List of Famous people named Victor

Name Victor is among the most common names in Mexico, USA, Argentina, Spain, Portugal. Shortened forms: Vic. Similar names: Vic, Victoria. Here are some famous Victors:

Victor Hugo

Victor-Marie Hugo
First Name Victor
Last Name Hugo
Born on February 26, 1802
Died on May 22, 1885 (aged 83)

Victor-Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres: lyrics, satires, epics, philosophical poems, epigrams, novels, history, critical essays, political speeches, funeral orations, diaries, letters public and private, as well as dramas in verse and prose.

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Victor Pelevin

First Name Victor
Last Name Pelevin
Born on November 22, 1962 (age 60)
Born in Russia

Victor Olegovich Pelevin is a Russian fiction writer, the author of novels Omon Ra, Chapayev and Void, and Generation P. He is a laureate of multiple literary awards including the Russian Little Booker Prize (1993) and the Russian National Bestseller (2004). His books are multi-layered postmodernist texts fusing elements of pop culture and esoteric philosophies while carrying conventions of the science fiction genre. Some critics relate his prose to the New Sincerity literary movement.

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Victor Moses

First Name Victor
Last Name Moses
Born on December 12, 1990 (age 32)
Born in Nigeria, Lagos
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Victor Moses is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger on either flank for Russian club Spartak Moscow on loan from Premier League club Chelsea.

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Victor Oladipo

First Name Victor
Last Name Oladipo
Born on May 4, 1992 (age 31)
Height 193 cm | 6'4

Kehinde Babatunde Victor Oladipo is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and singer. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers, where in the 2012-2013 season he was named the Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year, the Co-NABC Defensive Player of the Year, and a first-team All-American by the USBWA and Sporting News. That year he was also named the winner of the Adolph Rupp Trophy, given annually to the top player in men's NCAA Division I basketball. Oladipo was drafted with the second overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic and went on to be named to the NBA All-Rookie first team. He was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2016, and then traded to the Indiana Pacers in 2017. He became a first-time NBA All-Star, led the league in steals, was named to the All-Defensive First Team and the All-NBA Third Team, and won the NBA Most Improved Player Award in his first season with Indiana. Despite an injury-riddled 2018–19 season, including a season-ending injury in January 2019, Oladipo was named an Eastern Conference All-Star reserve for the second straight year.

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Victor Hugo

First Name Victor
Last Name Hugo
Born on November 30, 1941
Died on November 30, 1992 (aged 51)

Victor Hugo Rojas (1942–1993) was a Venezuelan born American artist, window dresser, and partner of the designer Halston. Hugo did displays for Halston's Madison Avenue store and later became one of Andy Warhol's assistants at The Factory where among other things he worked on the painter's oxidation paintings. He is said to have been the first window dresser to have incorporated Pop art into his designs. He was also a model for Warhol's torso series. In 1978 the artist and videographer Anton Perich made a short film of Hugo destroying a Warhol painting as "a sacrifice". In September of 2007 an exhibition of mannequins dressed by Hugo was held at the Milk Gallery in New York City.

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Victor Osimhen

First Name Victor
Last Name Osimhen
Born on December 29, 1998 (age 24)
Born in Nigeria, Lagos
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Victor James Osimhen is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Napoli and the Nigeria national team. Known for his composure and finishing, he is widely regarded as one of the most promising and most in-demand African footballers.

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Víctor Jara

Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez
First Name Víctor
Last Name Jara
Born on September 18, 1932
Died on September 16, 1973 (aged 40)
Born in Chile, Ñuble Region

Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and communist political activist tortured and killed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. He developed Chilean theater by directing a broad array of works, ranging from locally produced plays to world classics, as well as the experimental work of playwrights such as Ann Jellicoe. He also played a pivotal role among neo-folkloric musicians who established the Nueva Canción Chilena movement. This led to an uprising of new sounds in popular music during the administration of President Salvador Allende.

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Victor Lanoux

Victor Robert Nataf
First Name Victor
Last Name Lanoux
Born on June 18, 1936
Died on May 4, 2017 (aged 80)

Victor Lanoux was a French actor best known to English speaking audiences for his role as Ludovic in Cousin, Cousine.

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Victor Lindelöf

Victor Jörgen Nilsson Lindelöf
First Name Victor
Last Name Lindelöf
Born on July 17, 1994 (age 28)
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Victor Jörgen Nilsson Lindelöf is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for English Premier League club Manchester United and the Sweden national team. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a right-back.

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Victor Cruz

Victor Michael Cruz is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at UMass, and signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2010. With the Giants he won Super Bowl XLVI over the New England Patriots, and made the 2012 Pro Bowl.

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Víctor Valdés

Víctor Valdés Arribas
First Name Víctor
Last Name Valdés
Born on January 14, 1982 (age 41)
Born in Spain, Catalonia
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Víctor Valdés Arribas is a Spanish football coach and former professional player, who operated as a goalkeeper. He is the current manager of UA Horta.

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Victor of Aveyron

First Name Victor
Last Name Aveyron
Born on November 30, 1779
Died on January 1, 1828 (aged 48)
Born in France, Occitania

Victor of Aveyron was a French feral child who was found at the age of around 12. Upon his discovery, he was given to many people to stay with, running away from civilization approximately eight times. Eventually, his case was taken up by a young physician, Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, who worked with the boy for five years and gave him his name, Victor. Itard was interested in determining what Victor could learn. He devised procedures to teach the boy words and recorded his progress. Based on his work with Victor, Itard broke new ground in the education of the developmentally delayed.

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Victor Mature

First Name Victor
Last Name Mature
Born on January 29, 1913
Died on August 4, 1999 (aged 86)
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Victor John Mature was an American stage, film, and television actor who starred most notably in several movies during the 1950s, and was known for his dark hair and smile. His best known film roles include One Million B.C. (1940), My Darling Clementine (1946), Kiss of Death (1947), Samson and Delilah (1949), and The Robe (1953). He also appeared in many musicals opposite such stars as Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable.

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Victor Artus Solaro

First Name Victor
Last Name Solaro
Born on August 17, 1987 (age 35)

Artus is a French actor and humorist.

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Victor Lustig

Robert V. Miller
First Name Victor
Last Name Lustig
Died on March 11, 1947

Victor Lustig was a highly skilled con artist from Austria-Hungary, who undertook a criminal career that involved conducting scams across Europe and the United States during the early 20th century. Lustig is widely regarded as one of the most notorious con artists of his time, and is infamous for being "the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice" and for conducting the "Rumanian Box" scam.

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Víctor Manuel

Víctor Manuel San José Sánchez
First Name Víctor
Last Name Manuel
Born on July 7, 1947 (age 75)
Born in Spain, Asturias

Víctor Manuel San José Sánchez is a Spanish singer-songwriter. He has been married to the Spanish singer and actress Ana Belén since 1972. He and his wife are considered symbols of the Spanish Transition, and his songs and albums often feature boldly-titled works with social and political content.

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Victor Balashov

First Name Victor
Last Name Balashov
Born on December 24, 1924
Died on June 23, 2021 (aged 96)
Born in Russia

Viktor Ivanovich Balashov was a Soviet and Russian radio and television presenter. He was best known as the host for the USSR Union Radio, from 1944. From 1947 to 1991 he worked for the Soviet Central Television and its Russian successor. In 1997 he was awarded the People's Artist of Russia. Balashov was a veteran of the Second World War and was a member of the Red Army.

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Victor Garber

First Name Victor
Last Name Garber
Born on March 16, 1949 (age 74)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Victor Joseph Garber is a Canadian actor and singer known for his work in television, film, and theatre. He started his career on the stage playing roles such as Jesus in Godspell; Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; and John Wilkes Booth in Assassins. He would later go on to earn four Tony Award nominations for his performances in Deathtrap, Little Me, Lend Me a Tenor, and Damn Yankees.

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Victor Espinoza

First Name Victor
Last Name Espinoza
Born on May 23, 1972 (age 51)
Born in Mexico, Hidalgo

Victor Espinoza is a Mexican jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing who won the Triple Crown in 2015 on American Pharoah. He began riding in his native Mexico and went on to compete at racetracks in California. He has won the Kentucky Derby three times, riding War Emblem in 2002, California Chrome in 2014, and American Pharoah in 2015. He also won the Preakness Stakes three times, in those same years and with the same horses. He was the first jockey in history to enter the Belmont Stakes with a third opportunity to win the Triple Crown; his 2015 victory made him the oldest jockey and first Hispanic jockey to win the award.

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Victor Ortiz

First Name Victor
Last Name Ortiz
Born on January 31, 1987 (age 36)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Victor Ortiz is an American professional boxer and film actor. He held the WBC welterweight title in 2011, and was formerly rated as one of the world's top three active welterweights by most sporting news and boxing websites, including The Ring magazine, BoxRec, and ESPN. His crowd-pleasing and aggressive fighting style also made him the 2008 ESPN Prospect of the Year.

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