Famous People with Name Vincent

Vincent Michael Martella            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vincent Michael Martella: an American actor. He is best known for his role as Greg in the television series Everybody Hates Chris.By age 10, Martella was ready for Los Angeles, California, landing a guest spot on Fox’s Cracking Up and a recurring role on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, where he developed his own character for the role of Scoop. The following summer, Vincent received his first film role working opposite Rob Schneider in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. Martella has guest starred on Fox’s comedy, Stacked and lent his voice to the feature film Bad News Bears. Martella's voice is also heard in the Emmy nominated Disney animation, Phineas and Ferb as Phineas Flynn.

Vincent Sutherland            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vincent Sutherland: is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for three seasons for the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, and Chicago Bears. He was a standout receiver and kick returner for Purdue University from 1997-2000.

Vincent Spadea            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vincent Spadea: is an ATP Tour professional tennis player from the United States.Spadea turned professional in 1993. Going in to the 2008 season, he has won one singles and three doubles titles and over $4,883,000 in prize money. In 1999, he broke into the Top 20 players in the world for the first time. He is credited with overcoming the longest losing streak in pro tennis history (21 matches). Working hard on the challenger circuit after his fall, he successfully recovered and eventually won his first career ATP Tour tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona in 2004.

Vincent Colyer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vincent Colyer: was a successful American artist noted for the images he created of the American West and a humanitarian who worked with philanthropic and Christian groups and the U.S. government to try to help freed black slaves and Native Americans.

Vincent Laforet            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vincent Laforet: is an American photographer. Laforet shared the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography as a member of The New York Times staff's coverage of "the pain and the perseverance of people enduring protracted conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan."[1] In 2006, Laforet became the Times' s first national contract photographer

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.