Famous People with Name Vincent

Vincent John DiCalogero            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vincent John DiCalogero: is an American former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Vincent "The Chin" Gigante            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vincent "The Chin" Gigante: was a New York mobster in the American Mafia. Gigante started out as a boxer who fought 25 matches between 1944 and 1947. He then started working as a Mafia enforcer for the Genovese crime family. Gigante was one of five brothers: himself, Mario, Pasquale

Vincent Maddalone            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vincent Maddalone: is an American boxer and is a fringe contender in the heavyweight division. Maddalone, a hard-hitting brawler, turned pro in 1999 and is a popular fighter that is often featured on ESPN. He suffered his first loss against former titlist Alfred Cole, and l

Vincent Edwards Phillips Sr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vincent Edwards Phillips Sr.: is an American boxer best known for upsetting then undefeated Kostya Tszyu for the junior welterweight title.

Vincent Kenyon Taylor            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vincent Kenyon Taylor: is a Canadian cricketer. Taylor represented Canada in cricket from 1963-74 playing as a wicket keeper. He is the brother of the cricketer Maurice M. Taylor. Their father was Kenyon Taylor, a British electrical engineer with Ferranti Canada.

Beverly Mills Vincent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Beverly Mills Vincent: was a Representative from Kentucky. During the First World War he served as a private in Battery A, Seventy-second Field Artillery, from August 27, 1918, to January 9, 1919. During his life, he was assistant attorney general of Kentucky in 1919 and 1920;

Clément Vincent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clément Vincent: was a Canadian politician and a Member of the House of Commons. He successfully ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate for the district Nicolet—Yamaska in the 1962 federal election. He was re-elected in the 1963 and 1965 elections, but resigned in 1966 to enter provincial politics. Vincent won a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1966 in the district of Nicolet. He supported the Union Nationale and was appointed to the Cabinet, serving as Minister of Agriculture and Colonization from 1966 to 1970. He was re-elected in the 1970 election, but was defeated in the district of Nicolet-Yamaska in the 1973 election.

Robert Vincent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Vincent: is a Quebec politician, formerly a Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament for the riding of Shefford. Born in Granby, Quebec, he was a foreman and union advisor before he was first elected in 2004.

Auguste Vincent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Auguste Vincent: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Lorrainville, Quebec, he was a lawyer by career. He was first elected at the Longueuil riding in the 1953 general election and re-elected for a second term in 1957. In the 1958 election he was defeated by Pierre Sévigny of the Progressive Conservative party. Vincent also made an unsuccessful bid to return to Parliament at Longueuil in the 1962 election.

Pierre H. Vincent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Pierre H. Vincent: is a tax lawyer and former Canadian politician. Vincent was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 electoral landslide that brought Brian Mulroney and the Progressive Conservative Party to power. Vincent, the PC Member of Parliament for Trois-Rivières served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue from 1984 until 1985; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance from 1985 to 1993, and was also Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from 1991 to 1993. In January 1993, Vincent was elevated to Prime Minister Mulroney's Cabinet as Minister of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. When Kim Campbell succeeded Mulroney as PC leader and prime minister, she promoted Vincent to Minister of the Environment. His appointment was criticized as the appointment of a relative neophyte to the position was seen as a message by Campbell that the Environment was no longer considered a senior portfolio.