Victor
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Victor (sometimes spelled Viktor or Vikter) is a male given name, but can also have other meanings:
People
Main article: Victor (name)
Roman Catholics
Kings:
Popes:
- Saint Pope Victor I (died 199)
- Pope Victor II (c. 1018-1057)
- Pope Victor III (c. 1026-1087)
Antipopes:
Bishops of Chur:
- Victor I, Bishop of Chur, seventh century
- Victor II, Bishop of Chur, eighth century
- Victor III, Bishop of Chur (died on or before 836)
Saints:
- Victor Maurus (died c. 303), also known as Victor the Moor and Victor of Milan
- Victor of Marseilles (died c. 290)
- Viktor of Xanten (died in the fourth century)
Surnames
- Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764–1841), a Napoleonic officer and a Marshal of France (also referred to as "Marshal Victor")
- Paul Bins, comte de Saint-Victor (1827–1881), French author
- Alexander Victor (fl. 1910s–1920s), founder of the Victor Animatograph Corporation
- Semyon Viktorovich Belits-Geiman (born 1945), Soviet Olympic swimmer
- Idara Victor, American actess
- Jaclyn Victor (born 1978), Malaysian musician
Places
- In the United States
- Victor, Colorado
- Victor, Idaho
- Victor, Iowa
- Victor, Montana
- Victor, New York
- Victor, South Dakota
- Victor Township (disambiguation)
- Elsewhere
- Victor Harbor, South Australia, commonly known as 'Victor'
Fiction
Films
- Victor Victoria, a 1982 musical comedy about a woman masquerading as man impersonating a woman
- Victor (1993 film), a 1993 French short movie by François Ozon
- Victor, a 2008 television film about Canadian swimmer Victor Davis
- Victor (2009 film), a 2009 film
- Viktor (film), a 2014 film by Philippe Martinez
Characters
- Victor (mascot), the logo and mascot for the Just for Laughs comedy festival
- Victor (Dollhouse), from Joss Whedon's Dollhouse
- Viktor (Underworld), from the Underworld film series
- Victor (Breaking Bad), an underling of criminal mastermind Gustavo Fring in the series Breaking Bad
- Victor Frankenstein, the main character in the 1818 novel Frankenstein
- Viktor Krum, a Bulgarian Quidditch player from the Harry Potter series
- Victor Sullivan, a character from the Uncharted series
Military equipment
- The Victor-class submarine, NATO designation of a class of submarines of the Soviet Union
- The Handley Page Victor, strategic bomber aircraft
- Pobednik ("The Victor"), a monument in Belgrade dedicated to Serbian soldiers in World War I
Music
- Victor (album), a solo album by Rush's guitarist Alex Lifeson
- "Victor", a song from the 1979 album Eat to the Beat by American New Wave group Blondie
Sports
- Victor Leandro Bagy, Brazilian goalkeeper, of Atlético Mineiro and Brazil
- Víctor (footballer, born 1974), Spanish retired footballer
- Víctor Sánchez, Spanish retired footballer
- Rick Victor, ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Eric Thompson
- Victor Oladipo, NBA Guard for the Orlando Magic
Businesses
- Victor Talking Machine Company, early 20th century American recording company, forerunner of RCA Victor
- Victor Company of Japan, usually known as JVC, a Japanese electronics corporation
- Victor Entertainment, Japanese record label, subsidiary of Japan Victor Company (JVC)
- Victor Interactive Software, the video game development branch of Victor Entertainment
- Victor Entertainment, Japanese record label, subsidiary of Japan Victor Company (JVC)
- Victor (jet charter company), a London based private jet charter company
- Victor Technologies (formerly Sirius Systems Technology), a computer manufacturer in the early 1980s
- Victor Technology, a U.S.-based supplier of calculators
Other
- Victor, the letter "V" in the NATO phonetic alphabet
- Victor (formerly Empire Ben), a tugboat in service in Australia from 1951 to 1985 when she was preserved in Geelong
- The Victor comic book and annual for boys (1961 to 1994)
- Victor, a motorbike from TVS Motors, India
- Victor, Wanswerd, a Dutch windmill
- Victor (symbol) (Spanish: víctor or vítor), a symbol used in some Spanish universities to commemorate the receipt of the doctoral degree
See also
- The Victor (disambiguation)
- Victoria (disambiguation)
- Victorinus (disambiguation)
- Saint-Victor (disambiguation), various places in France
- Victory (disambiguation)
- Viktors
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