<P> The Vulcan salute was devised by Leonard Nimoy , who portrayed the half - Vulcan character Mr. Spock on the original Star Trek television series . A 1968 New York Times interview described the salute or greeting gesture as a `` double - fingered version of Churchill 's victory sign '' . Nimoy said in that interview that he `` decided that the Vulcans were a ' hand - oriented ' people '' . </P>
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devised by Leonard Nimoy , who portrayed the half - Vulcan character Mr. Spock on the original Star Trek television series