Vincent
Vincent 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, Maltese sculptor
- Vincent van Gogh, Dutch Post-Impressionist painter
- Vincent Munier, French wildlife photographer
- Vincent Namatjira, Aboriginal Australian painter
Saints
- Vincent of Saragossa, deacon and martyr, patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia
- Vincent, Orontius, and Victor, martyrs who evangelized in the Pyrenees
- Vincent of Digne, French bishop of Digne
- Vincent of Lérins, Church father, Gallic author of early Christian writings
- Vincent Madelgarius, Benedictine monk who established two monasteries in France
- Vincent Ferrer, Valencian Dominican missionary and logician
- Vincent de Paul, Catholic priest who served the poor
- Vicente Liem de la Paz, Vincent Duong, Vincent Tuong, and Vincent Yen Do of the Vietnamese Martyrs
- Vincent Pallotti, Italian ecclesiastic
Politicians and government officials
- Vincent Auriol, French politician who served as President of France from 1947 to 1954
- Vincent Bru, French politician
- Sir John Vincent "Vince" Cable, British politician
- Vincent Candelora, American businessman, lawyer, and politician
- Vince Catania, Australian politician
- Vincent Cianci, American politician
- Vincent B. Dixie, American businessman and politician
- Vincent Fang (entrepreneur), politician in Hong Kong
- Vincent Fort, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate
- Vincent Marchiselli, Democratic politician
- Vince Martin (politician), Australian politician
- Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer, diplomat and 18th Governor General of Canada
- Vincent Orange, American politician and attorney
- Vincent Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, Mayor of Colombo from 1965-1966
- Vincent Pierre, American politician
- Vincent Rolland, French politician
- Vincent Seitlinger, French politician
- Vincent Verouden, Dutch politician
- Vincent Stuart de Silva Wikramanayake, Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician
In sports
American football
- Vincent Anthony Jr., American football player
- Vince Biegel, American football player
- Vinnie Clark, American former National Football League player
- Vince Courville, American former National Football League player
- Vincent Dancy, American football coach
- Vince Dooley, American former football coach
- Vincent Gray (American football), American National Football League player
- Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson American former National Football League player and former Major League Baseball player.
- Vince Lombardi, American National Football League player, coach and executive
- Vince Promuto, American National Football League player
- Vincent Taylor (American football), American football player
- Vinny Testaverde, American former National Football League quarterback
- Vince Warren, American former National Football League player
- Vince Wilfork, American former National Football League player
Association football
- Vincent Aboubakar, Cameroonian professional footballer
- Vincent Bossou, Togolese footballer
- Vincent Candela, French football player
- Vincent Enyeama, Nigerian former footballer
- Vincent Kompany, Belgian former footballer
- Vincent Lamy, Canadian soccer player
- Vincent Nogueira, French former professional footballer
- Vincent Rabiega, professional footballer
- Vincent Rüfli, Swiss professional footballer
- Vincent Sierro, Swiss professional footballer
Baseball
- Vince Coleman, American former Major League Baseball player
- Vince DiMaggio, American Major League Baseball player, older brother of Joe and Dom DiMaggio
- Vin Scully, American sportscaster, called Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers games from 1950 to 2016
Basketball
- Vincent Askew, American former professional basketball player
- Vince Carter, National Basketball Association player
- Vincent Collet, French basketball coach
- Vincent Kesteloot, Belgian professional basketball player
- Vincent Masingue, French former professional basketball player
- Vincent Mendy (basketball), French professional basketball player
- Vincent Nguyen (basketball), Vietnamese-Dutch professional basketball player
- Vincent Poirier, French professional basketball player
- Vincent Rivaldi Kosasih, Indonesian basketball player
- Vincent Sanford, American basketball player
- Vincent Yarbrough, American former professional basketball player
Wrestling
- Vince McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter and owner, chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
- Vince McMahon Sr., American professional wrestling promoter, father of the above
- Vinny Marseglia, known as Vincent in ROH
- Virgil (wrestler), known as Vincent in WCW
Other sports
- Vinnie Anderson, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Vincent Astrolabio, Filipino professional boxer
- Vincent Bachet, professional French ice hockey defenceman
- Vincent Barnes, South African first-class cricketer
- Vincent Barteau, former French road racing cyclist
- Vincent Berger, French sailor
- Vincent Blatchford, English table tennis player
- Vincent Boury, French table tennis player
- Vincent Brewster, Barbadian cricketer
- Vincent Carrara, French racing cyclist
- Vincent Casse, Belgian acrobatic gymnast
- Vincent Chepkok, Kenyan professional long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres
- Vincent Chiu, American badminton player
- Vince Clarke (cricketer), English former cricketer
- Vincent Clerc, former French rugby union player
- Vincent Confait, Seychellois sprinter
- Vincent Defrasne, former French biathlete
- Vincent De Haître, Canadian dual-sport athlete competing as both a speed skater and track cyclist
- Vincent de Nardi, French water polo player
- Vincent Dias Dos Santos, Luxembourgish cyclo-cross cyclist
- Vincent Favretto, French pole vaulter
- Vincent Feigenbutz, German professional boxer
- Vincent Hermance, French mountain bike trials cyclist
- Vincent C Y Ho, horse racing jockey
- Vincent Gagnon, Canadian retired racquetball player
- Vincent Garos, retired French sailor
- Vincent Gauthier-Manuel, French alpine skier and Paralympic athlete
- Vincent Gérard, French former professional handball player
- Vincent Hancock, American Olympic shooter
- Vinnie Hinostroza, American hockey player
- Vincent Hoppezak, Dutch road and track cyclist
- Vincent Jay, former French biathlete and non-commissioned officer
- Vincent Keymer, German chess player
- Vincent Mumo Kiilu, Kenyan sprint runner and hurdler
- Vincent Kipchumba, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Vincent Kipruto, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Vincent Koch, South African professional rugby union player
- Vincent Kriechmayr, Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer
- Vincent Laigle, French badminton player
- Vincent Lange, German volleyball player
- Vincent Lau, Hong Kong road cyclist
- Vincent Lavenu, French former professional road bicycle racer
- Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian former National Hockey League player
- Vincent Lecrubier, French sprint canoer
- Vincent Le Dauphin, retired French athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase
- Vincent Le Quellec, French former track cyclist
- Vincent Libert, Belgian sports shooter
- Vincent Limare, French judoka
- Vincent Luis, French professional triathlete
- Vincent Lynch (cyclist), Barbadian former cyclist
- Vincent Matheron, French skateboarder
- Vincent Matthews (athlete), American former sprinter
- Vincent Millot, French tennis player
- Vincent Milou, regular-footed French professional skateboarder
- Vincent Pelluard, French-Colombian cyclist
- Vincent Pelo, French rugby union player
- Vince Phillips, American boxer and former IBF champion
- Vincent Morris Scheer, light welterweight champion boxer under the ring name Mushy Callahan
- Vincent Spadea, tennis player from the United States
- Vince O'Sullivan, American racewalker
- Vincent Reffet, French BASE jumper, skydiver, wingsuit flyer, and jetman
- Vincent Ricard, French bobsledder
- Vincent Richards, American tennis player
- Vincent Riendeau (diver), Canadian elite diver
- Vincent Roberge, Canadian curler
- Vincent Rousseau, former long-distance runner from Belgium
- Vincent Salazard, French racing cyclist
- Vincent Soler, Algerian racing cyclist
- Vincent ter Schure, Dutch Paralympic cyclist
- Vincent Trocheck, American professional ice hockey center
- Vincent Vitetta, French cyclist
- Vincent Vittoz, French former cross-country skier, non-commissioned officer and coach
- Vincent Voorn, Dutch show jumper
- Vincent Winn, former English cricketer
- Vincent Wong, badminton player of Chinese-Indonesian descent
- Vincent Zhou, American figure skater
- Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux, French long-distance runner who specialises in the steeplechase
Actors and directors
- Vincent Cassel, French actor
- Vincent Corazza, Canadian voice actor
- Vincent Caso, American Actor
- Vincent De Paul (actor), American Actor
- Vincent D'Onofrio, American actor, director, producer, writer, and singer
- Vincent Gallo, American actor, director and musician
- George Vincent "Vince" Gilligan,, American writer, director, and producer
- Vincent Guastaferro, American film, stage and television actor
- Vince Howard, American film and television actor
- Vinnie Jones, British actor and former footballer
- Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
- Vincent Klyn, New Zealand-born American professional surfer and actor
- Vincent Kok, Hong Kong actor and film director
- Vincent Laresca, American Actor
- Vincent LaRusso, American Actor
- Vincent Macaigne French Actor
- Vincent Martella, American actor, singer, and musician
- Vincente Minnelli, American director, best known for directing classic movie musicals
- Vincent Pastore, American actor
- Vincent Piazza, American actor, singer, and producer
- Vincent Price, American actor best known for his performances in horror films
- Vincent Perez, American Actor
- Vincent Rodriguez III, American Actor
- Vincent Regan, British actor
- Vincent Rottiers, French Actor
- Vincent Riotta, British actor
- Vincent Schiavelli, American actor his tall stature
- Vincent Sherman, American director and actor
- Vincent Tong (voice actor), Canadian actor
- Vincent Ventresca, American Actor
- Vincent Vaas, Sri Lankan Sinhala actor
- Vincent Van Patten, American Actor
- Vince Vaughn, American actor
- Vincent Wong, Hong Kong actor and singer
- Vincent Young (actor), American actor
- Vincent Zhao, 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), Canadian electronic music producer and pianist
- Vincent Lübeck, German Baroque-era composer of organ music
- Vincent Persichetti, American composer, teacher and pianist
- Vincent Pontare, Swedish singer and songwriter, known also by the mononym Vincent
- St. Vincent (musician), stage name of American indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Annie Clark
- Vinnie Amico, American multi-genre drummer, long-standing member of jam band Moe
- Vinnie Bell, American session guitarist
- Vinnie Colaiuta, an American session drummer
- Vincent Mason, American rapper and member of the group De La Soul
- Vincent Mason (singer), American country music singer
- Vinnie Moore, American guitarist and member of the English hard rock band UFO
- Vinnie Paul, American rock/metal drummer, founding member of the band Pantera
- Vincent Peirani, French jazz accordionist, vocalist and composer
- Vinnie Vincent, American rock/metal guitarist, formerly with Kiss
- Vince Clarke, English musician, part of Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, Erasure, VCMG
- Vince Gill, American country music singer, songwriter and musician
- Vince Guaraldi, American jazz musician and pianist
- Vince Hill, English singer
- Vince Martin (singer), American folk singer and songwriter
- Vince Neil, American lead singer of rock band Mötley Crüe
- Vince Staples, American rapper
Writers
- Vincent Harding, American historian and civil rights activist
- Vincent O'Sullivan (American writer), American short story writer, poet and critic
- Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand poet), New Zealand poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, critic and editor
- Vincent Cronin, British biographer
- Vince Powell, British sitcom writer
- Vincent Waller, American writer and storyboard artist who worked on ''SpongeBob SquarePants''
Other
- Vincent, Prince of Denmark
- Vincent Henry Ludovici Anthonisz, Sri Lankan Burgher physician and military officer
- Vincent Astor, American businessman and philanthropist
- Vincent Boissonneau, French soldier and farmer
- Vincent Bolloré, French billionaire businessman
- Vincent Cobée, French businessman, CEO of Citroën
- Vincent Connare, American type designer and former Microsoft employee
- Vincent Crawford, American economist
- Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist
- Vincent DeDomenico, American entrepreneur
- Bernard Vincent Finnigan, Australian politician
- Vincent F. Hendricks, Danish philosopher and logician
- Vincent Ganty, French political activist
- Vincent Kane, Welsh broadcaster and writer
- Vincent Kling (architect), American architect
- Vincent Krassousky, Ukrainian cartoonist
- Vincent Lo, chairman of Hong Kong–based building-materials and construction firm
- Vincent DePaul Lynch, pharmacology and toxicology professor
- Vincent Mai, American businessman and philanthropist
- Vincent Marotta, American businessman, investor and philanthropist
- Vincent Pons, French economist
- Vincent Cartledge Reddish, British astronomer
- Vincent Sardi Jr., American restaurateur
- Vincent Sardi Sr., American restaurateur
- Vincent Scully, American art historian
- Vincent Tan, Malaysian Chinese businessman and investor
- Vincent Tchenguiz, Iranian-British entrepreneur
- Vincent Viola, American billionaire businessman and U.S. Army veteran
- Vincent Wardell, Australian businessman, manufacturer and company director
- Vincent Zarrilli, American businessman
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Fictional characters
- Vincent, a localized name for Hiei, in the Tagalog dub of YuYu Hakusho
- Vincent, a contract killer in the 2004 film Collateral, played by Tom Cruise
- Vincent, the main villain of Over the Hedge
- V.I.N.CENT, a robot in the 1979 Disney film The Black Hole
- Vincent, "The Beast" from Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series), played by Ron Perlman
- Vincent, a main character in the 2015 film Disorder, played by Matthias Schoenaerts
- Vincent, Walt's dog in Lost
- Father Vincent, in Silent Hill 3
- Vincent Benedict, in the 1988 film Twins, played by Danny DeVito
- Cardinal Vincent Benitez, elected Pope in the film Conclave
- Vincent Brooks, the main character of the 2011 Atlus video game Catherine
- Vincent Chase, fictional American actor and director from the HBO series, Entourage.
- Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer, in the film Ghostbusters
- Vincent Corleone, in The Godfather Part III
- Vincent Crabbe, in the Harry Potter series
- Vincent Dorin, a character from Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
- Vincent Freeman, the protagonist of the 1997 film Gattaca
- Vincent Gallagher, a private investigator in the TV series Vincent
- Lt. Vincent Hanna, a Robert Homicide Detective killer in the 1995 film Heat, played by Al Pacino
- Vincent Keller, "The Beast" from Beauty and the Beast (2012 TV series), played by Jay Ryan
- Vincent Law, a main character in the series Ergo Proxy
- Vincent MacKenna, in St. Vincent, played by Bill Murray
- Vincent Malloy, central character of the 1982 short stop-motion movie Vincent by Tim Burton
- Vincent Nigel-Murray, one of Dr. Brennan’s "squinterns" from Bones
- Vincent Nightray, from the anime/manga Pandora Hearts
- Vince Noir, one of the main characters of the British comedy show The Mighty Boosh
- 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 Phantomhive, in the anime Black Butler
- Vincent Quaranta, the Camorra crime boss and the main antagonist from The Equalizer 3
- Vincent Sinclair, a character from House of Wax
- Vincent Valentine, from Final Fantasy VII
- Vincent Van Ghoul, a Scooby-Doo character
- Vincent Vega, a main character in the film Pulp Fiction
- Vincent Vollachia, in ''Re:Zero''