Victor
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Roman Catholics
Popes:- Saint Pope Victor IPope Victor IPope Saint Victor I was Pope from 189 to 199 .Pope Victor I was the first bishop of Rome born in the Roman Province of Africa: probably he was born in Leptis Magna . He was later canonized...
(died 199) - Pope Victor IIPope Victor IIPope Victor II , born Gebhard, Count of Calw, Tollenstein, and Hirschberg, was Pope from 1055 to 1057. He was one of a series of German reform Popes.-Life:...
(c. 1018-1057) - Blessed Pope Victor IIIPope Victor IIIPope Blessed Victor III , born Daufer , Latinised Dauferius, was the Pope as the successor of Pope Gregory VII, yet his pontificate is far less impressive in history than his time as Desiderius, the great Abbot of Monte Cassino.-Early life and abbacy:He was born in 1026 or 1027 of a non-regnant...
(c. 1026-1087)
Antipopes:
- Antipope Victor IV (1138)Antipope Victor IV (1138)Victor IV , antipope for a short time in 1138.He was born in Ceccano as Gregorio Conti. Pope Paschal II created him cardinal-priest of SS. XII Apostoli ca. 1102, but in 1112 deposed him and replaced in his title, because he had severely criticised Victor IV (died after April 1139), antipope for a...
- Antipope Victor IV (1159–1164)
Bishops of Chur:
- Victor I, Bishop of ChurVictor I, Bishop of ChurVictor I was an 7th-century bishop of Chur, the first of the Victorid family which was to control the bishopric and the province of Rhaetia until the early ninth century.On 10 October 614 he signed the canons of the Fifth Council of Paris on church discipline...
, seventh century - Victor II, Bishop of ChurVictor II, Bishop of ChurVictor II was an 8th-century bishop of Chur of the Victorid family which had controlled the bishopric and the province of Rhaetia since the early seventh century....
, eighth century - Victor III, Bishop of ChurVictor III, Bishop of ChurVictor III was the Bishop of Chur from after 800 until his death. He was the last member of the Victorid family to hold the bishopric of Chur and the secular power in Rhaetia concurrently....
(died on or before 836)
Saints:
- Victor MaurusVictor MaurusVictor the Moor was a Christian martyr and is venerated as a saint. Victor, born into a Christian family, was a soldier in the Roman Praetorian Guard...
(died c. 303), also known as Victor the Moor and Victor of Milan - Victor of MarseillesVictor of MarseillesSaint Victor of Marseilles was a Christian Martyr. He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.Saint Victor is said to have been a Roman army officer in Marseilles, who publicly denounced the worship of idols. For that, he was brought before the Roman...
(died c. 290) - Viktor of XantenViktor of XantenVictor of Xanten or Saint Victor is a martyr and saint of the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Church. His presumed bones are kept in a shrine since the 12th century that today is embedded into the high altar of the Xanten Cathedral. His feast day is October 10.Tradition states that Victor was a...
(died in the fourth century)
Places
- Several towns in the United States:
- Victor, ColoradoVictor, ColoradoVictor is a Statutory City in Teller County, Colorado, United States. The population was 445 at the 2000 census.Victor is in the heart of Colorado's gold country, home to two of the major gold mines in the Cripple Creek mining district...
, a near-ghost town near Cripple Creek - Victor, IdahoVictor, IdahoVictor is a city in Teton County, Idaho, United States. The population was 840 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson, WY-ID Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Victor is located at...
- Victor, IowaVictor, IowaVictor is a city in Poweshiek and Iowa Counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 893 in the 2010 census, a decline from the 952 population in the 2000 census.-History:-Geography:Victor is located at ....
- Victor, MontanaVictor, MontanaVictor is a census-designated place in Ravalli County, Montana, United States. The population was 859 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Victor is located at ....
- Victor, New YorkVictor, New YorkVictor is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 9,977 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Claudius Victor Boughton, a hero of the War of 1812.The Town of Victor contains a village, also called Victor...
- Victor, South Dakota
- Victor, Colorado
- Vítor, Peru, a village in Arequipa RegionArequipa RegionArequipa is a region in southwestern Peru. It is bordered by the Ica, Ayacucho, Apurímac and Cusco regions on the north; the Puno Region on the east; the Moquegua Region on the south; and the Pacific Ocean on the west...
, Peru
Films
- Victor Victoria, a 1982 musical comedy about a woman masquerading as man impersonating a woman
- Victor (film)Victor (film)Victor is a French short film released in 1993. It was written by Nicolas Mercier and François Ozon, starring François Genty, and was directed by François Ozon.-Plot:...
, a 1993 French short movie by François Ozon - Victor (2008 film), a 2008 television film about Canadian swimmer Victor DavisVictor DavisVictor Davis, CM was a Canadian Olympic and world champion swimmer, a well known breaststroker from Canada. He also enjoyed success in the individual medley and the butterfly.-Biography:...
Characters
- Victor FrankensteinVictor FrankensteinVictor Frankenstein was born in Napoli, is a Swiss fictional character and the protagonist of the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, written by Mary Shelley...
, title character of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein - Viktor (Underworld), from the Underworld film series
- Victor, a Hispanic Engine from Thomas and Friends
- Victor (mascot)Victor (mascot)Victor is the mascot and logo for the comedy festival Just for Laughs. It was designed by Vittorio Fiorucci of the Canadian Design Resource company.The image was inspired by a monster that covers a lot of territory and preys on Montreal...
, the logo and mascot for the Just for Laughs comedy festival - Victor SullivanVictor SullivanVictor "Sully" Sullivan is a protagonist from the Uncharted video game franchise. He is voiced by Richard McGonagle, who also did the motion capture for the character. In the games, he is a friend and mentor to Nathan Drake, the main series protagonist. He is a man with large debts and a criminal...
, a character from the Uncharted video game series - Victor Von Doom, a Fantastic Four supervillain
- Victor ManchaVictor ManchaVictor Mancha is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics award-winning series, Runaways. He was created by author Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona, and debuted in Runaways vol. 2 #1 . Like the original runaways, Victor has a supervillain for a parent; his father is the robot Ultron...
, an android and protagonist of the Runaways comic book series - Victor Triumph, an ancient robot and protagonist in John C. Wright's Children of Chaos trilogy
- Victor Stone, a cyborg and long standing member of the Teen Titans
- Victor (Dollhouse)Victor (Dollhouse)Victor is a fictional character portrayed by Enver Gjokaj in the Fox science fiction series Dollhouse, created by Joss Whedon. Within the series' narrative, Victor is an "Active" or a "doll", one of a group of men and women who can be programmed with memories and skills to engage in particular...
, from Joss Whedon's Dollhouse - Victor Criss, a bully in Steven King's Novel ItItIt may refer to:* It , a third-person neuter pronoun in English* IT , often refers to information technology-As a name:* Cousin Itt, a monster character in the TV series The Addams Family...
. - Victor, an underling of criminal mastermind Gustavo Fring in the series Breaking BadBreaking BadBreaking Bad is an American television drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Breaking Bad is the story of Walter White , a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with advanced lung cancer at the beginning of the series...
- Victor von Gerdenheim, from the Darkstalkers video game series
- Viktor Reznov, from the Call of Duty: World At War and Call of Duty: Black Ops video games
- Victor, a goat from Ed, Edd n EddyEd, Edd n EddyEd, Edd n Eddy is an original animated television series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by Canadian-based a.k.a. Cartoon. It premiered on Cartoon Network on January 4, 1999. Ed, Edd n Eddy was one of Cartoon Network's longest running and most successful franchises and the longest-running...
- Victor (gargoyle), one of the supporting characters from Disney's 1996 animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre DameThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 American animated drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released to theaters on June 21, 1996 by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fourth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, the film is inspired by Victor Hugo's novel of...
- Viktor Krum, Bulgarian Wizard from Harry PotterHarry PotterHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
Military
- The Victor class submarineVictor class submarineThe Victor class is the NATO reporting name for a type of nuclear-powered submarine that was originally put into service by the Soviet Union around 1967. In the USSR, they were produced as Project 671. Victor-class subs featured a teardrop shape, which allowed them to travel at high speed...
, NATO designation of a class of submarines of the Soviet Union - The Handley Page VictorHandley Page VictorThe Handley Page Victor was a British jet bomber aircraft produced by the Handley Page Aircraft Company during the Cold War. It was the third and final of the V-bombers that provided Britain's nuclear deterrent. The other two V-bombers were the Avro Vulcan and the Vickers Valiant. Some aircraft...
aircraft - PobednikPobednikStatue of the Victor or Statue of Victory is a monument in the Kalemegdan fortress in Belgrade, erected on 1928 to commemorate the Kingdom of Serbia's war victories over Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary . It is one of the most famous works of Ivan Meštrović. Name od Statue represent Victory of...
("The Victor"), a monument in Belgrade dedicated to Serbian soldiers in World War I
Music
- Victor (album)Victor (album)Victor is a solo album by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson under the name "Victor" released January 9, 1996 on Atlantic Records outside of Canada and Anthem Records within Canada...
, a solo album by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson - "Victor", a song from the 1979 album Eat to the BeatEat to the BeatEat to the Beat is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Blondie. It reached no.1 on the UK album charts in October 1979, no.9 in Australia and no.17 in the US.-History:...
by American New Wave group Blondie
Businesses
- Victor Talking Machine CompanyVictor Talking Machine CompanyThe Victor Talking Machine Company was an American corporation, the leading American producer of phonographs and phonograph records and one of the leading phonograph companies in the world at the time. It was headquartered in Camden, New Jersey....
, early 20th century American recording company - Victor EntertainmentVictor Entertainmentis a subsidiary of Japan Victor Company that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It was formerly known as...
, Japanese record label, JVC subsidiary - Victor Interactive SoftwareVictor Interactive SoftwareVictor Interactive Software, Inc. was a Japanese video game software publisher and developer, established in 1970-08-03 as a division of Victor Entertainment.In 1996-10-01, Victor Entertainment Inc. merged with Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd...
, the video game development branch of Victor Entertainment - Victor Technologies (formerly Sirius Systems TechnologySirius Systems TechnologySirius Systems Technology was a personal computer manufacturer in Scotts Valley, California. It was founded in 1980 by Chuck Peddle and Chris Fish, formerly of MOS Technology and capitalized by Walter Kidde Inc. In late 1982 Sirius acquired Victor Business Systems from Kidde and changed its name...
), a computer manufacturer in the early 1980s - Victor TechnologyVictor TechnologyVictor Technology LLC is a supplier of printing calculators, scientific calculators, financial calculators, basic calculators, and desktop accessories with headquarters in Bolingbrook, Illinois...
, a U.S.-based supplier of calculators
Other
- Vitor, a symbol of the victory of Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil WarSpanish Civil WarThe Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
- Victor, a motorcycle from TVS Motors, India
- Victor, the letter "V" in the NATO phonetic alphabetNATO phonetic alphabetThe NATO phonetic alphabet, more accurately known as the NATO spelling alphabet and also called the ICAO phonetic or spelling alphabet, the ITU phonetic alphabet, and the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet, is the most widely used spelling alphabet...
- Victor (formerly Empire Ben), a tugboat in service in Australia from 1951 to 1985 when she was preserved in Geelong
See also
- Victoria (disambiguation)
- Victorinus (disambiguation)Victorinus (disambiguation)Victorinus was emperor of the secessionist Gallic Empire in the late 3rd century.Victorinus may also refer to:*Gaius Marius Victorinus , Roman grammarian, rhetorician and neo-Platonic philosopher...
- Saint-Victor (disambiguation), various places in France