Vicente
Vicente is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name Vincentius meaning "conquering" (from Latin vincere, "to conquer").
Vicente may refer to:
Location
- São Vicente, Cape Verde - an island in Cape Verde
People
Given Name
- Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984), Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- Vicente Álvarez Travieso, first alguacil mayor (1731–1779) of San Antonio, Texas
- Vicente Aranda (1926–2015), Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer
- Vicente del Bosque (b. 1950), former Spanish footballer and former manager of the Spain national football team
- José Vicente Feliz, American settler
- Vicente Fernández (1940–2021), Mexican retired singer, actor, and film producer
- Vicente Fox Quesada (b. 1942), Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico
- Juan Vicente Gómez (1857–1935), Venezuelan military dictator
- Vicente Guaita (b. 1987), Spanish footballer
- Vicente Guerrero (1782–1831), one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence
- Vicente Henriques (b. 1978), Brazilian water polo player
- Vicente Lim (1888–1944), Filipino brigadier general and World War II hero
- Vicente Luque (b. 1991), American-born Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Vicente de Paula Neto (b. 1979), Brazilian footballer
- Vicente Pérez Rosales (1807–1886), Chilean politician, traveller and colonization agent
- Vicente Rodríguez (b. 1981), Spanish international footballer
- Vicente Seguí Porres, (b. 1978) Spanish singer winner of "Operación Triunfo" 3rd series in 2003
- Vicente Y. Sotto (1877–1950), Filipino politician
- Vicente "Tito" Sotto III (born 1948), Filipino actor, comedian, politician, and singer-songwriter; grandson of Vicente Sotto
- Vicente Ten (b. 1966), Spanish politician
- Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (c.1460–1523), Spanish navigator, explorer and conquistador
Surname
- Bruno Leonardo Vicente, (b. 1989) Brazilian footballer
- Esteban Vicente (1904–2001), abstract expressionist
- Gil Vicente (1465–1537) Portuguese playwright and poet
- Mariana Vicente, (b. 1989), Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2010
- Nieves García Vicente (born 1955), Spanish chess master
- Vicente (footballer, born 1983), full name Wellington da Silva Vicente, Brazilian football left-back
Other uses
- Tropical Storm Vicente, the name used for multiple tropical cyclones in the northern Pacific Ocean
See also
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