Victor
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Victor (from vincere "defeat", victoria "victory") is a first name normally given to male boys.
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Given name
- Various people called Victor, duc de Broglie
- George Victor Bishop, American film, television, stage and radio actor based in Britain
- Victor Emmanuel, regnal name of the House of Savoy
- Victor Meldrew, character in the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave
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Last name
- Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
- Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno (1764–1841), marshal of France
- Jaclyn Victor, Malaysia's first Idol winner
- Joseph Victor, mayor of Courbevoie from October 1920 to May 1925
- Paul Bins, comte de Saint-Victor, French author
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Places
- Several towns in the United States:
- Victor, New York.
- Victor, Colorado, a near-ghost town near Cripple Creek, Colorado.
- Victor, Idaho.
- Victor, Iowa.
- Victor, Montana.
- A number of places in France containing the element Saint-Victor.
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Other
- Victor, a song by American band Blondie.
- Pobednik, a monument in Belgrade dedicated to Serbian soldiers who brought Allies their first victory in WWI
- Victor, a British comic book.
- Victor, a solo album by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson.
- The letter V in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
- The Victor class, NATO designation of a class of submarines of the Soviet Union.
- The Handley Page Victor aircraft.
- Victor Records.
- The Victor Company of Japan, or JVC (goes under the brand name of Victor in Japan)
- Victor, a short 1951 French film starring François Ozon.
- Victor, a 1992 French film starring Claude Heymann.
- Victor Technologies (formerly Sirius Systems Technology) was a computer manufacturer in the early 1980's