Victor or Viktor is a given name and a surname. It is Latin in origin, meaning winner or conqueror, and the word “victor” still means this in Modern English.
Victor is an early Christian name, borne by several saints and three popes, symbolizing Jesus' victory over both sin and death.
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People with the given name and mononym
Aristocracy
Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1587–1637)
Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (1666–1732)
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (1726–1796)
Victor de Broglie (1756–1794), French soldier and politician, son of the 2nd duc de Broglie
Victor de Broglie (1785–1870), 3rd duc de Broglie, French statesman and diplomat
Victor de Broglie (1846–1906), 5th duc de Broglie, French politician and diplomat
Victor Emmanuel I (1759–1824), Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia
Victor Emmanuel II (1820–1878), King of Sardinia and later Italy
Victor Emmanuel III (1869–1947), King of Italy
Religion
Pope Victor I (died 199), also a saint
Pope Victor II (c. 1018–1057)
Pope Victor III (c. 1026–1087)
Antipope Victor IV (1138)
Antipope Victor IV (1159–1164)
Victor of Marseilles (died c. 290), a saint
Victor Maurus (died c. 303), Victor the Moor or Victor of Milan, a saint
Viktor of Xanten (died 4th century), a saint
Victor I (bishop of Chur) (fl. 7th century)
Victor II (bishop of Chur) (fl. 8th century)
Victor III (bishop of Chur) (died in or before 836)
Victor (bishop of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), 6th century
Victor Tinambunan (born 1964), Indonesian religious leader
Academics
Victor Babeș (1854–1926), Romanian biologist
Victor Bailey (historian) (born 1948), British historian, author, and academic
Victor Bright, American electrical engineer
Victor Dzau (born 1945), Chinese-American doctor and academic
Viktor Frankl (1905–1997), Austrian psychiatrist
Victor Gautier (1824–1890), Swiss physician
Victor Ginzburg (born 1957), Russian-American mathematician
Victor Goldschmidt (1888–1947), Norwegian mineralogist
Victor Gunnarsson (1953–1993), Swedish teacher
Victor Kattan (born 1979), British legal academic
Victor L. King (1886–1958), American chemist
Viktor Kokochashvili (1904–1986), Georgian chemist
Victor Loche (1806–1863), French zoologist
Victor Ninov (born 1959), Bulgarian physicist
Victor A. Pogadaev (born 1946), Russian historian, orientalist, and translator
Victor Ricciardi, American professor of business and author
Victor Scheinman (1942–2016), American robotics pioneer
Arts and entertainment
Victor Ambrus (1935–2021), Hungarian-born British illustrator
Victor Anastasi (1913–1992), Maltese designer and draughtsman
Víctor Balaguer (1824–1901), Spanish poet and politician
Victor Banerjee (born 1946), Indian actor
Victor Borge (1909–2000), Danish-born American musician and comedian
Victor Buono (1938–1982), American actor
Victor Assis Brasil (1945–1981), Brazilian jazz saxophonist
Víctor Català (1869–1966), pen name of the Spanish writer Caterina Albert
Victor De La Rosa, American visual artist, educator
Viktor Đerek (born 2000), Croatian photographer
Víctor Erice (born 1940), Spanish film director
Victor Fonfreide (1872–1934), French painter
Victor French (1934–1989), American actor
Victor Garber (born 1949), Canadian actor
Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French writer
Victor Honoré Janssens (1658–1736), Flemish painter
Victor Ivaniv (1977–2015), Russian poet
Víctor Jara (1932–1973), Chilean musician
Business
Victor Chandler (born 1951), British bookmaker and businessman
Victor Civita (1907–1990), Brazilian publisher
Victor Kassir (1910–1997), Lebanese businessman
Victor Kiam (1926–2001), American entrepreneur
Victor Niederhoffer (1943– 2026), American hedge fund manager, U.S. Squash Champion and Paddleball Champion, bestselling author, and statistician.
Victor Li Tzar-kuoi (born 1964), Hong Kong businessman
Victor Vargas (born 1952), Venezuelan entrepreneur and philanthropist
Victor Vescovo (born 1966), American financier and undersea explorer
Crime
Viktor Bout (born 1967), Russian arms dealer
Víctor Manuel Gerena (born 1958), American fugitive robber
Viktor Sayenko (born 1988), Ukrainian serial killer
Military
Victor H. Czegka (1880–1973), Austrian-American Marine officer
Victor Gunasekara (1921–1993), Sri Lankan Sinhala army major and civil servant
Victor Jones (British Army officer), Second World War British Army officer
Viktor Pylypenko (soldier) (born 1986), Ukrainian soldier and LGBTQ rights activist
Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov (born 1962), Russian naval officer
Viktor Zolotov (born 1954), Russian military officer
Politics and diplomacy
Victor Antia (born 1965), Nigerian politician and administrator
Victor Backlund (born 1936), American politician and athlete
Victor Bădulescu (1892–1953), Romanian economist, lawyer, and diplomat
Victor Banks (born 1947), Anguillan politician
Viktor Laiskodat (born 1965), Indonesian politician
Victor de Broglie (1756–1794), French soldier and politician
Victor de Broglie (1785–1870), 3rd duc de Broglie, French statesman and diplomat
Victor de Broglie (1846–1906), 5th duc de Broglie, French politician and diplomat
Victor Ciorbea (born 1954), Romanian politician
Victor Corea (1871–1962), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician and lawyer
Victor Deleu (1876–1939), Romanian politician
Victor Gram (1910–1969), Danish politician
Viktor Grishin (1914–1992), Soviet politician
Viktor Gutić (1901–1947), Croatian politician and war criminal
Victor Jackovich (born 1948), American diplomat
Victor Kamber (born 1943), American political consultant
Sports
Viktor (wrestler) (Eric Thompson, born 1980), Canadian professional wrestler
Viktor Apostolov (born 1962), Bulgarian hammer thrower
Viktor Axelsen (born 1994), Danish badminton player
Victor Leandro Bagy (born 1983), Brazilian football player known simply as Victor
Víctor Baute (born 1972), Spanish boxer
Vic Bellamy (born 1963), American football player
Viktor Berg (born 1977), Canadian squash player
Víctor Bird (born 1982), Puerto Rican volleyball player
Victor Boniface (born 2000), Nigerian football player
Víctor Blasco (born 1994), Spanish footballer
Victor Corrêa (born 1990), Brazilian race car driver
Victor Cruz (American football) (born 1986), American football player
Victor Davis (1964–1989), Canadian Olympic champion swimmer
Victor Dimukeje (born 1999), American football player
Victor Eklund (born 2006), Swedish ice hockey player
Viktor Fischer (born 1994), Danish footballer
Víctor Genes (1961–2019), Paraguayan footballer and football manager
Other people
Victor Agosto (born 1985), American anti-war activist
Victor of Aveyron (1785–1828), French feral child
Victor Chang (1936–1991), Australian–Chinese cardiac surgeon
Victor Horta (1861–1947), Belgian architect
Victor Korchnoi (1931–2016), Soviet-born Swiss chess player
Viktor Nikolaevich Kokosov (born 1963), Russian journalist and writer
Victor Marchetti (1929–2018), American intelligence agent and author
Víctor Martínez (disambiguation)
Victor Riesel, American newspaper journalist attacked with sulfuric acid by the mafia
Victor Rivera (bishop) (1916–2005), American Episcopalian bishop
Victor Rivera Gonzalez (born 1948), Puerto Rican police chief and lawyer
Viktor Schauberger (1885–1958), Austrian forester and inventor
Victor Ukpolo (born 1950), Nigerian-born American university administrator
People with the surname
Aglailson Victor (born 1995), Brazilian politician
Alexander F. Victor (fl. 1910s–1920s), founder of the Victor Animatograph Corporation
Benjamin Victor, multiple people
Binjimen Victor (born 1997), American football player
Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania (1913–1973)
Charles Victor (1896–1965), English actor
Daniel Victor (born 1979), Canadian musician and producer
Diane Victor (born 1964), South African artist and printmaker
Divya Victor (born 1983), India-born Tamil American poet
Eva Victor (born 1994), American actor, writer and director
Frances Fuller Victor (1826–1902), American historian, poet, and journalist
Gary Victor (1954), Haitian novelist, playwright and screenwriter
Henry Victor (1892–1945), English-born American silent film actor
Idara Victor, (born 1987), American actress
Jaclyn Victor (born 1978), Malaysian musician
Jacob Nash Victor (1835–1907), American civil engineer
Fictional characters
Victor Baxter, in the television series That's So Raven and Cory in the House
Victor Borin, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army
Victor Borkowski, in the X-Men comics, also known as Anole
Victor Chevalier, a character in Tekken series
Victor Coste, friend of Sam Fisher in the Splinter Cell series of videogames
Victor Creed, the real name of Sabretooth, a character from the X-Men series
Victor Donovan, a character in Dead or Alive series
Victor Doyle, a character in the 2013 film The Smurfs 2
Victor Frankenstein, in the 1818 novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Victor Florescu, a character in the 1934 American romantic musical movie The Cat and the Fiddle
Victor Fries, a villain in the Batman series, also known as Mr. Freeze
"Count Victor Grazinski", alias of Victoria Grant, protagonist of the 1982 film Victor/Victoria
Victor Grantz, a survivor in the video game Identity V
Viktor Hargreeves, a character from The Umbrella Academy
Victor Joseph, a character in the 1998 Canadian-American independent film Smoke Signals