Vincent
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Vincent | |
Gender: | Male |
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Origin: | Latin |
Meaning: | "Winning", "conquering" |
Vincent refers to the following:
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[edit] People
[edit] Given name
Vincent is a forename derived from the Latin "Vincentius", related to the word "vincens", which means "winning " or "conquering".
- Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico
- Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy VII)
- St. Vincent de Paul, priest, confessor
- Saint Vincent of Lérins
- Vincent D'Onofrio
- Vincent A. Mahler, Prestigious political scientist
- Vincent Alsop, cleric
- Vincent Baron
- Vincent Barzynski
- Vincent of Beauvais, (ca 1190 - 1264?), Dominican friar and author of the Speculum Maius.
- Vincent Caraffa, Seventh General of the Society of Jesus
- Vincent Cassel, French actor
- Vincent Chin, victim of racial crime
- Vince Clark, the lead character in the British sitcom 15 Storeys High.
- Vincent Contenson
- Vincent de Valverde
- Vincent Espinel, Poet and novelist
- Vinnie Fiorello, drummer with ska punk band Less Than Jake * St. Vincent Ferrer
- Vince Foster, attorney
- Vincent Francoual, chef, and Vincent - a Restaurant, his Minneapolis, Minnesota restaurant
- Vincent Louis Gotti
- Vincent Houdry, Preacher and writer on ascetics
- Blessed Vincent Kadlubek, Bishop of Cracow
- Vincent Kartheiser, actor
- Vincent Kompany, Belgian football defender
- Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian ice hockey player
- Vincent Richard Impellitteri, politician
- Venerable Vincent Mary Pallotti
- Vincent M. Brennan, politician
- Vincent "Don Vito" Margera, uncle of famed skateboarder Bam Margera
- Vincent Mason, United States Aviator and Business Executive
- Vince McMahon, Chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment
- Vincent Price, actor
- Vincent Regan, actor
- Vincent Rousseau, Belgian long-distance runner
- Vince Russo, American writer
- Vincenc Strouhal, Czech physicist
- Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter
- Vince Vaughn, US actor
- Vince Young, NFL Quarterback
- Vincent, Huron chief
- Vincent I, Duke of Mantua
- Vincent I, bishop of Zaragoza (Spain) in ca. 516.
- Vincent II, bishop of Zaragoza (Spain) at some time after 569 and before 586.
- Vincent III, bishop of Zaragoza (Spain) in 1111.
- Alexandre Vincent Jandel, General superior of the Dominican order * Jedediah Vincent Huntington, Catholic clergyman, novelist
- J.-M.-Vincent Audin, Writer
- Stephen Vincent Benét, writer
- Thomas Vincent Faustus Sadler, Roman Catholic missionary
[edit] Surname
- A. Vincent
- Alex Vincent
- Angela Vincent, biologist
- Ava Vincent, pornstar
- Beverly M. Vincent
- Bev Vincent
- Brooke Vincent
- Cerina Vincent
- Charles Vincent, fictional character
- Colin Vincent
- Cyril Vincent
- David Vincent
- Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon
- Fay Vincent
- Francis Thomas Vincent, Jr.
- François-Elie Vincent
- Frank Vincent
- Gene Vincent
- George Vincent (English)
- George Robert Vincent
- Graham Vincent-Smith
- H. Vincent
- Harry Vincent, fictional character
- Holly Vincent
- Innocent Vincent
- Isabel Vincent
- Jamie Vincent
- Jan-Michael Vincent
- Jay Vincent
- Jean Vincent (footballer)
- John Vincent (general), British general
- John Vincent (historian), British historian
- John Carter Vincent
- June Vincent
- Justin Vincent
- Keydrick Vincent
- Kira Vincent-Davis
- Kyle Vincent
- Lou Vincent
- Lynn Vincent
- Marcel Vincent
- Marjorie Vincent
- Mary Ann Vincent
- Nick Vincent
- Norah Vincent
- Pierre H. Vincent
- Pierre L. J. Vincent
- Rhonda Vincent
- Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill
- Richard Vincent (playwright)
- Robert Vincent
- Sam Vincent
- Sam Vincent (basketball)
- Samuel Vincent
- Sonny Vincent
- Sténio Vincent
- Steven Vincent
- Strong Vincent
- Tim Vincent
- Tony Vincent
- Troy Vincent
- Vinnie Vincent
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet
[edit] Geography
Vincent is, or forms part of, the name of several places:
In the United States of America:
- Vincent, Alabama
- Vincent, California
- Vincent, Iowa
- Port Vincent, Louisiana
- East Vincent Township, Pennsylvania
- West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania
- St. Vincent, Minnesota
- St. Vincent Township, Minnesota
Place names elsewhere:
- Vincent, Western Australia
- Vincent, a commune of the Jura département, in France
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
[edit] Other meanings
- Hurricane Vince - a hurricane that affected Spain during the 2005 atlantic hurricane season.
- Vincent Crabbe - A character in Harry Potter.
- Vincent (film)
- Vincent (song) is a song dedicated to Vincent van Gogh by Don McLean
- Vincent Motorcycles
- Vince Noir - A character in The Mighty Boosh.
- A Character in Pokémon Chronicles, also known as Jackson.
- Vincent Valentine, a character in Final Fantasy VII
- Vincent, television series on ITV1.
- Mike Jones (wrestler), a professional wrestler who went by the name Vincent.
- Vince Van Morrison, the sin of Greed in the webcomic Jack.
- V.I.N.CENT, a robotic character in the Disney Sci-Fi movie The Black Hole
- Vincent (book), a novel by Joey Goebel published as Torture the Artist in the US
- Vincent (Collateral)