# Vinny

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For the unincorporated community, see [Vinnie, Kentucky](/source/Vinnie,_Kentucky). For the Russian rural locality, see [Vinny, Astrakhan Oblast](/source/Vinny,_Astrakhan_Oblast).

**Vinny** or **Vinnie** is a masculine [given name](/source/Given_name), usually a shortened version of [Vincent](/source/Vincent), [Vincenzo](/source/Vincenzo), Arvin, or [Vicente](/source/Vicente_(disambiguation)), which may refer to:

## Vincents

- [Vinnie Anderson](/source/Vinnie_Anderson) (born 1979), New Zealand rugby league footballer
- [Vinny Anthony II](/source/Vinny_Anthony_II) (born 2003), American football player
- [Vinny Appice](/source/Vinny_Appice) (born 1957), American rock drummer
- [Vinnie Bell](/source/Vinnie_Bell) (1932–2019), American session guitarist
- [Vinnie Clark](/source/Vinnie_Clark) (born 1969), American former National Football League player
- [Vinnie Colaiuta](/source/Vinnie_Colaiuta) (born 1956), American drummer
- Vincent Cusano (born 1952), stage name [Vinnie Vincent](/source/Vinnie_Vincent), American rock/metal guitarist, formerly with Kiss
- [Vinny Del Negro](/source/Vinny_Del_Negro) (born 1966), American retired National Basketball Association player and head coach
- [Vinnie Doyle](/source/Vinnie_Doyle) (1938-2010), Irish journalist and editor
- [Vinny Faherty](/source/Vinny_Faherty) (born 1987), Irish footballer
- [Vinny Guadagnino](/source/Vinny_Guadagnino) (born 1987), American reality television personality and actor best known for his appearances on *Jersey Shore*
- [Vinnie Hinostroza](/source/Vinnie_Hinostroza) (born 1994) American National Hockey League player
- [Vinnie Johnson](/source/Vinnie_Johnson) (born 1956), American retired National Basketball Association player
- [Vinnie Jones](/source/Vinnie_Jones) (born 1965), British actor and former footballer
- [Vinnie Moore](/source/Vinnie_Moore) (born 1964), American guitarist and member of the English hard rock band UFO
- [Vinny Nittoli](/source/Vinny_Nittoli) (born 1990), American baseball player
- Vincent "Vinny" Parco, star of the reality television program *[Parco P.I.](/source/Parco_P.I.)*
- [Vinnie Pasquantino](/source/Vinnie_Pasquantino) (born 1997), American baseball player
- [Vinnie Paul](/source/Vinnie_Paul) (1964–2018), American rock/metal drummer, founding member of the band Pantera
- [Vincent Richards](/source/Vincent_Richards) (1903-1959), American tennis player
- [Vinny Rottino](/source/Vinny_Rottino) (born 1980), American Major League Baseball utility player
- [Vinny Samways](/source/Vinny_Samways) (born 1968), English former footballer and manager
- [Vinnie Sunseri](/source/Vinnie_Sunseri) (born 1991), American National Football League player
- [Vinny Testaverde](/source/Vinny_Testaverde) (born 1963), American former National Football League quarterback

## Indeterminate

- [Vinny Burns](/source/Vinny_Burns) (born 1965), English hard rock guitarist and producer
- [Vinny Cerrato](/source/Vinny_Cerrato), National Football League executive and former football player
- [Vinny Curran](/source/Vinny_Curran), American actor
- [Vinny Curry](/source/Vinny_Curry) (born 1988), American National Football League player
- [Vinny Finigan](/source/Vinny_Finigan) (born 1989), English rugby league player
- [Vinny Golia](/source/Vinny_Golia) (born 1946), American composer and musician
- [Vinnie Hacker](/source/Vinnie_Hacker) (born 2002), American influencer
- [Vinny Lingham](/source/Vinny_Lingham) (born 1979), South African Internet entrepreneur
- [Vinny Vella](/source/Vinny_Vella) (1947–2019), American actor
- [Vinny Warren](/source/Vinny_Warren), American advertising creative director best known for his Budweiser "Whassup?" campaign

## Other

- Vinicio [Vinny Castilla](/source/Vinny_Castilla) (born 1967), Mexican-born former Major League Baseball player
- Mark [Vinnie Dombroski](/source/Vinnie_Dombroski) (born 1962), American lead vocalist and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Sponge
- Marvin [Vinny Giles](/source/Vinny_Giles) (born 1943), American amateur golfer
- Viriato [Vinny deMacedo](/source/Vinny_deMacedo) (born 1965), American politician
- Vinicius [Vinny Magalhães](/source/Vinny_Magalh%C3%A3es) (born 1984), Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Vincenzo [Vinny Paz](/source/Vinny_Paz) (born 1962), American former boxer and world champion in several weight classes
- [Václav Prospal](/source/V%C3%A1clav_Prospal) (born 1975), Czech retired National Hockey League player
- Lavinia [Vinnie Ream](/source/Vinnie_Ream) (1847-1914), American sculptor
- Quoc Al [Vinny Vinh](/source/Vinny_Vinh), Vietnamese-American professional poker player
- Ventan [Vinnie Yablonski](/source/Vinnie_Yablonski) (1923-2008), American National Football League player

## Stage name, ring name or pseudonym

- [Vinny Arora](/source/Vinny_Arora), stage name of Indian television actress born Harmeet Kaur in 1991
- [Vinnie Barrett](/source/Vinnie_Barrett), American songwriter and musician born Gwendolyn Hines Woolfolk in 1945
- Vincenzo Luvineri (born 1977), stage name [Vinnie Paz](/source/Vinnie_Paz), Italian-American rapper and lyricist
- Vinnie Vegas, a ring name of American retired professional wrestler [Kevin Nash](/source/Kevin_Nash) (born 1959)
- Vinny (also known as "Vinny Vinesauce"), the pseudonym of member and founder of the Twitch streaming collective [Vinesauce](/source/Vinesauce)

## Fictional characters

- [Vinnie Barbarino](/source/Vinnie_Barbarino), on the American sitcom *Welcome Back, Kotter*, played by John Travolta
- [Vinny Dingle](/source/Vinny_Dingle), on the ITV soap opera *Emmerdale*
- [Vinny Folson](/source/Vinny_Folson), a character in *Ninjago*
- [Vinnie Kruse](/source/Vinnie_Kruse), on the New Zealand soap opera *Shortland Street*
- [Vinnie Monks](/source/Vinnie_Monks), on the BBC soap opera *EastEnders*
- [Vinny Panesar](/source/Vinny_Panesar), on the BBC soap opera *EastEnders*
- Vinnie Pappalardo, a character in the video game *[Lego City Undercover](/source/Lego_City_Undercover)*
- [Vinnie Terrio](/source/Vinnie_Terrio), in the cartoon *Littlest Pet Shop*
- [Vinnie Patterson](/source/Vinnie_Patterson), on the Australian soap opera *Home and Away*
- Vinny or [Vince Wolek](/source/Vince_Wolek), on the American soap opera *One Life to Live*
- Vinnie Verducci, main character in the TV sitcoms *[Top of the Heap](/source/Top_of_the_Heap#Characters)* and *[Vinnie & Bobby](/source/Vinnie_%26_Bobby#Cast)*
- A character in the *Adventure Time* miniseries "[Islands](/source/Islands_(miniseries))"
- The title character of the film *[My Cousin Vinny](/source/My_Cousin_Vinny)*, played by Joe Pesci
- [Vinnie](/source/List_of_Grand_Theft_Auto_Advance_characters#Vinnie), the main antagonist of the video game *Grand Theft Auto Advance*
- Vinnie, in the film *[Spaceballs](/source/Spaceballs)*
- Vinnie, an anthropomorphic steam engine in *[Thomas & Friends](/source/Thomas_%26_Friends)*
- Vinnie is a character in 2025 video game *[Pokémon Legends: Z-A](/source/Pok%C3%A9mon_Legends:_Z-A)*

## See also

- [Vinni (disambiguation)](/source/Vinni_(disambiguation))
- [Vini (disambiguation)](/source/Vini_(disambiguation))

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