Vijay

Vijay (Devanagari: विजय) is a common male given name in Nepal and India.

Film

• Joseph Vijay (actor), Indian film actor and playback singer
• Vijay (director), Kannada film director
• Vijay Sethupathi (born 1978), Indian film actor and producer
• A. L. Vijay (born 1983), Indian film director
• Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker) (1925–2004), Hindi film producer, director, writer and actor
• Duniya Vijay (born 1974), Kannada actor
• Sanchari Vijay, a national award winner Kannada actor
• Vijayan (stunt coordinator), Indian action choreographer

Sportsmen

• Vijay Amritraj (born 1953), former Indian tennis player
• Vijay Bharadwaj (born 1975), Indian cricketer
• Vijay Dahiya (born 1973), Indian cricketer
• Vijay Hazare (1915–2004), Captain of the Indian cricket team
• Vijay Kumar (sport shooter) (born 1985), Indian professional shooter
• Vijay Manjrekar (1931–1983), Indian cricketer
• Vijay Mehra (Indian cricketer) (1938–2006), Indian cricketer
• Vijay Mehra (cricketer) (born 1963), UAE cricketer
• Vijay Merchant (1911–1987), Indian cricketer
• Vijay Rajindernath (1928–1989), Indian cricketer
• Vijay Singh (born 1963), Golfer
• Murali Vijay (born 1984), Indian cricketer
• Wijay (born 1982), Indonesian international footballer of Indian descent

Musicians

• Vijay Antony, music director
• Vijay Balakrishnan (born 1977), Indian singer
• Vijay Iyer (born 1971), Jazz pianist
• Vijay Kichlu (born 1930), Hindustani singer
• Vijay Madhavan, classical dancer
• Vijay Patil, pianist and accordionist
• Vijay Prakash, singer
• Vijay Yesudas (born 1979), singer

Businessmen

• Vijay Mallya (born 1955), Indian businessman and Member of Parliament
• Vijay Thadani, co-founder of NIIT

Intellectuals

• Vijay Bhargava (born 1948), Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia
• Vijay Prashad, Indian historian, journalist and political commentator.
• Vijay Pande (born 1970), Associate Professor of Chemistry and Structural biology, Stanford University
• Vijay Tendulkar (1928–2008), Indian writer, playwright, political journalist and social commentator

Politicians

• Vijay Anand (politician) (born 1969), Tamil Nadu State politician
• Vijay Jolly (born 1960), BJP politician

Military operation

• Operation Vijay (1961)
• Operation Vijay (1999)

In fiction

• Vijay, an Indian operative and friend of James Bond in Octopussy, portrayed by Vijay Amritraj
• Vijay, a character in Dilbert
• Vijay (1942 film), a 1942 Bollywood film
• Vijay (1988 film), a 1988 Bollywood film directed by Yash Chopra
• Vijay (1989 film), a 1989 Telugu film directed by B. Gopal
• Vijay (TV series)

See also

• Vijaya (disambiguation), alternative transliteration or female equivalent of Vijay