Victor

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Victor (also spelled Viktor or Vítor) is a male name that has been used throughout history in numerous cultures and parts of the world. The name is of Latin origin (victoris) meaning "conqueror". It is a masculine given name.

Translations

• Portuguese: Vítor
• Dutch: Viktor, Victor
• Italian: Vittorio
• Russian: Виктор (Víktor)
• Welsh: Gwythyr

People named Victor

Roman Catholic religious figures

Three Popes: Saint Pope Victor I Pope Victor II Blessed Pope Victor III Two Antipopes named Victor IV: Antipope Victor IV (1138) Antipope Victor IV (1159-1164) Three bishops of Chur: Victor I, Bishop of Chur Victor II, Bishop of Chur Victor III, Bishop of Chur	Saints: Saint Victor Maurus or Victor the Moor, Victor of Milan. Saint Pope Victor I Saint Victor of Marseilles Saint Victorinus of Pettau Saint Victor of Xanten See also Saint Victorian Other figures Hugh of St. Victor Richard of St. Victor Adam of St. Victor

Given name

• Victor, duc de Broglie, several people
• Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1587-1637)
• Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (1666-1732)
• Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia (1726-1796)
• Victor of Aveyron, a feral child
• Victor Emmanuel, regnal name of the House of Savoy
• Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
• Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
• Aurelius Victor, (c.320-c.390 CE), historian and politician of the Roman Empire
• Flavius Victor, Roman usurper, son of Magnus Maximus
• Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
• Victor Manuel Baute, Spanish boxer
• Victor Borge, musician and comedian
• Viktor Bout, Russian arms dealer
• Victor Garber, Canadian actor
• Victor Hugo, French writer, widely recognized as the most influential Romantic writer of the 19th century
• Victor Honorius Janssens, Flemish painter
• Victor Jara, Chilean Nueva Canción musician, died in the coup of 1973
• Victor Horta, Belgian architect, a key player in European Art Nouveau
• Victor Kamber, veteran Washington DC Democratic strategist
• Victor McLaglen, English actor
• Vic Mignogna, American voice actor
• Víctor Muñoz, Spanish football coach and ex-footballer
• Viktor Onopko, Russian football player
• Viktor Orbán, former Hungarian Prime Minister
• Victor Rojas, radio sports announcer
• Víctor Sánchez, Spanish footballer
• Victor Sloan, Irish artist
• Victor Tsoi, Russian musician, died 1990
• Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player
• Victor Trujillo, Mexican comedian, host and political commentator, best known for his character Brozo the Clown
• Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian politician
• Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine
• Viktor Zaitsev, Uzbekistani javelin thrower

Last name

• Alexander F. Victor, founder of the Victor Animatograph Corporation
• Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno (1764–1841), marshal of France
• Jaclyn Victor, Malaysia's first Idol winner
• Joseph Victor, mayor of Courbevoie from October 1920 to May 1925
• Paul Bins, comte de Saint-Victor, French author

Places

• Several towns in the United States:
• Victor, California
• Victor, Colorado, a near-ghost town near Cripple Creek
• Victor, Idaho
• Victor, Iowa
• Victor, Montana
• Victor, New York
• A number of places in France containing the element Saint-Victor

Fiction

• Victor (comic), a British comic book
• Victor (film), a 1993 French short movie by François Ozon
• Victor Baxter, from That's So Raven and Cory in the House
• Victor Frankenstein, fictional scientist from Frankenstein, the novel of Mary Shelley
• Victor Fries, a villain in the Batman series; also known as Mr. Freeze
• Victor Meldrew, character in the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave
• Victor Newman, a character in The Young and the Restless
• Victor Steiner-Davion, a character in the Battletech and Mechwarrior universes
• Victor Van Dort, a main character in the Tim Burton movie Corpse Bride
• Victor Vance, the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
• Victor Von Doom, a character in the Fantastic Four comics published by Marvel Comics
• Victor von Gerdenheim, a character from the Darkstalkers video game series from Capcom
• Viktor (Suikoden), a recurring character in the Suikoden series
• Viktor (Underworld), a character in the Underworld film series
• Viktor Krum, a character in the Harry Potter series
• Vic Vega, a character in the film Reservoir Dogs, also known as Mr. Blonde
• Viktor Voycheck, a character in the videogame Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation.

Military

• Pobednik ("The Victor"), a monument in Belgrade dedicated to Serbian soldiers who brought Allies their first victory in WWI
• The Victor class submarine, NATO designation of a class of submarines of the Soviet Union
• The Handley Page Victor aircraft

Music

• Victor Talking Machine Company, early 20th century American recording company
• RCA Records (and RCA Victor Records), its descendant
• Japan Victor Company, or JVC
• Victor Entertainment, Japanese record label, JVC subsidiary
• Victor (album), a solo album by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson

Other

• Victor Technologies (formerly Sirius Systems Technology), a computer manufacturer in the early 1980s
• Victor Technology, a U.S. based supplier of calculators
• A vítor, a monogram of the letters VITOR painted on the wall of the University of Salamanca and other Spanish universities to celebrate the degree of a student or the visit of a personality; also used as a symbol of the victory of Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War
• Victor (bike), a motorcycle from TVS Motors, India
• Victor, the letter V in the NATO phonetic alphabet

See also

• Victor-related Wikipedia pages

English diminutives

• Vic

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