Victor

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Victor (from vincere "to conquer", victoria "victory") is a first name normally given to boys.

Contents

1 People

1.1 Roman Catholic religious figures
1.2 Given name
1.3 Last name

2 Places
3 Other

People

Roman Catholic religious figures

Three Popes:
*Saint Pope Victor I
*Pope Victor II
*Blessed Pope Victor III

Saints:
*Saint Victor Maurus or Victor the Moor, Victor of Milan.
*Saint Pope Victor I
*Saint Victor of Marseilles
*Saint Victorinus of Pettau

Given name

Flavius Victor, Roman usurper, son of Magnus Maximus
Victor Hugo, French writer, widely recognized as the most influential Romantic writer of the 19th century
Victor Horta, Belgian architect, a key player in European Art Nouveau
Various people called Victor, duc de Broglie
George Victor Bishop, American film, television, stage and radio actor based in Britain
Victor Emmanuel, regnal name of the House of Savoy
Victor Kamber, Washington, DC veteran democratic strategist
Victor Meldrew, character in the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave
Victor Garber, Canadian actor

Last name

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
Alexander F. Victor founder of the Victor Animatograph Corporation
Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno (1764–1841), marshal of France
Jaclyn Victor, Malaysia's first Idol winner
Joseph Victor, mayor of Courbevoie from October 1920 to May 1925
Paul Bins, comte de Saint-Victor, French author
Victor, The Cow, K to feel OK

Places

Several towns in the United States:
*Victor, New York.
*Victor, Colorado, a near-ghost town near Cripple Creek, Colorado.
*Victor, Idaho.
*Victor, Iowa.
*Victor, Montana.
A number of places in France containing the element Saint-Victor.

Other

"Victor" (song), a song by American band Blondie.
Pobednik, a monument in Belgrade dedicated to Serbian soldiers who brought Allies their first victory in WWI
"Victor" (comic), a British comic book
Victor (album), a solo album by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson
The letter "V" in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
The Victor class submarine, NATO designation of a class of submarines of the Soviet Union
The Handley Page Victor aircraft
Victor Records
The Victor Company of Japan, or JVC (goes under the brand name of Victor in Japan)
Victor (1992 film), a short 1992 French film starring François Ozon
Victor (1951 film), a 1951 French film starring Claude Heymann
Victor Technologies (formerly Sirius Systems Technology) was a computer manufacturer in the early 1980's

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