# Vincent

Vincent (Latin: Vincentius) is a masculine given name originating from the Roman name Vincentius, which itself comes from the Latin verb vincere, meaning "to conquer."

## People with the given name
### 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 Cianci (1941–2016), American politician
* Vincent B. Dixie (born 1973), American businessman and politician
* Vincent Fang (entrepreneur) (born 1943), politician in Hong Kong
* Vincent Fort (1956–2024), American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1996–2017)
* Vince Martin (politician) (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
* Vincent Stuart de Silva Wikramanayake (1876–1953), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician

### In sports
#### 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 Bossou (born 1986), Togolese 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 Astrolabio (born 1997), Filipino professional boxer
* 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 Berger (born 1967), French sailor
* Vincent Blatchford (1906–1976), English table tennis player
* 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
* Vincent Casse (born 1994), Belgian acrobatic gymnast
* Vincent Chepkok (born 1988), Kenyan professional long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres
* Vincent Chiu (born 1998), American badminton player
* 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 de Nardi (born 1967), French water polo player
* Vincent Dias Dos Santos (born 1990), Luxembourgish cyclo-cross cyclist
* Vincent Favretto (born 1984), French pole vaulter
* Vincent Feigenbutz (born 1995), German professional boxer
* 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 Jay (born 1985), former French biathlete and non-commissioned officer
* Vincent Keymer (born 2004), German chess player
* Vincent Mumo Kiilu (born 1982), Kenyan sprint runner and hurdler
* Vincent Kipchumba (born 1990), Kenyan long-distance runner
* Vincent Koch (born 1990), South African professional rugby union player
* Vincent Kriechmayr (born 1991), Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer
* Vincent Laigle (born 1973), French badminton player
* Vincent Lange (born 1974), German volleyball player
* Vincent Lau (born 1996), Hong Kong road cyclist
* Vincent Lavenu (born 1956), French former professional road bicycle racer
* Vincent Lecavalier (born 1980), Canadian former National Hockey League player
* Vincent Lecrubier (born 1986), French sprint canoer
* 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 Libert, Belgian sports shooter
* Vincent Limare (born 1992), French judoka
* Vincent Luis (born 1989), French professional triathlete
* Vincent Lynch (cyclist) (born 1968), Barbadian former cyclist
* Vincent Matheron (born 1998), French skateboarder
* Vincent Matthews (athlete) (born 1947), American former sprinter
* Vincent Millot (born 1986), French tennis player
* Vincent Milou (born 1996), regular-footed French professional skateboarder
* 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
* Vincent Spadea (born 1974), tennis player from the United States
* Vince O'Sullivan (born 1957), American racewalker
* 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 Riendeau (diver) (born 1996), Canadian elite diver
* Vincent Roberge (born 1997), Canadian curler
* 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 Trocheck (born 1993), American professional ice hockey center
* Vincent Vitetta (1925–2021), French cyclist
* Vincent Vittoz (born 1975), French former cross-country skier, non-commissioned officer and coach
* Vincent Voorn (born 1984), Dutch show jumper
* Vincent Winn (born 1966), former English cricketer
* Vincent Wong (born 1990), badminton player of Chinese-Indonesian descent
* 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 Caso, American Actor
* Vincent De Paul (actor), American 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 Klyn (born 1960), New Zealand-born American professional surfer and actor
* Vincent Kok (born 1965), Hong Kong actor and film director
* Vincent Laresca (born 1974), American Actor
* Vincent LaRusso (born 1978), American Actor
* Vincent Macaigne French Actor
* 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 Perez (born 1964), American Actor
* Vincent Rodriguez III (born 1982), American Actor
* Vincent Regan (born 1966), British actor
* Vincent Rottiers (born 1986), French Actor
* Vincent Riotta (born 1959), 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 Ventresca (born 1966), American Actor
* Vincent Vaas (1922–2004), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor
* Vincent Van Patten, American 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

### In music
#### 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
* Vincent Peirani (born 1980), French jazz accordionist, vocalist and composer
* 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

* Sir Roll (1993), New Zealand historian best known for his military biographies
* 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 Connare (born 1960), American type designer and former Microsoft employee
* Vincent Crawford (born 1950), American economist
* Vincent du Vigneaud (1901–1978), American biochemist
* Vincent DeDomenico (1915–2007), American entrepreneur
* Bernard Vincent Finnigan, Australian politician
* Vincent F. Hendricks (born 1970), Danish philosopher and logician
* Vincent Kane (born 1935), Welsh broadcaster and writer
* Vincent Kling (architect) (1916–2013), American architect
* 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 Pons (born 1983), French economist
* Vincent Cartledge Reddish (1926–2015), British astronomer
* Vincent Sardi Jr. (1915–2007), American restaurateur
* Vincent Sardi Sr. (1885–1969), American restaurateur
* Vincent Scully (1920–2017), American art historian
* 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 Quaranta, the Camorra crime boss and the main antagonist from The Equalizer 3
* 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