Vicente
Vicente is a Spanish and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name Vincentius meaning "conquering".
Vicente may refer to:
Places
- São Vicente, Cape Verde, an island in Cape Verde
People
Given Name
- Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- Vicente Álvarez Travieso, first alguacil mayor of San Antonio, Texas
- Vicente Aranda, Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer
- Vicente del Bosque, former Spanish footballer and former manager of the Spain national football team
- José Vicente Féliz, American settler
- Vicente Fernández, Mexican retired singer, actor, and film producer
- Vicente Fox, Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico
- Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuelan military dictator
- Vicente Gonçalves de Paula, Brazilian footballer
- Vicente Guaita, Spanish footballer
- Vicente Guerrero, one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence
- Vicente Henriques, Brazilian water polo player
- Vicente Lim, Filipino brigadier general and World War II hero
- Vicente Luque, American-born Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Vicente de Paula Neto, Brazilian footballer
- Vicente Pérez Rosales, Chilean politician, traveller and colonization agent
- Vicente Rodríguez, Spanish international footballer
- Vicente Seguí, Spanish singer winner of "Operación Triunfo" 3rd series in 2003
- Vicente Sotto, Filipino politician
- Tito Sotto, Filipino entertainer and politician
- Vicente Ten, Spanish politician
- Vicente Vega, Venezuelan footballer
- Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Spanish navigator, explorer and conquistador
Surname
- Ana Vicente, Portuguese author
- Bruno Leonardo Vicente, Brazilian footballer
- Esteban Vicente, abstract expressionist
- Gil Vicente, Portuguese playwright and poet
- Mariana Vicente, Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2010
- Carlos de São Vicente, Portuguese Angolan businessman
- Manuel Vicente, Angolan politician
- Nieves García Vicente, Spanish chess master
- Vicente , Brazilian football left-back
Other uses
- Tropical Storm Vicente, the name used for multiple tropical cyclones in the northern Pacific Ocean