Victor

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Victor (Latin for "winner") is a first name normally given to boys.

Contents 1 People 1.1 Roman Catholic religious figures 1.2 Given name 1.3 Last name 2 Places 3 Other

[edit] People

[edit] 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)

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, a companion of Saint Gereon Other figures Hugh of St. Victor Richard of St. Victor Adam of St. Victor

[edit] Given name

• Flavius Victor, Roman usurper, son of Magnus Maximus
• Victor Hugo, French writer, widely recognized as the most influential Romantic writer of the 19th century
• Victor Horta, Belgian architect, a key player in European Art Nouveau
• Various people called Victor, duc de Broglie
• George Victor Bishop, American film, television, stage and radio actor based in Britain
• Victor Emmanuel, regnal name of the House of Savoy
• Victor Kamber, Washington, DC veteran democratic strategist
• Victor Meldrew, character in the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave
• Victor Garber, Canadian actor
• Victor The Poet, young poet
• Victor von Gerdenheim, a character from the Darkstalkers video game series from Capcom
• Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
• Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
• Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
• Victor Alexiev of Lund
• Victor Sloan, Irish artist
• Victor Manuel Baute, Spanish boxer
• Victor McLaglen, English actor
• Victor Frankenstein, fictional scientist from the novel of Mary Shelley Frankenstein
• Victor Cassion, best pro athlete in the world
• Victor Borga, musician and comedian

[edit] 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

[edit] Places

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

[edit] Other

• Víctor Sánchez del Amo, an Spanish Footballer
• Víctor Muñoz, a Spanish football coach and ex footballer.
• "Victor" (song), a song by American band Blondie.
• Pobednik, a monument in Belgrade dedicated to Serbian soldiers who brought Allies their first victory in WWI
• "Victor" (comic), a British comic book
• Victor (album), a solo album by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson
• The letter "V" in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
• The Victor class submarine, NATO designation of a class of submarines of the Soviet Union
• The Handley Page Victor aircraft
• Victor Records
• The Victor Company of Japan, or JVC (goes under the brand name of Victor in Japan)
• Victor (1992 film), a short 1992 French film starring François Ozon
• Victor (1951 film), a 1951 French film starring Claude Heymann
• Victor Technologies (formerly Sirius Systems Technology) was a computer manufacturer in the early 1980's
• A vítor is 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. It was also used as a symbol of the victory of Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War.
• Victor (horse), a horse sired by Silver from the radio and television show The Lone Ranger. Victor was ridden by the Lone Ranger's nephew, Dan Reid.
• Victor (bike), a motorcycle from TVS, India.