Vigo (disambiguation)

Vigo can refer to:

Places

• The Spanish city of Vigo
  • Vigo (comarca), surrounding Vigo
  • Vigo metropolitan area centred on Vigo
• Vigo di Fassa, a municipality in Trentino, Italy
• Vigo di Ton - village in the municipality of Ton, Trentino, Italy
• The village of Vigo, Kent England
• The area of Vigo, Walsall, England
• Vigo, Indiana, an unincorporated community
• Vigo County, Indiana, USA
• Vigo Township, Knox County, Indiana, USA
• Vigo, Ohio, a community in the United States
• A fictional town in Les Misérables (1998 film) that Jean Valjean moved to

People

Vigo is an Italian surname, probably derived from the Latin word vicus (neighbourhood or settlement). An alternative spelling found as a forename is Viggo. But also can be a Spanish last name. The City of Vigo in Galicia, Spain, has close to 500,000 population and it can be where the surname comes from.

• Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, a Spanish politician
• Francis Vigo, an Italian tradesman for whom Vigo County, Indiana is named
• Jean Vigo, a French film director, or the award named in his honor, the Prix Jean Vigo
• Vigo Madsen (1889-1979), a Danish gymnast
• Vigo Auguste Demant, an English theologian
• Vigo Carlund (born 1946), a Swedish businessman
• John of Vigo (ca. 1450s–1520s), a Spanish pioneer of surgery
• Esteban Vigo (born 1955), a Spanish footballer

Fictional characters

• The fictional villain Vigo the Carpathian in Ghostbusters II
• A fictional character in Star Trek, Jason Vigo
• A fictional villain, Vigo in Psyren
• A fictional wizard in the Czech TV series Arabela

Other

• Any of several ships named HMS Vigo
• A Spanish football team Celta Vigo
• The Battle of Vigo Bay
• Seventh generation of Toyota Hilux, also known as Vigo in some countries
• University of Vigo, in Spain
• Vigo Ordnance Plant, US Army weapons plant in Indiana
• Vigo-Peinador Airport in Spain
• Vigo, an Indiana-based producer of pharmaceuticals for animals, now Zoetis

See also

• Viggo
• Wigo (disambiguation)