Vincent

Vincent (Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word vincere (to conquer).

Artists

 * Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor
 * Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch Post-Impressionist painter
 * Vincent Munier (born 1976), French wildlife photographer

Saints

 * Vincent of Saragossa (died 304), deacon and martyr, patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia
 * Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (died 305), martyrs who evangelized in the Pyrenees
 * Vincent of Digne (died 379), French bishop of Digne
 * Vincent of Lérins (died 445), Church father, Gallic author of early Christian writings
 * Vincent Madelgarius (died 677), Benedictine monk who established two monasteries in France
 * Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Valencian Dominican missionary and logician
 * Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), Catholic priest who served the poor
 * Vicente Liem de la Paz (Vincent Liem the Nguyen, 1732–1773), Vincent Duong, Vincent Tuong, and Vincent Yen Do of the Vietnamese Martyrs
 * Vincent Pallotti (1795–1850), Italian ecclesiastic

Politicians and government officials

 * Vincent Auriol (1884–1966), French politician who served as President of France from 1947 to 1954
 * Vincent Bru (born 1955), French politician
 * Sir John Vincent "Vince" Cable (born 1943), British politician
 * Vincent Candelora, American businessman, lawyer, and politician
 * Vince Catania (born 1977), Australian politician
 * Vincent Stuart de Silva Wikramanayake (1876–1953), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician
 * Vincent B. Dixie (born 1973), American businessman and politician
 * Vincent Fang (entrepreneur) (born 1943), politician in Hong Kong
 * Vince Martin (1920–2001), Australian politician
 * Vincent Massey (1887–1967), Canadian lawyer, diplomat and 18th Governor General of Canada
 * Vincent Orange (born 1957), American politician and attorney
 * Vincent Perera (1918–1993), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, Mayor of Colombo from 1965-1966
 * Vincent Pierre (born 1964), American politician
 * Vincent Rolland (born 1970), French politician
 * Vincent Seitlinger (born 1987), French politician

American football

 * Vince Biegel (born 1993), American football player
 * Vinnie Clark (born 1979), American former National Football League player
 * Vince Courville (born 1959), American former National Football League player
 * Vince Dooley (1932–2022), American former football coach
 * Vincent Gray (American football) (born 1999), American National Football League player
 * Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (born November 30, 1962) American former National Football League player and former Major League Baseball player.
 * Vince Lombardi (1913–1970), American National Football League player, coach and executive
 * Vince Promuto (1938–2021), American National Football League player
 * Vincent Taylor (American football) (born 1994), American football player
 * Vinny Testaverde (born 1963), American former National Football League quarterback
 * Vince Warren (born 1963), American former National Football League player
 * Vince Wilfork (born 1981), American former National Football League player

Association football

 * Vincent Aboubakar (born 1992), Cameroonian professional footballer
 * Vincent Candela (born 1973), French football player
 * Vincent Enyeama (born 1982), Nigerian former footballer
 * Vincent Kompany (born 1986), Belgian former footballer
 * Vincent Lamy (born 1999), Canadian soccer player
 * Vincent Nogueira (born 1988), French former professional footballer
 * Vincent Rabiega (born 1995), professional footballer
 * Vincent Rüfli (born 1988), Swiss professional footballer
 * Vincent Sierro (born 1995), Swiss professional footballer

Baseball

 * Vince Coleman (born 1961), American former Major League Baseball player
 * Vince DiMaggio (1912–1986), American Major League Baseball player, older brother of Joe and Dom DiMaggio
 * Vin Scully (1927–2022), American sportscaster, called Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers games from 1950 to 2016

Basketball

 * Vincent Askew (born 1966), American former professional basketball player
 * Vince Carter (born 1977), National Basketball Association player
 * Vincent Collet (born 1963), French basketball coach
 * Vincent Kesteloot (born 1995), Belgian professional basketball player
 * Vincent Masingue (born 1976), French former professional basketball player
 * Vincent Mendy (basketball) (born 1983), French professional basketball player
 * Vincent Nguyen (basketball) (born 1995), Vietnamese-Dutch professional basketball player
 * Vincent Poirier (born 1993), French professional basketball player
 * Vincent Rivaldi Kosasih (born 1996), Indonesian basketball player
 * Vincent Sanford (born 1990), American basketball player
 * Vincent Yarbrough (born 1981), American former professional basketball player

Wrestling

 * Vince McMahon (born 1945), American professional wrestling promoter and owner, chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
 * Vince McMahon Sr. (1914–1984), American professional wrestling promoter, father of the above
 * Vinny Marseglia (born 1986), known as Vincent in ROH
 * Virgil (wrestler) (born 1962), known as Vincent in WCW

Other sports

 * Vinnie Anderson (born 1979), New Zealand rugby league footballer
 * Vincent Bachet (born 1978), professional French ice hockey defenceman
 * Vincent Barnes (born 1960), South African first-class cricketer
 * Vincent Barteau (born 1962), former French road racing cyclist
 * Vincent Boury (born 1969), French table tennis player
 * Vincent Brewster (born 1940), Barbadian cricketer
 * Vincent Carrara (born 1905, date of death unknown), French racing cyclist
 * Vince Clarke (cricketer) (born 1971), English former cricketer
 * Vincent Clerc (born 1981), former French rugby union player
 * Vincent Confait (born 1959), Seychellois sprinter
 * Vincent Defrasne (born 1977), former French biathlete
 * Vincent De Haître (born 1994), Canadian dual-sport athlete competing as both a speed skater and track cyclist
 * Vincent Dias Dos Santos (born 1990), Luxembourgish cyclo-cross cyclist
 * Vincent Favretto (born 1984), French pole vaulter
 * Vincent Hermance (born 1984), French mountain bike trials cyclist
 * Vincent C Y Ho (born 1990), horse racing jockey
 * Vincent Gagnon (born 1981), Canadian retired racquetball player
 * Vincent Garos (born 1982), retired French sailor
 * Vincent Gauthier-Manuel (born 1986), French alpine skier and Paralympic athlete
 * Vincent Hancock (born 1989), American Olympic shooter
 * Vinnie Hinostroza (born 1994), American hockey player
 * Vincent Hoppezak (born 1999), Dutch road and track cyclist
 * Vincent Keymer (born 2004), German chess player
 * Vincent Mumo Kiilu (born 1982), Kenyan sprint runner and hurdler
 * Vincent Laigle (born 1973), French badminton player
 * Vincent Lange (born 1974), German volleyball player
 * Vincent Lavenu (born 1956), French former professional road bicycle racer
 * Vincent Lecavalier (born 1980), Canadian former National Hockey League player
 * Vincent Le Dauphin (born 1976), retired French athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase
 * Vincent Le Quellec (born 1975), French former track cyclist
 * Vincent Luis (born 1989), French professional triathlete
 * Vincent Lynch (cyclist) (born 1968), Barbadian former cyclist
 * Vincent Matthews (athlete) (born 1947), American former sprinter
 * Vincent Millot (born 1986), French tennis player
 * Vincent Pelluard (born 1990), French-Colombian cyclist
 * Vincent Pelo (born 1988), French rugby union player
 * Vince Phillips (born 1963), American boxer and former IBF champion
 * Vincent Morris Scheer (1904–1986), light welterweight champion boxer under the ring name Mushy Callahan
 * Vince O'Sullivan (born 1957), American racewalker
 * Vincent Reed (born 1940), English cricketer
 * Vincent Reffet (1984–2020), French BASE jumper, skydiver, wingsuit flyer, and jetman
 * Vincent Ricard (born 1985), French bobsledder
 * Vincent Richards (1903 – 1959), American tennis player
 * Vincent Rousseau (born 1962), former long-distance runner from Belgium
 * Vincent Salazard (1909–1993), French racing cyclist
 * Vincent Soler (1928–2012), Algerian racing cyclist
 * Vincent ter Schure (born 1979), Dutch Paralympic cyclist
 * Vincent Vitetta (1925–2021), French cyclist
 * Vincent Vittoz (born 1975), French former cross-country skier, non-commissioned officer and coach
 * Vincent Winn (born 1966), former English cricketer
 * Vincent Zhou (born 2000), American figure skater
 * Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux (born 1980), French long-distance runner who specialises in the steeplechase

Actors and directors

 * Vincent Cassel (born 1966), French actor
 * Vincent Corazza, Canadian voice actor
 * Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959), American actor, director, producer, writer, and singer
 * Vincent Gallo (born 1961), American actor, director and musician
 * George Vincent "Vince" Gilligan, (born 1967), American writer, director, and producer
 * Vincent Guastaferro (born 1950), American film, stage and television actor
 * Vince Howard (1929–2002), American film and television actor
 * Vinnie Jones (born 1965), British actor and former footballer
 * Vincent Kartheiser (born 1979), American actor
 * Vincent Kok (born 1965), Hong Kong actor and film director
 * Vincent Martella (born 1992), American actor, singer, and musician
 * Vincente Minnelli (1903–1986), American director, best known for directing classic movie musicals
 * Vincent Pastore (born 1946), American actor
 * Vincent Piazza (born 1976), American actor, singer, and producer
 * Vincent Price (1911–1993), American actor best known for his performances in horror films
 * Vincent Regan (born 1966), British actor
 * Vincent Schiavelli (1948-2005), American actor his tall stature
 * Vincent Sherman (1906–2006), American director and actor
 * Vincent Tong (voice actor) (born 1980), Canadian actor
 * Vincent Vaas (1922–2004), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor
 * Vince Vaughn (born 1970), American actor
 * Vincent Wong (born 1983), Hong Kong actor and singer
 * Vincent Young (actor) (Born 1965), American actor
 * Vincent Zhao (born 1972), Chinese actor and martial artist

Songs

 * "Vincent" (Don McLean song), 1972 folk rock song with the opening line "Starry Starry Night"
 * "Vincent" (Sarah Connor song), 2019 pop song
 * "Vincent", a song by Car Seat Headrest from their 2016 album Teens of Denial

Music artists

 * as Vincent
 * Vincent (music producer) (born 1995), Canadian electronic music producer and pianist (born Robert Hughes)
 * Vincent Lübeck (1654–1740), German Baroque-era composer of organ music
 * Vincent Persichetti (1915–1987), American composer, teacher and pianist
 * Vincent Pontare (born 1980), Swedish singer and songwriter, known also by the mononym Vincent
 * Vincent Jamal Staples (Born 1993), American rapper
 * St. Vincent (musician), stage name of American indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Annie Clark (born 1982)
 * Vinnie Amico (born 1969), American multi-genre drummer, long-standing member of jam band moe.
 * Vinnie Bell (1932–2019), American session guitarist
 * Vinnie Colaiuta (born 1956), an American session drummer
 * Vinnie Moore (born 1964), American guitarist and member of the English hard rock band UFO
 * Vinnie Paul (1964–2018), American rock/metal drummer, founding member of the band Pantera
 * Vinnie Vincent (born 1952), American rock/metal guitarist, formerly with Kiss


 * As Vince
 * Vince Clarke (born 1960), English musician, part of Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, Erasure, VCMG
 * Vince Gill (born 1957), American country music singer, songwriter and musician
 * Vince Guaraldi (1928–1976), American jazz musician and pianist
 * Vince Hill (1934–2023), English singer
 * Vince Martin (singer) (1937–2018), American folk singer and songwriter
 * Vince Neil (born 1961), American lead singer of rock band Mötley Crüe

Writers

 * Vincent Harding (July 25, 1931 – May 19, 2014), American historian and civil rights activist
 * Vincent O'Sullivan (American writer) (1868–1940), American short story writer, poet and critic
 * Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand poet) (born 1937), New Zealand poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, critic and editor
 * Vincent Cronin (1924–2011), British biographer
 * Vince Powell (1928–2009), British sitcom writer
 * Vincent Waller, American writer and storyboard artist who worked on SpongeBob SquarePants

Other

 * George Vincent Orange (1935–2012), New Zealand historian best known for his military biographies
 * Phil Vincent (1908–1979), founder of UK motorcycle company Vincent Motorcycles
 * Frank Vincent (1937–2017), American actor
 * Vincent, Prince of Denmark (born 2011)
 * Vincent Henry Ludovici Anthonisz, Sri Lankan Burgher physician and military officer
 * Vincent Astor (1891–1959), American businessman and philanthropist
 * Vincent Bolloré (born 1952), French billionaire businessman
 * Vincent Cobée (born 1968/1969), French businessman, CEO of Citroën
 * Vincent DeDomenico (1915–2007), American entrepreneur
 * Bernard Vincent Finnigan, Australian politician
 * Vincent F. Hendricks (born 1970), Danish philosopher and logician
 * Vincent Krassousky (1902–1948), Ukrainian cartoonist
 * Vincent Lo (born 1948), chairman of Hong Kong-based building-materials and construction firm
 * Vincent DePaul Lynch (1927-1984), pharmacology and toxicology professor
 * Vincent Mai, American businessman and philanthropist
 * Vincent Marotta (1924–2015), American businessman, investor and philanthropist
 * Vincent Sardi Jr. (1915–2007), American restaurateur
 * Vincent Sardi Sr. (1885–1969), American restaurateur
 * Vincent Tan (born 1952), Malaysian Chinese businessman and investor
 * Vincent Tchenguiz (born 1956), Iranian-British entrepreneur
 * Vincent Viola (born 1956), American billionaire businessman and U.S. Army veteran
 * Vincent Wardell (1903–1990), Australian businessman, manufacturer and company director
 * Vincent Zarrilli (1932–2018), American businessman

Fictional characters

 * Vincent Chase (born 1976), fictional American actor and director from the HBO series, Entourage.
 * 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
 * Lt. Vincent Hanna, a Robert Homicide Detective killer in the 1995 film Heat, played by Al Pacino
 * Vincent MacKenna, in St. Vincent, played by Bill Murray
 * V.I.N.CENT (Vital Information Necessary CENTralized), 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 (1987 TV series), played by Ron Perlman
 * Vincent Freeman, the protagonist of the 1997 film Gattaca
 * Vincent Keller, "The Beast" from Beauty and the Beast (2012 TV series), played by Jay Ryan
 * Vincent Benedict, in the 1988 film Twins, played by Danny DeVito
 * Vinnie Patterson, from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Ryan Kwanten
 * Vinnie Pappalardo, a villain from the video game Lego City Undercover, voiced by John Guerrasio
 * 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 Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
 * 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
 * Vince Noir, one of the main characters of the British comedy show The Mighty Boosh