Vincent

This article is about people bearing the name Vincent. For other uses, see Vincent (disambiguation).

Vincent

Saint Vincent (right)
Pronunciation	English: /ˈvɪnsənt/ French: [vɛ̃sɑ̃]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	conquering, winning
Other names
Nickname(s)	Vince, Vinny, Vinnie, Vin
Related names	Vincentius, Vicente, Vincente, Vincenzo, Vincenza, Vincenzi, Vincentia, Vincențiu, Vinko, Vikentije, Vikenty, Vikentiy Vinci, Vance

Vincent (Latin: Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word vincere (to conquer).

People with the given name

Artists

• Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor
• Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch Post-Impressionist painter
• Vincent Munier (born 1976), French wildlife photographer

Saints

• Vincent of Saragossa (died 304), deacon and martyr, patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia
• Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (died 305), martyrs who evangelized in the Pyrenees
• Vincent of Digne (died 379), French bishop of Digne
• Vincent of Lérins (died 445), Church father, Gallic author of early Christian writings
• Vincent Madelgarius (died 677), Benedictine monk who established two monasteries in France
• Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Valencian Dominican missionary and logician
• Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), Catholic priest who served the poor
• Vicente Liem de la Paz (Vincent Liem the Nguyen, 1732–1773), Vincent Duong, Vincent Tuong, and Vincent Yen Do of the Vietnamese Martyrs
• Vincent Pallotti (1795–1850), Italian ecclesiastic

Politicians and government officials

• Vincent Auriol (1884–1966), French politician who served as President of France from 1947 to 1954
• Vincent Bru (born 1955), French politician
• Sir John Vincent "Vince" Cable (born 1943), British politician
• Vincent Candelora, American businessman, lawyer, and politician
• Vince Catania (born 1977), Australian politician
• Vincent Cianci (1941–2016), American politician
• Vincent B. Dixie (born 1973), American businessman and politician
• Vincent Fang (entrepreneur) (born 1943), politician in Hong Kong
• Vince Martin (politician) (1920–2001), Australian politician
• Vincent Massey (1887–1967), Canadian lawyer, diplomat and 18th Governor General of Canada
• Vincent Orange (born 1957), American politician and attorney
• Vincent Perera (1918–1993), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, Mayor of Colombo from 1965-1966
• Vincent Pierre (born 1964), American politician
• Vincent Rolland (born 1970), French politician
• Vincent Seitlinger (born 1987), French politician
• Vincent Stuart de Silva Wikramanayake (1876–1953), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician

In sports

American football

• Vince Biegel (born 1993), American football player
• Vinnie Clark (born 1979), American former National Football League player
• Vince Courville (born 1959), American former National Football League player
• Vince Dooley (1932–2022), American former football coach
• Vincent Gray (American football) (born 1999), American National Football League player
• Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) American former National Football League player and former Major League Baseball player.
• Vince Lombardi (1913–1970), American National Football League player, coach and executive
• Vince Promuto (1938–2021), American National Football League player
• Vincent Taylor (American football) (born 1994), American football player
• Vinny Testaverde (born 1963), American former National Football League quarterback
• Vince Warren (born 1963), American former National Football League player
• Vince Wilfork (born 1981), American former National Football League player

Association football

• Vincent Aboubakar (born 1992), Cameroonian professional footballer
• Vincent Bossou (born 1986), Togolese footballer
• Vincent Candela (born 1973), French football player
• Vincent Enyeama (born 1982), Nigerian former footballer
• Vincent Kompany (born 1986), Belgian former footballer
• Vincent Lamy (born 1999), Canadian soccer player
• Vincent Nogueira (born 1988), French former professional footballer
• Vincent Rabiega (born 1995), professional footballer
• Vincent Rüfli (born 1988), Swiss professional footballer
• Vincent Sierro (born 1995), Swiss professional footballer

Baseball

• Vince Coleman (born 1961), American former Major League Baseball player
• Vince DiMaggio (1912–1986), American Major League Baseball player, older brother of Joe and Dom DiMaggio
• Vin Scully (1927–2022), American sportscaster, called Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers games from 1950 to 2016

Basketball

• Vincent Askew (born 1966), American former professional basketball player
• Vince Carter (born 1977), National Basketball Association player
• Vincent Collet (born 1963), French basketball coach
• Vincent Kesteloot (born 1995), Belgian professional basketball player
• Vincent Masingue (born 1976), French former professional basketball player
• Vincent Mendy (basketball) (born 1983), French professional basketball player
• Vincent Nguyen (basketball) (born 1995), Vietnamese-Dutch professional basketball player
• Vincent Poirier (born 1993), French professional basketball player
• Vincent Rivaldi Kosasih (born 1996), Indonesian basketball player
• Vincent Sanford (born 1990), American basketball player
• Vincent Yarbrough (born 1981), American former professional basketball player

Wrestling

• Vince McMahon (born 1945), American professional wrestling promoter and owner, chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
• Vince McMahon Sr. (1914–1984), American professional wrestling promoter, father of the above
• Vinny Marseglia (born 1986), known as Vincent in ROH
• Virgil (wrestler) (born 1962), known as Vincent in WCW

Other sports

• Vinnie Anderson (born 1979), New Zealand rugby league footballer
• Vincent Astrolabio (born 1997), Filipino professional boxer
• Vincent Bachet (born 1978), professional French ice hockey defenceman
• Vincent Barnes (born 1960), South African first-class cricketer
• Vincent Barteau (born 1962), former French road racing cyclist
• Vincent Blatchford (1906–1976), English table tennis player
• Vincent Boury (born 1969), French table tennis player
• Vincent Brewster (born 1940), Barbadian cricketer
• Vincent Carrara (born 1905, date of death unknown), French racing cyclist
• Vincent Casse (born 1994), Belgian acrobatic gymnast
• Vincent Chepkok (born 1988), Kenyan professional long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres
• Vincent Chiu (born 1998), American badminton player
• Vince Clarke (cricketer) (born 1971), English former cricketer
• Vincent Clerc (born 1981), former French rugby union player
• Vincent Confait (born 1959), Seychellois sprinter
• Vincent Defrasne (born 1977), former French biathlete
• Vincent De Haître (born 1994), Canadian dual-sport athlete competing as both a speed skater and track cyclist
• Vincent de Nardi (born 1967), French water polo player
• Vincent Dias Dos Santos (born 1990), Luxembourgish cyclo-cross cyclist
• Vincent Favretto (born 1984), French pole vaulter
• Vincent Feigenbutz (born 1995), German professional boxer
• Vincent Hermance (born 1984), French mountain bike trials cyclist
• Vincent C Y Ho (born 1990), horse racing jockey
• Vincent Gagnon (born 1981), Canadian retired racquetball player
• Vincent Garos (born 1982), retired French sailor
• Vincent Gauthier-Manuel (born 1986), French alpine skier and Paralympic athlete
• Vincent Hancock (born 1989), American Olympic shooter
• Vinnie Hinostroza (born 1994), American hockey player
• Vincent Hoppezak (born 1999), Dutch road and track cyclist
• Vincent Keymer (born 2004), German chess player
• Vincent Mumo Kiilu (born 1982), Kenyan sprint runner and hurdler
• Vincent Kipchumba (born 1990), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Vincent Kriechmayr (born 1991), Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer
• Vincent Laigle (born 1973), French badminton player
• Vincent Lange (born 1974), German volleyball player
• Vincent Lau (born 1996), Hong Kong road cyclist
• Vincent Lavenu (born 1956), French former professional road bicycle racer
• Vincent Lecavalier (born 1980), Canadian former National Hockey League player
• Vincent Le Dauphin (born 1976), retired French athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase
• Vincent Le Quellec (born 1975), French former track cyclist
• Vincent Libert, Belgian sports shooter
• Vincent Limare (born 1992), French judoka
• Vincent Luis (born 1989), French professional triathlete
• Vincent Lynch (cyclist) (born 1968), Barbadian former cyclist
• Vincent Matheron (born 1998), French skateboarder
• Vincent Matthews (athlete) (born 1947), American former sprinter
• Vincent Millot (born 1986), French tennis player
• Vincent Milou (born 1996), regular-footed French professional skateboarder
• Vincent Pelluard (born 1990), French-Colombian cyclist
• Vincent Pelo (born 1988), French rugby union player
• Vince Phillips (born 1963), American boxer and former IBF champion
• Vincent Morris Scheer (1904–1986), light welterweight champion boxer under the ring name Mushy Callahan
• Vincent Spadea (born 1974), tennis player from the United States
• Vince O'Sullivan (born 1957), American racewalker
• Vincent Reed (born 1940), English cricketer
• Vincent Reffet (1984–2020), French BASE jumper, skydiver, wingsuit flyer, and jetman
• Vincent Ricard (born 1985), French bobsledder
• Vincent Richards (1903 – 1959), American tennis player
• Vincent Riendeau (diver) (born 1996), Canadian elite diver
• Vincent Roberge (born 1997), Canadian curler
• Vincent Rousseau (born 1962), former long-distance runner from Belgium
• Vincent Salazard (1909–1993), French racing cyclist
• Vincent Soler (1928–2012), Algerian racing cyclist
• Vincent ter Schure (born 1979), Dutch Paralympic cyclist
• Vincent Trocheck (born 1993), American professional ice hockey center
• Vincent Vitetta (1925–2021), French cyclist
• Vincent Vittoz (born 1975), French former cross-country skier, non-commissioned officer and coach
• Vincent Voorn (born 1984), Dutch show jumper
• Vincent Winn (born 1966), former English cricketer
• Vincent Wong (born 1990), badminton player of Chinese-Indonesian descent
• Vincent Zhou (born 2000), American figure skater
• Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux (born 1980), French long-distance runner who specialises in the steeplechase

Actors and directors

• Vincent Cassel (born 1966), French actor
• Vincent Corazza, Canadian voice actor
• Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959), American actor, director, producer, writer, and singer
• Vincent Gallo (born 1961), American actor, director and musician
• George Vincent "Vince" Gilligan, (born 1967), American writer, director, and producer
• Vincent Guastaferro (born 1950), American film, stage and television actor
• Vince Howard (1929–2002), American film and television actor
• Vinnie Jones (born 1965), British actor and former footballer
• Vincent Kartheiser (born 1979), American actor
• Vincent Kok (born 1965), Hong Kong actor and film director
• Vincent Martella (born 1992), American actor, singer, and musician
• Vincente Minnelli (1903–1986), American director, best known for directing classic movie musicals
• Vincent Pastore (born 1946), American actor
• Vincent Piazza (born 1976), American actor, singer, and producer
• Vincent Price (1911–1993), American actor best known for his performances in horror films
• Vincent Regan (born 1966), British actor
• Vincent Schiavelli (1948-2005), American actor his tall stature
• Vincent Sherman (1906–2006), American director and actor
• Vincent Tong (voice actor) (born 1980), Canadian actor
• Vincent Vaas (1922–2004), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor
• Vince Vaughn (born 1970), American actor
• Vincent Wong (born 1983), Hong Kong actor and singer
• Vincent Young (actor) (Born 1965), American actor
• Vincent Zhao (born 1972), Chinese actor and martial artist

In music

Songs

• "Vincent" (Don McLean song), 1972 folk rock song with the opening line "Starry Starry Night"
• "Vincent" (Sarah Connor song), 2019 pop song
• "Vincent", a song by Car Seat Headrest from their 2016 album Teens of Denial

Music artists

as Vincent

• Vincent (music producer) (born 1995), Canadian electronic music producer and pianist (born Robert Hughes)
• Vincent Lübeck (1654–1740), German Baroque-era composer of organ music
• Vincent Persichetti (1915–1987), American composer, teacher and pianist
• Vincent Pontare (born 1980), Swedish singer and songwriter, known also by the mononym Vincent
• Vincent Jamal Staples (Born 1993), American rapper
• St. Vincent (musician), stage name of American indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Annie Clark (born 1982)
• Vinnie Amico (born 1969), American multi-genre drummer, long-standing member of jam band moe.
• Vinnie Bell (1932–2019), American session guitarist
• Vinnie Colaiuta (born 1956), an American session drummer
• Vinnie Moore (born 1964), American guitarist and member of the English hard rock band UFO
• Vinnie Paul (1964–2018), American rock/metal drummer, founding member of the band Pantera
• Vincent Peirani (born 1980), French jazz accordionist, vocalist and composer
• Vinnie Vincent (born 1952), American rock/metal guitarist, formerly with Kiss

As Vince

• Vince Clarke (born 1960), English musician, part of Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, Erasure, VCMG
• Vince Gill (born 1957), American country music singer, songwriter and musician
• Vince Guaraldi (1928–1976), American jazz musician and pianist
• Vince Hill (1934–2023), English singer
• Vince Martin (singer) (1937–2018), American folk singer and songwriter
• Vince Neil (born 1961), American lead singer of rock band Mötley Crüe

Writers

• Vincent Harding (July 25, 1931 – May 19, 2014), American historian and civil rights activist
• Vincent O'Sullivan (American writer) (1868–1940), American short story writer, poet and critic
• Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand poet) (born 1937), New Zealand poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, critic and editor
• Vincent Cronin (1924–2011), British biographer
• Vince Powell (1928–2009), British sitcom writer
• Vincent Waller, American writer and storyboard artist who worked on SpongeBob SquarePants

Other

• George Vincent Orange (1935–2012), New Zealand historian best known for his military biographies
• Vincent, Prince of Denmark (born 2011)
• Vincent Henry Ludovici Anthonisz, Sri Lankan Burgher physician and military officer
• Vincent Astor (1891–1959), American businessman and philanthropist
• Vincent Bolloré (born 1952), French billionaire businessman
• Vincent Cobée (born 1968/1969), French businessman, CEO of Citroën
• Vincent Connare (born 1960), American type designer and former Microsoft employee
• Vincent du Vigneaud (1901–1978), American biochemist
• Vincent DeDomenico (1915–2007), American entrepreneur
• Bernard Vincent Finnigan, Australian politician
• Vincent F. Hendricks (born 1970), Danish philosopher and logician
• Vincent Kane (born 1935), Welsh broadcaster and writer
• Vincent Kling (architect) (1916–2013), American architect
• Vincent Krassousky (1902–1948), Ukrainian cartoonist
• Vincent Lo (born 1948), chairman of Hong Kong–based building-materials and construction firm
• Vincent DePaul Lynch (1927-1984), pharmacology and toxicology professor
• Vincent Mai, American businessman and philanthropist
• Vincent Marotta (1924–2015), American businessman, investor and philanthropist
• Vincent Cartledge Reddish (1926–2015), British astronomer
• Vincent Sardi Jr. (1915–2007), American restaurateur
• Vincent Sardi Sr. (1885–1969), American restaurateur
• Vincent Scully (1920–2017), American art historian
• Vincent Tan (born 1952), Malaysian Chinese businessman and investor
• Vincent Tchenguiz (born 1956), Iranian-British entrepreneur
• Vincent Viola (born 1956), American billionaire businessman and U.S. Army veteran
• Vincent Wardell (1903–1990), Australian businessman, manufacturer and company director
• Vincent Zarrilli (1932–2018), American businessman

Fictional characters

• Vincent Chase (born 1976), fictional American actor and director from the HBO series, Entourage.
• Vincent Corleone, in The Godfather Part III
• Vincent Vega, a main character in the film Pulp Fiction
• Vincent, a contract killer in the 2004 film Collateral, played by Tom Cruise
• Lt. Vincent Hanna, a Robert Homicide Detective killer in the 1995 film Heat, played by Al Pacino
• Vincent MacKenna, in St. Vincent, played by Bill Murray
• V.I.N.CENT (Vital Information Necessary CENTralized), a robot in the 1979 Disney film The Black Hole
• Vincent Law, a main character in the series Ergo Proxy.
• Vincent, "The Beast" from Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series), played by Ron Perlman
• Vincent Freeman, the protagonist of the 1997 film Gattaca
• Vincent Keller, "The Beast" from Beauty and the Beast (2012 TV series), played by Jay Ryan
• Vincent Benedict, in the 1988 film Twins, played by Danny DeVito
• Vinnie Patterson, from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Ryan Kwanten
• Vinnie Pappalardo, a villain from the video game Lego City Undercover, voiced by John Guerrasio
• Vincent Valentine, from Final Fantasy VII
• Vincent Crabbe, in the Harry Potter series
• Vincent Phantomhive, in the anime Black Butler
• Vincent Nightray, from the anime/manga Pandora Hearts
• Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer, in the film Ghostbusters
• Vincent Brooks, the main character of the 2011 Atlus video game Catherine
• Vincent, a main character in the 2015 film Disorder, played by Matthias Schoenaerts
• Father Vincent, in Silent Hill 3
• Vincent, Walt's dog in Lost
• Vincent Dorin, a character from Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
• Vincent Sinclair, a character from House of Wax
• Vincent Nigel-Murray, one of Dr. Brennan’s "squinterns" from Bones
• Vincent Malloy, central character of the 1982 short stop-motion movie Vincent by Tim Burton
• Vincent, the main villain of Over the Hedge
• Vincent Gallagher, a private investigator in the TV series Vincent
• Vince Noir, one of the main characters of the British comedy show The Mighty Boosh

See also

• Vincint (born 1991), American musician
• Veni, vidi, vici (literally "I came; I saw; I conquered")
• Victor (name) (literally "winner" or "conqueror")
• Nike (mythology)/Victoria (mythology)