Vicente
Vicente is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name Vincentius meaning "conquering" (from Latin vincere, "to conquer").
Vicente may refer to:
Places
- São Vicente, Cape Verde, an island in Cape Verde
People
Given Name
- Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984), Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- Vicente Álvarez Travieso, first alguacil mayor (1731–1779) of San Antonio, Texas
- Vicente Aranda (1926–2015), Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer
- Vicente del Bosque (born 1950), former Spanish footballer and former manager of the Spain national football team
- José Vicente Féliz, American settler
- Vicente Fernández (1940–2021), Mexican retired singer, actor, and film producer
- Vicente Fox (born 1942), Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico
- Juan Vicente Gómez (1857–1935), Venezuelan military dictator
- Vicente Guaita (born 1987), Spanish footballer
- Vicente Guerrero (1782–1831), one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence
- Vicente Henriques (born 1978), Brazilian water polo player
- Vicente Lim (1888–1944), Filipino brigadier general and World War II hero
- Vicente Luque (born 1991), American-born Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Vicente de Paula Neto (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
- Vicente Pérez Rosales (1807–1886), Chilean politician, traveller and colonization agent
- Vicente Rodríguez (born 1981), Spanish international footballer
- Vicente Seguí, (born 1978) Spanish singer winner of "Operación Triunfo" 3rd series in 2003
- Vicente Sotto (1877–1950), Filipino politician
- Tito Sotto (Vicente Sotto III; born 1948), Filipino entertainer and politician
- Vicente Ten (born 1966), Spanish politician
- Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (c.1460–1523), Spanish navigator, explorer and conquistador
Surname
- Bruno Leonardo Vicente, (born 1989) Brazilian footballer
- Esteban Vicente (1904–2001), abstract expressionist
- Gil Vicente (1465–1537), Portuguese playwright and poet
- Mariana Vicente (born 1989), Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2010
- Nieves García Vicente (born 1955), Spanish chess master
- Vicente (footballer, born 1983) (Wellington da Silva Vicente), Brazilian football left-back
Other uses
- Tropical Storm Vicente, the name used for multiple tropical cyclones in the northern Pacific Ocean
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