Victor

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Victor (sometimes spelled Viktor or Vikter) is a male given name.

People

Roman Catholics

Popes:

• Saint Pope Victor I (died 199)
• Pope Victor II (c. 1018-1057)
• Pope Victor III (c. 1026-1087)

Antipopes:

• Antipope Victor IV (1138)
• Antipope Victor IV (1159–1164)

Bishops of Chur:

• Victor I, Bishop of Chur, seventh century
• Victor II, Bishop of Chur, eighth century
• Victor III, Bishop of Chur (died on or before 836)

Saints:

• Victor Maurus (died c. 303), also known as Victor the Moor and Victor of Milan
• Victor of Marseilles (died c. 290)
• Viktor of Xanten (died in the fourth century)

Places

• Several towns in the United States:
  • Victor, Colorado
  • Victor, Idaho
  • Victor, Iowa
  • Victor, Montana
  • Victor, New York
  • Victor, South Dakota, in Roberts County

Fiction

Films

• Victor Victoria, a 1982 musical comedy about a woman masquerading as man impersonating a woman
• Victor (1993 film), a 1993 French short movie by François Ozon
• Victor, a 2008 television film about Canadian swimmer Victor Davis
• Victor (2009 film), a 2009 film

Characters

• Victor (mascot), the logo and mascot for the Just for Laughs comedy festival
• Victor (Dollhouse), from Joss Whedon's Dollhouse
• Victor, a character in TV series Breaking Bad
• Viktor (Underworld), from the Underworld film series
• Victor (Breaking Bad), an underling of criminal mastermind Gustavo Fring in the series Breaking Bad

Military

• The Victor-class submarine, NATO designation of a class of submarines of the Soviet Union
• The Handley Page Victor, strategic bomber aircraft
• Pobednik ("The Victor"), a monument in Belgrade dedicated to Serbian soldiers in World War I

Music

• Victor (album), a solo album by Rush's guitarist Alex Lifeson
• "Victor", a song from the 1979 album Eat to the Beat by American New Wave group Blondie

Businesses

• Victor Talking Machine Company, early 20th century American recording company, forerunner of RCA Victor
• Victor Entertainment, Japanese record label, subsidiary of Japan Victor Company (JVC)
• Victor Interactive Software, the video game development branch of Victor Entertainment
• Victor Technologies (formerly Sirius Systems Technology), a computer manufacturer in the early 1980s
• Victor Technology, a U.S.-based supplier of calculators

Other

• Victor, the letter "V" in the NATO phonetic alphabet
• Victor (formerly Empire Ben), a tugboat in service in Australia from 1951 to 1985 when she was preserved in Geelong
• The Victor comic book and annual for boys (1961 to 1994)
• Victor, a motorbike from TVS Motors, India

See also

• The Victor (disambiguation)
• Victoria (disambiguation)
• Victorinus (disambiguation)
• Saint-Victor (disambiguation), various places in France
• Victory (disambiguation)
• Viktors

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