Victor
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Victor is a Latin name that means "conqueror". It is a masculine given name.
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[edit] Given name
- Victor de Leon III, Youngest Pro Video Gamer in the World
- 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 Emmanuel, regnal name of the House of Savoy
- Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
- Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
- 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
- Victor Mignogna, American voice actor, more commonly called "Vic"
- Víctor Muñoz, a Spanish football coach and ex-footballer
- Viktor Onopko, Russian football player
- Viktor Orbán, former Hungarian Prime Minister
- Victor Rojas, radio sports announcer
- Víctor Sánchez del Amo, an 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
[edit] Last name
- Aurelius Victor, (ca.320-ca.390 CE) historian and politician of the Roman Empire.
- 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
[edit] Places
- Several towns in the United States:
- Victor, Colorado, a near-ghost town near Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Victor, Idaho
- Victor, Iowa
- Victor, Montana
- Victor, New York
- A number of places in France containing the element Saint-Victor
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Other
- Victor Switchgear, an India based company engaged in Sheet Metal Fabrication and Assembly of Medium & High Voltage Electrical Panels
- Victor Technologies (formerly Sirius Systems Technology), a computer manufacturer in the early 1980s
- Victor Technology, a U.S. based supplier of calculators
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Vítor from Salamanca.
- A vítor, a monogram of the letters VICTOR 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
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