 1885 – 25 September 1958) was an Austrian forest caretaker, natural history, naturalist, philosopher, inventor and pseudoscientist.
Early life
Schauberger was born in Holzschlag, Austria, Holzschlag, Upper Aus ...
(1885–1958), Austrian forester and inventor
*
Victor Ukpolo (born 1950), Nigerian-born American university administrator
People with the surname
*
Aglailson Victor (born 1995), Brazilian politician
* Alexander F. Victor (''fl.'' 1910s–1920s), founder of the
Victor Animatograph Corporation
The Victor Animatograph Corporation was a maker of projection equipment founded in 1910 in Davenport, Iowa by Swedish-born American inventor Alexander F. Victor.
The firm introduced its first 16 mm camera and movie projector on August 12, 1923, ...
*
Binjimen Victor (born 1997), American football player
*
Divya Victor (''fl.'' 2009-), Tamil American poet
*
Idara Victor, American actress
*
Jaclyn Victor
Jaclyn Joshua Thanaraj Victor (born 4 December 1978) is a Malaysian singer, actress and businesswoman who won the inaugural '' Malaysian Idol'', '' Ikon Malaysia'', ''Gegar Vaganza Season 9'' & ''Gegar Vaganza All Stars''. As the winner of ''Mal ...
(born 1978), Malaysian musician
*
Lincoln Victor (born 2001), American football player
*
Pau Víctor
Pau Víctor Delgado (born 26 November 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for La Liga club Barcelona.
Club career Girona
Born in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Víctor began his career w ...
(born 2001), Spanish football player
*
Renée Victor
Renée Victor (July 25, 1938 – May 30, 2025) was an American actress, dance instructor, and singer. She was best known for her role as Lupita on ''Weeds'' and providing the voice of female Argonians in Bethesda Softworks' 2011 video game '' The ...
(1938–2025), American actress
Fictional characters
*
Victor Baxter, in the television series ''
That's So Raven
''That's So Raven'' is an American television fantasy teen sitcom that was created by Michael Poryes and Susan Sherman, and aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between January 2003 and November 2007. The series centers on Raven Baxter ( ...
'' and ''
Cory in the House
''Cory in the House'' is an American television sitcom which aired on the Disney Channel from January 12, 2007, to September 12, 2008, and was a Spin-off (media), spin-off from the Disney Channel series ''That's So Raven''. The show focuses o ...
''
* Victor Borin, a character in the Netflix series''
Grand Army
Grand may refer to:
People with the name
* Grand (surname)
* Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor
Places
* Grand, Oklahoma, USA
* Grand, Vosges, village and commune in France with Gallo-Roman amphitheatre
* Grand County (disambiguation) ...
''
*
Victor Borkowski, in the
X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963). Although initial ...
comics, also known as Anole
*
Victor Chevalier, a character in ''
Tekken
is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting games developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). The franchise also includes film and print adaptations.
The main games in the series follow the events ...
'' series
* Victor Coste, friend of
Sam Fisher in the
Splinter Cell
''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' is a series of stealth action-adventure video games, the first of which was released in 2002, and their tie-in novels that were endorsed by Tom Clancy. The series follows Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a ...
series of videogames
*
Victor Creed
Sabretooth is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne (comics), John Byrne, he first appeared in ''Iron Fist (character), Iron Fist'' #14 (August 1977) and was initially d ...
, the real name of Sabretooth, a character from the ''X-Men'' series
*
Victor Donovan, a character in ''
Dead or Alive
A wanted poster (or wanted sign) is a poster distributed to let the public know of a person whom authorities wish to apprehend. They generally include a picture of the person, either a photograph when one is available or of a facial composite ...
'' series
*
Victor Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein is a fictional character who first appeared as the titular main protagonist of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel '' Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus''. He is an Italian-born Swiss scientist who, after studying chemical proces ...
, in the 1818 novel ''
Frankenstein
''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a Sapience, sapient Frankenstein's monster, crea ...
'' by Mary Shelley
* Victor Florescu, a character in the 1934 American romantic musical movie ''
The Cat and the Fiddle''
*
Victor Fries, a villain in the ''
Batman
Batman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on M ...
'' series, also known as Mr. Freeze
* "Count Victor Grazinski", alias of Victoria Grant, protagonist of the 1982 film ''
Victor/Victoria
''Victor/Victoria'' is a 1982 musical comedy film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras, and John Rhys-Davies. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Maye ...
''
* Victor Grantz, a survivor in the video game ''
Identity V
''Identity V'' is a 2018 free-to-play asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror game developed and published by the Chinese company NetEase(网易) in cooperation with Behaviour Interactive, creators of the similar game Dead by Daylight. Play ...
''
* Viktor Hargreeves, a character from
The Umbrella Academy
''The Umbrella Academy'' is an Absurdist fiction, absurdist Superhero fiction, superhero comic book series created by writer Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Bá. It follows a dysfunctional family of adopted superhero siblings with bizarre powers a ...
* Victor Joseph, a character in the 1998 Canadian-American independent film ''
Smoke Signals
The smoke signal is one of the oldest forms of long-distance communication. It is a form of visual communication used over a long distance. In general smoke signals are used to transmit news, signal danger, or to gather people to a common area. ...
''
*
Victor Kiriakis
Victor Kiriakis is a fictional character on NBC's ''Days of Our Lives''. The role was portrayed by John Aniston from 1985 until his death in 2022, with a storyline driven absence in 2004 when his character was "killed off" but found alive on th ...
, in the television series ''
Days of Our Lives
''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from November 8, 1965, to September 9, 2022; the soap has streamed n ...
''
*
Viktor Krum
The following is a list of characters from the ''Harry Potter'' series. Each character appears in at least one ''Harry Potter''–related book or story by J. K. Rowling. These books and stories include the seven original ''Harry Potter'' nove ...
, in the ''
Harry Potter
''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven Fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...
'' series
*
Vic Mackey, on the television series ''
The Shield
''The Shield'' is an American crime drama television series created by Shawn Ryan and starring Michael Chiklis that aired on FX from March 12, 2002 to November 25, 2008 for seven seasons. The show is known for its portrayal of corrupt police ...
''
* Victor Magtanggol, the titular character of the 2018 Philippine drama series ''
Victor Magtanggol
''Victor Magtanggol'' (international title: ''Heart of Courage'') is a 2018 Philippine television drama action fantasy series broadcast by GMA Network. The series is inspired by Norse mythology. Directed by Dominic Zapata, it stars Alden Richa ...
''
*
Victor Mancha, in the ''
Runaways'' comic book
*
Victor Meldrew, in the television series ''
One Foot in the Grave
''One Foot in the Grave'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom written by David Renwick. There were six series (each consisting of six half-hour episodes) and seven Christmas specials over a period of ten years from early 1990 to late ...
''
* Viktor Navorski, in the 2004 film ''
The Terminal
''The Terminal'' is a 2004 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stanley Tucci. The film is about an Eastern European man who is stuck in New York's John F. K ...
''
*
Victor Newman
Victor Newman is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. He has been portrayed by Eric Braeden since 1980. Initially a guest character who was to last for eight to twelve weeks, Victor has evolved ...
, in the television series ''
The Young and the Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in the fictional Genoa City (named after the real-life Genoa City, Wiscon ...
''
* Victor Nikiforov, in the Japanese television series ''
Yuri on Ice''
*
Victor Quartermaine, in the television series ''
Wallace and Gromit
''Wallace & Gromit'' is a British claymation comedy media franchise, franchise created by Nick Park and produced by Aardman Animations. The series centres on Wallace, a good-natured, eccentric, cheese-loving bachelor inventor, and Gromit, his ...
''
*
Victor Shade
The Vision is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema, the character first appeared in ''Avengers (comic book), The Avengers'' #57 (published in August 1968). The Vis ...
, alias for the Marvel superhero
Vision
Vision, Visions, or The Vision may refer to:
Perception Optical perception
* Visual perception, the sense of sight
* Visual system, the physical mechanism of eyesight
* Computer vision, a field dealing with how computers can be made to gain und ...
*
Victor Stone
Cyborg (Victor "Vic" Stone) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez, and first appeared in an DC Comics insert previews, insert preview i ...
, DC Comics superhero better known as Cyborg
*
Victor "Sully" Sullivan, from the ''Uncharted'' series
*
Victor Timely, from the ''Avengers'' comics, a divergent variant of Kang the Conqueror
*
Victor Van Dort, in the 2005 animated film ''
Corpse Bride
''Corpse Bride'' (also known as ''Tim Burton's Corpse Bride'') is a 2005 stop-motion-animated fantasy musical film, directed by Mike Johnson (in his directorial debut) and Tim Burton from a screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson, and ...
''
*
Victor Vance, protagonist of the video game ''
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories''
*
Victor Von Doom, in the ''
Fantastic Four
The Fantastic Four, often abbreviated as FF, is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team debuted in '' The Fantastic Four'' #1 ( cover-dated November 1961), helping usher in a new level of realism i ...
'' comics
*
Victor von Gerdenheim, in the ''
Darkstalkers
''Darkstalkers'', known in Japan as , is a fighting game series and media franchise created by Capcom. The series is set in a pastiche gothic fiction universe with characters based on monsters from international folklore, and features a stylized ...
'' video game series
*
Viktor (Suikoden), in the ''
Suikoden
is a series of role-playing video games developed and published by Konami. Created by Yoshitaka Murayama, the games are loosely based on the classical Chinese novel '' Water Margin'', whose title is rendered as in Japanese. Each individual g ...
'' video game series
*
Victor Zsasz, a serial killer featured in the ''
Batman
Batman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on M ...
'' series
*
Victor (mascot), the logo and mascot for the ''Just for Laughs'' comedy festival
*
Victor (''Dollhouse''), from Joss Whedon's ''Dollhouse''
*
Viktor (''Underworld''), from the ''Underworld'' film series
*
Victor (''Breaking Bad''), an underling of criminal mastermind Gustavo Fring in the series ''Breaking Bad''
* Victor, elder brother of Hugo in the Chinese television show ''
Victor & Hugo: Bunglers in Crime'' and head of Naughtiness International
* Victor, a gargoyle supporting character from the 1996 Disney animated film ''
The Hunchback of Notre Dame''
* Victor Best, the brother of Victoria Best in ''
WordGirl
''WordGirl'' is an American animated superhero children's television series produced by the Soup2Nuts animation unit of Scholastic Entertainment for PBS Kids. The series began as a series of shorts entitled ''The Amazing Colossal Adventures of ...
''
* Victor Wexlar, the evil villain in ''
Starflyers
''Starflyers'' is an edutainment software franchise created in 2002 by Riverdeep under their The Learning Company label. The franchise consists of two games, ''Starflyers Royal Jewel Rescue'' and ''Starflyers Alien Space Chase''.
Concept Plot ...
''
* Victor, the main character in ''
Victor and Valentino
''Victor and Valentino'' is an American animated television series created by Diego Molano for Cartoon Network. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The series follows the titular duo, two half-brothers staying with their grandmother i ...
''
* Victor, the dock worker in ''
Clifford the Big Red Dog
''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' is an American children's book series which focuses on the adventures of an 8-year old blonde haired girl named Emily Elizabeth and her titular pet: a gigantic, red-furred dog named Clifford. It was first published ...
''
* Victor, the ice rink janitor in ''
Spy Fox 2: "Some Assembly Required"''
* Victor Li, a main character in female oriented visual novel phone game ''
Mr Love: Queen's Choice''
* Victor Creel, a recurring character in
''Stranger Things'' (season 4).
* Victor, narrow gauge engine at the steam works in “
Thomas and Friends
''Thomas & Friends'' is a British children's television series which aired from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021. Based on ''The Railway Series'' books by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher, the series was developed for television by Brit ...
”
* Victor "Vic" Vasquez, a character from ''
Need for Speed: Most Wanted''
* Victor Volt, a character in the British animated television series ''
The Secret Show
''The Secret Show'' is a British animated television series produced by Collingwood O'Hare and commissioned by BBC Worldwide in partnership with BBC Children's. The series premiered on 16 September 2006 during TMi on BBC Two. The series premie ...
''
* Viktor, a main character in ''
Arcane (TV series)
''Arcane'' (titled onscreen as ''Arcane: League of Legends'') is a steampunk Action (fiction), action-Adventure fiction, adventure television series created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee. It was produced by the French animation studio Fortich ...
''.
See also
*
Avigdor (name)
*
Victor (disambiguation)
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to:
* Victor (name), 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 shor ...
*
Saint Victorian (disambiguation) Saint Victorian(us) may refer to:
* Victorian, Frumentius and Companions, 5th-century North African martyrs
* Victorian of Asan, 6th-century Spanish saint
{{hndis, Victorian ...
*
St. Victor (disambiguation)
*
Victoria (disambiguation)
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital
* Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...
*
Victory (disambiguation)
Victory is successful conclusion of a fight or competition.
Victory may also refer to:
* Victoria (mythology)
Places United States
* Victory, Cayuga County, New York, a town
*Victory, Saratoga County, New York, a village
* Victory, Minneapolis ...
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Vincent
Vincent (Latin: ''Vincentius'') is a masculine given name originating from the Roman name ''Vincentius'', which itself comes from the Latin verb ''vincere'', meaning "to conquer."
People with the given name Artists
*Vincent Apap (1909–2003) ...
(literally "winning" or "conquering")
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