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

Vincent

Self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh in 1887
Pronunciation	/ˈvɪnsənt/ ⓘ VINN-sent
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	"prevailing" "conquering"
Other names
Nicknames	Vince, Vin, Vinny
Related names	Vincentius, Vicente, Vincente, Vincenzo, Vincenza, Vincenzi, Vincentia, Vincențiu, Vinko, Vikentije, Vikenty, Vikentiy Vinci, Vance, Vincenc, Vicko

Vincent (Latin: Vincentius) is a masculine given name originating from the Roman name Vincentius, which itself comes from the Latin verb vincere, meaning "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
• Vincent Namatjira (born 1983), Aboriginal Australian painter

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
• Vincent Fort (1956–2024), American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1996–2017)
• Vincent C. Gray (born 1942), American politician, former Mayor of the District of Columbia (2011–2015)
• Vincent Kumura, Papua New Guinean politician
• Vincent Marchiselli (1928–2013), Democratic politician
• 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 Verouden (born 1973), Dutch politician
• Vincent Wheatley, British Virgin Islands politician
• Vincent Stuart de Silva Wikramanayake (1876–1953), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician

In sports

American football

• Vincent Anthony Jr. (born 2004), American football player
• 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
• Vincent Dancy (born 1984), American football coach
• 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 Mauro (1943–2024), Italian-American FIFA football referee
• 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 Berger (born 1967), French sailor
• 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 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 Gérard (born 1986), French former professional handball player
• Vincent Hancock (born 1989), American Olympic shooter
• Vinnie Hinostroza (born 1994), American hockey player
• Vincent Hoppezak (born 1999), Dutch road and track cyclist
• Vincent Jay (born 1985), former French biathlete and non-commissioned officer
• 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 Kipruto (born 1987), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Vincent Koch (born 1990), South African professional rugby union player
• 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 Lecrubier (born 1986), French sprint canoer
• 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
• Vincent Olise (born 1960), Nigerian cricketer
• Vince O'Sullivan (born 1957), American racewalker
• 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 Caso, American Actor
• Vincent De Paul (actor), American 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 Klyn (born 1960), New Zealand-born American professional surfer and actor
• Vincent Kok (born 1965), Hong Kong actor and film director
• Vincent Laresca (born 1974), American Actor
• Vincent LaRusso (born 1978), American Actor
• Vincent Macaigne French Actor
• Vincent Martella (born 1992), American actor, singer, and musician
• Vincente Minnelli (1903–1986), American director, best known for directing classic movie musicals
• Vincent Pastore (1946–2026), 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 Perez (born 1964), American Actor
• Vincent Rodriguez III (born 1982), American Actor
• Vincent Regan (born 1966), British actor
• Vincent Rottiers (born 1986), French Actor
• Vincent Riotta (born 1959), 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 Ventresca (born 1966), American Actor
• Vincent Vaas (1922–2004), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor
• Vincent Van Patten, American 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
• 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
• Vincent Mason (rapper) (born 1970), American rapper and member of the group De La Soul
• Vincent Mason (singer) (born 2000), American country music singer
• 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
• Vince Staples (Born 1993), American rapper

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) (1937–2024), 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

• 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 Boissonneau (ca. 1635-1715), French soldier and farmer
• 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 Crawford (born 1950), American economist
• 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 Ganty (1881–1957), French political activist
• 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 Alan McClelland (1933–2025), British Catholic historian
• Vincent Pons (born 1983), French economist
• 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
• Vincent name meaning (1932–2018), American Name

Fictional characters

• Vincent, a localized name for Hiei, in the Tagalog dub of YuYu Hakusho (known in the Philippines as Ghost Fighter)
• Vincent, a contract killer in the 2004 film Collateral, played by Tom Cruise
• Vincent, the main villain of Over the Hedge
• V.I.N.CENT (Vital Information Necessary CENTralized), a robot in the 1979 Disney film The Black Hole
• Vincent, "The Beast" from Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series), played by Ron Perlman
• Vincent, a main character in the 2015 film Disorder, played by Matthias Schoenaerts
• Vincent, Walt's dog in Lost
• Father Vincent, in Silent Hill 3
• Vincent Benedict, in the 1988 film Twins, played by Danny DeVito
• Cardinal Vincent Benitez, elected Pope in the film Conclave
• Vincent Brooks, the main character of the 2011 Atlus video game Catherine
• Vincent Chase (born 1976), fictional American actor and director from the HBO series, Entourage.
• Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer, in the film Ghostbusters
• Vincent Corleone, in The Godfather Part III
• Vincent Crabbe, in the Harry Potter series
• Vincent Dorin, a character from Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
• Vincent Freeman, the protagonist of the 1997 film Gattaca
• Vincent Gallagher, a private investigator in the TV series Vincent
• Lt. Vincent Hanna, a Robert Homicide Detective killer in the 1995 film Heat, played by Al Pacino
• Vincent Keller, "The Beast" from Beauty and the Beast (2012 TV series), played by Jay Ryan
• Vincent Law, a main character in the series Ergo Proxy
• Vincent MacKenna, in St. Vincent, played by Bill Murray
• Vincent Malloy, central character of the 1982 short stop-motion movie Vincent by Tim Burton
• Vincent Nigel-Murray, one of Dr. Brennan’s "squinterns" from Bones
• Vincent Nightray, from the anime/manga Pandora Hearts
• Vince Noir, one of the main characters of the British comedy show The Mighty Boosh
• 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 Phantomhive, in the anime Black Butler
• Vincent Quaranta, the Camorra crime boss and the main antagonist from The Equalizer 3
• Vincent Sinclair, a character from House of Wax
• Vincent Valentine, from Final Fantasy VII
• Vincent Van Ghoul, a Scooby-Doo character
• Vincent Vega, a main character in the film Pulp Fiction
• Vincent Vollachia, in Re:Zero
• Vincent “Vox” Whittman, a main villain from Hazbin Hotel

See also

• Vincent (surname)
• 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)