{{About||the unincorporated community|Vinnie, Kentucky|the Russian rural locality|Vinny, Astrakhan Oblast}} {{Infobox given name | origin = Latin nomen Vincent | gender = Male | region = Italy }} '''Vinny''' or '''Vinnie''' is a masculine given name, usually a shortened version of Vincent, Vincenzo, Arvin, or Vicente, which may refer to: {{TOC right}}
==Vincents== * Vinnie Anderson (born 1979), New Zealand rugby league footballer * Vinny Anthony II (born 2003), American football player * Vinny Appice (born 1957), American rock drummer * Vinnie Bell (1932–2019), American session guitarist * Vinnie Clark (born 1969), American former National Football League player * Vinnie Colaiuta (born 1956), American drummer * Vincent Cusano (born 1952), stage name Vinnie Vincent, American rock/metal guitarist, formerly with Kiss * Vinny Del Negro (born 1966), American retired National Basketball Association player and head coach * Vinnie Doyle (1938-2010), Irish journalist and editor * Vinny Faherty (born 1987), Irish footballer * Vinny Guadagnino (born 1987), American reality television personality and actor best known for his appearances on ''Jersey Shore'' * Vinnie Hinostroza (born 1994) American National Hockey League player * Vinnie Johnson (born 1956), American retired National Basketball Association player * Vinnie Jones (born 1965), British actor and former footballer * Vinnie Moore (born 1964), American guitarist and member of the English hard rock band UFO * Vinny Nittoli (born 1990), American baseball player * Vincent "Vinny" Parco, star of the reality television program ''Parco P.I.'' * Vinnie Pasquantino (born 1997), American baseball player * Vinnie Paul (1964–2018), American rock/metal drummer, founding member of the band Pantera * Vincent Richards (1903-1959), American tennis player * Vinny Rottino (born 1980), American Major League Baseball utility player * Vinny Samways (born 1968), English former footballer and manager * Vinnie Sunseri (born 1991), American National Football League player * Vinny Testaverde (born 1963), American former National Football League quarterback
==Indeterminate== <!-- Vincents? Who knows? !--> * Vinny Burns (born 1965), English hard rock guitarist and producer * Vinny Cerrato, National Football League executive and former football player * Vinny Curran, American actor * Vinny Curry (born 1988), American National Football League player * Vinny Finigan (born 1989), English rugby league player * Vinny Golia (born 1946), American composer and musician * Vinnie Hacker (born 2002), American influencer * Vinny Lingham (born 1979), South African Internet entrepreneur * Vinny Vella (1947–2019), American actor * Vinny Warren, American advertising creative director best known for his Budweiser "Whassup?" campaign
==Other== * Vinicio Vinny Castilla (born 1967), Mexican-born former Major League Baseball player * Mark Vinnie Dombroski (born 1962), American lead vocalist and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Sponge * Marvin Vinny Giles (born 1943), American amateur golfer * Viriato Vinny deMacedo (born 1965), American politician * Vinicius Vinny Magalhães (born 1984), Brazilian mixed martial artist * Vincenzo Vinny Paz (born 1962), American former boxer and world champion in several weight classes * Václav Prospal (born 1975), Czech retired National Hockey League player * Lavinia Vinnie Ream (1847-1914), American sculptor * Quoc Al Vinny Vinh, Vietnamese-American professional poker player * Ventan Vinnie Yablonski (1923-2008), American National Football League player
==Stage name, ring name or pseudonym== * Vinny Arora, stage name of Indian television actress born Harmeet Kaur in 1991 * Vinnie Barrett, American songwriter and musician born Gwendolyn Hines Woolfolk in 1945 * Vincenzo Luvineri (born 1977), stage name Vinnie Paz, Italian-American rapper and lyricist * Vinnie Vegas, a ring name of American retired professional wrestler Kevin Nash (born 1959) * Vinny (also known as "Vinny Vinesauce"), the pseudonym of member and founder of the Twitch streaming collective Vinesauce
==Fictional characters== * Vinnie Barbarino, on the American sitcom ''Welcome Back, Kotter'', played by John Travolta * Vinny Dingle, on the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' * Vinny Folson, a character in ''Ninjago'' * Vinnie Kruse, on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' * Vinnie Monks, on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Vinny Panesar, on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Vinnie Pappalardo, a character in the video game ''Lego City Undercover'' * Vinnie Terrio, in the cartoon ''Littlest Pet Shop'' * Vinnie Patterson, on the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' * Vinny or Vince Wolek, on the American soap opera ''One Life to Live'' * Vinnie Verducci, main character in the TV sitcoms ''Top of the Heap'' and ''Vinnie & Bobby'' * A character in the ''Adventure Time'' miniseries "Islands" * The title character of the film ''My Cousin Vinny'', played by Joe Pesci * Vinnie, the main antagonist of the video game ''Grand Theft Auto Advance'' * Vinnie, in the film ''Spaceballs'' * Vinnie, an anthropomorphic steam engine in ''Thomas & Friends'' *Vinnie is a character in 2025 video game ''Pokémon Legends: Z-A''
==See also== * Vinni (disambiguation) * Vini (disambiguation)
{{given name}} Category:Masculine given names Category:Hypocorisms Category:English masculine given names