Victor (name)
Victor is both a given name and a surname. It is Latin in origin meaning winner or conqueror.
Translations
- Albanian: Viktor
- Arabic: ڤيكتور
- Armenian: Վիկտոր ; Վիգէն
- Asturian: Vítor
- Basque: Bittor
- Belarusian: Віктар
- Bulgarian: Виктор
- Catalan: Víctor
- Chinese: 维克托, Wéi Kètuō
- Czech: Viktor
- Danish: Viktor, Victor
- Dutch: Viktor, Victor
- English: Victor, Vic
- Estonian: Viktor
- Filipino: Biktor
- Finnish: Vihtori, Viktor
- French: Victor, Victoir
- Galician: Vítor
- German: Viktor, Victor
- Greek: Βίκτωρας
- Gujarati: વિક્ટર
- Hebrew: ,
- Hindi: विजेता, Vijētā, Abhijeet
- Hungarian: Viktor, Győző
- Ibibio: Àkàn
- Igbo: Ùgò
- Irish: Buadhach
- Italian: Vittorio, Vittore, Vittorino, Rino
- Japanese: ビクター
- Kannada: ಜಯಶಾಲಿ, Jayaśāli
- Kinyarwanda: Mutsinzi
- Korean: 빅토르, 빅터
- Late Roman: Victorinus, Victorius
- Latvian: Viktors
- Lithuanian: Viktoras
- Macedonian: Виктор
- Marathi: विजेता
- Mongolian: Виктор
- Nepali: विक्टर
- Norwegian: Viktor
- Persian: Pirooz
- Polish: Wiktor
- Portuguese: Vítor, Victor
- Romanian: Victor
- Russian: Ви́ктор, Витя, Витенька, Витёк, Витька
- Serbian: Виктор
- Slovak: Viktor
- Somali: Guled
- Spanish: Víctor, Victorio, Victoriano, Victorino
- Swedish: Victor, Viktor
- Tamil: வஞ்சி
- Telugu: విక్టర్
- Turkish: Galip, Muzaffer, Utku, Zafer
- Ukrainian: Віктор
- Uzbek: G'olib, Muzaffar, Viktor
- Welsh: Gwythyr
- Yiddish:
- Yoruba: Segun
People
Aristocracy
- Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy
- Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
- Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
- Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France
- Victor de Broglie, French soldier and politician, son of the 2nd duc
- Victor de Broglie, 3rd duc de Broglie, French statesman and diplomat
- Victor de Broglie, 5th duc de Broglie, French politician and diplomat
- Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia
- Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, King of Sardinia
- Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, King of Italy
Religion
- Pope Victor I, also a saint
- Pope Victor II
- Pope Victor III
- Antipope Victor IV
- Antipope Victor IV
- Victor of Marseilles, a saint
- Victor Maurus, Victor the Moor or Victor of Milan, a saint
- Viktor of Xanten, a saint
- Victor I
- Victor II
- Victor III
Academics
- Victor Babeş, Romanian biologist
- Victor Dzau, Chinese-American doctor and academic
- Viktor Frankl, Austrian psychiatrist
- Victor Ginzburg, Russian-American mathematician
- Victor Goldschmidt, Norwegian mineralogist
- Victor Gunnarsson, Swedish teacher who once prosecuted for the assassination of its prime minister
- Victor Loche, French zoologist
- Victor Ricciardi, American professor of business and author
- Victor Skumin, Russian psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychologist
- Victor Slăvescu, Romanian economist
- Victor Vâlcovici, Romanian mechanician and mathematician
Arts and entertainment
- Victor Ambrus, British illustrator
- Victor Anastasi, Maltese designer and draughtsman
- Victor Borge, Danish-born American musician and comedian
- Victor Assis Brasil, Brazilian jazz saxophonist
- Victor Fonfreide, French painter
- Victor French, American actor
- Victor Garber, Canadian actor
- Victor Hugo, French writer
- Victor Honoré Janssens, Flemish painter
- Víctor Jara, Chilean musician
- Victor Martinez , Mexican American poet and author
- Victor Mature, American actor
- Victor McLaglen, British actor
- Victor Meirelles, Brazilian painter
- Vic Mignogna, American actor
- Víctor Mora , Spanish writer of comic books
- Victor Rasuk, American actor
- Victor Rathnayake, Sri Lankan Sinhala folk musician
- Victor Sloan, Irish artist
- Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor
- Víctor Trujillo, Mexican comedian
- Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician
- Victor Willis, American musician
- Viktor Đerek, Croatian photographer
Business
- Victor Civita, Brazilian publisher
- Victor Chandler, British bookmaker and businessman
- Victor Kiam, American entrepreneur
- Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, Hong Kong businessman
- Victor Vargas, Venezuelan entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Victor Vescovo, American financier and undersea explorer
Crime
- Viktor Bout, Russian arms dealer
- Víctor Manuel Gerena, American fugitive robber
Military
- Victor H. Czegka, Austrian-American Marine officer
- Victor Jones, Second World War British Army officer
- Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov, Russian naval officer
Politics and diplomacy
- Victor Banks, Anguillan politician
- Victor de Broglie, French soldier and politician
- Victor de Broglie, 3rd duc de Broglie, French statesman and diplomat
- Victor de Broglie, 5th duc de Broglie, French politician and diplomat
- Victor Ciorbea, Romanian politician
- Victor Kamber, American political consultant
- Viktor Klima, Austrian politician
- Víctor Hipólito Martínez, former Vice President of Argentina
- Viktor Orbán, Hungarian politician
- Victor Ponta, Romanian politician
- Victor Rădulescu-Pogoneanu, Romanian diplomat
- Victor Maria Regis "Vico" Sotto, Filipino politician
- Victor Stănculescu, Romanian general officer and politician
- Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian politician
- Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian politician
Sports
- Viktor Apostolov, Bulgarian hammer thrower
- Viktor Axelsen, Danish badminton player and men's singles world champion
- Victor Leandro Bagy, Brazilian football goalkeeper known simply as Victor
- Vítor Baía, Portuguese football player
- Víctor Manuel Baute, Spanish boxer
- Vitor Belfort, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Vic Bellamy, American football player
- Viktor Berg, Canadian squash player
- Víctor Bird, Puerto Rican volleyball player
- Víctor Blasco, Spanish footballer
- Victor Corrêa, Brazilian race car driver
- Victor Cruz , American football player
- Victor Davis, Canadian Olympic champion swimmer
- Viktor Fischer, Danish footballer
- Víctor Genés, Paraguayan footballer and football manager
- Víctor Hugo González, Colombian cyclist
- Victor Hedman, National Hockey League player from Sweden
- Victor Heflin, American football player
- Víctor Herrera , Colombian cyclist
- Víctor Herrera Piggott, Panamanian footballer
- Victor Hicks, American football player
- Victor Houston , Barbadian track and field athlete
- Victor Jones , Australian cricketer
- Victor Jones , American football player
- Victor Jones , American football player
- Viktor Kassai, Hungarian football referee
- Victor Kros, Dutch football player
- Viktor Kuznetsov , Russian swimmer
- Victor Leandro Bagy, Brazilian football player
- Victor Loturi, Canadian soccer player
- Víctor Maldonado, Venezuelan hurdler
- Víctor Martínez , Andorran middle-distance runner
- Víctor Martínez , Venezuelan-born Major League Baseball player
- Víctor Martínez , Dominican professional bodybuilder
- Victor Matfield, South African rugby player
- Viktor Mitrou, Greek weightlifter
- Víctor Mora , Colombian retired long-distance runner
- Víctor Hugo Mora, Mexican football manager
- Víctor Moreno, Venezuelan baseball player
- Víctor Moreno , Venezuelan cyclist
- Víctor Muñoz, Spanish football coach and player
- Victor Oladipo, American basketball player
- Viktor Olsen, Norwegian long-distance runner
- Viktor Onopko, Russian football coach and former player
- Victor Ortíz, American boxer
- Victor Perez, Tunisian world champion flyweight boxer
- Victor Quintana, Paraguayan football player
- Víctor Rivera , Peruvian football manager
- Victor Rivera , Puerto Rican volleyball player
- Victor Ross, American lacrosse player
- Víctor Sánchez, Spanish retired footballer
- Victor "Vic" Seixas, American Hall of Fame former top-10 tennis player
- Victor Simões, Brazilian footballer
- Viktor Spasov, Soviet pole vaulter
- Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player
- Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer
- Víctor Valdés, Spanish retired football goalkeeper
- Viktor Zaitsev, Uzbekistani javelin thrower
- Chick Zamick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Viktor Zhurba, Soviet discus thrower
Other
- Victor Agosto, American anti-war activist
- Victor of Aveyron, French feral child
- Victor Chang, Australian–Chinese cardiac surgeon
- Victor Horta, Belgian architect
- Victor Korchnoi, Soviet-born Swiss chess player
- Víctor Martínez
- Victor Rivera , American Episcopalian bishop
- Victor Rivera Gonzalez, Puerto Rican police chief and lawyer
- Viktor Schauberger, Austrian forester and inventor
- Victor Ukpolo, Nigerian-born American university administrator
Fictional characters
- Victor Baxter, in the television series That's So Raven and Cory in the House
- Victor Borkowski, in the X-Men comics, also known as Anole
- Victor Coste, friend of Sam Fisher in the Splinter Cell series of videogames
- Victor Creed, the real name of Sabretooth, a character from the X-Men series
- Victor Frankenstein, in the 1818 novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Victor Fries, a villain in the Batman series, also known as Mr. Freeze
- "Count Victor Grazinski", alias of Victoria Grant, protagonist of the 1982 film Victor/Victoria
- Victor Kiriakis, in the television series Days of Our Lives
- Viktor Krum, in the Harry Potter series
- Vic Mackey, on the television series The Shield
- Victor Mancha, in the Runaways comic book
- Victor Meldrew, in the television series One Foot in the Grave
- Viktor Navorski, in the 2004 film The Terminal
- Victor Newman, in the television series The Young and the Restless
- Victor Nikiforov, in the Japanese television series Yuri on Ice
- Victor Quartermaine, in the television series Wallace and Gromit
- Victor Shade, alias for the Marvel superhero Vision
- Victor Stone, DC Comics superhero better known as Cyborg
- Victor Sullivan, from the Uncharted series
- Victor Van Dort, in the 2005 animated film Corpse Bride
- Victor Vance, protagonist of the video game '
- Victor Von Doom, in the Fantastic Four comics
- Victor von Gerdenheim, in the Darkstalkers video game series
- Viktor, in the Suikoden video game series
- Viktor, in the Underworld film series
- Victor Zsasz, a serial killer featured in the Batman series
- Victor, the logo and mascot for the Just for Laughs comedy festival
- Victor, from Joss Whedon's Dollhouse
- Viktor, from the Underworld film series
- Victor, an underling of criminal mastermind Gustavo Fring in the series Breaking Bad
- Victor the Happy Ghost, a character in an episode of The Real Ghostusters
- Victor, elder brother of Hugo in ' and head of Naughtiness International
- Victor, a gargoyle supporting character from the 1996 Disney animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Victor Best, the brother of Victoria Best in WordGirl
- Victor Wexlar, the evil villain in Starflyers
- Victor, the main character in Victor and Valentino
- Victor, the dock worker in Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Victor, the ice rink janitor in