Vickers (disambiguation)

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Vickers may refer to:

[edit] Organisations

• Vickers, a British engineering conglomerate founded in 1828.
  • Vickers Limited
  • Vickers-Armstrongs
  • Vickers plc
  • Vickers Defence Systems, defence arm of Vickers plc, sold by Rolls-Royce plc to Alvis plc in 2002.
  • Alvis Vickers, the result of the above merger. Acquired by BAE Systems in 2004.
  • Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited (VSEL), the former shipbuilding and armaments division of Vickers nationalised in 1977, privatised in 1986.
• Vickers Football Club, a competitive soccer team based in Markham, ON, Canada.

[edit] Persons

• Vickers (surname)
  • Brian Vickers, American stock car driver, currently racing in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup
  • Frederick Bert Vickers, an Australian author
  • Jack A. Vickers, American financier and golf promoter
  • Roy Henry Vickers, a Canadian painter
  • Roy Vickers, an English mystery writer
  • Sir Geoffrey Vickers (1894-1992), a pioneer of systems thinking.
  • Mike Vickers, British guitarist and composer
  • Michael G. Vickers
  • Lawrence Vickers, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns
  • Lee Vickers, NFL tight end for the Baltimore Ravens

[edit] Other

• Vickers hardness test, a measure of material hardness using the indentation method
• The Vickers machine gun