Vinny or Vinnie is a masculine given name, usually a shortened version of Vincent, Vincenzo, Arvin, or Vicente, which may refer to:

Vincents

  • Vinnie Anderson (born 1979), New Zealand rugby league footballer
  • Vinny Appice (born 1957), American rock drummer
  • Vinnie Bell (1932–2019), American session guitarist
  • Vinnie Clark (born 1969), American former National Football League player
  • Vinnie Colaiuta (born 1956), American drummer
  • Vincent Cusano (born 1952), stage name Vinnie Vincent, American rock/metal guitarist, formerly with Kiss
  • Vinny Del Negro (born 1966), American retired National Basketball Association player and head coach
  • Vinnie Doyle (1938-2010), Irish journalist and editor
  • Vinny Faherty (born 1987), Irish footballer
  • Vinny Guadagnino (born 1987), American reality television personality and actor best known for his appearances on Jersey Shore
  • Vinnie Hinostroza (born 1994) American National Hockey League player
  • Vinnie Johnson (born 1956), American retired National Basketball Association player
  • Vinnie Jones (born 1965), British actor and former footballer
  • Vinnie Moore (born 1964), American guitarist and member of the English hard rock band UFO
  • Vinny Nittoli (born 1990), American baseball player
  • Vincent "Vinny" Parco, star of the reality television program Parco P.I.
  • Vinnie Pasquantino (born 1997), American baseball player
  • Vinnie Paul (1964–2018), American rock/metal drummer, founding member of the band Pantera
  • Vincent Richards (1903-1959), American tennis player
  • Vinny Rottino (born 1980), American Major League Baseball utility player
  • Vinny Samways (born 1968), English former footballer and manager
  • Vinnie Sunseri (born 1991), American National Football League player
  • Vinny Testaverde (born 1963), American former National Football League quarterback

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Other

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

Stage name, ring name or pseudonym

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

Fictional characters

  • Vinnie Barbarino, on the American sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, played by John Travolta
  • Vinny Dingle, on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale
  • Vinny Folson, a character in Ninjago
  • Vinnie Kruse, on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
  • Vinnie Monks, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
  • Vinny Panesar, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders
  • Vinnie Pappalardo, a character in the video game Lego City Undercover
  • Vinnie Terrio, in the cartoon Littlest Pet Shop
  • Vinnie Patterson, on the Australian soap opera Home and Away
  • Vinny or Vince Wolek, on the American soap opera One Life to Live
  • Vinnie Verducci, main character in the TV sitcoms Top of the Heap and Vinnie & Bobby
  • A character in the Adventure Time miniseries "Islands"
  • The title character of the film My Cousin Vinny, played by Joe Pesci
  • Vinnie, the main antagonist of the video game Grand Theft Auto Advance
  • Vinnie, in the film Spaceballs
  • Vinnie, an anthropomorphic steam engine in Thomas & Friends
  • Vinnie is a character in 2025 video game Pokémon Legends: Z-A

See also