Victor (also spelled Viktor, Vítor or Víctor) is a male name that has been used for centuries in numerous cultures and parts of the world. The name is of Latin origin, victor meaning "(one who) conquers". It is a masculine given name. [edit] Translations [edit] Roman Catholic religious figures [edit] Given name - Victor, duc de Broglie, several people
- Victor Agosto, American anti-war activist
- Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1587-1637)
- Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
- Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (1726-1796)
- Victor of Aveyron, a feral child
- Victor Emmanuel, regnal name of the House of Savoy
- Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
- Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
- Aurelius Victor, (c.320-c.390 CE), historian and politician of the Roman Empire
- Flavius Victor, Roman usurper, son of Magnus Maximus
- Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
- Víctor Manuel Baute, Spanish boxer
- Vitor Belfort, Brazilian MMA fighter
- Viktor Berg, Canadian squash player
- Victor Bird, Puerto Rican volleyball player
- Victor Borge (1909–2000), Danish-American musician and comedian
- Viktor Bout, Russian arms dealer
- Victor Chandler (born 1951), British bookmaker and businessman, founder of Victor Chandler International
- Viktor Frankl, Austrian Jewish neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor
- Victor Garber, Canadian actor
- Victor Manuel Gerena, fugitive
- Víctor Herrera, Colombian track and road cyclist
- Victor Houston, Barbadian track and field athlete
- Victor Hugo, French writer, widely recognized as the most influential Romantic writer of the 19th century
- Victor Honoré Janssens, Flemish painter
- Víctor Jara, Chilean Nueva Canción musician, died in the coup of 1973
- Víctor Hugo González, Colombian road cyclist
- Victor Horta, Belgian architect, a key player in European Art Nouveau
- Victor Kamber, veteran Washington DC Democratic strategist
- Victor Kiam, Entrepreneur and former President and CEO of Remington Products
- Victor Korchnoi, chess grandmaster and world championship challenger
- Victor Kros, Dutch football goalkeeper
- Viktor Kuznetsov, Soviet backstroke swimmer
- Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, Chinese writer best known for the novel I Will Shoot You!
- Víctor Maldonado, Venezuelan hurdler
- Victor McLaglen, English actor
- Victor Matfield (born 1977), South African rugby player
- Victor Mature (1913-1999), American actor
- Vic Mignogna, American voice actor
- Viktor Mitrou, Greek weightlifter
- Vic Mizzy (1916-2009), American composer
- Víctor Mora, Colombian long-distancename runner
- Víctor Moreno, Venezuelan road cyclist
- Víctor Muñoz, Spanish football coach and player
- Viktor Onopko, Russian football player
- Viktor Orbán, Hungarian Prime Minister
- Victor Rivera, Puerto Rican volleyball player
- Victor Rivera, professional wrestler
- Victor Rivera Gonzalez, Police Chief of Puerto Rico
- Victor Rojas, radio sports announcer
- Víctor Sánchez, Spanish footballer
- Viktor Schauberger, Austrian forester, philosopher, and inventor
- Victor Sloan, Irish artist
- Viktor Spasov, Soviet pole vaulter
- Victor Spinetti, Welsh Comedian
- Victor Tsoi, Russian musician, died 1990
- Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player
- Víctor Trujillo, Mexican comedian, host and political commentator, best known for his character Brozo the Clown
- Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer
- Victor Ukpolo, Nigerian-American university administrator
- Victor Willis, former lead singer for the band Village People
- Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian politician
- Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine
- Viktor Zaitsev, Uzbekistani javelin thrower
- Viktor Zhurba, Soviet discus thrower
[edit] Last name [edit] Fictional - Victor Baxter, from That's So Raven and Cory in the House
- Victor Creed, a character in the Marvel Universe
- Victor Frankenstein, fictional scientist from Frankenstein, the novel of Mary Shelley
- Victor Fries, a villain in the Batman series; also known as Mr. Freeze
- Viktor Krum, a character in the Harry Potter series
- Vic Mackey, the main character in the TV series The Shield
- Victor Mancha, a character in the Runaways comic book
- Victor Meldrew, character in the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave
- Viktor Navorski, a character in the 2004 film The Terminal
- Victor Newman, a character in The Young and the Restless
- Victor Quartermaine, a character in Wallace and Gromit
- 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
- Vic Vega, a character in the film Reservoir Dogs, also known as Mr. Blonde
- 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
- Vittorio, a Religious character from the book and film The Thorn Birds
[edit] References - ^ In Israel, people named Victor sometimes choose to Hebraicize their name to Avigdor, because of the similar sound of the two names. See this article for more info on Hebraicizing names. However, the literal translation of Victor is כובש (kovesh, conqueror)
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