Victor

Victor (sometimes spelled Viktor or Vikter) is a male given name, the name is traditionally given to males with important families or clans, can also have other meanings:

People and fictional characters

Given name, pen name or ring name

• Victor (name), including a list of people and fictional characters
  • Pope Victor I (died 199)
  • Pope Victor II (c. 1018-1057)
  • Pope Victor III (c. 1026-1087)
  • Antipope Victor IV (1138)
  • Antipope Victor IV (1159–1164)
  • Saint Victor Maurus (died c. 303), also known as Victor the Moor and Victor of Milan
  • Saint Victor of Marseilles (died c. 290)
  • Saint Viktor of Xanten (died in the fourth century)
  • Victor I (bishop of Chur) (fl. 7th century)
  • Victor II (bishop of Chur) (fl. 8th century)
  • Victor III (bishop of Chur) (died in or before 836)
• Victor, pen name of English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
• Victor Leandro Bagy (born 1983), known simply as Victor, Brazilian football goalkeeper
• Viktor (wrestler), ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Eric Thompson
• Sgt. Victor, professional wrestler from the United States Wrestling Association

Fictional 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 the Happy Ghost, a character in an episode of The Real Ghostbusters

Surnames

• Alexander Victor (fl. 1910s–1920s), founder of the Victor Animatograph Corporation
• Idara Victor, American actress
• Jaclyn Victor (born 1978), Malaysian musician

Places

In the United States

• Victor, California, a census-designated place
• Victor, Colorado, a statutory city
• Victor, Idaho, a city
• Victor, Indiana, an unincorporated community
• Victor, Iowa, a town
• Victor, Montana, a census-designated place
• Victor, New York, a town
• Victor, South Dakota, an unincorporated community
• Victor, Utah, a ghost town, inhabited 1910-20
• Victor Township (disambiguation)

Elsewhere

• Victor Harbor, South Australia, a town commonly known as 'Victor'

Entertainment

• Victor (1993 film), a French short
• Victor, a 2008 television film about Canadian swimmer Victor Davis
• Victor (2009 film), a French comedy
• Viktor (film), a 2014 film by Philippe Martinez
• 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

Military equipment

• The Victor-class submarine, NATO designation of a class of submarines of the Soviet Union
• The Handley Page Victor, strategic bomber aircraft

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, former subsidiary of RCA Victor
• Victor Entertainment, Japanese record label, subsidiary of Japan Victor Company (JVC)
• Victor Interactive Software, the video game development branch of Victor Entertainment
• Victor Technologies (formerly Sirius Systems Technology), a computer manufacturer in the early 1980s
• Victor Technology, a U.S.-based supplier of calculators
• Victor®, a U.S. based pest control supplier

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
• 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

• Pobednik ("The Victor"), a monument in Belgrade dedicated to Serbian soldiers in World War I
• Saint-Victor (disambiguation), various places in France
• The Victor (disambiguation)
• Victoria (disambiguation)
• Victorinus (disambiguation)
• Victory (disambiguation)
• Vicky
• Viktors