# Vinny

Vinny or Vinnie is a masculine given name, usually a shortened version of Vincent, Vincenzo, or Vicente, which may refer to:

## Vincents

* Vinnie Anderson (born 1979), New Zealand rugby league footballer
* Vinny Appice (born 1957), American rock drummer
* Vinnie Bell (1932–2019), American session guitarist
* Vinnie Clark (born 1969), American former National Football League player
* Vinnie Colaiuta (born 1956), American drummer
* Vincent Cusano (born 1952), stage name Vinnie Vincent, American rock/metal guitarist, formerly with Kiss
* Vinny Del Negro (born 1966), American retired National Basketball Association player and head coach
* Vinnie Doyle (1938-2010), Irish journalist and editor
* Vinny Faherty (born 1987), Irish footballer
* Vinny Guadagnino (born 1987), American reality television personality and actor best known for his appearances on Jersey Shore
* Vinnie Hinostroza (born 1994) American National Hockey League player
* Vinnie Johnson (born 1956), American retired National Basketball Association player
* Vinnie Jones (born 1965), British actor and former footballer
* Vinnie Moore (born 1964), American guitarist and member of the English hard rock band UFO
* Vinny Nittoli (born 1990), American baseball player
* Vincent "Vinny" Parco, star of the reality television program Parco P.I.
* Vinnie Paul (1964–2018), American rock/metal drummer, founding member of the band Pantera
* Vincent Richards (1903-1959), American tennis player
* Vinny Rottino (born 1980), American Major League Baseball utility player
* Vinny Samways (born 1968), English former footballer and manager
* Vinnie Sunseri (born 1991), American National Football League player
* Vinny Testaverde (born 1963), American former National Football League quarterback
* Vinnie Vegas, stage name for American retired professional wrestler Kevin Nash (born 1959)
* Vinny (also known as "Vinny Vinesauce"), the pseudonym of member and founder of the Twitch streaming collective Vinesauce

## Indeterminate

* Vinny Burns (born 1965), English hard rock guitarist and producer
* Vinny Cerrato, National Football League executive and former football player
* Vinny Curran, American actor
* Vinny Curry (born 1988), American National Football League player
* Vinny Finigan (born 1989), English rugby league player
* Vinny Golia (born 1946), American composer and musician
* Vinny Lingham (born 1979), South African Internet entrepreneur
* Vinny Vella (1947–2019), American actor
* Vinny Warren, American advertising creative director best known for his iconic Budweiser "Whassup?" campaign

## Other

* Vinny Arora, stage name of Indian television actress born Harmeet Kaur in 1991
* Vinnie Barrett (born Gwendolyn Hines Woolfolk in 1945), American songwriter and musician
* Vinicio Vinny Castilla (born 1967), Mexican-born former Major League Baseball player
* Mark Vinnie Dombroski (born 1962), American lead vocalist and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Sponge
* Marvin Vinny Giles (born 1943), American amateur golfer
* Viriato Vinny deMacedo (born 1965), American politician
* Vincenzo Luvineri (born 1977), stage name Vinnie Paz, Italian-American rapper and lyricist
* Vinicius Vinny Magalhães (born 1984), Brazilian mixed martial artist
* Vincenzo Vinny Paz (born 1962), American former boxer and world champion in several weight classes
* Václav Prospal (born 1975), Czech retired National Hockey League player
* Lavinia Vinnie Ream (1847-1914), American sculptor
* Quoc Al Vinny Vinh, Vietnamese-American professional poker player
* Ventan Vinnie Yablonski (1923-2008), American National Football League player

## Fictional characters

* A character in the Adventure Time miniseries "Islands"
* The title character of the film My Cousin Vinny, played by Joe Pesci
* Vinnie, the main antagonist of the video game Grand Theft Auto Advance
* Vinnie, a character from the film Spaceballs
* Vinnie, an anthropomorphic steam engine in Thomas & Friends
* Vinny Folson, a character in Ninjago
* Vinnie Kruse, on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
* Vinnie Monks, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
* Vinny Panesar, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
* Vinny Dingle, on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale
* Vinnie Pappalardo, a character in the video game Lego City Undercover
* Vinnie Terrio, in the cartoon Littlest Pet Shop
* Vinnie Patterson, on the Australian soap opera Home and Away
* Vinny or Vince Wolek, on the American soap opera One Life to Live
* Vinnie Verducci, main character in the TV sitcoms Top of the Heap and Vinnie & Bobby