Vincent

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French: [vɛ̃sɑ̃]GenderMaleOriginWord/nameLatinMeaningconquering, winningOther namesNickname(s)Vince, Vinny, Vinnie, VinRelated names
Vincentius, Vicente, Vincente, Vincenzo, Vincenza, Vincenzi, Vincentia, Vincențiu, Vinko, Vikentije, Vikenty, Vikentiy
Vinci, Vance

Vincent (Latin: Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word vincere (to conquer).[1]

People with the given name

Artists

  • Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor
  • Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch Post-Impressionist painter
  • Vincent Munier (born 1976), French wildlife photographer

Saints

Politicians and government officials

In sports

American football

  • Vince Biegel (born 1993), American football player
  • Vinnie Clark (born 1979), American former National Football League player
  • Vince Courville (born 1959), American former National Football League player
  • Vince Dooley (1932–2022), American former football coach
  • Vincent Gray (American football) (born 1999), American National Football League player
  • Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) American former National Football League player and former Major League Baseball player.
  • Vince Lombardi (1913–1970), American National Football League player, coach and executive
  • Vince Promuto (1938–2021), American National Football League player
  • Vincent Taylor (American football) (born 1994), American football player
  • Vinny Testaverde (born 1963), American former National Football League quarterback
  • Vince Warren (born 1963), American former National Football League player
  • Vince Wilfork (born 1981), American former National Football League player

Association football

Baseball

  • Vince Coleman (born 1961), American former Major League Baseball player
  • Vince DiMaggio (1912–1986), American Major League Baseball player, older brother of Joe and Dom DiMaggio
  • Vin Scully (1927–2022), American sportscaster, called Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers games from 1950 to 2016

Basketball

  • Vincent Askew (born 1966), American former professional basketball player
  • Vince Carter (born 1977), National Basketball Association player
  • Vincent Collet (born 1963), French basketball coach
  • Vincent Kesteloot (born 1995), Belgian professional basketball player
  • Vincent Masingue (born 1976), French former professional basketball player
  • Vincent Mendy (basketball) (born 1983), French professional basketball player
  • Vincent Nguyen (basketball) (born 1995), Vietnamese-Dutch professional basketball player
  • Vincent Poirier (born 1993), French professional basketball player
  • Vincent Rivaldi Kosasih (born 1996), Indonesian basketball player
  • Vincent Sanford (born 1990), American basketball player
  • Vincent Yarbrough (born 1981), American former professional basketball player

Wrestling

  • Vince McMahon (born 1945), American professional wrestling promoter and owner, chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
  • Vince McMahon Sr. (1914–1984), American professional wrestling promoter, father of the above
  • Vinny Marseglia (born 1986), known as Vincent in ROH
  • Virgil (wrestler) (born 1962), known as Vincent in WCW

Other sports

Actors and directors

In music

Songs

  • "Vincent" (Don McLean song), 1972 folk rock song with the opening line "Starry Starry Night"
  • "Vincent" (Sarah Connor song), 2019 pop song
  • "Vincent", a song by Car Seat Headrest from their 2016 album Teens of Denial

Music artists

as Vincent
  • Vincent (music producer) (born 1995), Canadian electronic music producer and pianist (born Robert Hughes)
  • Vincent Lübeck (1654–1740), German Baroque-era composer of organ music
  • Vincent Persichetti (1915–1987), American composer, teacher and pianist
  • Vincent Pontare (born 1980), Swedish singer and songwriter, known also by the mononym Vincent
  • Vincent Jamal Staples (Born 1993), American rapper
  • St. Vincent (musician), stage name of American indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Annie Clark (born 1982)
  • Vinnie Amico (born 1969), American multi-genre drummer, long-standing member of jam band moe.
  • Vinnie Bell (1932–2019), American session guitarist
  • Vinnie Colaiuta (born 1956), an American session drummer
  • Vinnie Moore (born 1964), American guitarist and member of the English hard rock band UFO
  • Vinnie Paul (1964–2018), American rock/metal drummer, founding member of the band Pantera
  • Vinnie Vincent (born 1952), American rock/metal guitarist, formerly with Kiss
As Vince
  • Vince Clarke (born 1960), English musician, part of Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, Erasure, VCMG
  • Vince Gill (born 1957), American country music singer, songwriter and musician
  • Vince Guaraldi (1928–1976), American jazz musician and pianist
  • Vince Hill (1934–2023), English singer
  • Vince Martin (singer) (1937–2018), American folk singer and songwriter
  • Vince Neil (born 1961), American lead singer of rock band Mötley Crüe

Writers

  • Vincent Harding (July 25, 1931 – May 19, 2014), American historian and civil rights activist
  • Vincent O'Sullivan (American writer) (1868–1940), American short story writer, poet and critic
  • Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand poet) (born 1937), New Zealand poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, critic and editor
  • Vincent Cronin (1924–2011), British biographer
  • Vince Powell (1928–2009), British sitcom writer
  • Vincent Waller, American writer and storyboard artist who worked on SpongeBob SquarePants

Other

Fictional characters

  • Vincent Chase (born 1976), fictional American actor and director from the HBO series, Entourage.
  • Vincent Corleone, in The Godfather Part III
  • Vincent Vega, a main character in the film Pulp Fiction
  • Vincent, a contract killer in the 2004 film Collateral, played by Tom Cruise
  • Lt. Vincent Hanna, a Robert Homicide Detective killer in the 1995 film Heat, played by Al Pacino
  • Vincent MacKenna, in St. Vincent, played by Bill Murray
  • V.I.N.CENT (Vital Information Necessary CENTralized), a robot in the 1979 Disney film The Black Hole
  • Vincent Law, a main character in the series Ergo Proxy.
  • Vincent, "The Beast" from Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series), played by Ron Perlman
  • Vincent Freeman, the protagonist of the 1997 film Gattaca
  • Vincent Keller, "The Beast" from Beauty and the Beast (2012 TV series), played by Jay Ryan
  • Vincent Benedict, in the 1988 film Twins, played by Danny DeVito
  • Vinnie Patterson, from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Ryan Kwanten
  • Vinnie Pappalardo, a villain from the video game Lego City Undercover, voiced by John Guerrasio
  • Vincent Valentine, from Final Fantasy VII
  • Vincent Crabbe, in the Harry Potter series
  • Vincent Phantomhive, in the anime Black Butler
  • Vincent Nightray, from the anime/manga Pandora Hearts
  • Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer, in the film Ghostbusters
  • Vincent Brooks, the main character of the 2011 Atlus video game Catherine
  • Vincent, a main character in the 2015 film Disorder, played by Matthias Schoenaerts
  • Father Vincent, in Silent Hill 3
  • Vincent, Walt's dog in Lost
  • Vincent Dorin, a character from Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
  • Vincent Sinclair, a character from House of Wax
  • Vincent Nigel-Murray, one of Dr. Brennan’s "squinterns" from Bones
  • Vincent Malloy, central character of the 1982 short stop-motion movie Vincent by Tim Burton
  • Vincent, the main villain of Over the Hedge
  • Vincent Gallagher, a private investigator in the TV series Vincent
  • Vince Noir, one of the main characters of the British comedy show The Mighty Boosh

See also

  • Vincint (born 1991), American musician
  • Veni, vidi, vici (literally "I came; I saw; I conquered")
  • Victor (name) (literally "winner" or "conqueror")
  • Nike (mythology)/Victoria (mythology)

References

  1. ^ a b "Vincent" (in Swedish). Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. Archived from the original on 2021-03-04. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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