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Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster The Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster was a fire at the Victor American Fuel Company coal mine in Hastings, Colorado on April 27, 1917, in which 121 people died. A small monument, the Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster Monument, marks the location, one to two miles west of the Ludlow Monument.
Victor Anderson Victor Henry Anderson (born May 21, 1917, in Clayton, New Mexico - died September 20, 2001) was an award-winning poet, a Kahuna, a leader of the American Neopagan movement, and the seminal teacher of the Feri Tradition (sometimes spelled Fairy, Faery or Faerie). An accident early in life left him nearly blind.
Victor Argo Victor Argo (November 5 1934-April 7 2004) born as Victor Jimenez, in New York City, was an actor who usually played the part of the tough bad guy in the movies. Both his parents were born in the town of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico.
Victor Auguste, baron Duperré Victor Auguste Duperré (Born August 4th, 1825 in Paris, Died in 1900) was Commander of the Naval Division of the Western Coasts of Africa, effectively Colonial head of Gabon ("Colony of Gorée and Dependencies") between 1869 to 1870. He later became governor of Cochinchina (1874-77).
Victor Babeş Victor Babeş (July 4, 1854—October 19, 1926) was a Romanian physician, biologist, and one of the earliest bacteriologists. He made early and significant contributions to the study of rabies, leprosy, diphtheria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases.
Victor Barton Victor Alexander Barton (born 6 October 1867 in Hound, Netley, Hampshire, England; died 23 March 1906 in Belle Vue, Southampton, Hampshire, England) was a cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club in 1889 and 1890 before committing himself to the Army. It was while he was in the Army that he was selected for the second England team to tour in 1891-92, which was a team that travelled to South Africa.
Victor Basch Basch Viktor Vilém, or Victor-Guillaume Basch (August 18, 1863/1865, Budapest - January 10, 1944) was a Hungarian-French Jewish esthetician, politician, president of the Human Rights League (LDH) from 1926 to 1944. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Rennes.
Victor Blue Victor Blue, a brother of Rupert Blue, was born in Richmond County, North Carolina, 6 December 1865 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1887. Lieutenant Blue was advanced five numbers for intelligence missions in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
Victor Bodson Victor Bodson (24 March 1902 - 29 June 1984) was a justice minister of Luxembourg and received the Righteous Among the Nations award by the Israeli Supreme Court for his participation during the Holocaust in helping Jews in Germany escape persecution from the German government.
Victor Borisov-Musatov Victor Elpifidorovich Borisov-Musatov (), ( - ) was a Russian painter, prominent for his unique Post-Impressionistic style that mixed symbolism, pure decorative style and realism. Together with Mikhail Vrubel he is often referred as the creator of Russian Symbolism style.
Victor Brandt Victor Brandt (born September 19 1942 in Los Angeles, California) is an American voice actor. He has provided his voice for various shows such as Superman: The Animated Series, Master Pakku in Avatar: The Last Airbender, as Rupert Thorne in The Batman animated series, and as General Krosier in Metalocalypse.
Victor Brauner Victor Brauner (1903, Piatra NeamĹŁ - March 12 1966, Paris) was a Romanian Jewish painter, the brother of Harry Brauner (a known folklorist who was a political prisoner in Communist Romania, and who later married Lena Constante).
Victor Braunig Lake Victor Braunig Lake, formerly known as East Lake, is a reservoir on Calaveras Creek and Chupaderas Creek 17 miles (27 kilometers) south of downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. The reservoir was formed in 1962 by the construction of a dam to provide a cooling pond for a power plant to supply additional electrical supply to the city of San Antonio.
Victor Buller Turner Victor Buller Turner (VC, CVO) (January 17, 1900 - August 7, 1972) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Victor class submarine The Victor class (Russian name Type 671 Shchuka (Pike) is the general NATO classification for a type of nuclear-powered submarine that was originally put into service by the Soviet Union around 1967. In the USSR, they were produced under Project 671.
Victor Caballero Victor Caballero (born August 26, 1960) is a former tennis player from Paraguay, who represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he was defeated in the first round by qualifier Zeeshan Ali from India.
Victor Cachat Special Officer Victor Cachat is a fictional character created by writer Eric Flint for a story featured in an anthology collection set on David Weber's Honorverse series of novels. One of best agents of Havenite espionage and counterespionage agency (Federal Investigations Agency).
Victor Canning Victor Canning (born 1911 in Plymouth, Devon; died in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, 1986) was a prolific British author of spy thrillers and adventure novels, plus three children's books, four historical novels, numerous short stories and television scripts, and one stage play.
Victor Cass Victor Cass (born September 20 1968) is an American artist, writer, and peace officer living in Pasadena, California. He is the first known user of the phrase, “Americano literature,” a term he coined to describe Latino writing in which the authors and/or the main characters are multi-generational Americans of Hispanic descent, not necessarily raised in the culture of the antecedents’ native lands.
Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland Victor Frederick William Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland (1897–1990), the younger brother of Ferdinand William Cavendish-Bentinck, 8th Duke of Portland, was a British Diplomat and held the post of Ambassador to Poland.
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, KG, GCMG, GCVO (London May 31, 1868 – May 6, 1938 Chatsworth House), was a Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire (1891–1908), Governor General of Canada (1916–1921), and Colonial Secretary (1922–1924).
Victor Ciorbea Victor Ciorbea (born on October 26, 1954) is a Romanian politician. He was the Mayor of Bucharest in 1996-1997 and, after his resignation from office, Prime Minister of Romania from December 12, 1996 to March 30, 1998.
Victor Civita Victor Civita (1907-1990), a Brazilian publisher, businessman and philanthropist , was born in New York of Italian parents and immigrated to São Paulo, Brazil in the late 1940’s. In 1950, he founded Editora Abril, one of the largest publishing groups in Latin America.
Victor Collot Victor Collot, in full Georges Henri Victor Collot (Châlons-sur-Marne, 1751?, died in Paris, July 1805) was a French military officer who served in the New World in various capacities, among them as Governor of Guadeloupe.
Victor Conte Victor Conte is the founder and president of Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO), a controversial sports nutrition center in Burlingame, California, which the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) says developed the banned steroid tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) with the help of bodybuilding chemist Patrick Arnold. Pursuant to a plea bargain struck with prosecutors, he entered guilty pleas in July 2005 to one count of conspiracy to distribute steroids and a second count of laundering a portion of a check, he was sentenced in October to spend four months in prison and another four on house arrest.
Victor de Leon III Victor de Leon III is a professional video game player, currently only nine years of age. At the age of seven, he won his first professional tournament and at the age of nine, placed seventh at the international gaming tournament in Asia.
Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau (often referred to simply as the elder Mirabeau) (October 5, 1715, Pertuis – July 13, 1789) was a French economist of the Physiocratic school, father of the great Mirabeau.
Victor de Sabata Victor de Sabata (born April 10, 1892 in Trieste; died December 11, 1967 in Santa Margherita, Liguria) was an Italian conductor and composer widely recognized as one of the greatest conductors of Italian opera, especially of Verdi and Puccini. He is also acclaimed for his conducting of Wagner and of orchestral music from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Victor Damiani Victor Damiani is a former member of the alternative rock band Cake. Together with other ex-Cake members, Greg Brown, and Todd Roper and the lead singer of a group called Little Guilt Shrine, he formed a band called Deathray.
Victor Dave Victor Dave (1847 - 1922 was a Belgian journalist.Between 1865 and 1873 he worked for the German Socialist movement, but then influenced by Bakunin and Proudhon he converted to anarchism, becoming a close associate of Johann Most.
Victor David Brenner Victor David Brenner (June 12, 1871 – April 5, 1924) was the designer of the United States Lincoln Wheat Ears Cent. He was born to Jewish parents in Shavli, Lithuania in 1871 and became a noted sculptor, engraver, and medalist.
Victor Davis Hanson Victor Davis Hanson (born 1953 in Fowler, California) is a military historian, columnist, political essayist and former classics professor, best known as a scholar of ancient warfare as well as a commentator on modern warfare. He is also a farmer (growing raisin grapes) and a critic of social trends related to farming and agrarianism.
Victor Desguin Victor Desguin was a popular alderman of the city of Antwerp in charge of education and municipal schools at the end of the 19th century. He was twice acting mayor of Antwerp, but was never appointed mayor of the city.
Victor Emanuel Anderson Victor Emanuel Anderson (March 30 , 1902 - August 15, 1962) was a Nebraska republican politician best known for being the 31st governor of Nebraska. He was born in what is now a part of Lincoln, Nebraska but at the time was called Havelock, Nebraska.
Victor Emanuel Lindstrand Victor Emanuel Lindstrand (also known as Vicke Lindstrand) (born in Göteborg, Sweden, 1904- died in Småland, 1983) was a Swedish glass designer. He is considered as a pioneer in the history of Swedish glass art.
Victor Emery Victor John Emery (1933 – July 18 2002) was a British specialist on superconductors and superfluidity. His model for the electronic structure of the copper-oxide planes is the starting point for many analyses of high-temperature superconductors and is commonly known as the Emery model.
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; March 14, 1820 – January 9, 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy, and Sardinia from 1849–1861. On February 18, 1861, he assumed the title as King of Italy to become the first king of a united Italy, a title he held till his death in 1878.
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy Victor Emmanuel III (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele III; 11 November, 1869 – 28 December, 1947) was King of Italy (29 July, 1900 – 9 May, 1946), as well as putative Emperor of Ethiopia (1936 - 1943) and King of Albania (1939 - 1943).
Victor Erofeyev Victor Erofeyev (; born 1947) is a highly controversial Russian author, the son of a high-ranking Soviet diplomat (who worked closely with Stalin). He spent some of his childhood in Paris, which accounts for why much of his work has been translated from Russian into French, while comparatively little has reached English.
Victor Escobar Victor Escobar (Born October 13, 1974) was a Colombian-born graduate from the School of the Americas. At the age of twenty-four, he became the youngest student ever to be admitted to the training facilities in Fort Benning, Georgia.
Victor Feguer Victor Harry Feguer (1935 – March 15, 1963) was the last federal inmate executed in the United States before Timothy McVeigh, and the last person put to death in the state of Iowa. While at the time the news media paid little attention to Victor Feguer or his execution, McVeigh's execution sparked renewed media interest in Feguer.
Victor Feldman Victor Stanley Feldman (April 7, 1934 in Edgware, Middlesex – May 12, 1987, in Los Angeles, California, USA) was a British jazz musician. He caused a sensation as a musical prodigy when he was "discovered" at age 7.
Victor FME Honey Shop Screamers were a ska band from Cheshire, United Kingdom, who existed from 1998 until 2001. Although the Honey Shop Screamers themselves never achieved major commercial success, they have a strong legacy as the members went on to form a number of other bands.
Victor Francis Hess Victor Francis Hess (June 24, 1883 – December 17, 1964) was an Austrian-American physicist. After teaching at the universities of Graz and Innsbruck, he relocated to the United States in 1938 in order to escape Nazi persecution (his wife was Jewish) and was appointed professor of physics at Fordham University that same year.
Victor Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein is the protagonist of the 1818 novel Frankenstein, written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. He is the son of Alphonse Frankenstein and Caroline Beaufort, the latter of whom died of scarlet fever when he was young.
Victor Frederick Weisskopf Victor Frederick Weisskopf (September 19, 1908 – April 22, 2002) was an Austrian-American physicist. During World War II he worked at Los Alamos on the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb, and later campaigned against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Victor Fung Dr Victor Kwok-king Fung (Chinese:馮國經)(born 1945) is the Group Chairman of Li & Fung group of companies, also the current Chairman of the Airport Authority Hong Kong - the agency responsible for running Hong Kong's Chep Lap Kok International Airport, the Hong Kong University Council and the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council.
Victor George Victor George (April 10, 1955-July 9, 2002) the talented Photographer from Kerala, India who died in 2002 while taking pictures of landslides in Kerala. He was working in an Indian Publication (Malayala Manorama, NewsPaper) as Chief Photo Editor.
Victor Gollancz Ltd Victor Gollancz Ltd was a major British book publishing house of the 20th century. It was founded in 1927 by Victor Gollancz (1893–1967) and specialised in the publication of high quality literature, non fiction and popular fiction, including science fiction.
Victor Goodhew Sir Victor Henry Goodhew (30 November 1919 - 11 October 2006) was a British politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for St Albans for 24 years, from 1959 to 1983, and was an early member of the Conservative Monday Club.
Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor Victor Alexander Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (28 April 1853 – 22 January 1884) was the son of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and Lady Constance Gertrude Leveson-Gower. He married Lady Sibell Mary Lumley, daughter of Richard George Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough and Frederica Mary Adeliza Drummond, on 3 November 1874.
Victor Gruen Victor David Gruen (born Gruenbaum, July 18, 1903, Vienna – February 14, 1980 Vienna), was an Austrian-born commercial architect who emigrated to the United States in 1938. He is best known as the designer of Southdale mall, and the father of the modern American shopping mall.
Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel was born in Cúa, Miranda state, Venezuela, February 10, 1911, started as a musician in the Caracas Musical Declamation Academy (today "José Ángel Lamas"), in that school obtain the composition title, he was one of the first students of Vicente Emilio Sojo, also one of the founders of the Venezuela Symphony orchestra and the Orfeón Lamas in 1930, he made his Bassoon studies inside the orchestra. From 1941 to 1950 was professor of differents school from the Distrito Federal, in 1945 he worked with the Education ministry in different charges, with the Venezuela Symphony orchestra traveled to Europe and America, also was member of the National Geographic reading club, in his live he traveled around the world for general culture and the learning of languages, Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel dies in Caracas, December 10, 1986.
Victor Győry Victor Győry was an immigrant from Hungary who was involuntarily committed to the Haverford State Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1969. He was arrested for disorderly conduct, after a psychological evaluation diagnosed him with schizophrenia with paranoid tendencies.
Victor H. Schiro Victor Hugo "Vic" Schiro (May 6, 1904 - August 29, 1992), was an Italian-American New Orleans, Louisiana, politician who served on the New Orleans City Council and as Mayor of New Orleans from 1961 - 1969.
Victor Hensen Christian Andreas Victor Hensen (born February 10, 1835 in Schleswig, Germany; died April 5, 1924 in Kiel, Germany) was a German zoologist (planktology). He coined the term plankton and laid the foundation for biological oceanography.
Victor Hugo Halperin Victor Hugo Halperin (born August 24, 1895, in Chicago, Illinois, and died May 17, 1983, in Benton, Arizona) was an American film director, producer, and writer. The majority of his works involved romance and horror.
Victor Hugues Victor Hugues (1761—1826) was a French politician and colonial administrator during the French Revolution, who governed Guadeloupe from 1794 to 1798, emancipating the island's slaves under orders from the National Convention.
Victor Hunter Victor Hunter (born 1937 in Sion Mills, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) is a former Northern Irish footballer who played in the goalkeeping position. His clubs included Derry City FC and Coleraine FC, while he represented Northern Ireland both at 'B' and full international level.
Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute or VCCRI is a scientific institution based in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia. The institute opened in 1994, three years after the death of renowned heart surgeon Dr Victor Chang.
Victor Cherbuliez Charles Victor Cherbuliez (July 19, 1829 - July 1, 1899), French novelist and miscellaneous writer, was born at Geneva, where his father, André Cherbuliez (1795-1874), was a classical professor at the university.
Victor Cherkashin Victor Ivanovich Cherkashin (Russian: Виктор Иванович Черкашин), born in 1932 in the village of Krasnoe in the Kursk region south of Moscow was a counter-intelligence officer of the KGB. He joined the KGB in 1952 and retired in 1991.
Victor Christgau Victor Laurence August Christgau (September 20, 1894 – October 10, 1991) was Representative from Minnesota; born in Dexter Township, Mower County, near Austin, Minnesota, September 20, 1894; attended the rural schools and the high school at Austin; was graduated from the school of agriculture of the University of Minnesota at St. Paul in 1917 and from its college of agriculture in 1923; engaged in agricultural pursuits; during the First World War served overseas in the United States Army as a sergeant in the Thirty-third Regiment of Engineers; member of the state senate from 1927 until his resignation in 1929; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932; resumed agricultural pursuits; appointed executive assistant to the director of production, Division of Agricultural Adjustment Administration, in June 1933, and director of the Production Division and assistant administrator in January 1934, s
Victor Isakov Victor Isakov (b.1947) is a mathematician in the field of inverse problems in partial differential equations and related topics (potential theory, uniqueness of the continuation and Carleman estimates, nonlinear functional analysis and calculus of variation).
Victor J. Andrew High School Victor J. Andrew High School, Andrew, or VJA, is a public four-year high school located at the intersection of 171st Street and 90th Avenue and in Tinley Park, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.
Victor J. Clapham South African Victor J. Clapham was a talented graphic artist, awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1976.
Victor Jovica Victor Jovica is a Croatian-born professional wrestler and promoter. Along with Carlos ColĂłn, he is the co-founder and promoter of Capitol Sports Promotions, now known as the World Wrestling Council (WWC), which, since the 1970s, has been the dominant promotion on the island of Puerto Rico.
Victor Kac Victor Kac (born 19 December 1943 in Buguruslan, Russia) is an American mathematician at MIT, known for his work in representation theory. He discovered Kac–Moody algebras, and used the Weyl–Kac character formula for them to reprove the Macdonald identities.
Victor Kamber Victor Kamber (born 1943) is a labor union activist and political consultant in the United States. A Republican, he worked for the AFL-CIO in the 1970s before forming The Kamber Group, a public relations firm, in 1980.
Victor Keegan Victor Keegan is a British journalist and author focusing on economics and technology issues. He has spent most of his working life at the The Guardian as reporter, financial correspondent, deputy financial editor, economics editor, business editor, duty editor, Chief Leader Writer, Assistant Editor and Online Editor.
Victor Klemperer Victor Klemperer (Landsberg (Prussia), now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland, October 9, 1881–February 11, 1960, Dresden, GDR), decorated veteran of World War I, businessman, journalist and eventually a Professor of Literature, specialising in the French Enlightenment at the Technical College of Dresden (now "Technische Universität Dresden"). He was the son of a rabbi, cousin to the famous conductor Otto Klemperer and brother to the surgeon Georg Klemperer, who was a personal physician to Lenin.
Victor Kolyvagin Victor Kolyvagin () is an American mathematician. He wrote a series of papers on Euler systems, which Andrew Wiles studied and used in his proof of the statement, "semistable elliptic curves are modular, leading to breakthroughs on the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, and Iwasawa's conjecture for cyclotomic fields.
Victor Kravchenko Victor Andreevich Kravchenko, () (11 October 1905 Yekaterinoslav - 25 February 1966) was a Soviet defector who wrote up his experiences of life in the Soviet Union and as a Soviet official, especially in his 1946 book I Chose Freedom.
Victor Krummenacher Victor Krummenacher is an American musician and bassist who is a founding member of alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven. He also helped form CVB offshoots Monks of Doom and Camper Van Chadbourne and has pursued a solo career as a singer-songwriter.
Victor Kugler Victor Kugler (June 5, 1900, Hohenelbe - December 16, 1981, Toronto) was one of the people who helped hide Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. In Anne Frank's posthumously published diary he was referred to under the name 'Mr Kraler'.
Victor L. Berger Victor Louis (Luitpold) Berger (February 28, 1860 – August 7, 1929) was an American politician and a founding member of the Socialist Party of America. In 1919 he was convicted of violating the Espionage Act and twice denied a seat in the House of Representatives though elected repeatedly.
Victor Lange Victor Lange (13 July 1908 — 29 June 1996) was a renowned Germanist, Princeton University academic, and the founding president of the Goethe Society of North America (in which capacity he served from 1980 to 1989).
Victor Lemoine Victor Lemoine (October 21, 1823 - December 11, 1911) was a celebrated and prolific French flower breeder who, among other accomplishments, created many of today's lilac varieties. As a result of his accomplishments, the term French lilac has come to mean all cultivars of the common lilac, regardless of their origin.
Victor Levasseur (général) Général Victor Levasseur, comte de l'Empire (1772 - September 13 1809) was a Général, Noble (Comte de l'Empire) and a Knight of the Legion of Honor of the First Empire of France under Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French.
Victor Linetsky Victor Pylypovych Linetsky ( 31 January 1901 - Krasnodar, Kuban Region, Southern Russia – 19xx Lviv, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian petroleum hydrogeologist. He criticized physical backgrounds of the hypothesis of “primary” migration from “source” rocks to reservoirs and so-called long-distance migration.
Victor Lombardo Victor Lombardo (April 10, 1911 - January 22, 1994) was the youngest brother of Royal Canadians bandleader Guy Lombardo. Along with brothers Carmen and Lebert, he was a member of the original Royal Canadians, playing saxophone with the band.
Victor Love Victor Love (born September 11, 1979 in Rome) is an Italian musician and member of both the rock/metal band My Sixth Shadow and the industrial rock group Dope Stars Inc. Victor Love founded Dope Stars Inc in may 2003 together with Grace Khold, Darin Yevonde and Brian Wolfram.
Victor Lucas Victor Lucas (born February 11, 1968) is the Canadian creator, executive producer, writer, co-host and director of The Electric Playground, seen on G4 in the United States, as well as Space, G4TechTV Canada, Razer and various A-Channel and CityTV outlets in Canada. He is also the creator, executive producer and co-host of Reviews on the Run (known in the United States as Judgment Day), along with longtime friend, Tommy Tallarico.
Victor Luchits Victor Luchits is the creator of the popular Qfusion engine used for Quake II homebrew, as well as a veteran SourceForge contributor and programmer. He has also taken part in the creation of Quake homebrew games himself, including Code Red - Battle for Earth, a standalone Quake II mod released under the GPL license.
Victor Mancha Victor Mancha is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe; a cyborg made by Ultron, he is most popularly known as the character who is one day supposedly going to kill every hero in the Marvel Universe. He debuted in the Marvel comics series Runaways Vol.
Victor Manuel Baute Victor Manuel Baute Montanez (born March 23, 1972) is a former boxer from Spain, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was eliminated in the first round of the welterweight division (– 67 kg) by USA's Pepe Reilly, after the referee stopped the contest in the third round.
Victor Manuel Gerena Victor Manuel Gerena (born June 24, 1958) is a New York native of Puerto Rican descent who is linked by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with the armed robbery of a Wells Fargo bank, in connection with the Los Macheteros group. On May 14, 1984, he became the 386th Fugitive listed by the FBI on the Ten Most Wanted list.
Victor Manuelle Victor Manuelle (born Victor Manuel Ruiz on September 27, 1968 in New York, New York1, but raised primarily in Isabela, Puerto Rico) is a successful salsa singer, songwriter, and improvisational sonero, known to his fans as El Sonero de la Juventud ("The Youth's Sonero"). He is identified primarily with salsa romantica or "salsa monga", but has also experimented with styles ranging from Colombian vallenato to urban reggaeton.
Victor Margueritte Victor Margueritte (1866 -1942) and his brother Paul Margueritte,(1860-1918), French novelists, both born in Algeria, were the sons of General Jean Auguste Margueritte (1823-1870), who after an honorable career in Algeria was mortally wounded in the great cavalry charge at Sedan, and died in Belgium, on the 6th of September 1870. An account of his life was published by Paul Margueritte as Man pere (1884; enlarged ed.
Victor Marie du Pont Victor Marie du Pont de Nemours (October 1, 1767 - January 30, 1827) was a French diplomat, and after emigrating to the United States, an American businessman. He was the founder of the Du Pont, Bauday & Co.
Victor Matfield Victor Matfield (born 11 May 1977 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for the Springbok rugby team as well as the Blue Bulls provincial side and Bulls Super 14 franchise. He stands 2 meters tall and weighs 110 kilograms (6'7", 242 lb).
Victor Mature Victor Mature (29 January 1913 - 4 August 1999), an American film actor, was born in Louisville, Kentucky to a Tyrolean father, Marcellus George Mature, a cutler, and a Swiss-American mother, Clara Mature. He is often described as an early examplar of the term "beefcake" due to his muscular physique and stolid onscreen manner.
Victor Maurel Victor Maurel (June 17, 1848 in Marseilles-October 22, 1923 in New York City ) was a French baritone. Educated in music at the Paris Conservatory, he made his debut in opera in Paris in 1868, and in London in 1873.
Victor Meyer apparatus The Victor Meyer apparatus is the standard laboratory method for determining the molecular weight of a volatile liquid. It was developed by Viktor Meyer, who spelled his name Victor in publications at the time of its development.
Victor Miller (writer) Victor Miller (May 14, 1940) is a television and film writer. Perhaps his best known and most acknowledged work is his script for the first Friday the 13th film, the popularity of which spawned a long series of sequels, none of which has his involvement, though he remains credited for creating the characters of Jason Voorhees and his mother.
Victor Montagu (Alexander) Victor Edward Paulet Montagu (22 May 1906–25 February 1995), briefly 10th Earl of Sandwich and known from birth until 1962 as Viscount Hinchingbrooke, was a Conservative Member of Parliament and right-wing politician.
Victor Moscoso Victor Moscoso (born 1936) is an American illustrator and comic book artist, especially noted for his work in the late 1960s as a designer of psychedelic art and concert posters (many for The Fillmore) and as a contributor to underground comix (he is among the artists who regularly appear in Zap Comix).
Victor Newman and Nikki Reed Victor Newman and Nicole "Nikki" Reed are a supercouple on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. Victor is played by veteran daytime actor Eric Braeden and Nikki is played by Melody Thomas Scott.
Victor Ninov Victor Ninov () is a former researcher in the nuclear chemistry group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) who was alleged to have fabricated the evidence used to claim the creation of ununoctium and ununhexium.
Victor Nuñez Victor Nuñez (born 1945) is a film director and a founding member of the Independent Feature Project. He is best known for directing Ulee's Gold, a critically acclaimed movie starring Jessica Biel and Peter Fonda.

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