Vincent
Vincent is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word vincere.
People with the given name
Artists
- Vincent Apap, Maltese sculptor
- Vincent van Gogh, Dutch Post-Impressionist painter
Saints
- Vincent of Saragossa, deacon and martyr, patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia
- Vincent, Orontius, and Victor, martyrs who evangelized in the Pyrenees
- Vincent of Digne, French bishop of Digne
- Vincent of Lérins, Church father, Gallic author of early Christian writings
- Vincent Madelgarius, Benedictine monk who established two monasteries in France
- Vincent Ferrer, Valencian Dominican missionary and logician
- Vincent de Paul, Catholic priest who served the poor
- Vicente Liem de la Paz, Vincent Duong, Vincent Tuong, and Vincent Yen Do of the Vietnamese Martyrs
- Vincent Pallotti, Italian ecclesiastic
Politicians and government officials
- Vincent Bru, French politician
- Sir John Vincent "Vince" Cable, British politician
- Vince Catania, Australian politician
- Vince Martin, Australian politician
- Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer, diplomat and 18th Governor General of Canada
- Vincent Orange, American politician and attorney
- Vincent Pierre, American politician
In sports
- Vinnie Anderson, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Vince Biegel, American football player
- Vincent Candela, French football player
- Vince Carter, National Basketball Association player
- Vinnie Clark, American former National Football League player
- Vince Clarke , English former cricketer
- Vince Coleman, American former Major League Baseball player
- Vince Courville, American former National Football League player
- Vince DiMaggio, American Major League Baseball player, older brother of Joe and Dom DiMaggio
- Vince Dooley, American former football coach
- Vincent Enyeama, Nigerian former footballer
- Vincent Hancock, American Olympic shooter
- Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer
- Vincent Lamy, Canadian soccer player
- Vincent Lange, German volleyball player
- Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian former National Hockey League player
- Vince Lombardi, American National Football League player, coach and executive
- Vince McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter and owner, chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
- Vince McMahon, Sr., American professional wrestling promoter, father of the above
- Vincent Millot, French tennis player
- Vince O'Sullivan, American racewalker
- Vince Phillips, American boxer and former IBF champion
- Vince Promuto, American former National Football League player
- Vincent Sanford, American basketball player
- Vincent Morris Scheer, light welterweight champion boxer under the ring name Mushy Callahan
- Vin Scully, American sportscaster
- Vincent Taylor , American football player
- Vinny Testaverde, American former National Football League quarterback
- Vince Warren, American former National Football League player
Actors and directors
- Vincent Cassel, French actor
- Vincent Corazza, Canadian voice actor
- Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor, director, producer, writer, and singer
- Vincent Gallo, American actor, director and musician
- George Vincent "Vince" Gilligan,, American writer, director, and producer
- Vinnie Jones, British actor and former footballer
- Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
- Vincente Minnelli, American director, best known for directing classic movie musicals
- Vincent Price, American actor best known for his performances in horror films
- Vincent Sherman, American director and actor
- Vince Vaughn, American actor
- Vincent Zhao, Chinese actor and martial artist
- Vincent Regan, British actor
In music
Songs
- "Vincent", 1972 folk rock song with the opening line "Starry Starry Night"
- "Vincent", 2019 pop song
Real persons
- Vincent , Canadian electronic music producer and pianist
- Vinnie Bell, American session guitarist
- Vince Clarke, English musician, part of Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, Erasure, VCMG
- Vince Gill, American country music singer, songwriter and musician
- Vince Guaraldi, American jazz musician and pianist
- Vince Hill, English singer
- Vincent Lübeck, German Baroque-era composer of organ music
- Vince Martin , American folk singer and songwriter
- Vinnie Colaiuta, an American session drummer
- Vinnie Moore, American guitarist and member of the English hard rock band UFO
- Vinnie Paul, American rock/metal drummer, founding member of the band Pantera
- Vincent Persichetti, American composer, teacher and pianist
- Vinnie Vincent, American rock/metal guitarist, formerly with Kiss
- Vinnie Amico, American multi-genre drummer, long-standing member of jam band moe.
- Vincent Pontare, Swedish singer and songwriter
- Vincent Jamal Staples, American rapper
- Vince Neil, American lead singer of rock band Mötley Crüe
Writers
- Vincent Harding, American historian and civil rights activist
- Vincent O'Sullivan , American short story writer, poet and critic
- Vincent O'Sullivan , New Zealand poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, critic and editor
- Vincent Cronin, British biographer
- Vince Powell, British sitcom writer
Other
- George Vincent Orange, New Zealand historian best known for his military biographies
- Phil Vincent, founder of UK motorcycle company Vincent Motorcycles
- Frank Vincent, American actor
- Vincent, Prince of Denmark
- Vincent Cobée, French businessman, CEO of Citroën
- Bernard Vincent Finnigan, Australian politician
Fictional characters
- 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
- V.I.N.CENT, 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 , played by Ron Perlman
- Vincent Freeman, the protagonist of the 1997 film, Gattaca
- Vincent Keller, "The Beast" from Beauty & the Beast , played by Jay Ryan
- Vinnie Patterson, from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Ryan Kwanten
- 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
- 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