Victor

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

Translations

* English, Spanish, etc: Victor
* Portuguese: Vítor (formerly Víctor)
* Dutch, German: Viktor, Victor
* Italian: Vittorio
* Belarusian: Віктар (Viktar)
* Russian: Виктор (Víktor)
* Welsh: Gwythyr
* Basque: Iker

People named Victor

Roman Catholic religious figures

Given name

*Victor Scarpelli, American Quarterback
*Victor, duc de Broglie, several people
*Victor Alava, professional swimmer and Nobel Prize winner in biology category, film enthusiast, overall boss... (1990-forever)
*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 Bird, Puerto Rican volleyball player
*Victor Borge, musician and comedian
*Viktor Bout, Russian arms dealer
*Viktor Frankl, Austrian Jewish neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor.
*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 Kiam, Entrepreneur and former President and CEO of Remington Products
*Viktor Kuznetsov (swimmer), Soviet backstroke swimmer
*Victor Li, Chinese writer best known for the novel I Will Shoot You!
*Víctor Maldonado, Venezuelan hurdler
*Victor McLaglen, English actor
*Vic Mignogna, American voice actor
*Víctor Muñoz, Spanish football coach and player
*Viktor Onopko, Russian football player
*Viktor Orbán, Hungarian Prime Minister
*Victor Rivera, Puerto Rican volleyball player
*Victor Rojas, radio sports announcer
*Víctor Sánchez, Spanish footballer
*Victor Sloan, Irish artist
*Victor Spinetti, Welsh Comedian
*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
*Viktor Sheldija,Albania citizen,and citizen of honour of the city of Shkodra

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

*Vítor, Peru, a village in Arequipa Region, Peru
*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
*Viktor Krum, a character in the "Harry Potter" series
*Victor Mancha, a character in the "Runaways" comic book
*Victor Meldrew, character in the British sitcom "One Foot in the Grave"
*Viktor Navorski, a character in the 2004 film "The Terminal".
*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"
*Vic Vega, a character in the film "Reservoir Dogs", also known as Mr. Blonde
*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
*"Victor/Victoria", a musical comedy film about a woman playing a man playing a woman, in order to get work
*Viktor (Suikoden), a recurring character in the "Suikoden" series
*Viktor (Underworld), a character in the "Underworld" film series
*Victor Volt, a main character in The Secret Show

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

* [http://www.victorcastelan.net Victor Castelan] , former programmer and web sites creator
*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
*Victor Entertainment (formerly known as Victor Music Industries), a Japanese media publishing company and subsidiary of Japan Victor Company (JVC).
*Victor Interactive Software, the video game development branch of Victor Entertainment.

See also

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