# Vince

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For other uses, see [Vince (disambiguation)](/source/Vince_(disambiguation)).

**Vince** is a given name, it is the anglicisation and shortened form of the name [Vincent](/source/Vincent_(given_name)),[1] as well as a surname. It may refer to:

## Given name

### People

- [Vince Agnew](/source/Vince_Agnew) (born 1987), American football player
- [Vince Cable](/source/Vince_Cable) (born 1943), British politician
- [Vince Carter](/source/Vince_Carter) (born 1977), basketball player
- [Vince Catania](/source/Vince_Catania) (born 1977), Australian politician
- [Vince Clarke](/source/Vince_Clarke) (born 1960), English musician with [Erasure](/source/Erasure_(duo))
- [Vince Clarke (cricketer)](/source/Vince_Clarke_(cricketer)) (born 1971), English cricketer
- [Vince Coleman (disambiguation)](/source/Vince_Coleman_(disambiguation)), multiple people
- [Vince Courville](/source/Vince_Courville) (born 1959), American football player
- [Vince DiMaggio](/source/Vince_DiMaggio) (1912–1986), American baseball player, older brother of [Joe DiMaggio](/source/Joe_DiMaggio)
- [Vince Dooley](/source/Vince_Dooley) (1932–2022), American football coach
- [Vince Gill](/source/Vince_Gill) (born 1957), American country music singer, songwriter and musician
- [Vince Gilligan](/source/Vince_Gilligan) (born 1967), American writer, producer, as well as creator and director of [AMC](/source/AMC_(TV_channel))'s *[Breaking Bad](/source/Breaking_Bad)* & spin-off *[Better Call Saul](/source/Better_Call_Saul)*
- [Vince Giordano](/source/Vince_Giordano) (born 1952), American musician
- [Vince Guaraldi](/source/Vince_Guaraldi) (1928–1976), American jazz pianist and jazz composer
- [Vince Hill](/source/Vince_Hill) (1934–2023), English singer and songwriter
- [Vince Hill (American football)](/source/Vince_Hill_(American_football)) (born 1985), American football player
- [Vince Kinney](/source/Vince_Kinney) (born 1956), American football player
- [Vince Little](/source/Vince_Little) (born 1964), American professional stock car racing driver
- [Vince Lombardi](/source/Vince_Lombardi) (1913–1970), American football player, coach, and executive
- [Vince Luvara](/source/Vince_Luvara) (born 1989), American college football coach
- [Vince Martin (disambiguation)](/source/Vince_Martin_(disambiguation)), multiple people
- [Vince McMahon, Sr.](/source/Vince_McMahon,_Sr.) (1914–1984), American wrestling promoter
- [Vince McMahon](/source/Vince_McMahon) (born 1945), Former CEO of [World Wrestling Entertainment](/source/World_Wrestling_Entertainment)
- [Vince Micone](/source/Vince_Micone), U.S. deputy assistant secretary of labor for operations
- [Vince Neil](/source/Vince_Neil) (born 1961), Lead singer, [Mötley Crüe](/source/M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe)
- [Vince Offer](/source/Vince_Offer) (born 1964), American-Israeli infomercial salesman, born Offer Shlomi
- [Vince Osuji](/source/Vince_Osuji) (born 2006), Nigerian footballer
- [Vince O'Sullivan](/source/Vince_O'Sullivan) (born 1957), American race walker
- [Vince Phillips](/source/Vince_Phillips) (born 1963), American boxer and IBF champion
- [Vince Powell](/source/Vince_Powell) (1928–2009), British sitcom writer
- [Vince Promuto](/source/Vince_Promuto) (1938–2021), American football player
- [Vince Sorrenti](/source/Vince_Sorrenti), Australian actor
- [Vince Staples](/source/Vince_Staples) (born 1993), American rapper
- [Vince Steckler](/source/Vince_Steckler) (1958–2021), American businessman
- [Vince Vaughn](/source/Vince_Vaughn) (born 1970), American actor
- [Vince Velasquez](/source/Vince_Velasquez) (born 1992), American Major League Baseball pitcher for the [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies)
- [Vince White](/source/Vince_White) (born 1960), English guitarist with [The Clash](/source/The_Clash)
- [Vince Young](/source/Vince_Young) (born 1983), American football player
- [Vince Zampella](/source/Vince_Zampella) (1970–2025), American video game designer
- [Vince Zizak](/source/Vince_Zizak) (1908–1973), American football player

### Fictional characters

- Vince Clark, the main character in the British sitcom *[15 Storeys High](/source/15_Storeys_High)*
- Vince Larkin, the secondary main character in the 1997 action thriller film *[Con Air](/source/Con_Air)*, played by [John Cusack](/source/John_Cusack)
- Vince LaSalle, main character of the American television series *[Recess](/source/Recess_(TV_series))*
- Vince Noir, main character of the British comedy series *[The Mighty Boosh](/source/The_Mighty_Boosh)*
- Vincent Fox (commonly referred to as Vince), a main character on the television series *[Mongrels](/source/Mongrels_(TV_series))*

### Animals

- [Vince (rhinoceros)](/source/Vince_(rhinoceros)) (2012–2017), killed by poachers while in a [French zoo](/source/Thoiry,_Yvelines)

## Surname

- [Alan Vince](/source/Alan_Vince) (1952–2009), British archaeologist
- [Allen Vince](/source/Allen_Vince) (ca. 1785–1849), settler in Texas
- [Bernie Vince](/source/Bernie_Vince) (born 1985), former Australian rules footballer
- [Gaia Vince](/source/Gaia_Vince), British journalist, broadcaster and non-fiction author
- [James Vince](/source/James_Vince) (born 1991), English cricketer
- [John Vince](/source/John_Vince) (1849–1886), English cricketer
- [Michael Vince](/source/Michael_Vince) (born 1947), British poet and author
- [Pruitt Taylor Vince](/source/Pruitt_Taylor_Vince) (born 1960), American actor
- [Ralph Vince](/source/Ralph_Vince) (1900–1996), American football player and coach, inventor of the [football face mask](/source/Football_mask)
- [Samuel Vince](/source/Samuel_Vince) (1749–1821), English clergyman, mathematician and astronomer
- [William Vince](/source/William_Vince) (1963–2008), Canadian film producer

## See also

- [Vicente (disambiguation)](/source/Vicente_(disambiguation))
- [Vincent (disambiguation)](/source/Vincent_(disambiguation))
- [Vincente](/source/Vincente)
- [Vincenzo](/source/Vincenzo)

## References

1. ["Vince Name Meaning & Vince Family History at Ancestry.co.uk®"](https://www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=vince). *www.ancestry.co.uk*. Retrieved 2021-10-02.

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