Vince

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Vince is a given name, it is the anglicisation and shortened form of the name Vincent,[1] as well as a surname. It may refer to:

## Given name

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### People

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* Vince Agnew (born 1987), American football player
* Vince Cable (born 1943), British politician
* Vince Carter (born 1977), basketball player
* Vince Catania (born 1977), Australian politician
* Vince Clarke (born 1960), English musician with Erasure
* Vince Clarke (cricketer) (born 1971), English cricketer
* Vince Coleman (disambiguation), multiple people
* Vince Courville (born 1959), American football player
* Vince DiMaggio (1912–1986), American baseball player, older brother of Joe DiMaggio
* Vince Dooley (1932–2022), American football coach
* Vince Gill (born 1957), American country music singer, songwriter and musician
* Vince Gilligan (born 1967), American writer, producer, as well as creator and director of AMC's Breaking Bad & spin-off Better Call Saul
* Vince Giordano (born 1952), American musician
* Vince Guaraldi (1928–1976), American jazz musician and pianist
* Vince Hill (1934–2023), English singer and songwriter
* Vince Hill (American football) (born 1985), American football player
* Vince Kinney (born 1956), American football player
* Vince Little (born 1964), American professional stock car racing driver
* Vince Lombardi (1913–1970), American football player, coach, and executive
* Vince Luvara (born 1989), American college football coach
* Vince Martin (disambiguation), multiple people
* Vince McMahon, Sr. (1914–1984), American wrestling promoter
* Vince McMahon (born 1945), CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
* Vince Micone, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of labor for operations
* Vince Neil (born 1961), Lead singer, Mötley Crüe
* Vince Offer (born 1964), American-Israeli infomercial salesman, born Offer Shlomi
* Vince Osuji (born 2006), Nigerian footballer
* Vince O'Sullivan (born 1957), American race walker
* Vince Phillips (born 1963), American boxer and IBF champion
* Vince Powell (1928–2009), British sitcom writer
* Vince Promuto (1938–2021), American football player
* Vince Sorrenti, Australian actor
* Vince Staples (born 1993), American rapper
* Vince Steckler (1958–2021), American businessman
* Vince Vaughn (born 1970), American actor
* Vince Velasquez (born 1992), American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
* Vince White (born 1960), English guitarist with The Clash
* Vince Young (born 1983), American football player
* Vince Zizak (1908–1973), American football player

### Fictional characters

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* Vince Clark, the main character in the British sitcom 15 Storeys High
* Vince Larkin, the secondary main character in the 1997 action thriller film Con Air, played by John Cusack
* Vince LaSalle, main character of the American television series Recess
* Vince Noir, main character of the British comedy series The Mighty Boosh

### Animals

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* Vince (rhinoceros) (2012–2017), killed by poachers while in a French zoo

## Surname

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

## See also

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* Vicente (disambiguation)
* Vincent (disambiguation)
* Vincente
* Vincenzo

## References

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1. ^ "Vince Name Meaning & Vince Family History at Ancestry.co.uk®". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-02.

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