Vickers

Vickers may refer to:

• Vickers, a British engineering conglomerate founded in 1828.
  • Vickers Limited 1828-1927
  • Vickers-Armstrongs 1927-1977
  • Vickers plc 1977-1999
  • Vickers Defence Systems, defence arm of Vickers plc, sold by Rolls-Royce plc to Alvis plc in 2002.
  • Alvis Vickers, the result of the above merger. Acquired by BAE Systems in 2004.
  • Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering (VSEL), the former shipbuilding and armaments division of Vickers
  • Canadian Vickers, the Canadian subsidiary 1911-1944
  • Vickers hardness test, a measure of material hardness using the indentation method
  • Vickers machine gun
  • Vickers MBT, a post war Main Battle Tank

Persons

• Vickers (surname)
  • Brian Vickers, American stock car driver, currently racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup
  • Brian Vickers (academic), British authority on rhetoric
  • Frederick Bert Vickers, an Australian author
  • Harry Franklin Vickers (1898-1977), American inventor and industrialist
  • Roy Henry Vickers, a Canadian painter
  • Roy Vickers, an English mystery writer
  • Sir Geoffrey Vickers (1894-1992), a pioneer of systems thinking.
  • Mike Vickers, British guitarist and composer
  • Michael G. Vickers, United States Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • Lawrence Vickers, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns
  • Lee Vickers, NFL tight end for the Baltimore Ravens
  • Jon Vickers, Canadian operatic tenor
  • Diana Vickers, finalist in series 5 of X Factor in the UK
  • David Vickers, a fictional character on the soap opera One Life to Live
  • Steve Vickers, Canadian born hockey player with the New York Rangers of the NHL from 1972-1982

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